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Continue reading →: To Cello or Not to Cello?Removing the cellophane is supposed to help a cigar age faster. It’s familiar advice, repeated in shops, forums, and retailer articles. But what do we actually mean by aging, and how do we know it’s happening faster? The choice of how to store your cigars is personal. The explanation behind…
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Continue reading →: Review: Attaie Cigars One & Only Edición Limitada PerfectoTop down, Wayfarers on, arm resting on the door panel. The Attaie Edición Limitada Perfecto has me cruising the PCH along Malibu in a ’67 Chevelle convertible, with a big smile on my face.
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Continue reading →: I Didn’t Know I Loved ConniesI thought I knew what I liked. After enough cigars, most of us do. We have our favorite wrappers, trusted blenders, and a few things we’ve decided aren’t worth another try. But how often do we revisit those decisions? My experience with Connies got me thinking about what happens when…
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Continue reading →: Review: Paul Stulac Classic LordComplexity like an artillery battalion carpet bombing a target, yet an expansive profile that gave me plenty of room to wander. This is one for the ages!
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Continue reading →: When Is a Cigar Ready?When is a cigar ready? Ask ten people, and you’ll get ten different answers, all of them plausible. I hate to be flip, but my answer is: it depends. Every cigar is different, and the only way I know to find out if it’s ready is to smoke it.
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Continue reading →: Review: Paul Stulac El Nuevo ComienzoThis cigar blows me away. It is one of the only cigars I’ve smoked where I fully experienced the blender’s intent before I even knew what it was. Everything I wrote in my notes matched the meaning I later discovered behind the blend. And I’ll just give it away now:…
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Continue reading →: Plume on the Killer Cameroon!
For years, I’ve been trying to capture crystals on the surface of a cigar, but to no avail. But this afternoon, I was able to do it by having my camera close enough to the cigar, that it was slightly out of focus. The entire surface of the cigar is…
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Continue reading →: New Page: All My Reviews
I’ve added an All My Reviews page to make it easier to browse the reviews I’ve written since I started using numerical ratings. The table lists each cigar, its wrapper, my rating, and a brief note on what stood out. It’s sorted newest first, and each cigar’s name links directly…
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Continue reading →: Guest Review: Steel Horse Corojo 18 Months of AgeI wrote a guest review for Katman’s site. Steel Horse is a brand worth watching. They only have a small footprint in the US right now, but hopefully that will grow. This particular cigar has 18 months of home aging on it. The experience was transformative!
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Continue reading →: Review: Privada Rare Box Eladio Experience RobustoThat’s right. You can’t get this cigar. But it was too special to keep my mouth shut about. If you take away anything, it’s a perfect example of why aging matters. It’s also Eladio Diaz at his best. Without the band, you’d think it was a Davidoff with its clean,…





