Five Questions

Between traveling and getting over whatever I got in Las Vegas, I really haven’t had the time to do the needed work for a review. Instead I go old school and do YQMA solo.

I tackle such hard hitting questions like why do we bash that “lifestyle” publication and why don’t we explain how we do our reviews anywhere on the site. I also take time to answer questions about other new releases from CAO as well as why Stogie…

Your Questions, My Answers (YQMA) Episode 44

This time around Mike and I covered four questions instead of the usual two while recording the latest episode of Your Questions, My Answers (YQMA). All was going well until we reached the last question, then the discussion seemed to go on forever as we debated cigar pricing.

To start off the show, Mike and I talked about repairing damaged cigar wrappers. From there we moved to talking about how to deal with an overwhelming Spanish Cedar smell as…

Your Questions, My Answers (YQMA) Episode 43

In the latest installment of Your Questions, My Answers, I was once again joined by Mike as we tackle a few more reader submitted questions. Just like the last time Mike and I got together, we managed to overstep our twenty-minute pre-determined time constraint and run for about thirty-eight minutes.

Both questions were selected from the Stogie Review Fan Forum. We first discuss using different style cigar cutters for different vitolas. After a little banter we moved on…

Your Questions, My Answers (YQMA) Episode 42

Last week, Brian and I got together to record our first Your Questions, My Answers (YQMA) in what seemed liked ages. With a little free time later that evening, I sat down with Mike and recorded Episode 42.

Episode 42 ran nearly twice as long as we had allotted and comes in at just under forty minutes. Aside from random cigar related banter, Mike an I discussed our opinions on how often you should check your humidor. We also spent…

Your Questions, My Answers (YQMA) – Episode 41

After a long, long, long hiatus, we are back with a new episode of Your Questions, My Answers (YQMA). Due to schedule conflicts and the complications of editing multiple videos streams together into one video, we slowly drifted away from the video show that many people came to love.

Realizing that Stogie Review had a hole where YQMA used to be, the bunch of us put our heads together and talked about how we could bring the show back without…

YQMA – The Quickie Test

Well folks, we’re getting closer…while not an “official” YQMA release, I recruited Walt as a guinea pig to try using a combination of software packages to test a split screen version of YQMA.

Walt and I do spend about 16 minutes talking about NUB Cigars, SCHIP and our cigar adventures this summer.

Our hope is that this combination of software will work with three people so we can bring you YQMA in a whole new and easier to edit…

Azul Luna Polo

Hey folks! This week I bring you a cigar that was gifted to me by my buddy Stew over at The World According to Stew. Stew had got these cigars after meeting the guy who owns the line at a polo match Stew was at. Stew sent a pair of these my way so I can give them a try.

Video runs about 17:00 and I hesitate giving the cigar a thumbs up. Its definitely not a thumbs…

YQMA #40 – Discussion Topics

In our Discussion Topics segment we discuss a topic provided to us by MikeWV regarding whether we’ve ever corrected another BOTL’s smoking etiquette and our personal annoyances. We then move on to a topic from Mojovator about the cigar “lifestyle”.

Thanks to Cigarmony for sponsoring our Discussion Topics.

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YQMA #40 – Segment Two

We kick off segment two with a question from Eric who needs help with seasoning his humidor and alternatives to the green foam which leads into a nice little rant from our own Brian Hewitt. After Brian’s little rant we tackle Josh’s question about the level of humidity he should have in his coolidor. We wrap up segment two with a topic given to us from Carlos in NJ about oily cigars and additives to improve the sheen of cigars.…

YQMA #40 – Segment One

Hey folks! Sorry for the late posting of Episode 40.

In segment one, we answer a question from Rico (Richard) about how we keep the smell down when smoking our cigars indoors since that maybe the only way he can smoke indoors without getting a divorce. We move onto to a question from Andrew and Rebecca regarding techniques on how to cut torpedo shaped cigars properly. We wrap up segment one with a question from Charlie to help him find…