Purchased: 10-pack Gran Toro (6.5 X 56) Box PressedStore: Atlantic CigarsPrice: $54.95Buy Again: YesBox Worthy: Yes, but I can only find them in a 10-packExperience Raging: 94 I’m gonna come clean. I just received these a couple of days ago along with a 10-pack of the Small Batch Blue Label. If I was patient, I’dContinue reading “Regius of London Small Batch Black Label”
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To Chuck or Not to Chuck?
This morning, I wanted to have a nice smoke to start out my day; nothing too sophisticated nor so big it would take forever to smoke. After all, I still must drive to the office. So, I figured something small like a corona would work. The only coronas I have right now are the UndercrownContinue reading “To Chuck or Not to Chuck?”
Curivari Sun Grown Maduro
Purchased: Single 5 X 54 Box PressedPrice: $13.95Store: West Coast CigarsBuy Again: …and again and againBox Worthy: Yes. I left the shop with a box, which is something I never do. This post isn’t as much a review as it is a declaration: This cigar blew me away! Yet another Curivari stick that has doneContinue reading “Curivari Sun Grown Maduro”
Drew Estate Liga Undercrown Maduro Corona Viva
Purchased: 5-pack Corona Viva (5 5/8 X 46)Price: $32.95Buy Again: Oh yeah!Box Worthy: Duh!Experience Rating: 97 I’ve smoked A LOT of Undercrown Maduro. I don’t know if I mentioned this is my diary, but it’s my desert island smoke. If I had to choose just one cigar to smoke if I were stranded on aContinue reading “Drew Estate Liga Undercrown Maduro Corona Viva”
La Gloria Cubana Serie R No. 5
Purchased: 3 X 10-pack (5.5 X 54)Price: $28/10-pack / $2.80/stickStore: CigarBid.comBuy Again: This is already a buy-againBox Worthy: Well, I got 30 this time, so yeah. I’m surprised I haven’t written about these before because I love ’em. I just finished my last batch of LGC Serie R Maduro, and decided to get the regularContinue reading “La Gloria Cubana Serie R No. 5”
Curivari Gloria de Leon
Purchased: 5-pack Prominente (6.5 X 54)Shop: CigarPlace.bizPrice: $65.95Buy Again: YesBox Worthy: YesExperience Rating: 95 I kinda feel like Katman going through the entire Curivari line. I’ve only gotten through three, but he did the whole line at the time over ten years ago. But at least for me, my experience has been like his. I’veContinue reading “Curivari Gloria de Leon”
Curivari Buenaventura BV-500
Purchased: 5.25 X 50 (Box-pressed Robusto)Price: $32.95Store: CigarPlace.bizBuy Again: Yes!Box Worthy: Absolutely Again we have a cigar that has no business being this good for how inexpensive it is. Like its sibling, the Reserva Limitada Cafe Noir 56 I just reviewed, I’m blown away by the quality and flavor of this smoke. And that aContinue reading “Curivari Buenaventura BV-500”
Curivari Reserva Limitada Cafe Noir 56
Purchased: 6 X 56 Box-Pressed (5-Pack)Price: $39.95Store CigarPlace.bizBuy Again: Oh yeah!Box Worthy: Yes I first discovered these at my local B&M who keeps these and other Curivari sticks in stock; I think for a particular patron who doesn’t seem to smoke anything but these when I see him at the shop. I once tried toContinue reading “Curivari Reserva Limitada Cafe Noir 56”
The “Ultimate” Christmas Smokes
In anticipation of Christmas, I bought two of my all-time favorite cigars, a Padron 1964 Anniversary and a Tatuaje 7th Habano. The Padron ’64 is and always will be at the very top of my list. And though I have had several more expensive cigars, to me at least, that ’64 has a taste thatContinue reading “The “Ultimate” Christmas Smokes”
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!
As I sit outside enjoying a well-aged Oliva Black Swan, I’m looking back at my cigar journey. I’ve been enjoying cigars for well over 30 years. But it wasn’t until the last few years that I delved into the hobby in earnest. Before that, even though I smoked a lot of great cigars, such asContinue reading “Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!”
Unco B's Stogie Diary 