Tagged Nicaraguan

Cubanacan Cigars is deeply personal about their history & development in the cigar world. "A Story in Smoke”, as their slogan states, is a tale of “Tradition and Pride”. Cubanacan begins their history in Cu... Read More...

92%Fantastic Mexican

Herrera Estelí Norteño

September 26, 2014

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2014

In June, 2011, Drew Estate officially announced that Willy Herrera, the former master blender at El Titan de Bronze, would be joining the Drew Estate team in Nicaragua. The objective was simple and brilliant - ... Read More...

91%No Brainer

Joya Red by Joya de Nicaragua

Criollo Katana

September 15, 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...

Intemperance Brotherly Kindness cigar review

92%Box Purchase

Intemperance EC XVIII Brotherly Kindness

Eric Guttormson

September 9, 2014

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2014, Video Reviews

Expanding on the Intemperance line, RoMa Craft Tobac has introduced two new vitolas - the Brotherly Kindness and the Breach of Peace. Both cigars are 5" x 56 Gran Robusto vitolas - the Brotherly Kindness featur... Read More...

91%Maduro Madness

Arandoza Red Label

Eric Guttormson

August 27, 2014

At this years IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas, Arandoza Cigars released their new Red Label cigar, which will join the Blue and the White label, rounding out the Arandoza line. The red label is billed as a much m... Read More...

88%3 cigar purchase

BG Meyer Standard Issue

MrStogato

August 25, 2014

Rob Weiss has joined Matt Booth and Mike Ditka in Comacho/Davidoff's "Board of the Bold" with his new brand, BG Meyer Co. Today I will be reviewing the first installment of this line - Standard Issue. I’m smoki... Read More...

93%Endless flavor

Laranja Reserva

August 18, 2014

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2014

Coming out of the 2014 IPCPR show last month, it was quickly apparent that the majority of manufacturers were focused on two wrapper varieties: Mexican San Andrés and Ecuadorian Connecticut. Which made it all t... Read More...

88%Innovative

Black Label Trading Company Morphine

Joshua V

August 13, 2014

Black Label Trading Company is relatively new to the cigar industry. Established in 2013 with 6 cigars under their portfolio all ranging from medium to full. Black Label’s philosophy is to create truly small ba... Read More...

90%Goofy but tasty

Surrogates Satin Glove

August 6, 2014

Surrogates, a brand that is owned and distributed by L’Atelier Imports, has always maintained a certain air of mystery throughout the cigar world. When first released, the brand was made specially for Ohio reta... Read More...

84%Lacking oomph

Core Zero Indie

Eric Guttormson

July 29, 2014

Cigar Reviews, $5 & Under, 2014

Make no mistake... Colorado is not the cigar capital of the world, heck it isn't even a suburb. However, in its defense, the Cigar Dojo headquarters is located in Colorado, as is the annual Rocky Mountain Cigar... Read More...

Crux Cigars Ninfamaniac and Ninfamaniac DARK

Criollo Katana

July 10, 2014

Beginning this June, Jeff Haugen and Joel Rogers, owners of boutique cigar brand, Crux Cigars began releasing the first of their initial five Crux Cigar lines—Ninfamaniac (7" x 33 natural and DARK) and Skeeterz... Read More...

89%5-pack purchase

601 La Bomba Bunker Buster

June 12, 2014