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It was just a matter of time til Camacho came out with a Connecticut shade wrapper when Davidoff purchased the company a few months back. I was lucky enough to get some samples from the Director of Marketing who is a regular on Twitter. There was a huge buzz on the social networking site about [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Cigar Review: Camacho Connecticut
Posted by Barry on June 29th, 2009
Posted in Cigar Reviews 
Tags: Camacho Connecticut, Cigar Review, davidoff, Oliva Connecticut 
2 Comments »Sunday Links
Posted by Barry on June 28th, 2009
So it only took a few weeks but SCHIP has claimed its first victim. Altadis USA closed its Hav-A-Tampa facility. In a time where jobs are far and few between the over taxation has cost more than 500 people there jobs. My friends this will not stop here. With the FDA in charge of tobacco [...]
Cigar Review: Alec Bradley Tempus Magistri
Posted by Barry on June 26th, 2009
I had plans to review another cigar today but I took the wrong notes with me to write up the review. So today we have another Alec Bradley, the Tempus Magistri which is a limited edition figurado cigar.
Cigar: Alec Bradley
Size: 6.5 x 53 (Figurado)
Wrapper: Honduran Criollo 98
Binder: Indonesia Embetunda
Filler: Honduras, Nicaragua
Strength: Medium
Appearance and Construction (20/20): [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: 90+, alec bradley, criollo, limited edition, magistri, tempus No Comments »Cigar Review: VegaFina
Posted by Barry on June 24th, 2009
As some of you know I am a member of the Altadis VIP program. Altadis supplies me with sample smokes and should I run a herf they will donate a box of cigars for that event. It’s a good deal, and I look forward to getting the cigars in the mail every 6-8 weeks or [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: altadis usa, ecuadorian connecticut, Indonesia, vegas fina 1 Comment »Cigar Review: Alec Bradley Select Cabinet Reserve
Posted by Barry on June 22nd, 2009
This past week I was lucky enough to get some samples from Alec Bradley Cigars to review for acigarsmoker.com. The Alec Bradley SCR comes in 5 sizes, a corona (5.5 x 42), robusto (5 x 50), churchill (7 x 48), torpedo (6 1/8 x 52) , and a gran robusto (5.5 x 60). This cigar [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: 90+ Rated, alec bradley, Honduras, SCR, Select Cabinet Reserve 6 Comments »Sunday Links
Posted by Barry on June 21st, 2009
Father’s Day is a special time of year even if we do not have children in our lives of our own. It is a time to reflect on the times we spent with our dads. I know without my dad in my life I would of never become half the person I am today. Growing [...]
Cigar Review: Cuba Aliados Miami
Posted by Barry on June 19th, 2009
A few weeks back Jerry Cruz from The Stogie Review was carrying on like a crazed leprechaun about how much he loved these sticks. Well having heard enough I had to break down and locate these to purchase which was no easy task. I have now smoked a few and it is time to share [...]
Cigar Review: CAO Colombia
Posted by Barry on June 18th, 2009
Last week I decided to call up Serious Cigars to order some sticks that Jerry from The Stogie Review suggested. In the process of getting these cigars I asked Ron over at Serious what he had that was new and he informed me of these sticks which are a limited production run much like the [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: CAO, CAO Colombia, Escaparate, limited edition, Serious Cigars 10 Comments »Cigar Review: Davidoff Millenium Lancero
Posted by Barry on June 15th, 2009
After being unable to smoke for a week due to being sick I wanted to smoke something that would not have a lot of smoke so I opted to go with a Lancero. It is very rare that I will review a cigar based on one stick, and it would never happen after being sick [...]
Sunday Links & Contest
Posted by Barry on June 14th, 2009
The last 30 days for me have been difficult to say the least. It all started when I threw my back out in Philadelphia that led to a nasty bout of sciatica. Then this week I came down with the flu. It was so bad that I had to get tested for the Swine Flu [...]
