Los Regalos Quetzal by Emilio Cigars

It truly is a great time to be a cigar smoker. So many manufacturers are bringing so many new brands to market, experimenting with new tobaccos and new blends, and we all benefit from this energy & innovation. An interesting side effect from all these new cigars being produced is that cigar makers seem to be running out of unique names for their products. Numerous new cigars have had to change their names shortly after introduction in order to avoid …

Throwback Review: La Aurora Cien Anos Belicoso

This week I wasn’t in the mood to review something new.  I decide to try to revisit a cigar that we’ve reviewed on here before and give my own impression of it as the “new guy”.  After looking through my cigar humidor, I came across and old friend: La Aurora Cien Anos.  The Cien Anos is probably my favorite La Aurora cigar and I haven’t really smoked one in several months.  The corona is my favorite of the line, but …

Another Final Goodbye

I must have stopped and started this post a million times. The particulars don’t matter too much. I learned when we lost the Little Robusto that the “if’s” and “why’s” can drive you mad. My older brother died this past weekend. He was four years older than me which came in handy my high school years. He was there when I was a freshman (he a seasoned senior) giving me pointers on how to ask a girl to homecoming and …

La Palina Maduro 50

La Palina introduced their first maduro, La Palina Maduro, at IPCPR in 2012. Available to customers in November 2012, the cigar retails for $9.25 and comes in boxes of 20. The cigar is made with a Mexican maduro wrapper, double Honduran binders and Nicaraguan fillers.  Currently, the cigar comes in 4 sizes:

• 60 – 6 x 60 ($10.00)
• 56 – 7 x 56  ($9.75)
• 52 – 5 x 52  ($8.75)
• 50 – 6 x 50  ($9.25)

The cigar opens up …

Brick House Maduro by JC Newman Cigar Co.

The Brick House by JC Newman Cigar Co. is not a stranger here on Stogie Review. The Brick House has made several appearances in episodes of Week in Smoke. In fact, it is one of my Top 7 Everyday Cigars that I reach for when I can’t decide what I feel like smoking. It is a affordable, consistent, versatile, solid and safe cigar. We didn’t catchup with JC Newman Cigar Co. at IPCPR last year (2012) but they …