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The Evolution of a Cigar Smoker

May 5, 2020

We all have our unique journey into the world of premium cigars: some of us start later in life, some of us are introduced at a young age (insert minimum legal smoking age for given region), but wherever it is ... Read More...

How to Make the White Trash Old Fashioned

March 25, 2020

Featured, Blog, Drinks

Born out of necessity when we lacked the ingredients for a traditional old fashioned cocktail, the White Trash Old Fashioned emerged. We realized that nearly all this old-school cocktail's ingredients could be ... Read More...

Cigars of the Decade: 50 Cigars That Left an Impact

February 11, 2020

It isn't often that we are afforded the opportunity to look back at the progress achieved in the world of premium cigars over the course of a decade. From the perspective of many American cigar smokers—only actively concerning ourselves with handmade cigars si... Read More...

7 Cigars from the Vault for Big Game Sunday

Rob Rasmussen

January 28, 2020

Okay, let’s get this out of the way before we get started. I have been a 49ers fan since an undisclosed date in the late 1970s. I watched 49ers games with my dad before I was able to speak or even put together ... Read More...

Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival 2019 Recap

September 18, 2019

This year's edition of Colorado's largest cigar event—Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival—marked the event's milestone 10th anniversary. Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival (RMCF) has steadily grown since it's inaugurat... Read More...

Q&A: Luis Cuevas Jr. of Casa Cuevas Cigars

June 25, 2019

News, Blog

Tracing their roots back to 19th century Cuba, located within the country's most famous Pinar del Río growing region, the Cuevas family is well established within the arena of premium cigar craftsmanship. Now in the family's fourth generation of tobacco involv... Read More...

Game of Cigars

Cigar Dojo

May 6, 2019

This is it folks, the moment we've been waiting eight years for (alternatively, 97 months, or 255,225,600 seconds, if you want to take this joke to its logical conclusion...)—the part of a show called Game of T... Read More...

11 Amped-Up Connecticut Cigars for the Modern Enthusiast

March 28, 2019

It is always hard to pinpoint the exact moment when a movement kicks into gear—the first domino that falls to establish a new trend. In the cigar industry, a new age of Connecticut-wrapped cigars has arrived; t... Read More...

What Your Wardrobe Says About You as a Cigar Smoker

March 5, 2019

The cigar industry has such a wide, broad, and eclectic sense of fashion that I decided it deserved a deeper dive. With such variety sported by cigar smokers at every shop, bar, and cigar festival across the country, I've been inspired to craft the definitive ... Read More...

The Great Smoke 2019 Recap

February 19, 2019

This year marked the 13th annual edition of The Great Smoke, a mega-style cigar event that is held in South Florida and put on by local retailer Smoke Inn Cigars. The event began by simply gathering together so... Read More...

Cigars in the Year 3000

January 31, 2019

In 2019, the premium cigar industry has an uncertain path ahead; FDA regulations, massive tobacco conglomerates (and their propensity toward wielding said FDA regulations against smaller companies), and uncerta... Read More...

Camp Camacho Tour 2018

October 17, 2018