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Tatuaje Monster Series The Frank – One Year Later

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Don Pepin, Limited Editions, Tatuaje, tagged , , , , on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Size: 7 5/8″ x 49
Vitola: Double Corona
Wrapper: a frighteningly toothy Connecticut Broadleaf
Origin: Nicaragua
Age: just arose from its coffin
The Frank.  You may have heard of it.  The Frank (short for Frankenstein’s monster of course) is 1st of a hopefully long line of Monster Series cigars released by Pete Johnson of Tatuaje fame for Halloween.  Thirteen evil [...]

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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 Series, is a dangerous looking [...]

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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 take the last year’s Monster [...]

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Tatuaje Monster Series “The Frank”

Posted in Don Pepin, Limited Editions, Tatuaje, tagged , , , , on November 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Size: 7 5/8″ x 49
Vitola: Double Corona
Wrapper: a frighteningly toothy Connecticut Broadleaf
Origin: Nicaragua
Age: just arose from its coffin

The Frank.  You may have heard of it.  The Frank (short for Frankenstein’s monster of course) is 1st of a hopefully long line of Monster Series cigars released by Pete Johnson of Tatuaje fame for Halloween.  Thirteen evil [...]

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El Triunfador Lancero (SEP 08)

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Don Pepin, Limited Editions, Tatuaje, tagged , , on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size: 7 1/2″ x 38
Vitola: Long Panetela
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf
Origin: USA or Nicaragua
Age: Fresh off the truck (0 months)
Some of you may have heard of this cigar.  Those that heven’t, and have been living under a rock, check out this blurb I wrote earlier this week.

This is a very well made cigar, it’s triple cap with [...]

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La Riqueza No. 2 (AUG 08)

Posted in Cigar News & Notes, Don Pepin, Tatuaje, tagged , , on September 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Size:  5 1/2″ x 52
Vitola: Torpedo
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf
Origin: Nicaragua
This cigar is made by to very popular men: Pete Johnson of Tatuaje fame and Don Pepin of half of every new cigar that’s come out in the pst two years. 
The La Riqueza is a departure for these two collaborator.  This is not a typical Tatuaje or Don [...]

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Tatuaje Black (Jun 2008)

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Don Pepin, Limited Editions, Tatuaje, tagged , on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

:  5 5/8″ x 46
Vitola:  Grand Corona
Wrapper:Nicaraguan Corojo ‘99
Origin: Nicaragua
This is THE cigar right now.  Everyone and their mother is trying to get their hands on a Tatuaje Black.  I was fortunate enough to get a few at my favorite tobacco shop, Capital City Cigars, and I couldn’t wait long to smoke one for myself [...]

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La Riqueza No. 5 (JUN 2008)

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Don Pepin, Tatuaje, tagged , , , on June 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Size:  4 3/8″ x 42
Vitola:  Petite Corona
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf        
Origin: Nicaragua
Pete Johnson?  Pepin Garcia?  Have you heard of these guys before?  Well if you haven’t, then you must have clearly stumbled upon this blog by accident.  The creators of Tatuaje (tah-to-ah-hey) and Cabaiguan (kah-bei-gWAHN ) have joined forces again to bring back a long dead brand [...]

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Tatuaje Regios (2006)

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Don Pepin, Tatuaje, tagged , , on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size: 5.5″ x 50 
Vitola: Robusto 
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo ‘99 
Origin: Nicaragua
This Pepin-made cigar hails from Pete Johnson’s Brown Label Tatuaje line.  This robusto has been aging for exactly two years and just seemed to be calling out to me. 
“Smoke me… I’ve aged just right…”
And when a cigar talks, I listen (especially after that one time in the [...]

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Tatuaje Gran Cojonu (2006)

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Don Pepin, Tatuaje, tagged , , on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size: 6.5″ x 60 
Vitola: Toro 
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo ‘99 
Origin: Nicaragua
The first time I smoked this cigar, it whooped my butt.  So I put its brother away for a couple of years to give it some time to mellow… and I’m glad it did.
This another powerhouse cigar from Don Pepin and Pete Johnson.  The cigar is unbabded, [...]

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