Liga Privada Unico Serie Ratzilla Drew Estate’s Liga Privada Unico Serie Ratzilla has been long awaited by fans of Liga Privada. In 2010, Liga Privada released its first in its Unico Serie called the “Dirty Rat”. For those who are not familiar with the Unico Serie concept with Liga Privada – it is one blend, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
