Unco B's Stogie Diary

Original Post Date: August 25, 2025. I added an update below… Purchased: Box (18 ct.) Toro (5.75 X 54)Store: Hiland’s Cigars, Scottsdale, AZPrice: $199Buy Again: YesBox Worthy: Duh…Experience Rating: 100 Wrapper: Connecticut BroadleafBinder: DominicanFiller: Dominican, Nicaraguan The day after I had my first one of these at the shop a…

Of course it does. The only reason I tacked on the question was that how much you age your cigars depends on the cigar. Like wine, cigars eventually age out, but they do so at varying rates. For instance, an Oliva Black Swan ages out in less than six months…

Purchased: 20-ct. Box Short Churchill (6 X 48)Price: $102.30Store: Atlantic CigarBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: Yes, obviously…Experience Rating: 94 I was so completely wowed by this cigar when I first tried it at West Coast Cigars that I purchased a box the next day. Since then, I’ve smoked almost half the…

Okay… I know that there’s no such thing as a perfect cigar. But I’m always on the lookout for a cigar I can rate at 100 points. My rating scale is much like Katman’s in that the rating has nothing to do with a comparison to other cigars, but on…

Purchased: 5-pack EL554 (5 X 54)Price: $50Store: MiamiHumidor.netBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: No. Only because a box includes ten of the two sizes, a 4X54 and 5X54. I don’t like shorties.Experience Rating: 89 These cigars were inspired by the tubes in vintage tube amps. Dan Welsch, co-founder of L’Atelier was apparently…

Purchased: 5-pack Corona Gorda (5 5/8 X 46)Price: $42.75Store: MiamiHumidor.netBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: AbsolutelyExperience Rating: 95 I’ve mentioned in the past that I’m a HUGE fan of Tatuaje’s Seleccíon de Cazador (Brown Label) 7th line. And though the Habano still remains my favorite, I usually have others in the line…

Purchased: 5-Pack ToroPrice: $29.00Store: CigarPage.comBuy Again: ProbablyBox Worthy: I’m unsure… I need to get another 5er and forget about it for several months.Experience Rating: 85 I wrote my first impressions of this cigar back in July and I liked it but also mentioned that it would be better with even…

Here’s a cigar that has been around a long time. I’m amazed that I haven’t written about it in my diary because this cigar first introduced me to the Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper which, if I’m being honest, is a tobacco I’ve come to prefer and tend to gravitate towards because…