Unco B's Stogie Diary

Purchased: 1 Valiente (6.25 X 60)Price: $18 (yeah, it was at a shop)Store: Mac’s Smoke Shop, Palo Alto CABuy again: YesBox Worthy: Yes – This one reminded me of just how good a smoke it is, I will be buying this by the box in the future.Experience Rating: 98 I’ve…

Purchased: Pack of 25 Robusto (5 X 50)Price: $175 ($7/stick)Store: Cigar Club Sosua, Sosua, Dominican RepublicBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: YesExperience Rating: 93 As I’ve recently written, I went to the DR a back in March and brought back a bunch of cigars. I got and smoked a bunch of local/shop…

I’ve shared the process I use to research making online purchases. And though I buy cigars from several places, there are a few that are my go-tos that I will look at first before other sites. At the top of my list is Miami Humidor. I discovered this shop by…

This morning, I was searching for a box of Regius Sun Grown Maduro cigars. I came up empty, but I ran across a ten-year-old Cigar Authority podcast called, “Smoking Regius with Akhil & Exposing Cuban Secrets.” Intrigued by the title, I decided to watch it, though I skipped through most…

There’s a term in musicianship called “playing in the pocket.” The most basic meaning of the term is being locked into the groove of the music you’re playing. And while It’s possible to train to be in the pocket with the use of a metronome, playing in the pocket goes…

The EP Carrillo Black Swan is the third cigar in Cigar Page’s Black Swan line. And like the Rocky Patel Black Swan, it is a completely different cigar than the original Oliva Black Swan. That’s a good thing and perhaps, a bad thing. It’s good because it’s a separate expression…

Purchased: 2 Toro (6 X 52)Store: Henry’s Cigar Lounge, Mansfield, TXPrice: $11.25 eaBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: Possibly… this stick needs quite a bit of humidor time. So I will get a few more to sit for several months before I make a definitive decision.Experience Rating: 90 I first tried this…

Purchased: 10-pack Rothschild (5 X 48)Store: BestCigarPrices.comPrice: $87.99Buy Again: Yes. In the process right now…Box Worthy: They don’t come in boxes, only bundles, but I’d buy these by the boxExperience Rating: 97 Katman raved about this, so I followed his lead and got myself a bundle. I’ve only had them…

Purchased: 3 X 10-pack Robusto (5 X 52)Store: CigarBid.comPrice: $24.50 eaBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: I’ve only purchased bundles – and I purchase them a lot!Experience Rating: 94 I did a search this morning to see if I have written about this stick and was surprised that I hadn’t yet written…

This is written based on notes I took yesterday while smoking the cigar. Feeling a bit cooped up, I decided to work from West Coast Cigars lounge yesterday and when I got there I dove into the humidor to see if they had anything new. And true to form, Kyle,…