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These cigars have been on my list to try since I first heard them mentioned on twitter and having just received them from W Curtis Draper in Washington DC I couldn’t wait to smoke one. Normally I smoke 2 cigars or 3 cigars before I write a review here on my site. But with this [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Cigar Review: CAO MX3
Posted by Barry on April 30th, 2009
Posted in Cigar Reviews 
Tags: 90+ Rating, CAO MX3, Escaparate, Jerry Cruz, Jon Huber, robusto, Stogie Review, Triple Maduro 
9 Comments »Cigar Review: La Gloria Cubana Serie R No. 4
Posted by Barry on April 27th, 2009
I didn’t know what to smoke today so I asked my friend what one of the top sellers in his cigar store is and he told me the La Gloria Cubana No. 7 Maduro. Not wanting to smoke a large cigar in the heat today I opted for the smaller size of the No. 4. [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: dominican republic, general cigar, La Gloria Cubana Serie R, maduro, No. 4, Rothschild, Series R 3 Comments »Sunday Links & Question!
Posted by Barry on April 26th, 2009
Summer is here… This past week it reached 100 degrees in Los Angeles and today in NYC it will be 92 degrees. I don’t know about my readers but in the summer I tend to smoke cigars that are more mild. The strength of a cigar to me just makes the heat that much more [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: El Triunfador, Esteban Carerra Habano Maduro, Punch Corojo 5 Comments »Cigar Review: G.A.R. Vanguard
Posted by Barry on April 25th, 2009
About 10 days back or so I reviewed the G.A.R. Lux which was a bundle cigar from George A Rico. When I received that cigar I also received today’s smoke from the local rep while I was at Barrister Cigars in New Jersey. As I said in my last G.A.R. review I am a huge [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: 90+ Rated, Corona, G.A.R., george a. rico, Mocha, Nicaraguan 2 Comments »Cigar Review: Esteban Carreras 10 Anos
Posted by Barry on April 24th, 2009
Yet another story with a Philadelphia connection. Once a month I find myself in the city of brotherly love and one of our stops is the twin shoppe on 10th and Tasker. Our last visit down there, they had today’s cigar on the shelf. I originally passed on it for some reason, but when my [...]
Cigar Review: CAO Brazilia Box Press
Posted by Barry on April 23rd, 2009
This week has been hectic for me. I meant to post this review on Tuesday but the job that pays my bills got in the way. Today’s review is of the CAO Brazilia Box Press and you can win a 5 pack of cigars by answering the question at the end of the review. By [...]
Sunday Links
Posted by Barry on April 19th, 2009
The New Yankee Stadium. It is a 1.1 billion dollar bust. in 3 home games there have been 17 home runs which is absolutely ludicrous. I find it hard to believe the engineers did not realize they created a wind tunnel to right field. Yesterday’s 22-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians would of made no [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: CAO America Bottlerocket, Cruzado, dion giolito, New Yankee Stadium, Siglo, Tatuaje Reserva Noella, yankees 5 Comments »Cigar Review: 601 Oscuro La Punta (Green Label)
Posted by Barry on April 18th, 2009
My first experience with the 601 brand of cigars was at my friends shop in New Jersey, and it wasn’t a good one. In fact I didn’t get to smoke them due to the fact their was an issue with beetles. It goes with out saying my friend was not happy with the situation and [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: 601, Green Label, Habano Oscuro, La Punto, perfecto, puro 4 Comments »Cigar Review: Por Larranaga Cabinet Selection
Posted by Barry on April 16th, 2009
I’ve been smoking a pretty long time, and I consider myself an aficionado for the last 3 years of my smoking life. However, it wasn’t until a trip to Philadelphia a couple of months back did I learn about the Cabinet Selection series. These Altadis cigars were pretty much in every cigar shop down there. [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: Cabinet Selection, Habano 2000, mild, Por Larranga, toro 10 Comments »Cigar Review: Cameroon Especial
Posted by Barry on April 14th, 2009
Over the weekend I ran into the very pretty local Rocky Patel rep and with the grace of my local brick & mortar she gifted me with a a Cameroon Especial which is a bundle smoke produced by Rocky Patel. Having never heard of it, I was eager to try it and share my thoughts [...]
