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Tatuaje Monster Series The Drac

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Don Pepin, Limited Editions, Tatuaje, tagged , , , , on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Size: 6 3/4” x 52 Vitola: one bloody sharp Torpedo Wrapper: a spooky Habano Maduro Origin: Transylvania via Nicaragua Age: Centuries, but pulled right outta the coffin! The most sought out cigar for the Halloween season has risen from it’s coffin and come to terrorize the neighborhood!  The Drac, the second in the Tatuaje Monster [...]

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Tatuaje Monster “Out of Costume” Series Boris

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Don Pepin, Limited Editions, Tatuaje, tagged , , , , , on October 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Size: 7” x 49 Vitola: Churchill Wrapper: Rosado Ecuadorian Sumatra Origin: Nicaragua Age: 2 months This is a pretty popular cigar right now, it’s also pretty hard to find.  This is the first of the Monster “Out-of-Costume” Series from marketing mastermind Pete Johnson of Tatuaje cigars (Havana Cellars).  The “Out-of-Costume”  (OOC) series concept is to [...]

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Punch CRA Limited Edition Toro

Posted in Cigar Reviews, General Cigar Co., Limited Editions, tagged , , , on October 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Size: 6” x 52 Vitola: Toro Wrapper: Nicaraguan Origin: Honduras This review is for a special cigar and good cause.  Cigar Rights of America is a great organization that helps give voice to the cigar smoker in Washington.  One of the ways that the CRA has raised money is through a sampler of cigars donated [...]

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Cigar Flavor Components

Posted in Other, tagged , on October 14, 2009 | 8 Comments »

There are several core cigar flavor components used to describe flavors one can taste while enjoying a cigar.  Most of the flavors are derived from a scale used to describe wines (popularized by Cigar Aficionado, whose owners also publish Wine Spectator), as they share a lot in common.  I have parceled things up into core [...]

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I Want This.

Posted in Cigar Musings, tagged , , , on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It’s only $47,000. And if you were wondering, yes those are diamonds, 192 of them.  Learn more.

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How to Taste a Cigar

Posted in Other on October 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Sounds simple, right?  Well it depends.  Taste is defined as, “form of direct chemoreception and is one of the traditional five senses.  It refers to the ability to detect the flavor of substances such as food, certain minerals, and poisons.”  But when taste partners with the sense of smell… that is how the brain perceives [...]

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Camacho CLE

Posted in Camacho, Cigar Reviews, Limited Editions, tagged , , on October 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Size: 6″ x 52 Vitola: Perfecto (Diploma shape) Wrapper: ?? (assuming it’s Corojo) Origin: Honduras Age: 1 year This little puppy, known as Christian’s Blend, is currently unique to the Signature Blends travel bag, which only includes 4 CLEs, is an extremely limited and hard to find cigar.  Thanks to Matt for hooking me up [...]

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