91%No Brainer

Joya Red by Joya de Nicaragua

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...

89%5-pack purchase

601 La Bomba Bunker Buster

Jordan Guttormson

June 12, 2014

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2014

Today I’ll be smoking and reviewing the 601 La Bomba Bunker Buster, the 8th edition in cigar retailer Smoke Inn’s Microblend Series. Manufactured at the La Zona factory by Espinosa Cigars, this is a special,... Read More...

88%Quick Smoke

Sosa Underground Habano Delphic

Guest Author

August 19, 2013

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2013

A double cigar review by the Cigar Dojo community For our review of the Sosa Underground Habano, we decided to ask two members of the Dojo community to share their smoking experiences with this particular stic... Read More...

87%Solid Stick

Placeres Reserva

Eric Guttormson

June 13, 2013

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2013

I'm always on the lookout for a cigar that's different, affordable, and delicious. Today I have found a diamond in the rough, the Placeres Reserva from Kuuts Cigars. Kuuts makes two other brands the MIRÓ and th... Read More...

87%Cedar Bomb

DeSiena 312

Guest Author

June 5, 2013

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2013

A triple review by the Dojo Nation As attempted only once before in Cigar Dojo history, the rare, "triple review" offers a compelling look into the profile of a certain cigar. In this case, we offered the newl... Read More...

84%Forgettable

Inception 288 Robusto

Jordan Guttormson

April 23, 2013

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2013

Recently I decided to light up a boutique cigar sent over by Inception Cigars, a relatively newcomer to the cigar scene, coming out of Houston, Texas of all places. This caught my attention, a cigar manufacture... Read More...

88%Great value

CLE Cuarenta

Eric Guttormson

March 19, 2013

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2013

Clearly my tastes are changing. It wasn't that long ago that the only type of cigars that I wanted to smoke were super dark, maduro, full bodied smokes. These days, I find myself gravitating towards the habano ... Read More...

87%Under the Radar

Antonio Benitez

Eric Guttormson

March 8, 2013

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2013

I certainly mean no disrespect to any of the huge (household name brand) cigar companies out there but lately I have been on a kick to locate tasty cigars that are lessor known or even totally obscure. Such is ... Read More...

88%Never Fails

601 Red Label

Eric Guttormson

March 1, 2013

Cigar Reviews, $5 & Under, 2013

It's no secret that I am a huge fan of pretty much anything Erik Espinosa makes and I recently had a chance to smoke the 601 Red Label (Habano). The 601 Red Label is a fairly standard looking stogie with nice l... Read More...

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