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Continue reading →: Powstanie San Andrés Corona GordaPurchased: 3 Singles (5.5 X 46)Price: $17.95 eachStore: West Coast Cigars, San Jose, CABuy Again: YesBox Worthy: YesExperience Rating: 96 I spent this past Wednesday afternoon at West Coast Cigars. As often happens when I’m there, I sit with Father Bob, one of the shop’s owners. It was a great…
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Continue reading →: Cuban Montecristo No. 2While 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…
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Continue reading →: The Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Connecticut Changed My Mind About CT-Wrapped Cigars!
Yesterday, as I sat in the lounge at West Coast Cigars chatting with Father Bob (one of the owners), I noticed that he was smoking a cigar with a very light wrapper. If you know Father Bob, you normally see him smoking something with a dark wrapper, and it’s more…
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Continue reading →: If Can, Can. If No Can, No Can. A Philosophy to Smoke ByTo 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…
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Continue reading →: AJ Fernandez San Lotano Requiem HabanoPurchased: 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…
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Continue reading →: Don’t Throw Out Your Rhum Agricole! Make a Ti’ Punch Instead!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…
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Continue reading →: Planteray O.F.T.D. RumPurchased: 1-liter bottleStore: Total Wine & MorePrice: $35.99Buy Again: I’m on my second bottle! So, yes!Rating: 95 I bought this bottle completely blind when I first tried it. I was in my local Total Wine searching for overproof rum and saw this bottle. I love the backstory on the naming…
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Continue reading →: My Father Blue First ImpressionsTo come clean, I bought my box blind. I had, of course, heard of it from internet posts and reviews. Admittedly, it wasn’t really on my radar. But that damn JR stackable coupons sale got to me, and I was able to procure a box of these and AJ San…
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Continue reading →: AJ Fernandez San Lotano Habano
Purchased: Box of 20 Churchill (7 X 52)Store: JR CigarsPrice: ~$40 from the JR stackable coupon saleBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: YesExperience Rating: 92 Man I have been lucking out as of late with my purchases! That stackable coupon deal from JR was insane and I scored some epic sticks for…
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Continue reading →: My Ultimate Mai Tai RecipeOne thing I’ve gotten into lately is rum, especially Jamaican rum. And though I love to sip the stuff neat, I also love a great Mai Tai. My version is a riff on the original Trader Vic’s Mai Tai. It’s a little stronger in the alcohol department because I want…









