Unco B's Stogie Diary

I’ve smoked this cigar before, and my response was tepid at best. This time, I sat with its dark, imposing presence long enough to understand it. Beneath that raw power is remarkable complexity, and by the last inch, I knew this one was going into my regular rotation.

When I found out that the Killer Cameroon was going to be wrapped in Raul Lanuza’s Cameroon Negro leaf, I perked up. I’d smoked it in the Super Sea Monkeys and wanted to see what Raul would do with it next. The Super Sea Monkeys set a high bar. Would…

Transformative. Transcendent. Those aren’t words I use lightly. But after 20 months of home aging, the DPG Cuban Classic 1950 has reached heights few cigars ever attain.

After reviewing the IGM Zarpe, I was excited to try the Flor de Puriscal, which sits at the other end of IGM’s offerings. At $6/stick, it’s squarely in the affordable range. It’s also a Costa Rican puro built around an unusual idea: IGM chose to honor the tobacco flower that…

You can’t buy this Puros Mantis Corona at retail. But smoking it fresh and then returning to the blend after two months gave me the perfect opportunity to demonstrate the concept behind *Cigars Need Time to Marry*. This was a real-life look at the difference between a freshly rolled cigar…

Though I’ve reviewed this stick twice before, those reviews were based on sticks with at most a couple of months of age. This review stick has over a year of age on it. I’ll give away the farm here: What it has become is magnificent!