Unco B's Stogie Diary

And that’s the regular Oliva V. If you go on Reddit or other cigar forums, when it comes to the “V,” everyone talks about the Melanio. It’s a great cigar. I bought into the hype so much I bought boxes of both the Melanio and the Melanio Maduro. I thoroughly…

In online forums I have often seen comments that say something to the effect of, “That’s a good budget stick.” I never make a retort to those statements despite the fact they annoy the fuck out of me. Why? Simply because that word implies that it’s somehow lacking; that because…

Pictured above is one my all-time favorite sticks, the Tatuaje Nicaragua 7th Broadleaf. For me, it’s one of those sticks that never disappoints. Its flavor notes hit perfectly for my palate! Like the Undercrown Maduro, this is one stick I could smoke all day long. This morning though, when I…

Purchased: Single Toro (6 X 52)Store: Cigars & More, San Carlos, CAPrice: ~$10.00Buy again? Yes.Box worthy? Yes.Experience Rating: 88 I love cigars that fly under the radar or that have been forgotten under the piles and piles of new cigars that bury them into obscurity or irrelevance. It’s not as…

Purchased: Single Toro (6 X 54?)Store: Cigar Art, Dallas, TXPrice: $13.00Buy again? Yes.Box worthy? Yes.Experience Rating: 97 Another day in Dallas, TX, another Definition cigar. This time it’s the “The Chairman.” Wow! What a completely different take than the “Equalizer” I smoked yesterday! Where the Equalizer was silky smooth, the…

Purchased: Single Perfecto (5 X 54)Store: Cigar Art, Dallas, TXPrice: $11.00Buy Again? Yes, and I’m getting a box!Experience Rating: 97 tldr; As they say, when you know, you know and here’s what I know about this particular cigar: IT ROCKS THE HOUSE! If you’re looking for a full-body, full-flavored smoke…

Purchased: Box of 16 Toro (6 X 52)Store: everydayiscigarday.comPrice: $89.99Buy again? I will never run out of these!Box worthy? Bought a box, so yeah!Experience Rating: 88 (it could be higher, but their production issues prevent me from rating it higher) This beauty has quickly become one of my favorite cigars…

Purchased: 5-pack (5.5 X 52)Store: CigarPage.comPrice: $39.99Buy Again? YES! And I already did! Got 20 for $99 on FieldSupplyBox Worthy? Duh… But I’d only buy these on a special when sites like FS or CP have a box sale. They’re $16-$18 online normally.Experience Rating: 89 Since I had my first…

Purchased: Toro 4-packStore: Every Day Is Cigar DayPrice: $24.99Buy again? Oh yeah…Box worthy? Yeah… Oh yeah… Having gone all-in on the hobby, I participate in a few cigar forums online. One of them is r/EveryDayIsCigarDay on Reddit. When I first joined, I had no idea that the moderator, Andrius Petrucenia,…