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86%Give 'em a hand

300 Hands Connecticut

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...

90%Vote for Pedro

Diesel Whiskey Row Sherry Cask Robusto

velorok

October 2, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2019

Diesel is different now. No longer simply a serviceable, discount catalog/auction offering, Diesel became a full-fledged General Cigar brand in 2017, moving the Diesel Grind brand under the General Cigar umbrel... Read More...

93%Cream Machine

Southern Draw Desert Rose

Jordan Guttormson

September 23, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2019

While Southern Draw Cigars first debuted in 2014, many will contend that it wasn't until 2017 that the Texas-based operation began hitting their stride. It was only one year after the brand was notably absent f... Read More...

87%Smooth-Sailing A.J.

Viva la Vida Robusto

velorok

August 16, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2019

There’s quite a few bits of information online about the story of the Artesano del Tobacco (ADT), but I’ll summarize a bit for you. Right around peak '90s cigar boom, Billy and Gus Fakih (the founders of ADT)—a... Read More...

88%Two-Sided

Trinidad Espiritu Fundador

Jordan Guttormson

August 2, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2019

Of the many legacy Cuban brands now controlled by parent company, Altadis USA—including Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, and H. Upmann—it has been Trinidad that has waited the longest to receive a modernized makeo... Read More...

83%Grapes of Wrath

Hoyo La Amistad Black Rothschild

EL Oso Fumar

March 28, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2019

La amistad—friendship, to those who don’t speak the romance language of Spanish. It is certainly an apt description for the relationship that A.J. Fernández has with the premium cigar industry right now. His fi... Read More...

89%A+ Musk

Montecristo Nicaragua Series Toro

Jack Heyer

February 4, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2019

Montecristo is a name synonymous with cigars themselves, a storied brand with deep roots in both Cuba and the Dominican Republic. With a brand this historic, the term "cutting edge" doesn't always come to mind,... Read More...

93%Worth the Wait

The Tabernacle Havana Seed CT No. 142 Corona

Jordan Guttormson

December 7, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2018

With the 2018 smoking season rapidly coming to a close, enthusiasts have now been given the opportunity to experience nearly everything the premium cigar industry could muster. Some brands, such as Crux's Epicu... Read More...

90%Brunch Smoke

The T. Connecticut Short Robusto

Jordan Guttormson

November 21, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2018

One full year after Matt Booth shocked the craft cigar industry by returning to the scene just weeks before the 2017 IPCPR trade show with Robert Caldwell (a man with an equally unorthodox approach to cigar mar... Read More...

88%Oaked not Choked

Diesel Whiskey Row Robusto

EL Oso Fumar

October 19, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2018

It seems that everywhere you turn today, there is a new brewery, distillery—even artisan cheese shop popping up in towns across this country. I wish the same existed for cigar companies, but this isn’t the arti... Read More...

91%Hogan's Hero

Cedrus “The Hogan”

Jack Heyer

August 30, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2018

2017 was a massive year for Southern Draw Cigars. Between the success of Rose of Sharon and Jacobs Ladder (Cigar Dojo's No. 4 Cigar of the Year for 2017) Southern Draw couldn’t have had a better year. Their fol... Read More...

89%Up & Down

Punch Diablo Scamp

Jack Heyer

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...

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