Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
C.L.E. Cigar Company is planning to introduce a line under its EIROA brand known as EIROA Jamastran. It’s a cigar that pays homage to the Jamastran Valley, the region of Honduras where company founder Christian Eiroa and his family have grown and produced cigars. EIROA Jamastran will be released in two sizes, with one of […]
Earlier this year, Smoke Inn announced the twelfth installment of its MicroBlend Series, the Red Meat Lovers Club cigar. This was a cigar developed by Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. It had been almost three years since Smoke Inn had released a new cigar in this series. The Red Meat Lovers Club cigar […]
For Episode 87, Riste Ristevski of JSK Cigars is back. Riste joined us on Prime Time Episode 9. Since then, there have been a lot of changes with his company and we will get into those changes and more. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, we discuss sports logos, and in our Deliberation Segment we look […]
Davidoff is once again going back to its past and re-releasing one of its iconic limited editions. Later this month, the company will begin shipping the Davidoff Robusto Real Especiales 7″ a blend first released in 2004. The “7” in the name refers to the fact that there are seven tobaccos in the blend. The filler […]
Three popular installments named for large bombs in the Viaje Skull and Bones series are returning this month. Viaje has announced it is releasing a batch of its Skull and Bones FOAB, Skull and Bones MOAB, and Skull and Bones Cloudmaker releases. The Viaje Skull and Bones MOAB (Mother of all Bombs) was introduced in […]
Dr. Scott Gottlieb appeared on a videocast with The Hill where he addressed his resignation as FDA Commissioner. Dr. Gottlieb confirmed the reasons he was leaving were due to the toll the job was taking on his family. Each week, he was commuting to Washington, DC from his home in Westport, Connecticut, leaving only weekends […]
It’s a reunion as Coop is reunited with his former partner-in-crime Nick Syris for Special Edition #49. Nick will join Coop and Bear to talk about his brand LH Cigars as well as the XXI Festival del Habano that took place in Cuba. There are few outsiders who know the lay of the land when […]
President’s Day 2019 saw Smoke Inn put on its 13th annual “The Great Smoke” event. The main event was held on February 16th at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach, Florida. This was my sixth Great Smoke event in seven years. Over the years, I have seen this event grow into one of […]
This month AVO Cigars will release its annual limited edition cigar for 2019. The cigar will once again be a part of the brand’s AVO Improvisation Series and is appropriately titled the AVO Improvisation LE19. The cigar is the seventh release under the AVO Improvisation Series. The concept behind this series is to draw inspirations […]
In 2018 Viaje Cigars launched a new small batch limited production line known as the Viaje Craft Series. The concept of the Viaje Craft Series draws its inspiration from the craft beer business. According to Viaje, each release of the Craft Series will involve incorporating some of the best tobaccos from chosen factories. Each release […]
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is resigning. The resignation was originally reported by the Washington Post and confirmed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar. “I’m immensely grateful for the opportunity to help lead this wonderful agency, for the support of my colleagues, for the public […]
