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 […]
Cigar Review: Tabernacle Havana Seed CT No. 142 Toro by Foundation Cigar Company
William Cooper Announcement, Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Foundation Cigar Company, Review
When the calendar year comes to a close, it becomes the season of lists ranking the top cigars of the year by various media outlets. In 2017, there was one cigar that dominated the lists like no other had before – and that was Foundation Cigar Company’s The Wise Man Maduro. It would finish as […]
Cigar Review: AVO LE05 30 Years
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, AVO, Box Worthy Consideration, Davidoff, Review
The AVO Limited Edition series has been one of the iconic annual limited edition releases in recent history in the cigar industry. One of the most sought after releases in the series has been 2005’s AVO LE05. Back in 2014, AVO Cigars released a sampler called AVO’s Greatest Hits. This was a sampler that contained […]
Agile Cigar Review: Liga Privada No. 9 Petit Corona by Drew Estate
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Box Worthy Consideration, Drew Estate, Liga Privada
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 […]
Agile Cigar Review: MQBA Torpedo by Bombay Tobak
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 91-93, Bombay Tobak, Box Worthy Consideration, MQBA, Review
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 […]
Cigar Review Crowned Heads Las Calaveras Edición Limitada 2018 LC54
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Crowned Heads, Review
In 2014, Crowned Heads announced a new limited edition line known as Las Calaveras. This line was significant because it marked the first time Crowned Heads would produce a cigar outside of Ernesto Perez-Carrillo’s Tabacalera La Alianza factory in the Dominican Republic. For Las Calaveras, Crowned Heads would team up with the Garcia family at My […]
Cigar Review: Kristoff Vengeance Toro
William Cooper Reviews 1 Comment 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, Kristoff, Review
In 2018 came word that Kristoff Cigars was bringing back a line called the Vengeance. The Vengeance was one of the earliest blends released by Kristoff and its company founder Glen Case. At the time Vengeance was released, Case’s company was known as Exclusive Brands. As the Kristoff-named brands became a bigger part of Case’s […]
Agile Cigar Review: Joya de Nicaragua Antaño Gran Reserva Presidente TAA Exclusive
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 2018 TAA Exclusive Series, 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Box Worthy Consideration, Joya de Nicaragua, TAA
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 […]
Cigar Review: Red Meat Lovers Club by Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Box Worthy Consideration, DTT, Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust, Red Meat Lovers Club, Review, Smoke Inn Microblend Series
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 […]
Cigar Review: Encore by E.P. Carrillo Majestic
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Worthy Consideration, E.P. Carrillo, EPC, Review
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, E.P. Carrillo announced a new line known as the Encore. Prior to that trade show, the E.P. Carrillo portfolio underwent a major overhaul. During that time, the La Historia and Encore were put in a group in the E.P. Carrillo portfolio that became known as the Perez-Carrillo Series (which was […]