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Author Criollo Katana

Criollo Katana

David Moon (aka Criollo Katana aka Smokin'_Cubans) is a full-time dad and a part-time cigar smoker. He has been a regular member of the Cigar Dojo community since nearly the beginning, in 2012. David wrote reviews for Cigar Dojo from 2013 to 2015.

Liga Privada Único Serie Ratzilla cigar review
89%Horseradish Zing

Liga Privada Único Serie Ratzilla

Criollo Katana
April 24, 2015
Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2015
Following the popularity of the T52 and No. 9 cigars of Drew Estate's Liga Privada line, came the notion of a cigar that smoked exceptionally in one, singular size. Thus began the Liga Privada Único Serie. Form... Read More...
Herrera Esteli Edicion Limitada 2014 Lancero Cigar Review
93%Salty sweet butter

Herrera Esteli Edicion Limitada 2014 Lancero

Criollo Katana
March 16, 2015
Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2015
The Herrera Esteli Cigar brand was added to the Drew Estate portfolio in 2013 to broad acclaim. Blender and master cigar maker at El Titan de Bronze, Willie Herrera, left El Titan in 2011 and was soon-after add... Read More...
Warped Cigars El Oso MaMa cigar review
92%Chic Lancero

Warped Cigars El Oso MaMa

Criollo Katana
February 27, 2015
Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2015
In 2014, Warped Cigars brand owner, Kyle Gellis, introduced his El Oso (the bear) line of cigars with two vitolas: named Cub and PaPa. Since then, Gellis has remained diligent to his cigars and later that year ... Read More...
Warped Cigars El Oso PaPa Cigar review
90%Clean, smooth smoke

Warped Cigars El Oso PaPa

Criollo Katana
February 3, 2015
Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2015
Warped Cigars burst on into the cigar market in 2014 with the release of their El Oso line of cigars. Shiny, new company with a shiny, new cigar, right? Almost. Warped Cigars first began making cigars in 2008 i... Read More...
Arturo Fuente Añejo Reserva No. 888 cigar review
93%Decadent

Arturo Fuente Añejo Reserva No. 888

Criollo Katana
January 19, 2015
Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2015
The Añejo No. 888 first made its appearance at the 2014 Cigar Family Charitable Foundation Celebration Fuente-hosted event, given as a gift to the attendees. No one knew at the time whether this vitola would be... Read More...
Viaje Full Moon 2014 cigar review
84%Sporadic Flavors

Viaje Full Moon 2014

Criollo Katana
December 11, 2014
Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2014
I tell you, dojo, researching the 2014 edition of the Viaje Full Moon has been the most difficult research I’ve encountered to date. Viaje, and its owner, Andre Farkas, have been very tight-lipped about their p... Read More...
Crux Cigars Passport Corona cigar review
90%High quality low price

Crux Passport

Criollo Katana
November 24, 2014
Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2014
Following up the success of Crux Cigar’s first cigar releases—Ninfamaniac and Skeeterz, brand owners Jeff Haugen and Joel Rogers went all in with three new lines—Classic, Bull & Bear, and Passport. Great fo... Read More...
Tatuaje Monster Series No. 7 Jekyll cigar review
85%Overhyped

Tatuaje Monster No. 7—Jekyll

Criollo Katana
November 13, 2014
Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2014
As most of you probably know, Tatuaje has been releasing a limited availability cigar each Halloween for the last seven years known as the “Monster” series. The series has been met with not only critical acclai... Read More...
Joya de Nicaragua Joya Red cigar review
91%No Brainer

Joya Red by Joya de Nicaragua

Criollo Katana
September 15, 2014
Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2014
Sometimes a cigar will take me by surprise. Some that I thought were going to be great, ended up being just ok; and others I anticipated would be subpar turned out to be fantastic. Joya de Nicaragua’s 2014 IPCP... Read More...
Boutique Blends Cigars La Bohéme cigar review
82%Dry

Boutique Blends La Bohéme

Criollo Katana
August 15, 2014
Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2014
La Boheme is latest line of cigars to be released by Boutique Blends Cigars. Boutique Blends also produces Aging Room and Swag cigar brands. President of Boutique Blends, Rafael Nodal, was at this year’s IPCPR ... Read More...
Crux Cigars Ninfamaniac review

Crux Cigars Ninfamaniac and Ninfamaniac DARK

Criollo Katana
July 10, 2014
Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2014
Beginning this June, Jeff Haugen and Joel Rogers, owners of boutique cigar brand, Crux Cigars began releasing the first of their initial five Crux Cigar lines—Ninfamaniac (7" x 33 natural and DARK) and Skeeterz... Read More...
The Judge by J. Fuego cigar review
85%5-pack buy

The Judge by J. Fuego

Criollo Katana
May 21, 2014
Cigar Reviews, $5 & Under, 2014
Today Dojo, I have one from Famous Smoke Shop, a Pennsylvania tobacco retailer that’s gained notoriety nationally for its online retail business, as well as a number of exclusive cigar releases. The Judge, blen... Read More...
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