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It’s that time of year again. Camacho has released the Liberty 2009 edition this past week and once again the cigar is limited to a production of 40,000. I picked up a couple from a cigar shop I used to refer as my home shop. Despite a difference of opinion on customer service I still [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Cigar Review: Camacho Liberty 2009
Posted by Barry on July 31st, 2009
Posted in Cigar Reviews 
Tags: 90+ Rated, camacho, habano, Honduras, Liberty 2009, limited edition, review 
5 Comments »Cigar Review: Alec Bradley Overture
Posted by Barry on July 29th, 2009
One of our sponsors Famous Smoke Shop gifted us these cigars back in May, They got burried on the bottom of my humidor and I forgot about them til I reached into the box the other day. Being a fan of the Tempus and the SCR I wanted to see how these compare and here [...]
Cigar Review: Don Pepin Series JJ Salomon
Posted by Barry on July 27th, 2009
This past week Jerry Cruz from The Stogie Review organized a cigar event among the friends of stogiereview.com and twitter. 2 years back Jerry had the worst nightmare come true. His son JJ died. And on his birthday 7/22 he organized a smoke a JJ for JJ each year since. Well, this past week I [...]
Sunday Links
Posted by Barry on July 26th, 2009
The 3 weeks of the Tour De France has just come to an end as I type this and Lance Armstrong has finished 3rd. Not bad, for a guy 37 years of age in a field of competitors much younger then him. Add to the fact that he was 3 years removed from the race [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: casa magna, gurkha, Lance Armstrong, Livestrong, Padilla, perdomo 1 Comment »Cigar Review: CAO LX2 Cuban Press
Posted by Barry on July 24th, 2009
CAO recently released the Cuban Press series of smokes. These cigars come in a beautiful box that features 12 cigars. 3 each of the Brazila, Italia, MX2 and LX2. I was lucky enough to receive today’s smoke for review as a gift from one of the best people in the industry today. A video of [...]
Cigar Review: Perdomo ESV 1991
Posted by Barry on July 22nd, 2009
Last week a customer at Ashes Tobacconist a store that I consult on gifted me with todays cigar asking my opinion. Despite telling him I am not a fan of Perdomo for the most part, I told him I would write the review here. The Perdomo website writes, “The ESTATE SELECCIÓN VINTAGE 1991 is delicately [...]
Cigar Review: CAO Costa Rica (Escaparate)
Posted by Barry on July 20th, 2009
We would like to take the time to welcome a new sponsor of acigarsmoker.com. Corona Cigar Company based in Florida has jumped on board of our growing list of sponsors. Corona Cigars has two locations in Orlando, Florida and a third location in Lake Mary-Heathrow, Florida. In addition to there classy looking retail establishments they [...]
Sunday Links
Posted by Barry on July 19th, 2009
Thanks to everyone who left a comment to win a 5 pack of Illusione Epernay. Some of the comments left touched me, and I can’t thank you enough for them. It makes the blog going when people leave comments, it justifies the effort I put into this site.
The winner of the contest is: Jon (Wingfan13). [...]
Cigar Review: Illusione Epernay
Posted by Barry on July 17th, 2009
It’s contest time! (contest closed) Leave a comment at the end of the review to win a 5 pack of Illusione Epernay smokes. This is a quick contest. The winner will be announced on Sunday July 19th. According to the Illusione website the Epernay debuted through the ECCJ 15th limited release. From that blend the [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: 90+ R, 90+ Rating, Champagne, dion giolito, Epernay, illusione 54 Comments »Cigar Review: Don Pepin Cuban Classic
Posted by Barry on July 15th, 2009
It always makes me smile when cigar makers recognize this blog, or even distributors. For me it is further validation that my site has become a valid go to web page for reviews and cigar information. Today’s cigar comes courtesy of The Cigar Agency who had the Cuban Classic Lancero by Don Pepin Garcia made [...]
