CAO is a company that I started out smoking very early on. My first stick from them was the CAO America Potomac (please reference Tim’s video review for pronunciation), it was an attractive barber pole stick that had a lot of bold flavors. The CAO Flathead 660 is a classic and one of the only…
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The E.P. Carrillo Honduras is the third blend in E.P. Carrillo’s six-blend Essence Series. There are many E.P. Carrillo cigars that have made various top 10 lists, with the Pledge getting a particularly high rating of 98 and coming in at #1 in 2020 from Cigar Aficionado. The Honduras is a bit different than the…
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The last release of the Le Bijou 1922 100 Años was in 2022 and it has been revived for a second time in 2024. Le Bijou 1922 was a cigar that was created to honor José García Alayón, the father of José “Pepín” García. The year 1922 is his birth year so it was fitting…
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ADVentura is a cooperation that began in 2016 between Marcel Knobel, a Swiss retailer, tobacconist, marketer, and sommelier and the youngest master blender in the industry, Henderson Ventura. I have has several cigars from ADVentura and I really enjoyed The Queens Pearls and The Conqueror. They both had a good amount of complexity and bold…
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I am going to be upfront, I am a huge fan of everything from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. It’s hard not to have some bias in this review but I purposely chose a cigar from them that is not a part of my normal rotation. The Mi Querida was Steve Saka’s second release behind the…
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I previously reviewed the Cosecha 149 and the Cosecha 151 is continuing the same theme of naming the cigar after the crop harvest number. The 151 is a Honduran puro as well. I enjoyed the 149 but felt it was lacking in flavor in the first half of the cigar. I like the idea of…
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I have smoked a number of Quesada Cigars over the years and there were a couple of standouts from the past. I am partial to the Oktoberfest Limited Release, especially when paired with a nice dark beer. The Casa Magna Colorado was the first of the Casa Magna line and the Liga F (F stands…
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The Micallef Blue is a follow-up release of the Black from last summer. I have smoked a number of Micallef Cigars over the years and I believe that they are severely underrated. I appreciate the business discipline that they follow in keeping a strong relationship with their customer base through communication and releases such as…
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This is the most expensive Crowned Heads cigar to date. At just over $20 for the No. 54 (close to a toro), getting three of these for this review was a hard pill to swallow but I didn’t hesitate too much as I have really enjoyed many of the recent releases from them. Crowned Heads…
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This collection started with a cigar that I have enjoyed many times, the Cuatro Cinco released a decade ago. The Cinco de Cinco celebrates the company’s 55th anniversary and was released at the PCA 2023. The company claims the blend was generated with input from consumers and others. I like the idea of bringing the…
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