PSA: The Regular Production Paul Stulac Blue Lightning Sky Is Now Available!!!
If you didn’t get a chance to get the Katman Edition stick, you can now get it as a regular production cigar. There are a few retailers out there selling them, but I always get my Stulac cigars from MiamiHumidor.net. They have the best prices. A box of twenty-five is only $170! That’s about $60…
Powstanie San Andrés Corona Gorda
Purchased: 3 Singles (5.5 X 46)Price: $17.95 eachStore: West Coast Cigars, San Jose, CABuy Again: YesBox Worthy: YesExperience Rating: 96 I spent this past Wednesday afternoon at West Coast Cigars. As often happens when I’m there, I sit with Father Bob, one of the shop’s owners. It was a great afternoon spent working, and interspersed…
Cuban Montecristo No. 2
While I was digging through one of my humidors, rotating stock, and finding something to smoke, I saw this Cuban beauty lying in wait, calling her siren song, “Smoke me! Smoke me!” Man, that could be interpreted many different ways… Oh well, what we do for literary engagement. I picked up the stick and immediately…
The Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Connecticut Changed My Mind About CT-Wrapped Cigars!
Yesterday, as I sat in the lounge at West Coast Cigars chatting with Father Bob (one of the owners), I noticed that he was smoking a cigar with a very light wrapper. If you know Father Bob, you normally see him smoking something with a dark wrapper, and it’s more often than not a LDF…
If Can, Can. If No Can, No Can. A Philosophy to Smoke By
To me, this is the classic Hawaiian proverb that defines the Hawaiian laid-back but authentic way to deal with life. It’s the ultimate shrug-with-wisdom – clean, efficient, and brutally honest. With this saying, there’s no overthinking, no drama, just a reality check wrapped in aloha. Another way of thinking about this is that some things…
AJ Fernandez San Lotano Requiem Habano
Purchased: Box of 20 Churchill (7 X 52)Price: ~$35.00 (Yeah, I got ’em from the JR stackable coupon sale)Store: JR CigarsBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: Yes – probably the only way I’ll buy themExperience Rating: 93 I remember the first time I smoked one of these. Several years ago, I was golfing in a tournament, and…
Don’t Throw Out Your Rhum Agricole! Make a Ti’ Punch Instead!
My first introduction to Rhum Agricole was from some bottles I inherited when a close friend of my wife’s passed away from a tragic accident. His family was from France, and when he passed, they moved back. But they couldn’t take everything with them, so his wife told mine that she could take all the…
Planteray O.F.T.D. Rum
Purchased: 1-liter bottleStore: Total Wine & MorePrice: $35.99Buy Again: I’m on my second bottle! So, yes!Rating: 95 I bought this bottle completely blind when I first tried it. I was in my local Total Wine searching for overproof rum and saw this bottle. I love the backstory on the naming of this rum. Apparently the…
My Father Blue First Impressions
To come clean, I bought my box blind. I had of course heard of it from posts on the internet and saw some reviews. Admittedly, it wasn’t really on my radar. But that damn JR stackable coupons sale got to me and I was able to procure a box of these and AJ San Lotano…
AJ Fernandez San Lotano Habano
Purchased: Box of 20 Churchill (7 X 52)Store: JR CigarsPrice: ~$40 from the JR stackable coupon saleBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: YesExperience Rating: 92 Man I have been lucking out as of late with my purchases! That stackable coupon deal from JR was insane and I scored some epic sticks for a fraction of their retail…
My Ultimate Mai Tai Recipe
One thing I’ve gotten into lately is rum, especially Jamaican rum. And though I love to sip the stuff neat, I also love a great Mai Tai. My version is a riff on the original Trader Vic’s Mai Tai. It’s a little stronger in the alcohol department because I want to bring out the “hogo”…
LCA Dead Stock 2025. An Amazing Cigar!
And the surprise of the year award goes to… LCA Dead Stock 2026! Here’s the marketing backstory… Purchased: 6 Figurado 6 X 54Store: West Coast CigarsPrice: $15.79Buy Again: Yes. I found some and ordered ten more. But once these are gone, they’re gone forever.Box Worthy: If boxes were still available, a resounding yesExperience Rating: 98…
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