Initial Thoughts This cigar is part of the October Pairing series. It’s the second cigar in the Tatujae Little Monster set as well. After talking to some of you fine folks online, and discussing the first cigar out of the group. You all were unanimous, that this was your favorite cigar out of the collection. [...]

Initial Thoughts If you’ve been following along this week, you’ll know that, I’m in the middle of my October Pairing/Review series. This cigar and spirit pairing combines the Tatuaje Little Monsters Frank Jr and Prichard’s Double Barrel Bourbon. Before I started drinking and smoking this pairing, I sat and I thought about what might happen between [...]

Initial Thoughts This review is part of my October Pairing / Review Series along with the Tatuaje Little Monsters. To see the full list you can head on over here to the overview and see everything I have reviewed this month. First, a little personal backstory on this bottle of bourbon. I went to a [...]

Initial Thoughts Part 1 of the October Review Series In each Little Monsters set, there is a playing card included. In my set, I got the ‘Frank Jr.’ card. So I decided to review that cigar first. Now the Tatuaje Little Monsters Frank Jr is based off the original release ‘The Frank’ from 2008. I believe, it [...]

Initial Thoughts This is my absolute first Macanudo cigar. I’ve heard about the brand for a long time, but I’ve always shied away from it. I know they’ve been around forever, and their flavor has been nothing but consistent. I’ve just never taken the plunge to try one of their cigars. However, about a month [...]

Mt. Juliet, TN – Wilson County’s first full-service cigar and pipe store has opened in Mt. Juliet. Big Star Cigar Lounge is an upscale establishment that specializes in premium hand-rolled cigars, with an emphasis on boutique and hard-to-find cigars. Big Star’s walk-in humidor is the envy of many and features a selection of over 30 [...]

Initial Thoughts Recently, I’ve been trying to make frequent trips to my local B&M. I want to check out all the latest cigars that they picked up from the trade show. The Hoyo de Monterrey Reposado en Cedros, just happens to be one of those cigars. I was back in the shop last week, celebrating [...]

Initial Thoughts As I start diving off into the world of distilled spirits, there is not better place to start then with bourbon. Bourbon is my absolute, favorite, spirit. There are so many intricacies within just one bottle. The different color, full aromas, and warming tastes that bourbon delivers. How could it not be my [...]

Initial Thoughts Well if you haven’t heard about Oliva, and the fantastic cigars they make then you clearly haven’t been smoking cigars very long. The Serie G & V are two of my favorite blends available in the market place. They have all sorts of accolades, and have more top ratings than most cigars out [...]

Initial Thoughts What can I say about the Liga Privada No. 9 that hasn’t already been said? I’ve read so many great reviews about this stick already and all the love that members of r/cigars give this cigar I knew it had to be something special. I finally found a B&M in Nashville that carries these [...]

Initial Thoughts I’ve been wanting to smoke the Camacho Triple Maduro for a long time. I’ve seen it in the shelfs of my local B&M for quite awhile and I never knew if I was quite ready for it. It had been tempting me trying to convince me to pay $14 for this dark and mysterious [...]

Initial Thoughts I picked up this Tatuaje Avion on my last trip to the B&M. It was the same group as the Ortega Serie D. I hadn’t heard much about this stick coming out of the show. I know Pete from Tatuaje annouced quite a few new sticks. According to the manager at my B&M [...]

Initial Thoughts So I’ve seen Eddie Ortega all over the internet in the last couple of months. He literally advertises on every cigar website that I come across. He’s definitely got his name out there. So when I went to my local B&M to see what they had picked up and brought back from the big show [...]

Initial Thoughts Over and over I’ve heard how great the Liga Privada T52 is. I’ve seen it talked about in forums and I’ve heard whispers from dark corners. So when I finally came across a retailer in town that carries the Liga brand I made sure to pick one up. On this same trip I also [...]

Initial Thoughts Headley Grange is the sophomore release from the guys over at Crowned Heads. Their first release Four Kicks floored most of the cigar community and set an incredibly high standard for them to follow. The inspiration for this new blend came from the drum beat from the Led Zeppelin classic tune “When the [...]

