Posted by Barry on September 1st, 2010
The band of the Red Lion denotes that this is the King of Cigars and that alone is enough to leave anyone intrigued. During a recent trip to Tobacco Plaza in Great Neck, NY I heard many of the customers rave about this stick in the 6 x 60 format and it had me curious enough to try. So at a recent visit I picked up a couple to try.
The cigars are made by Heavenly Cigars and to be honest this is a company I knew very little about. I knew they had made flavored cigars and that was about it. According to the press release…
Posted by Barry on August 30th, 2010
I think going into the trade show and for people in general the most looked forward new release from Torano now that they went solo was the Single Region. So needless to say the Master was an afterthought for me, and it might get lost in the shuffle as people will be reaching for the Jalapa Valley stick. But it is my opinion that might be a mistake.
The Master is a joint effort between Carlos Torano and master roller Felipe Sosa and comes in four sizes Robusto (5 x 50), Torpedo (6.25 x 52), Churchill (7 x 50) and Toro (6 x 54). The cigar is described by Toraño as “having a bold, rich flavor … it’s for the man with a seasoned palate, a cigar that fully satisfies after an opulent meal or an evening pairing with spirits. True aficionados will discern and appreciate the balanced flavor and body.”
Posted by Barry on August 29th, 2010
It seems to me that New York is trying to become the anti-smoking leader in the USA. I received yesterday and email from the New York Tobacconist Association about a meeting the New York State Senate Health Committee holding a public hearing on September 23 at 10 AM taking place 250 Broadway, 19th Fl., New York City. The Committee will meet to learn how the state’s regulation of smoking and tobacco products works to improve the health of all New Yorkers and any actions needed for continued benefits.
On the table are the following items:
Posted by Barry on August 28th, 2010
The summer is coming to a close with September around the corner and for the most part things are quiet on the cigar front. In the coming we week we should have an interview with Jesus Fuego up on the site who will be taking the time to talk to us about his affiliation with Xikar, Schooling in Cuba, and other lines in the J. Fuego collection. If you have a question you would like us to ask feel free to leave a comment and we will do just that.
The news is a little light this week but here goes.
* I ran into Jerry Dear this week first at Cigar Inn and then again last night at Tobacco Plaza on Long Island in the town of Great Neck where we got to talk about a variety of things. First off the have a new cutter coming out in November that
Posted by Barry on August 27th, 2010
It’s that time of the year that Camacho releases the yearly Liberty edition and having seen these in one of my local shops, Fume located in Montclair, New Jersey I had to pick up a few of them for review. I’ll be honest in saying the Liberty series has been hit or miss for me but I will always run out and pick them up to smoke. In the past I reviewed the 2007 , 2008, 2009 and to be honest with you I wish I had the others laying around to say I have reviewed the whole series to date.
Posted by Barry on August 26th, 2010
Miami, FL – Drew Estate officially announced its intent to release into the market the much-heralded “Dirty Rat” during the IPCPR 2010 tradeshow as the first cigar within its new Liga Privada Ünico Serie. Ünico, which translates to “unique”, will be a new line of special cigars that fit in neither the existing No. 9 nor T52 lines.
According to Steve Saka, Drew Estate’s President, “At this point, we have made 200 or more Liga Privada blends.
Posted by Barry on August 25th, 2010
People have asked me over and over what I thought was the best new cigar at IPCPR. I reviewed 2 of the top 3 since I got back, but the one that stood out on the floor of the show was the Avo Heritage. Now there are a lot of factors as to why it stood out. Edward Simon the brand manager for Avo was kind enough to take the time to talk to me about the new cigar. I had been walking around for hours and I decided to sit down and enjoy a cigar in its entirety at the lounge they had set up. I smoked, had a drink (water) and listened to some nice Jazz from the musicians they had at the booth. When you factor in all of this the Avo Heritage was the best in show.
Posted by Barry on August 23rd, 2010
While in New Orleans the place to be as the day came to a close was Don Leoncio located on Canal Street. The place which is owned by the guys behind Pinar Del Rio is a cigar lounge with a good air condition system which was needed to beat the oppressive heat & humidity the city had to offer. As I made my way to the cigar store in the evening and night time hours I got to mingle with some good guys who own shops and many people I have becoming friendly with online.
While there I got to speak with Abe Flores and he offered me up some smoke to try and one of which was the PDR 1878. Before I left I purchased a few more of these to show my support and for the simple fact that I enjoyed them.
Posted by Barry on August 22nd, 2010
Yesterday I wanted to write about the brotherhood but with various site issues I had to put the post on hold. But the amount of people looking to help me out with the issues of the site just proves our close the brotherhood and sisterhood of the leaf is. This was evident in New Orleans with the Twitter Bother of the Leaf Cocktail Hour put together by Chief Hava & Stogie Review. With manufactures donating cigars (for a complete list go here) to be given out at the event it is obvious some members of the press are accepted at IPCPR.
With 120 people including people from twitter, cigar manufacturers and the good people of Dos Jeffe the cigar bar that held the event we laughed, we drank, we smoked and we listened to good music. It is sad that our politcians have lost sight of the this basic freedom that so many fine americans have enjoyed and continue to enjoy in some municipalities.
Posted by Barry on August 21st, 2010
On Saturday August 21st some of you might of come across a malware warning about this very website. We assure you that acigarsmoker.com never had any malware hosted on the site and your computers are safe if you visited here. It appears that we were linked to a website that ranked cigar sites that had been hijacked and was hosting malware.
The code for this website has been removed from acigarsmoker.com and we apologize for any inconvenience this may of caused. We will be combining Saturday’s News with the Sunday Links for this week now that the problem has been fixed.
Barry
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