Lure Cigars has only been in existence since September 2023. Lou Cross really hit the ground running with his core line and L.E cigars. The Jolly Walleye is another example of Lou finding the right blend to enhance your cigar smoking experience while connecting with his smoking family. Lou is all about family, as his…
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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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I’m big fan of the original blend of the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Umbagog. When the newest addition to the line came out and Simply Stogies was deciding who was going to do the review, it had to be me. The Bronzeback is a modified blend of the Umbagog that uses a different Connecticut broadleaf…
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The Negentropy, featuring an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, a double Nicaraguan binder, and Condega fillers, is one of the debut lines from Domain Cigars, a company founded in mid-2024 by industry veterans Esteban Disla and Daniel Lance. Disla, with over a decade of experience crafting blends for brands like RoMa Craft Tobac, CAO, and Alec Bradley,…
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The Cavalier Limited Edition (L.E.) cigar is released once a year, and this marks the seventh year the company has introduced an L.E. cigar. The blends and sizes change annually, making each year’s release unique. For 2024, the cigar is a 5 1/2 x 58 Double Figurado, which imparts some interesting flavors to the experience….
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Jimmy D from The Drawing Room in Davenport, Iowa is our new video cigar reviewer. He kicks off our cigar review video series with the Evening Primrose Toro from Southern Draw Cigars. This is one of the latest releases from Southern Draw and features a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over an Ecuadorian Sumatra binder, and…
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In late 2024, Powstanie announced a new limited production cigar called the Catastrophic Failure. Co-founder of Powstanie, Mike Szczepankiewicz, said in a press release that the Catastrophic Failure, “exemplifies everything Powstanie Cigars stands for.” I had the pleasure of meeting Mike for the first time at the trade show in 2024. He doesn’t strike me…
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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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Crowned Heads has put out a Las Calaveras release each year, since 2014. Las Calaveras is made to honor those who were close to Crowned Heads and have passed that year. The Las Calaveras annual release has become on of my most looked forward to releases. Beyond its significance for honoring those who passed, it…
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In July of 2024, RoMa Craft released CRAFT Maquette La Maestranza, a limited edition cigar that was a petite gordo (4-1/4″ x 56). Honestly, that size held little interest for me, but after reading some reviews on it, I was pretty bummed that I missed out. The good news is that RoMa Craft added a…
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