Unco B's Stogie Diary

Purchased: Single Toro (6 X 56)Price: $28.95Store: West Coast Cigars, San Jose, CABuy Again: YesBox Worthy: Yes – but I think I may stick to fiversExperience Rating: 92 I love smoking cigars with a mythology behind them, or at least a great story. It doesn’t necessarily compel me to buy…

While I was digging through one of my humidors, rotating stock, and finding something to smoke, I saw this Cuban beauty lying in wait, calling her siren song, “Smoke me! Smoke me!” Man, that could be interpreted many different ways… Oh well, what we do for literary engagement. I picked…

To me, this is the classic Hawaiian proverb that defines the Hawaiian laid-back but authentic way to deal with life. It’s the ultimate shrug-with-wisdom – clean, efficient, and brutally honest. With this saying, there’s no overthinking, no drama, just a reality check wrapped in aloha. Another way of thinking about…

Purchased: Box of 20 Churchill (7 X 52)Price: ~$35.00 (Yeah, I got ’em from the JR stackable coupon sale)Store: JR CigarsBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: Yes – probably the only way I’ll buy themExperience Rating: 93 I remember the first time I smoked one of these. Several years ago, I was…

My first introduction to Rhum Agricole was from some bottles I inherited when a close friend of my wife’s passed away from a tragic accident. His family was from France, and when he passed, they moved back. But they couldn’t take everything with them, so his wife told mine that…