Cain Habano (Guest Review)

Cain Habano

Cigar: Cain Habano
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Vitola: Robusto 5.7×50
Price: Was a bit over eight bucks at my local shop. Better prices found online.

Setting: Garage, about 55 degrees out, 6:30pm, having a Peach Snapple.

Pre-light: The cigar has a nice chocolatey brown wrapper with a few prominent veins. The cigar is fairly lumpy with lots of firm and soft spots. The wrapper and foot…

Illusione 4/2g (Guest Review)

This review comes courtesy of beaverc32
from the Stogie Review Fan Forums

Cigar Facts:

Vitola: Churchill (7.5×49)
Price: ~$9-10 (the one reviewed was gifted via bomb)
Wrapper: Cafe Colorado
Binder: Corojo ’99 and Criollo ’98?
Filler: Corojo ’99 and Criollo ’98?

The Illusione 4/2g is a beautiful cigar with a fairly smooth wrapper. For the length of this cigar, I find the weight of this cigar to be fairly light. The cigar…

Los Blancos Nine Lancero (Guest Review)

This review comes courtesy of Danny (DannyP6228)
from the Stogie Review Fan Forums

Before I start, Dave Blanco is a friend of mine and I really enjoy a number of his cigars. That being said, if he made a dog rocket I would not hesitate to tell him, and he knows it.

So lets get to it:

I am a fan of the Nine. I think they are a great full bodied stick. When Dave gave me this…

Alec Bradley Prensado (Guest Review)

A Note from Tom:
Ed and I are back once again for our monthly guest spot here on The Stogie Review. It’s hard to believe we’ve been here for two years!

If you watched our January video, I put Ed on the spot and asked what his top cigar was for 2009. My choice was the Alec Bradley Tempus. He came up with the cigar we are reviewing today, the Alec Bradley Prensado.

I can’t deny I’m a…

Tatuaje RC184 (Guest Review)

This review comes courtesy of Rich (BootyRock)
from the Stogie Review Fan Forums

The RC cigars (RC meaning “Retro Cuban”) are two unique figurados. They feature half of the cigar wrapped in foil (the head), and the names (numbers) relate to the size in millimeters. Blended to be milder than the regular Miami line. Little else is known about this blend, aka, I can’t find much info on them.
These cigars are not regular production…Pete tends to release…

Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Champagne (Guest Review)

This review comes courtesy of Daniel (Dalamscius)
from the Stogie Review Fan Forums

Cigar: Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Champagne
Drink: Messias 2004 Late Bottled Vintage Tawny Port
Wrapper: Triple-Fermented Connecticut
Binder: Cuban-Seed Nicaraguan
Filler: Cuban-Seed Nicaraguan
Vitola: Robusto 5×54
Price Range: $5.00 – $6.50
Burn Time: ~1.5 hours

The Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary line was released in 2008. The purpose of these blends was to mark the 10 years in business of…

La Flor Dominicana Coronado (Guest Review)

Back once again are our good friends Tom Adcock (Toms Cigars) and Ed Nazare (St. Pete Cigar) for another video cigar review. This time the guys set their sights on the La Flor Dominicana Coronado Double Corona. Due to the recent cold snap in Florida, the video runs a little faster than usual and comes in at around twenty-minutes.

In addition to the review, Tom takes a moment to talk about his cigar of the year. He also makes…

La Aroma de Cuba Edicion Especial (Guest Review)

This review comes courtesy of Dave (dk_fxn)
from the Stogie Review Fan Forums

Brand: La Aroma de Cuba Edicion Especial
Vitola: Lancero
Size: 7 ½ x 38
Wrapper: Nicaragua
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Price: ~$9

This Lancero is produced in limited quantaties by Pepin Garcia and is available in boxes of ten along with the San Cristobal Lancero which you can see me review here

Pre-Light Inspection:

This stick is firm…

CAO Six One Five (Guest Review)

This review comes courtesy of Chris (beaverc32)
from the Stogie Review Fan Forums

Cigar Facts

Vitola: Churchill
Price: $51 for 5-pack
Wrapper: Criollo-seed Maduro
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan

The CAO Six One Five was gifted to me by fellow SRFF member, Ray_I, and apparently is only available at UPtown’s Smoke Shop. Fortunately they are available for purchase both online and via phone order.

The cigar I was so generously gifted has…

Illusione MJ12 (Joint Guest Review)

This collaborative review comes courtesy of Mike and Tony (Casas Fumando).

Pre-Light:

Mike: Tony, would you like to start your pre-light inspection?

Tony: Will do, I’ll be taking the foil off now. Let me just state for the record that it’s great presentation. I can’t imagine how enticing it is to open up a full box of these.

Mike: I agree on the presentation – One of a kind!

After removing the foil, the cigar…