Asylum Cigars has been known for making cigars ranging from 4 x 44 petite coronas and 7 x 38 Lanceros to 7 x 70 and 8 x 80 cigars, but one thing they did not have is a box pressed cigar – until now. This week, the company has shipped its Asylum 13 Box Pressed 70 x […]
Agile Cigar Review: EIROA CBT 11/18 by C.L.E. Cigar Company
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, CLE, EIROA
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 […]
Cigar News: Asylum 33 Returns to Binny’s Beverage Depot
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The Asylum 33, a limited edition project launched in 2015 is making a return, and it will be at Binny’s Beverage Depot in Illinois. The Asylum 33 was a Honduran puro. The tobaccos tobaccos used in the blend were some of the best aged tobaccos that Asylum brand owner Christian Eiroa and Tom Lazuka could procure. There originally plans […]
Cigar News: C.L.E. Cigar Company’s EIROA The First 20 Colorado Now Available
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The EIROA The First 20 Colorado, the newest addition to the EIROA The First 20 line is now available to retailers. The cigar is a Honduran puro highlighted authentic corojo tobacco and a Colorado colored wrapper. The EIROA The First 20 Colorado is available in four box-pressed sizes: 46 x 6, 50 x 5, 54 x 6, and 60 x 6. […]
Cigar News: C.L.E. Cigar Company Unveils EIROA The First 20 Colorado
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C.L.E. Cigar Company has announced a new release under its EIROA The First 20 line. Next month, the company will ship its new EIROA The First 20 Colorado. While this is a cigar that has seen some limited distribution, it will now be available nationwide. EIROA The First 20 is Honduran puro that features a Honduran wrapper […]
Agile Cigar Review: Asylum 33 5 1/2 x 46
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 3.0 - The Fiver, 88-90, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Asylum Cigars, CLE
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 […]
Cigar Review: CLE Azabache 50 x 5 (TAA Exclusive)
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The CLE Azabache is CLE Cigar Company’s contribution to the 2016 Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series. 2016 was the second consecutive year CLE has been a part of the TAA Exclusive Series. A year prior (2015), CLE’s Asylum brand contributed the Asylum Nyctophilia Maduro. With Azabache, it is the first CLE branded cigar to be […]
Cigar News: CLE Begins Distribution of Puros Indios and Cuba Aliados
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Last month, CLE Cigar Company and Reyes Family Cigars announced the two Honduran companies were entering into a strategic partnership. As a part of the arrangement, CLE is now handling distribution for the Reyes Family Cigar brands. This week CLE announced it has begun the initial distribution with three brands now heading to retailers. One […]
Agile Cigar Review: Eiroa The First 20 Years 60 x 6
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews, Reviews No Comments 4.0 - Box Worthy, 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, CLE, EIROA
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 […]
Cigar News: CLE Cigar Company to Distribute Reyes Family Cigars
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CLE Cigar Company, the cigar company founded by Christian Eiroa, and Reyes Family Cigars, the company founded by the late Rolando Reyes, Sr. have announced they have entered into a strategic partnership. The partnership brings together two of the iconic cigar making families in Honduras – the Eiroa and the Reyes familie.s While all of […]