Padilla Studio Tobac Special Edition Figurado

I’ve been saying it for a while: If you’ve gotta make a 6 x 60, make it in a shape that’s comfortable to smoke. Say for example, a flattened box press, or in the case of the Padilla Studio Tobac Special Edition Figurado collaboration, a girthy figurado. Heck, I’d even try a cigar with the dimensions of a tuba, provided the the head tapered down appropriately. (Once, anyway. Somebody should get on that. You could call it “El Abuelo”. Or …

Room 101 San Andres 305

The cold shiver that just ran down Matt Booth’s spine means I’m back with another Room 101 cigar review. (Don’t worry, I’ll be on my best behavior.) This time I’m taking a look at the recently released Room 101 San Andres, or “Serie SA” as noted on the band. And has been my custom lately, I turn you over to the official press release for all the juicy details.

As a follow-up to the highly rated OSOK limited edition, Room101

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La Aurora Escogidos Maduro Robusto

Many moons ago, I came across the La Aurora Escogidos in a small mall shop on a visit to Miami. At the time, there was only the Cameroon-wrapped version, and it was said to be a cigar only available to visitors of the La Aurora factory in the Dominican Republic. Sensing opportunity, I did what any guy with a cigar blog would do, I bought them and wrote up a review. Now, just over three years later, I bring …

El Primer Mundo Announces Clase Reserva

It’s new cigar season, my favorite time of the year. And the very latest word on premium tobacco is Sean Williams, owner of Atlanta-based El Primer Mundo is getting into the San Andreas Maduro game with a new cigar named “Clase Reserva”. (You don’t have to know much Spanish to correctly guess that translates to “Reserve Class” in English.)

No finished product pictures were available at the time of this writing, but we do have a first look …

Berger & Argenti Entubar V32 Rogue Rothschild

Do no adjust your monitor, the cigar I’m sacrificing to the Tower of Burn this week really does have a column of tobacco sticking out of the foot. If you’ve never encountered the Berger & Argenti Entubar V32 (or even the regular Entubar line) before, you might be wondering its appearance means somebody needs to sharpen the cutters at the factory. Rest assured, their blades are plenty sharp. What you see is intentional, and for more details on that, and …

VegaFina Sumum Edicion Especial 2010

Last week when I said that the upcoming Montecristo Epic 2007 marked the beginning of a push by Altadis into the boutique cigar market, I may have gotten that wrong. That push probably started with the cigar I’m reviewing this week, the new (or new-ish) limited edition VegaFina Sumum Edicion Especial 2010.

A name and a logo are just about all this cigar shares with the mild VegaFinas that have been around for years. The Sumum features a stronger, …

New Romeo Y Julieta and Montecristo Epic 2007

I’ve found that avoiding the record levels of pollen here in Atlanta really limits your cigar smoking opportunities. Especially when your main source of ventilation is an open window and a fan. Unfortunately that also means another week without my trademark Tower of Burn. But, as luck would have it, I do have a little something to talk about in its place. I’ve come across some interesting information about a couple of new Altadis cigars that will be hitting the …

Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 13

We’re in week two of the pollen siege here in Atlanta, and sense of taste is all out-of-wack. So instead of a review this week, I have a Brian’s The Week In Smoke that I was working on just before the yellow cloud descended. In case this is your first Week in Smoke, be advised that it covers many (though not necessarily all) of the cigars I’ve smoked in the past week (or the past month, or however long it …

La Flor Dominicana Double Claro No. 42

With ample time still available for you to make your St. Patrick’s Day cigar plans, this week I bring to you what I believe is my first ever review of a candela cigar, the La Flor Dominicana Double Claro.

Green cigars have been with us for a long time, but the chances of seeing one in your local shop is only slightly better than your chances of getting hit with an overdose of gamma radiation. Or at least that was …

Paul Stulac Angel

What do skulls, crosses, angel’s wings, shields and maces have to do with cigars? I have no idea, but you can find all of these things and more on the main band of the cigar I’m reviewing this week, the Paul Stulac Angel. And as unusual as it may sound, it’s actually a pretty good looking cigar.

The word on the net is the ornate packaging was designed to appeal to the biker and military crowds, which clears up some …