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Tatuaje Fausto – Cigar Review

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The name Fausto is a variant of the word Faust which is Latin. The meaning of Fausto is “fortunate, enjoying good luck”. While we can argue that Pete has been fortunate it has gone beyond, good luck. The Tatuaje Fausto is basically the T-110 that was originally made for a shop in Honolulu. It is also one of the first cigars that I went crazy trying to track down when I took my obsession with Tatuaje Cigars to the next level. From time to time I was able to get one in a cigar pass or a cigar bomb, but never enough to keep me satisfied. My humidor never had more than 3 at a time, because I couldn’t wait to smoke them. However, over time my tastes in cigars went from full strength to medium. So now that the Fausto is out I smoke one with caution.

La Bomba – Pre-Release – Cigar Review

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The latest offering from Eddie Ortega and Erik Espinosa, collectively known as EO Brands is the La Bomba. There first new release since joining the Rocky Patel stables, should rest any doubts about their relationship with the My Father factory. In fact, when I had a chance to talk with Eddie Ortega for a few minutes at Cigar Fest the first thing I asked him was, “who made the cigar”. That answer was My Father.

I guess I should be fair and give Eddie and Erik a little grief since we got on the case of a certain manufacture about his lack of originality. La Bomba looks like a Pepin firecracker, not so much in size but rather because of the long fuse pig tail cap. But I guess we will also let them slide because after all they are part of that family.

Cigar Review: CroMagnon Knuckle Dragger

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To the best of my recollection it was about a month ago Skip Martin started talking about a cigar he was creating with Michael Rosales. Skip Martin owned a cigar shop in Galveston, TX before it was destroy by a Hurricane and Michael is the man behind Adrian’s Cigar. Both men have a vast knowledge of tobacco and based on Skip’s personals tastes I assumed this was going to be a knock you on your ass strong cigar. Well a few weeks back Skip started taking orders on the first batch of the new cigar, which he was selling as part of a sampler pack called, The Taxonomy.

I’ve been friendly with Skip via the website and Twitter and I had met Michael down at IPCPR in New Orleans last year so I bit on the sampler pack which contained 10 cigars to see what it was all about

Cigar Review: Reinado

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The name of the cigar reminds me of a soccer player, or the boxer Renaldo Snipes who can be found hanging out smoking cigars all over New York City. But for me the one thing that stands out about the cigar is the fact it is produced by a home town boy, kinda. Having spent a lot of time in New Jersey over the last couple of years due to the location of my offices I have become a regular is a few local tobacconists. Over the years I ran into brand owner, Antonio Lam who is as down to earth as they come. Back at IPCPR he launched his cigar, Reinaldo and it has begun to show up everywhere local. According to Antonio the one thing that makes his cigar different is a unique fermentation process that he was not willing to discuss and prefers to keep a trade secret. The cigars come in 3 sizes, 5.5 x 50 robusto; 6 1/8 x 52 torpedo, and a 7 5/8 x 48 Churchill. Each size is slightly longer then the traditional vitola.

Cigar Review: Avo Heritage

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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.

Cigar Review: PDR 1878 Cubano Especial Capa Madura

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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.

Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary Cigar @ Cigar Inn

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am on fire. 3 posts in one day is a record for me. I am not trying to be Tom from cigarreader.com but there is so much happening this week that I have to get it out there. I am sure in the middle of the week when I am stressing on what to write about I will regret not banking this one, but I had to share more thoughts.

Cigar Inn in NYC had an event today for the pre-release launch of the 15th Anniversary from Rocky Patel. If you purchased a box of cigars you received another box for free of a one of kind 15th Anniversary.

Cigar Review: Joya De Nicaragua Antano 1970

As the winter approaches my smoking habits begin to change. I smoke a little less often and I tend to smoke cigars that are stronger then the ones I smoke in the summer. I am not really sure why I do this, but perhaps subconsciously I hope a stronger cigar will warm me up as [...]

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