Herfcast on Skype (Dog Watch Social Club)

Less than 24 hours to go! Some of you may remember Walt and I making our debut on the Dog Watch Social Club Cigar Podcast last month where we joined our good friends, Bob & Dale, and reviewed the Camacho El Legend-Ario.

In less than 24 hours, on Friday, August 18th from 9pm-11pm (Eastern US) we will be joining Bob & Dale again and this time, we are reviewing the Avo 80th Anniversario.

This time is even more special! …

Email & RSS Subscriptions

Just wanted to point out that you can subscribe to the Stogie Review using the Email or RSS Subscription options.

We had an email subscription plugin previously but when our provider crashed awhile ago we lost the plugin and all subscribers when the site was restored.

So if you enjoy our reviews, please feel free to subscribe using any of our methods that you like.

Thanks!…

Got Opus X

Some news from RTDA by Rich Perelman at CigarCyclopedia.com:

Got Opus X?
As most Opus X fans know, there usually a limit of two cigars on the popular Fuente Fuente Opus X line. But soon, fans of the brand and those who would like to be introduced to the world of Opus X can increase their take by 50%.

Near the end of the year, the Opus X Three-Cigar Metal Tin will be introduced, offering three of the most popular

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Experienced some site problems

Well, it seems that we had a major issue with the site last night. From the looks of it we lost the main database which contained all of the information needed for running blog. Jerry spent alot of time talking with tech support this morning and after a few hours (which seemed like days) the site was back up and running again.

The down side of this whole issue was that the site host only had a backup from 2 …

Coolidor up and running.

I’ve recently posted in regards to the samplers I ordered over the weekend. My cigars arrived last night and I needed a place to put them. I had 45 sticks delivered and I was tight on space. After some reading I decided to make a coolidor. I’m happy to say its working great and I have a ton of space for future cigars.

What I did was take an old coleman cooler (11″ W x 11″ L x 18″ D) …

Off to the Philippines

Well I’m off for the next two weeks.  Going home to the Philippines.  I really hope to check out the cigar scene and pick up some locally grown cigars to bring back and smoke.  The history of the Philippines is so rich in Spanish lore.  Ferdinand Magellan brought tobacco seeds from Cuba when he “discovered” the Philippines.  The local people also killed Magellan but lets hope its not because he brought bad seeds to them.

While I’m gone, my good …

Currently Smoking: Sancho Panza Double Maduro / Sancho Panza Extra Fuerte

This came to me as a request from a new reader. Asked me if I would review and compare the Sancho Panza Double Maduro and the Sancho Panza Extra Fuerte. I just so happenend to have both resting in my humidor for about 3 months on the Extra Fuerte and 9 months on the Double Maduro.

Review and comparison are in the works……

Site News: Printable Version

Added a plugin that gives readers a printer friendly version of an entry. You can find the link above each entry.

Working on adding a plugin to have a rating system so that readers can rate each entry.…

Site News: Comments

I’m working on configuring the blog so that comments are automatically posted instead of emailing me for approval before they are posted. Its just not very clear on what I have to do to enable comments without approval. If anyone is familiar with WordPress and knows where I’m supposed to set this, let me know. Thanks.…

Welcome

Welcome to the Stogie Review.  This is all new to me so this whole site will be a work in progress.  I hope one day this site will be that smoker’s room we all want to have in our homes.…