Unco B's Stogie Diary

My wife and I don’t do the late-night thing on New Years Eve any longer, so I spent my New Years Eve at West Coast Cigars after dropping off our youngest son at a get-together nearby. I figured I could spend a few hours there and kill time until I…

As I shared in a previous post, Santa gave me the PerfecPunch for Christmas and I love it! But since my birthday is coming in a few days, I decided to give myself an early birthday present and get the other “Perfec” accessories: The PerfecDraw and PerfecRepair. They arrived today,…

My son and his fiancee went to the DR about 6 months ago for a visit with her family. I asked him to bring me back to some cigars and he brought me back a three pack of Caoba Platino. I smoke the first one within a week of receiving…

Purchased: 2 X 5-pack (5 5/8 X 46)Store: Field SupplyPrice: $35 eaBuy again? Oh yeah! After smoking my first Tatuaje Nicaragua 7ths a couple of weeks ago, I was itching to get more. Those Naturals were so incredibly good, I knew I had to make them part of my regular…

My wife knows how to please me. While I raved about the insanely classy portable humidor she got me which included five of my favorite cigars, my favorite gift from her was a PerfecPunch. I’ve been using it since Christmas Eve when I received it, and it is hands-down the…

6 X 44 for a Corona? I know, right? But that’s what they call their Corona, so whatever. But amazingly enough, there is a difference between this and the Queens. The flavor profile is similar, but in this longer and slightly fatter vitola, the smoke is less intense. And that’s…

I’ve eschewed short-filler and Cuban sandwich cigars not because they’re bad, but simply because I can get hand-rolled long-filler cigars for just a bit more. But I do make one exception, and that’s the RP Cargo. It’s not going to win any beauty contests, nor will it win awards for…

That there nub is from an Oliva V Melanio I smoked last night. While I will take most of the cigars I like down to about an inch or inch and a half, very few earn the honor of being smoked down to the nub. I don’t smoke every V…