Gran Habano Corojo #5 Rothschild Cigar Review

The fullest bodied cigar in the entire line, Gran Habano Corojo #5 is a spicy, premium treat grown from the fertile soils in Honduras.

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Quesada Tributo Julio Cigar Review – Out of Tragedy Comes a Masterpiece

The Quesada Tributo cigar has an entirely new blend, made with a hybrid wrapper leaf grown in Ecuador that bears a resemblance to hearty, dark Ecuadoran Sumatra.

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Cigar Aficionado Top 10 Cigars of the Year 2010

After a year of puffing on some 700 new cigars, the smoke has finally settled in the Cigar Aficionado offices and they have unveiled the Top 10 cigars of 2010.

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La Flor Dominicana Ligero L-250 Cigar Review

Cigar Insider awarded La Flor Dominicana Ligero a '91' rating! due to the impeccable construction and complex flavors this cigar produces.

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Cain ‘F’ Habano Robusto Cigar Review. Believe the Hype?

The newer Cain ‘F’ cigar is a bold new Nicaraguan blend, a stout addition to the family which delivers a full-throttle array of heady, satisfying flavors.

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SCHIP Bill to Increase Cigar Tax 20,000% in March ’09?

  Since the time of ancient Rome, the Ides of March still resonates today as a day of infamy, due to the murder of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. But, what will happen in March 2009 will be the death of the cigar industry. That is, if the SCHIP Bill passes in Congress. The bill [...]

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Smoking Outdoors vs Smoking Indoors

I was looking over my recent posts and noticed that there were more posts on cars than cigars. What can I say: I’m a guy and like fast cars. But, actually, it’s been cold up here in the northeast. In fact, this week may only get up into the teens. Needless to say, I haven’t [...]

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Zippo Lighter Gets a Facelift

  After 75 years, the classic Zippo is finally getting an upgrade. The Zippo Blu Lighter is a blue flame butane torch lighter that sports a great new profile but retains the trademark flint-wheel. The lighter boasts a new patented flint wheel ignition technology that emits a powerful butane torch flame. Targeted at cigar smokers, [...]

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One Accessory Every Cigar Smoker Needs

  Even with the best of cigars, one of the hazards of smoking hand rolled cigars is that occasionally you encounter one that is plugged and hard to draw, offering little option but to discard it as unsmokable. Now, however, there is a solution to this form of premium cigar roulette. Drawpoker is the answer [...]

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Cigar Insider Best Cigars of 2008

The Cigar Insider tasting panel rated 242 cigars in 2008, and found many to be of exceptionally fine quality. Seventy-seven of the cigars we rated (31.8 percent) scored 90 points or higher, “outstanding” on our 100-point scale, up slightly from 2007, when 30.5 percent of the cigars scored in the 90s. Ten cigars scored 93 [...]

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How to Choose a Cigar

  Since cigars have gained a resurgence in popularity, the market has been flooded. Older, more prominent family brands now share their shelf space with newer brands hoping to lure away smokers from some of the more established favorites. With so many choices it may seem daunting and yet it does not have to be. [...]

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Cigar Size Guide

  If you smoke a cigar too fast, it will overheat. Overheating is not good. You can quickly ruin a cigar by overheating it. The tobacco that has not yet burned will release fumes as the overheated smoke passes and then the flavor characteristics of the cigar changes, normally for the worse. This is very true [...]

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Maker’s Mark Donates Cigars To Troops

Cigar companies from across the industry have been donating cigars to the American troops stationed overseas since combat operations in the Middle East began. This month, Maker’s Mark Cigars joined the effort, creating a special Maker’s Mark cigar for U.S. troops and spearheading an effort to get more cigars into their hands. “We have actively [...]

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