Liga Privada Unico Serie UF-4 The Liga Privada Unico Serie UF-4 is currently being offered as a retail exclusive cigar to Casa de Montecristo in Countryside, Illinois. The Liga Privada UF-4 has actually been around for a while. Through events or other encounters with Drew Estate, some folks have had the opportunity to sample a […]
Feature Story: Jonathan Drew Explains Achieving Consistency in the Cigar Production Process
Earlier this month, we officially launched the Cigar Coop Video Channel on You Tube. The intent of this video channel is to supplement the content on this web-site. From time to time, we will include some of the content on this web-site that we feel is relevant to the mission of this web-site. The following […]
Feature Story: Jonathan Drew Discusses Tobacco Countries
Earlier this month, we officially launched the Cigar Coop Video Channel on You Tube. The intent of this video channel is to supplement the content on this web-site. From time to time, we will include some of the content on this web-site that we feel is relevant to the mission of this web-site. The following video was filmed in […]
Cigar Pre-Review: Liga Privada Unico Serie UF-13
Liga Privada Unico Serie UF-13 The Liga Privada Serie Unico UF-13 is currently a cigar that is primarily being used as an event-only cigar by Drew Estate. As we will discuss, the UF-13 has its roots back to the Liga Privada T52. While the UF-13 has been floating around for several months, we still do […]
Feature Story: How Long Should Tobacco Be Aged?
Earlier this month, we officially launched the Cigar Coop Video Channel on You Tube. The intent of this video channel is to supplement the content on this web-site. From time to time, we will include some of the content on this web-site that we feel is relevant to the mission of this web-site. The following […]
Cigar Preview: Papas Fritas by Drew Estate (Liga Privada)
The Papsa Fritas will be a new cigar blend in the Drew Estate family. The blend has its roots in the Liga Privada family in that it leverages trimmings from the Liga Privada line. Drew Estate president, Steve Saka compared it when beef companies utilize a cow. When a cow is purchased, much of the […]
Cigar Preview: Cuenca y Blanco by Joya de Nicaragua
Cigar Aficionado has released information about a forthcoming release by Joya de Nicaragua. The new cigar will be called Cuenca y Blanco and it will make its debut at the 2012 IPCPR trade show in Orlando Florida. Last summer, there was no doubt the number one free agent in the cigar market was Jose Blanco. […]
Cigar Review: Undercrown Corona ¡Viva! by Drew Estate
Undercrown Corona ¡Viva! by Drew Estate Back when we did our Top 30 Cigars of 2011, the biggest question we got was: “Undercrown” – only an honorable mention? This seemed a little surprising because we when did a pre-review of the Undercrown Toro, it did so well. However, it’s important to know that our Top […]
CIgar Review: Liga Privada Unico Serie “A”
Liga Privada Unico Serie “A” The “A” size vitola has been a vitola that has intrigued many cigar enthusiasts. This is because this vitola is extremely long in length – exceeding 9 inches. The “A” vitola is actually nickname for Gran Corona and can be traced back to Cuban origins. Last year, Drew Estate began circulating an […]
Assessment Updates: Liga Privada Unico Serie Feral Flying Pig, Liga Privada No. 9
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. Today, we assign numeric ratings to two previously assessed cigars from Drew Estate’s […]