This past week we had Skip Martin as a guest on The Cigar Authority, and prior to going on the show he gifted me with Neanderthal SGP which will be an event cigar as well as a shop exclusive for two stores in Texas. The SGP which stands for Shallow Gene Pool will join the Neanderthal HN stands for Homo Neanderthalensis in the line. Cigar: Neanderthal Size: 4.5 x 52 (SGP) Wrapper: San Andreas (Mexico) Binder: Broadleaf (US Connecticut) Filler: U.S. Pennsylvania […]
The Las Calaveras Edicion Limitada was perhaps the cigar of the year for limited editions last year. As a result, the EL 2015 is highly sought after and will be neck and neck with the Tatuaje M80 rerelease for the top limited edition release for 2015. The cigar was so popular that many retailers had their initial orders cut in order to fulfill the demand across the board. This year some things have changed. The […]
The Edge A-10 is long overdue as the brand celebrated its anniversary last year. But much like most of the cigar industry, things never seem to happen on time. The cigar features a barber pole style wrapper that puts together the two wrappers of the original Edge Corojo and Edge Maduro. Cigar: Rocky Patel The Edge A-10 Size: 6 x 52 (Toro) Wrapper: Honduras / Costa Rica (Dual Wrapper) Binder: Honduras Filler: Nicaragua, Panama Strength: Medium Source: Rocky Patel The Look: For […]
The Nestor Miranda Collection One Life Edition Danno 2015 might just be the longest name for a cigar in the industry today. Announced earlier this week in a press release, the cigar is limited to 1,000 boxes of each wrapper (Connecticut, Habano, Maduro) and features a tweaked blend from the regular production Nestor Miranda Collection. The cigar has sentimental value to the Miranda family as it pays tribute to the son of Nestor and Mariana […]
Released last week, The Perdomo Special Craft Series is specially blended to pair with types of beer. The Connecticut for the Pilsner, Sungrown for Amber, and Maduro for Stouts. Today we look at the Stout, which according to Perdomo, “It uses a dark, oily Cuban-seed Nicaraguan Maduro wrapper from the Jalapa Valley, a rich, aromatic Nicaraguan binder from the Condega Valley, and robust Cuban-seed Nicaraguan fillers from the Estelí Valley. The Maduro is also medium […]
With the boys of Hammer + Sickle located in Massachusetts just over the border from New Hampshire we get to see Eric Hanson and Erik Wentworth on a semi-regular basis. Over the last month or so we have been smoking the Double Eagle which began shipping yesterday. Limited to just 170 boxes of boxes of 10 the Double Eagle is the perfect marriage of Nicaraguan tobacco and Honduran craftmanship. This cigar boasts full flavor, remarkable construction […]
In March, we reported that Asylum was releasing two new sizes, the first being 8 x 80, with the second being the Super 11/18 which measures 8 x 60 x 70. Today we review the latter, the Super 11/18 Ogre from Asylum. Cigar: Asylum 13 The Ogre Size: 8 x 60 x 70 x 60 (Super 11/18) Wrapper: Candela/Habano Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Strength: Mild-Medium Source: CLE/Asylum The Look: I’ll be honest, the Super 11/18 Ogre looks like an elephant dick, not […]
Each year 80 retailers and select manufacturers get together for a mini convention; TAA. The Tobacconist Association of America retailers also get their fair share of limited edition releases, with one of them being Asylum Nyctophilia. The cigar is all maduro from wrapper to binder, to filler. Making this cigar a triple maduro available in a 5 x 50, 6 x 60, and 7 x 70. The name is a reference to people who love […]
It seems that Perdomo has been coming out with one limited edition cigar after another. First there was the Perdomo Double Aged, followed by the Small Batch and now a cigar which follows the same schematic of those two releases with the exception that is it not limited. Available in three wrappers, each one is meant to pair with a specific type of beer, and today we look at the Connecticut which is specially blended to pair with […]
If there was one press release come out this year that had me wanting to try the cigar it was the AJ Fernandez New World Connecticut. According to the press release, “The New World Connecticut is a medium bodied cigar. Unlike the original New World, it will not be box pressed. Smokers of the New World Connecticut will experience notes of cream, wood, and almonds in a very well balanced and refined cigar. The MSRP […]