In the last year, I have become a great fan of Blackbird Cigar Co.’s regular production cigars. I was actually introduced to them by Lucas from Oxford Cigar Company, when I interviewed him for a podcast episode. Their core line of cigars are very good and something that I’ll order or grab from whatever B&M…
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Last summer I took a vacation to Key West with the family. Rodriguez cigar factory in Key West was on my radar after My Cigar PackMy Cigar Pack released the Rodriguez Factory Direct Dongers Knockout. I was impressed by the construction and bold yet balanced flavor the cigar had to offer. The factory is tucked…
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The Great Smoke 2022 Was A Great Success! Cigar event novice here reporting in. The Great Smoke 2022 was awesome! I cannot recommend going to this event enough. I met many name brand vendors (like Saka, Bradley, J.C. Newman, & Fuente), met many cigar influencers like the Cigar Chicks and made so many new cigar…
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Stolen Throne has quickly become one of my favorite cigars. Their LE and annual release cigars are ones that I always try to get my hands on, though I did miss the Argos release this year. Released in November of last year, the Three Kingdoms is the third regular production cigar from Stolen Throne, next…
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An Introduction Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jason, and I’m a cigar addict. It’s not the tobacco I’m addicted to; it’s all the things to do with cigars. It’s the labels, the designs, the boxes, the humidors, the history, the community, the paraphernalia, and the experience. My girlfriend Myranda is not sure…
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Shemp. Pete Best. Benjamin Harrison. George Lazenby. Dark Fired Kentucky. What do these all in common? Dark Fired Kentucky is the often forgotten pipe tobacco group. I’m guilty of it myself, I’ll list out the basic food groups Aromatic, Burley, English, and Virginia. Um, oh yeah, I guess Dark Fired. In part, this is because…
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The Muestra de Saka Unstolen Valor was not interesting to look at, but it did come with an interesting back story. “Valor” means “great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle.” Upon first sight and smell, it may have required a small amount of valor in order to try this stick – but…
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From Meltdowns to Hot Takes First, we need some context. A few weeks ago the PCA put out an article on “Responsible Marketing.” You can click here to read the entire article, but it basically says that cigar manufacturers have a responsibility to not market their wares to kids. Specifically, “marketing that makes use of…
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Late last year, I had the chance to smoke the La Aroma de Cuba Pasión for a an episode of Cigars & Coffee. I remembered being impressed with it and decided that it needed the full review treatment. I’ll be honest, when I first smoked this back in December, I did not have high hopes….
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Picture this: I love food. I love cigars. I love gin. You know what I don’t like? Exercise. Of any kind. However, I have friends that are more active in that way than I am and I acquiesced to their request to go hiking while on vacation in Arizona. The location we hiked (I attempted…
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