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 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 […]
While 2011 was a great year in the cigar business, 2010 was an outstanding year as well. As cigars age, their profile can change – in terms of flavor, burn, and draw. This can be both a positive thing or a negative thing. Aging certain cigar blends does not always guarantee a better cigar, but […]
Liga Privada Unico Serie Feral Flying Pig For the past three years, Drew Estate has released a special vitola in its popular Liga Privada series that has been called the “Flying Pig”. The first was the Liga Privada No. 9 Flying Pig, and that was followed up last year by the Liga Privada T52 Flying […]
Drew Estate Liga Privada L40 Lancero It’s been a while since I’ve done an installment of the 2011 IPCPR Series. Over the past month, the fall cycle of new cigar releases hitting retailer shelves has definitely been the focus of my attention. As a result, there are still some samples from the IPCPR show that […]
Drew Estate Liga Privada T52 (My 2009 Cigar of the Year) The Liga Privada T52 is truly a special cigar that has received a lot of accolades on this web-site. In 2009, this was selected as my Cigar of the Year. This past weekend, the cigar was officially inducted into the Cigar Coop Hall of […]
Cigar Coop Hall of Fame Inductee Name: Drew Estate Liga Privada T2 Inductee Category: Cigar (Automatic Selection – 2009 Cigar of the Year) Inductee Year: 2011 For each year’s induction of cigars, the Cigar of the Year selected by me will qualify for automatic induction. Given that I established the Hall of Fame in 2011, […]
Liga Privada Unico Serie L40 Lancero While the introduction of Drew Estate’s Undercrown line was a highlight on the 2011 IPCPR, the other cigar was another entry into Liga Privada’s Unico Serie – the long waitied Liga Privada Unico Serie L40 Lancero. The Unico Serie concept was introduced with the Liga Privada Unico Serie Dirty […]
I’ve been talking about some changes in the direction of this web-site and the big change is I want to make this more of a hard-core web-site. In my opinion, part of accomplishing this goal is to provide a good balance of new cigar reviews as well as classic cigar reviews. Today is one of […]
#22 Liga Privada Dirty Rat by Drew Estate It’s time for the ninth installment of “30 Cigars in 31 Days” – the list of the Top 30 Cigars for 2010. Coming in at #22 on the list is the Liga Privada Dirty Rat by Drew Estates. The Dirty Rat is the first installment of the […]
