The Black Works Studio Killer Bee Green Hornet is an off-shoot of the brand’s popular Killer Bee line. Killer Bee was one of the three original blends when Black Label Trading Company’s James Brown launched his new brand called Black Works Studio. The original Killer Bee cigar is a maduro cigar known for its closed foot and […]
The Nicoya Robusto Fuerte is one of two blends launched by new company Nicoya Cigars in 2016. Nicoya Cigars was founded by Australian Gerard Hayes. While Nicoya is the name of the large peninsula located on the Pacific Ocean side of Costa Rica, it is also a name that refers to the people who live in […]
The Tatuaje Skinny Face is the fourth vitola based on the Tatuaje Face blend, which is the third installment of the Tatuaje Monsters Series. The Skinny Face was originally released as one of ten cigars included in the Tatuaje Skinny Monsters collection. Skinny Monsters is a sampler of 6 x 38 petite lanceros based on the first ten Tatuaje Monster Series blends. Since 2008, the Tatuaje Monsters […]
In 2015, Perdomo Cigars launched a line known as the Perdomo Factory Tour Blend. Perdomo Cigars is a true vertically integrated company as the company has its own farms, factory, and controls its own distribution. Part of what Perdomo has done is offer tours to its retailers and consumers to its Nicaraguan operations covering the farm and […]
The Tatuaje Skinny Wolf is the fourth vitola based on the Tatuaje Wolfman blend, which happened to be the fourth installment of the Tatuaje Monsters Series. The Skinny Wolf was originally released as one of ten cigars included in the Tatuaje Skinny Monsters collection. Skinny Monsters is a sampler of 6 x 38 petite lanceros based on the first […]
The Cornelius & Anthony Venganza is a new line that made its debut at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show. Cornelius & Anthony is the premium cigar division of Virginia-based tobacco company, S & M Brands. S & M Brands is owned by Steven Anthony Bailey. Bailey’s family has over 150 years in the tobacco industry. With the Venganza, […]
Prior to the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Black Label Trading Company announced its latest line called Bishops Blend. Black Label Trading Company has built a reputation for delivering some excellent maduro offerings. Bishops Blend features an Ecuadorian Maduro wrapper, but it are the filler tobaccos that set this apart. In the blend, the filler for Bishops Blend […]
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews 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 […]
The Protocol Probable Cause is the sophomore release by Cubariqueno Cigar Company. In 2015, cigar enthusiasts Juan Cancel and Bill Ives launched Cubariqueno Cigar Company. The company’s first release, Protocol was very well received both critically and commercially and Cubariqueno became one of the revelations in the cigar industry. In 2016, Cancel and Ives decided to add a maduro as […]
The La Flor Dominicana 1994 Beer Stein Limited Edition is a special offshoot to La Flor Dominican’s 1994 line. It was back in 2014, the La Flor Dominicana released the1994 line. The 1994 cigar quickly garnered both critical and commercial acclaim. The La Flor Dominicana 1994 Beer Stein Limited Edition features a different blend, a different […]
