89%Up & Down

Punch Diablo Scamp

August 29, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2018

The Punch Diablo debuted at IPCPR this year as a joint offering between General Cigar (the parent company of the non-cuban Punch brand) and A.J. Fernández (on the manufacturing side). The Punch Diablo is the fi... Read More...

79%Reserva Blah-nc

Gilberto Oliva Reserva Blanc Corona

velorok

August 22, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2018

Gilberto Oliva Reserva Blanc was announced with, and released a couple months after, the Oliva Gilberto Reserva (a sister blend wrapped in an Indonesian Sumatra wrapper). The latter cigar was reviewed back in M... Read More...

Partagas 1845 Clasico robusto cigar review

86%Empty Barrel

Partagas 1845 Clásico Robusto

Alex Martinez

August 15, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2018

Like all things that have been experienced, revisiting them has benefits and cons. Revisiting an attractive girlfriend that may not be as alluring anymore (well, neither are we), rediscovering a car that you co... Read More...

86%Nostalgic

Macanudo Inspirado Black Robusto

EL Oso Fumar

July 31, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2018

If you have spent any significant amount of time smoking premium cigars, you have smoked a Macanudo (just taking a wild guess here). Whenever I reflect on the nostalgic nature of cigars, I'm reminded of Macanud... Read More...

86%Atypical

Espinosa Wasabi

Jordan Guttormson

June 22, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2018

Two weeks after IPCPR 2016, Espinosa Premium Cigars unveiled an assortment of new projects under under the company's Backroom Series—an exclusive collection of cigars that are intended to be sold only at Espino... Read More...

84%Nicaraguan for Dummies

Macanudo Inspirado Red Robusto

velorok

May 23, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2018

Like many cigar smokers today, I can fondly remember my first cigar—a Macanudo that my father gave me on our first road trip together. Somewhere between Chicago and the Smoky Mountains (befitting), a gas statio... Read More...

89%American Beauty

Brick House Double Connecticut Robusto

EL Oso Fumar

May 4, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2018

The premium cigar industry is overrun with tremendous stories about family and humble beginnings. One of these sensational tales has the J.C. Newman Cigar Company at the center of it. Founded in 1895, Julius Ca... Read More...

91%Morning Wheaties

Casa Cuevas Connecticut Robusto

Jordan Guttormson

April 11, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2018

Casa Cuevas Cigars is a relatively new brand in the market, stemming from the not-so-new Tabacalera Las Lavas factory in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Las Lavas is managed by Luis Cuevas Sr. and Luis Jr., a fou... Read More...

87%S’more Sumatra!

Oliva Gilberto Reserva Corona

velorok

March 15, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2018

If you’ve been around the world of cigars for a minute or two, you’ve probably become familiar with the Oliva family name. Their cigars have been ratings gold for well over a decade now, and I can’t remember se... Read More...

85%Ancient Revival

La Aurora ADN Dominicano Toro

velorok

February 28, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2018

There have been several cigar releases in recent memory that have used a special tobacco to make them unique, while often times paying homage to ancient traditions. We’ve seen fire-cured tobacco, rare leaves gr... Read More...

89%Connecti-bano

Macanudo Inspirado White

velorok

February 6, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2018

I, like many, many smokers, recall having a Macanudo as my first real cigar. I remember it fondly: June of 1992 (when they were still made in Jamaica), heading to West Virginia with my father—he stopped at a ga... Read More...

91%Sourdough

Asylum 13 Medulla Oblongata

Jordan Guttormson

December 8, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2017

Asylum Cigars has made a name for themselves as a modern, edgy, and affordable choice for the craft enthusiast. In addition, the company was among the first to fully embrace large-ring-gauge (gordo) vitolas, us... Read More...