Tagged Nicaraguan

February 13, 2025

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2025

Last October, seemingly coming out of the blue, Crowned Heads announced a new line—Belgian Blue—a limited edition made out of the factory that handles the company's Mil Días and Juárez offerings. While many of ... Read More...

89%Failing Upward

Powstanie Catastrophic Failure

February 5, 2025

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2025

Call it ironic, cheeky, or perhaps playfully pessimistic, Powstanie Cigars announced their latest project as the Catastrophic Failure this past November. It'd be quite the jarring title for those unfamiliar wit... Read More...

92%Decadent

H. Upmann 180th Anniversary

January 22, 2025

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2025

Despite being one of the world's oldest continuously produced cigar brands, the case could be made that a true home-run release hadn't been seen from H. Upmann during the modern era... that is, until the cigars... Read More...

86%Smoky Hardwoods

Micallef Blue Robusto

November 5, 2024

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2024

This year, Micallef followed up the success of last year's Micallef Black cigar with the Micallef Blue. With the Blue, one can expect to see a similar format, but with a change in the wrapper, moving from the M... Read More...

90%Harlequin Haze

Arlequín Connecticut Robusto

Scott Braband

October 8, 2024

"Come one, come all, and behold the carnival of fools." No, I’m not calling you a fool. Please don’t cancel me. I’m merely giving a theatrical introduction for the newest release from Fratello Cigars: Arlequín ... Read More...

91%Red Velvet

Perdomo 30th Anniversary Sun Grown Epicure

September 27, 2024

Being that we're now in the early twenty-twenties, expect to see 30th-anniversary releases popping up from the juggernaut companies that made it out alive from the great cigar boom of the '90s. This was a time ... Read More...

88%Prost!

Brick House Bricktoberfest 2024

September 24, 2024

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2024

My favorite time of year is here! Autumn is upon us, and with it has come all of the flavors of fall—this includes, most importantly, celebrations of Oktoberfest. J.C. Newman continues to join in on the fall fu... Read More...

87%Spicy Night

CAO FASA Noche Toro

September 18, 2024

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2024

This year, under Scandinavian Tobacco Group, CAO launched a new project featuring two cigars that share the same filler and binder. However, the project—dubbed FASA—has two tricks up the sleeve, differentiating... Read More...

89%Fast Justice

Powstanie Connecticut Justice

August 20, 2024

This year, Powstanie expanded its Connecticut line with a new vitola called “Justice,” which is a corona gorda format. The Powstanie Connecticut is the third core-line offering for the brand. The Powstanie Conn... Read More...

89%Here’s Johnny!

Johnny Tobacconaut Robusto

July 18, 2024

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2024

In 2015, Room101 took the cigar world to space with the famed Johnny Tobacconaut, a Nicaraguan puro out of Honduras. The cigar was followed only one year later with the Chief Cool Arrow, extending the Johnny Ap... Read More...

90%Spicy-Sweet

Protocol Phoebe Couzins Natural

June 4, 2024