Initial Thoughts The Diamond Crown Julius Caeser is an interesting cigar. It made it’s way onto CA’s Top 25 list in 2011. I picked this cigar up probably 6 months ago and it’s been resting in my humidor just waiting for the perfect moment. I’m not sure if tonight was the perfect moment, but hey it [...]

Initial Thoughts I know what you all are thinking, here we go with another Alec Bradley review. Another chance for Eric to rag on the AB brand. Well honestly I’m here to give the line another fair shot at making me a fan. I love their marketing and I love the packaging of their sticks. [...]

Initial Thoughts The Flor de Las Antillas is one of the most beautiful cigars that I have ever seen. I kept seeing reviews for this cigar online and I was determined to find it in a store. So on my last trip to my local B&M I made it a point to look for this [...]

Initial Thoughts I kept passing over the Joya de Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo in my humidor for a few weeks because I wasn’t quite ready to review it. I knew absolutely nothing about it. I picked it up at a Drew Estate / Joya de Nicaragua event here in town probably two months ago. I was [...]

Initial Thoughts I’m often intimidated by a lancero sized cigar. It’s long and skinny and looks very frail to me. I feel like I could snap it any time. It has a more dignified look to it compared to big fat 54 ring gauge cigar. But your sake I overcame my fear of the long and skinny [...]

Initial Thoughts I had been seeing the Aging Room M356 at the front of my shop’s humidor for at least three months and I kept walking by it. I would stop look at it and then go on. I just wasn’t ready to try it. Finally last week I gave in after a couple months [...]

Initial Thoughts For awhile I’ve heard great things about the EP Carrillo Short Run 2012. When I stopped in my local B&M I spent close to 20 minutes walking around trying to figure out what I wanted to review next. I have had cigars from the EP Carrillo line before and honestly I couldn’t remember much [...]

Initial Thoughts I still have not been able to find the San Lotano Oval on my local B&M’s shelves. I think this cigar is rather difficult to come by judging by all the internet chatter out there. Luckily this was sent to me in trade from my pals over at r/cigars! When I got this cigar [...]

Initial Thoughts I’ve read lots of online chatter about the Room 101 OSOK so when I was up in Louisville this past weekend I stopped in a local shop and picked one up. A little bit of backstory on this cigar. Room 101 is not only a cigar company, but rather a lifestyle company. The [...]

Initial Thoughts This is the second cigar that I’m reviewing from a recent trade that I received from the fellas over at r/cigars on Reddit. The San Cristobal Seleccion Del Sol is a boutique release from the giant cigar manufacturer Ashton. According to Ashton’s website: Handcrafted by the Garcia family, these cigars feature a very special [...]

Initial Thoughts This is my first ever Tatuaje cigar. I’ve heard a lot of good things about them but have yet to pick any up. I received this cigar in a trade from one of the guys over on r/cigars. So I was really excited to try it. The Tatuaje Havana VI  that I got was [...]

Initial Thoughts I have high hopes for the Perdomo Estate Seleccion Vintage Maduro Epicure after thoroughly enjoying Perdomo’s 10th Annivesary I wanted to smoke another stick from Perdomo and see what else they had to offered. So I chose to go to the other end of the wrapper spectrum and chose a nice dark maduro wrapper. [...]

Initial Thoughts I picked up the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2011 after seeing it in my local B&M. They had it packaged together with some other sticks that made up the top 10 cigars for 2011 as judged by Cigar Aficionado. I didn’t want to buy the whole package so instead I sought this [...]

Initial Thoughts As you all know by now I’m a sucker for great packaging. With all the sticks shoved into a B&M’s humidor there has to be something that pops out to grab my attention and make me want to buy one. Thats exactly what the Avo Uvezian La Trompeta did. Of course it helped that [...]

Initial Thoughts Most of you know about or have seen all the press that the Alec Bradley Prensado received this last year.  Cigar Aficionado rated it the #1 cigar on their list and it has won countless other awards since it’s release. I had seen this cigar around in the humidor for quite awhile and when I [...]