Cigar Reviews

90%Loaded Cannon

Casdagli Basilica A Toro

January 24, 2020

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2020

While the Casdagli Basilica A cigar has existed for roughly five years, the brand was recently refreshed in 2019, as Bespoke Cigars rebranded under the Casdagli family name. Basilica A is joined by multiple ble... Read More...

91%Hooked & Booked

Protocol Sir Robert Peel Natural

Randy Griggs

January 21, 2020

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2020

Any ardent cigar enthusiast spending time on social media and following cigars would recognize the names Bill Ives and Juan Cancel. Since launching Cubariqueño Cigar Co. at the 2015 IPCPR trade show, the two po... Read More...

89%Stars & Stripes

The American Robusto

EL Oso Fumar

January 1, 2020

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2020

“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.” — George Washington The introduction to this review is appropriately one sentence. Everything about this cigar, even its essence, is 100-percent Stars and Stripes. We have Ariel Newman, w... Read More...

90%Refreshing

Gatekeeper Corona

Jordan Guttormson

December 20, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2019

Gatekeeper is the sophomore release from Alec & Bradley Cigars—a boutique-minded sub-brand under the Alec Bradley Cigar Co. umbrella that is spearheaded by Alec and Bradley Rubin. The duo first launched ont... Read More...

86%Expensive Date

Cohiba Spectre CS19

velorok

December 13, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2019

Ninety dollars. That’s how much one of these cigars costs. There are cigars that I thoroughly enjoy that cost $90 for a box. What in the world could make a single cigar worth $90? Well, the marketing geniuses a... Read More...

87%Solid if Unspectacular

My Father La Promesa Toro

Rob Rasmussen

December 6, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2019

My Father Cigars is one of those brands that is constantly represented on "Top Cigar" lists, usually having at least one cigar on most of the yearly "Top 25" rankings. They are a brand steeped in history and it seems like they always have something new on the ... Read More...

88%Bigger = Better?

Baka Bantu

Jordan Guttormson

December 2, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2019

In March of this year, images of RoMa Craft's Cameroon-based project were first posted on the social media channels of Skip Martin, co-owner of RoMa Craft Tobac. The cigar had previously been hinted at, but was... Read More...

86%Give 'em a hand

300 Hands Connecticut

velorok

November 22, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2019

Joining the 300 Hands Maduro and 300 Manos Habano (Cigar Dojo’s 2018 Value-Priced Cigar of the Year) comes the 300 Hands Connecticut by Southern Draw. Blended by Robert Holt of Southern Draw Cigars at Tabacaler... Read More...

87%Fireproof

Plasencia Alma del Fuego

Randy Griggs

November 19, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2019

Now in their fourth year of establishing Plasencia as a premium cigar brand, Plasencia Cigars released Alma del Fuego at this year’s IPCPR trade show. The third of five cigars set to be released in the Alma Series, the name translates to Soul of Fire. This pla... Read More...

83%Box Office Flop

CAO Orellana

velorok

November 14, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2019

I had the pleasure of reviewing the CAO Amazon Anaconda a while back. In said review I really enjoyed the whole wordplay involving the CAO promotional copy, in which they dubbed Ernest Gocaj the “Indiana Jones”... Read More...

91%Standing Ovation

Luciano The Traveler

EL Oso Fumar

November 13, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2019

Dilegua, o notte! Tramontate, stelle! Tramontate, stelle! All'alba vincerò! Vincerò, vincerò! — Giacomo Puccini's Opera "Turandot" — Let me add more to the paradigm that is me as the person. For rea... Read More...

89%Wanna Smoke?

Chuck

Jordan Guttormson

October 31, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2019

Eleven years after debuting onto the premium cigar scene, Tatuaje's Monster Series—one of the most ambitious limited-edition cigar sagas ever attempted—has come to a close. The series has seen its fair share of plot twists over the years, originally planned to... Read More...

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