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) A re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide a rating […]
E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2013 The E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2013 marks the fourth consecutive year of an annual release in E.P. Carrillo’s Short Run series. The Short Run series is meant to be exactly what the name implies – a limited production run cigar with a different blend each year. For the most […]
E.P. Carrillo Medalla D’ Oro The E.P. Carrillo Medalla D’ Oro is a special retail-exclusive limited edition cigar for Federal Cigar in New Hampshire. The cigar has been released to commemorate Federal Cigar’s 92nd Anniversary. This is not the first time that Federal and E.P. Carrillo have teamed up on a project. In […]
Information on a new cigar being planned for a 2013 release by E.P. Carrillo was mentioned on the 1/26/13 Cigar Dave show. The cigar is simply called “Perez-Carrillo”. This cigar bears the name of company founder, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo. There were no specifics around blend information. The report on the Cigar Dave show did mention that […]
E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2013 E.P. Carrillo will be launching their fourth installment of the E.P. Carrillo Short Run series. Information of the E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2013 was mentioned on the 1/26/13 Cigar Dave show. According to the report, there will be three sizes with a production of 1500 cigars per size. The […]
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 previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide a […]
E.P. Carrillo: 2012 Cigar Coop Manufacturer of the Year Our 2012 Year in Review coverage concludes with a look at how the manufacturers did on Cigar Coop for 2012. In Jaunary, 2012 we introduced a numerical scoring system. At first we were very hesitant to make sure a move, and while this is a philosophical […]
The concept behind our Cigar of the Year countdown is to acknowledge the best cigars released for a calendar year. We base this on the new cigar blends released during our Cigar Coop calendar year. Much like you wouldn’t give the original Rocky movie (made in 1975) the 2012 Movie of the Year, we don’t […]
E.P. Carrillo Cardinal Maduro We enter the “Select Six” in the 2012 Cigar of the Year Countdown. Coming it for #6 Cigar of the Year is the E.P. Carrillo Cardinal Maduro. The E.P. Carrillo Cardinal line was introduced after the 2012 IPCPR trade show. The Cardinal Maduro is one of two blends in this […]
E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada 2012 The E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada 2012 marks the fourth entry into what has become an annual limited edition release by Ernesto Perez Carrillo’s cigar company. The Edicion Limitada series has been released each year since 2009. The blend changes from year to year – and the cigar is done in one […]
