5 Summer Cocktail Favorites
What can I say? I like the sauce. I know what you’re thinking, “But… wait… Robby’s a beer guy… right?” Yes, I’m a beer guy. I make it, drink it, sell it, and market it. I also happen to enjoy making cockt... Read More...
How to Make the Hazy Sour
The whiskey sour is a core, foundational cocktail that all aspiring mixologists should familiarize themselves with and incorporate into their repertoire. The interesting thing about this drink is that it is inc... Read More...
9 Cigars to Share with Dad on Father’s Day
Whether it's fishing, sports, autos, or video gaming, a shared hobby/activity with your pops is a special bond like none other. For many, myself included, this is the shared passion for premium cigars. Many sons and daughters take a liking to the leaf simpl... Read More...
The Evolution of a Cigar Smoker
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...