Unco B's Stogie Diary

My wife just returned home from a weeklong trip to the island nation of Dominica in the Caribbean. On her way back, she had a stop in Old San Juan in Puerto Rico. Being the loving wife who knows her man, she wanted to bring back some cigars for me.…

Purchased: 3 Singles Price: $15.49 ea (yeah a bit pricey) Store: West Coast Cigars Buy again? Already have. Box worthy? Yes. I’m normally a little leery of celebrity collaboration cigars. For instance, the Knuckle Sandwich was good and even though it was chosen as one of the top cigars for…

I’m surprised I haven’t written about this one because it is the cigar that got me into the Petite Corona vitola. I first had one at my son’s friend’s wedding this past summer, and since then I have been stocking up on all sorts of small format cigars. There really…

Purchased: Box of 10 Toros (5.5 X 22mm) [maybe 52-54]Cost: R$880 / ~US$175Store: Tabacaria Roma, Sao Paolo, BrazilBuy Again? Hell yeah, if I can find them in the US! tldr; It’s unfortunate that Brazilian cigars – that is, cigars produced in Brazil – aren’t very well known or spoken about…

Ahh… Sao Paolo… My wife and I are here for a few days before we make a trek to the coast (Maceio) for a wedding. Today, I had a few hours of free time as my wife, who’s a contract English teacher – had a couple of clients, so I…

Purchased: 5-pack Toro (6 X 54)Price: ~$38Store: CigarPage.comBuy again? Yes, but on a special sale only Don’t get me wrong. This cigar is good. When I first took it out of the wrapper, I marveled at its toothy, oily wrapper. The label art was spectacular. Chocolate, cedar, yogurt-like sourness when…

Purchased: 2 X RobustoStore: TobaccoPrice: $10.95 eaBuy again? Yes. Box worthy? Yes. tldr; At a ring gauge of 4 1/2 X 52, my first thought that this was pretty short for a robusto, which are normally 5 inches. But this was by no means a quick smoke, taking me over…

I’ve been smoking the Oliva Serie O for  years now, and I always have a bunch of them on hand to give to friends and at those times where I can’t decide on what to smoke (which actually happens more than I care to admit). This was one of those…

I was reading a Reddit thread the other day where someone asked about the difference between boutique and craft cigars and regular production cigars, and if boutique cigars were somehow better than production cigars (paraphrasing). It was a fairly lively discussion. I was going to jump in on the conversation…