For the third consecutive year, we list our best aged cigars for 2013. The purpose of this category is to look at some cigar lines that were released the previous year, and see the impacts of age on them. This year we extend the category to include ten cigars. 1) The cigars must have been […]
Cigar Review: RoMa Craft Tobac Aquitaine Blockhead
RoMa Craft Tobac Aquitaine Blockhead The Aquitaine Blockhead is a limited production cigar that recently has been released by RoMa Craft Tobac. The cigar had previously only been available as an event only cigar, but an allocation has recently been made available to Monte’s Pueblo Pipe Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Blockhead introduces a […]
Cigar News: Nomad Cigar Company to Introduce S-307 Line Extensions; Connecticut and “Stronger Blend” Coming
Nomad Cigar Company has announced some of its plans for 2014. The plans were outlined in an email and web-site post by company founder Fred Rewey that also included a recap of what he said was an “amazing” year for the company. The plans include the introduction of two line extensions to the recently released […]
Editor’s Corner Volume 3, Number 2: Epic Encounters 2013 – Analysis and Numbers
Another Cigar of the Year countdown is the annuls of Cigar Coop, and now Stogie Geeks history. We are planning to do some more discussion as well as release our Stogie Geeks staff picks on our January 9th show. . As we said with our vision, the goal of the Epic Encounters 2013 Cigar of the Year […]
2013: Cigar of the Year Countdown: #1 La Aurora Cien Años Edición Especial (La Aurora Cien Años Maduro) (Part 30 of Epic Encounters 2013)
” This truly is the cream of the crop in terms of work La Aurora has done. It ranks as one of the best Dominican-based maduros I’ve had and has all of the qualities of a legendary cigar.” The 2013 Cigar of the Year is the La Aurora Cien Anos Edicion Especial – sometimes referred to […]
2013 Cigar of the Year Countdown: #2 Davidoff 2013 Year of the Snake Edition (Part 29 of Epic Encounters 2013)
“This was a truly amazing cigar experience. Davidoff has made some epic smokes, and the Davidoff 2013 Year of the Snake ranks right up there among the best.” #2 – Davidoff 2013 Year of the Snake Edition Coming in at #2 on the 2013 Cigar of the Year countdown is the Davidoff 2013 Year of the Snake Edition. […]
Cigar Review: CAO Evil Snowman
CAO Evil Snowman Last month we reported on two limited edition Christmas-themed seasonal releases by CAO Cigars – the CAO Angry Santa and the CAO Evil Snowman. The Angry Santa is described as a twist on the CAO La Traviata blend while the Evil Snowman is described as a twist on CAO La Traviata Maduro. Last week, […]
Cigar News: Global Premium Cigars Adding 1502 Nicaragua Line
1502 Nicaragua – Pre Release Global Premium Cigars will be introducing a fourth line into its 1502 portfolio in 2014. The 1502 Nicaragua will be the country’s first all-Nicaraguan puro cigar. According to Leo Poveda of Global Premium Cigars, the blend will feature tobaccos from the four main growing regions of Nicaragua – Esteli, Jalapa, […]
Cigar News: Ezra Zion FHK
On October 29th 2013, Kyle Hoover and Chris Kelly, co-owners of Ezra Zion Cigar Company were guests on Episode 71 of our Stogie Geeks show. On that show, they gave us a a little glimpse of the second release of their “Honor Series’, the Ezra Zion FHK. Word of this cigar first came at the […]
2013 Year in Review: Top 12 Cigar Stories/Themes
The Cigar of the Year Countdown will resume tomorrow on December 31st, 2013 at 3pm Eastern Time with the announcement of the #2 Cigar of the Year followed at 4pm Eastern by the #1 Cigar of the Year. For 2013, Cigar Coop continued its focus as the industry leader in cigar news and cigar reviews. […]