Le Bijou 1922 Ecuadorian Connecticut Federal Cigar Edition Corona A few days ago we provided a preview into the My Father Le Bijou 1922 Ecuadorian Connecticut Federal Cigar Edition series. The story behind this cigar is that was originally intended to be a one time limited run, retail exclusive cigar to New Hampshire retailer Federal […]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje Mexican Experiment
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized 2 Comments 91-93, Nice to Have, Review, Tatuaje
Tatuaje Mexican Experiment Earlier this year, Tatuaje Cigars’ founder Pete Johnson unveiled some plans for his 2012 releases on Kiss My Ash Radio. Since then, those plans were reiterated on various media outlets. When word got out of a limited release called the Tatuaje Mexican Experiment, it caught many people off guard. As it turns […]
Cigar Review: Pinar Del Rio Small Batch Reserve Maduro
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Nice to Have, Pinar Del Rio, Review
Pinar Del Rio Small Batch Reserve Maduro In the past few years, the Abraham Flores and Juan Rodriguez have been establishing a name with their Pinar Del Rio Cigars. Almost two years ago, they launched the successful PDR 1878 series, and now with a new factory in the Dominican Republic, they appear ready to continue […]
Cigar Review: Illusione Cruzado Domenicos Extra
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized 1 Comment 91-93, Illusione, Memorable, Review
Illusione Domenicos Extra – gold foiled wrapped Illusione Cigars’ founder, Dion Giolito created the Cruzado blend back in 2008. It is a blend variation of the original Illusione core line. Both the Illusione core line and the Cruzado are Nicaraguan puros that utilize Nicaraguan Corojo and Nicaraguan Criollo tobaccos. From my understanding of […]
Assessment Updates: Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2011 and Flor de las Antillas (My Father Cigars)
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments 91-93, 94-96, Assessment Update, Memorable, My Father
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we assign […]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje Cojonu 2009
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized 1 Comment 91-93, Nice to Have, Review, Tatuaje
Tatuaje Cojonu 2009 The Tatuaje Cojonu series is a triennial release by Tatuaje cigars. The series was started in 2003 and for the most part has resulted in a new release every three years (I’ll leave the Tatuaje Gran Cojonu as an exception). In each release year, there has been a different blend with a […]
Cigar Review: Partagas 1845 Heritage Rewrapped
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 91-93, General, Nice to Have, Partagas, Review
Partagas 1845 Hertiage Rewrapped Up until this month, General Cigar Company’s product releases for 2012 have focused around line extensions (as well as the annual release of the Punch Rare Corojo series). However last month General announced that a new blend was being added to the Partagas brand. This is significant because this is the […]
Cigar Review: My Father Commemorative 911 by Jaime Garcia Blend 343 10th Anniversary Oscuro
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments 91-93, Memorable, My Father, Review
My Father Commemorative 911 by Jaime Garcia Blend 343 10th Anniversary Oscuro Last month, we explored the My Father Commemorative 911 by Jaime Garcia Blend 343 10th Anniversary Rosado. This is one of two retail-exclusive cigars that are packaged together made by My Father Cigars exclusively for Casa de Montecristo in Countryside, Illinois. The other […]
Assessment Updates: Lou Rodriguez Edicion Reserva Connecticut and Lou Rodriguez Edicion Premier
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments 88-90, 91-93, Assessment Update, Lou Rodriguez, Memorable, Nice to Have
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we assign […]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Capa Especial (Ecuadorian Sumatra)
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized 2 Comments 91-93, Memorable, Review, Tatuaje
Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Capa Especial A couple of days ago, we assessed the Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Reserva. Today, we turn our attention to another one of the blends in the series – the Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Capa Especial. While the experience with the Reserva was good, the one with the Capa Especial was even better. […]