Room 101 San Andres The Room 101 San Andres is a new core line being offered from Matt Booth’s Room 101 Cigars. It will be offered as a new core line to the brand. It also marks the sixth blend released by Room 101 and fourth in the past twelve months. As the name indicates, […]
The concept of our Cigar Draft is simple. We take a look at some of the new cigars that are in the pipeline. If all of these new cigars were released at once, which ones would be the first to reach for? A lot of variables play into this – the reputation of the company/blender, […]
Room 101 San Andres About a month ago, Room 101 Cigars posted a picture of the upcoming Room 101 San Andres. Not a lot of information was posted other than a caption “It’s coming”. While it wasn’t a lot of information, the picture did provide an initial glimpse into what was coming. Since then, quite […]
A few weeks ago, Cigar Aficionado reported that Room 101 Cigars was planning a late 2012 limited production release called the Room 101 Daruma. Since then, the February 21st edition of Cigar Insider has released additional information about this release. The Room 101 Daruma should mark the sixth blend in brand owner Matt Booth’s Room […]
Room 101 LTD OSOK When Matt Booth and Camacho Cigars launched the Room 101 Cigars line in 2009, it was one of the most highly anticipated new lines by the cigar industry. While there were some good cigars done by Room 101, it was with the 2011 launch of the Room 101 Namakubi and the […]
Room 101 LTD One Shot One Kill (Room 101 LTD OSOK) Room 101 Cigars is getting ready to ship it’s fifth blend in the brand – the Room 101 OSOK (One Shot One Kill). 2011 was a breakthrough year for Room 101 Cigars. The brand realized a lot of the initial potential that was laid […]
#7 Room 101 Namakubi The 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown has reached the Select Seven. The best of the best are rising to the top of the list. At #10, we had a breakthrough cigar from Room 101 Cigars with the Room 101 Connecticut. Now we come to a second entry in the top […]
#10 Room 101 Connecticut The 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown has now reached the Top Ten. As we begin the top ten, this cigar brings us to what I consider to be one of the standout Ecuadorian Connecticut Cigars of 2011. It also is what I would consider a break-thru cigar for Matt Booth […]
Since many of the IPCPR 2011 samples I received were pre-release samples, I’ve done some pre-reviews which allow me to document my experiences with a cigar and provide my thoughts. Once they have arrived on retailers’ shelves, I like to give them a try again and see how they smoke post-production. The following three cigars […]
Room 101 Namakubi – Packaging 2011 has proven to be a big year for Matt Booth and his Room 101 line. This year, two new blends joined the Room 101 portfolio. At the 2011 IPCPR, I admit, I really got hooked on the new Room 101 Connecticut. In some ways this release caught me off-guard […]
