Cigar Reviews

Cigar Review: Sobremesa Brûlée Wagashi

December 2, 2024 By Pat Chamberlain
Check out our cigar review of the Sobremesa Brûlée Wagashi from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. Read more

Cigar Review: Umbagog Bronzeback

November 29, 2024 By Pat Chamberlain
Check out our review of the Umbagog Bronzeback from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. Read more

Cigar Review: Sin Compromiso No. 4

November 29, 2024 By Pat Chamberlain
Check out our cigar review of the Sin Compromiso No. 4 from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. Read more

Cigar Review: Micallef Red Toro

November 26, 2024 By Pat Chamberlain
Micallef has recently introduced the Red to stand next to its successful Black and Blue blends as part of its new color series. Read more

Cigar Review: La Flor Dominicana 30th Anniversary

November 23, 2024 By Pat Chamberlain
Check out our cigar review of the La Flor Dominicana 30th Anniversary! Read more

Cigar Review: Tatuaje LLE Broadleaf Reserva

November 18, 2024 By Pat Chamberlain
Check out our cigar review of the Tatuaje LLE Broadleaf Reserva Londsdale! Read more

Cigar Review: Davidoff Maduro Toro

October 9, 2024 By Kevin Acuff
This year, Davidoff decided to reintroduce a cigar that has been gone from the portfolio for the greater part of a decade, the Davidoff Maduro. Read more

Cigar Review: Drew Estate Liga Privada H99 Papas Fritas

October 4, 2024 By Mitchell Santaga
What do factories do with all those extra small trimmings and pieces of tobacco left over after rolling a beautiful all long filler cigar? Sometimes they sell it off, sometimes they throw it away, but sometimes they use it to create mixed filler cigars like the H99 Papas Fritas. Read more

Cigar Review:  Macanudo Emissary España

September 16, 2024 By Dee Pitman
Our cigar review of the Macanudo Emissary España. Read more

Cigar Review: La Flor Dominicana Andalusian Bull

August 4, 2024 By Mitchell Santaga
Cigar Review: Released back in 2016, the Andalusian Bull is an homage to the heritage of cigars in Spain and based on an old mold that Litto brought back from the country. Read more

Cigar Review: Arturo Fuente OpusX Oro Oscuro Reserva d’Chateau

July 11, 2024 By Mitchell Santaga
The original Fuente Fuente OpusX was released in 1995 and twenty years later in 2015 Arturo Fuente released a new OpusX blend called the Oro Oscuro. Read more

Cigar Review: Drew Estate Liga Privada 10 Aniversario Selección de Mercado

July 6, 2024 By Mitchell Santaga
How do you make one of the hardest to find and most sought after cigars in the USA even harder to find? You make the cigar only available outside of the USA. Read more

Cigar Review: Asylum Cool Brew

June 6, 2024 By Dee Pitman
The Asylum Cigar line, (C.L.E. Cigar Company), is known for its unorthodox and out of the box thinking when it comes to their cigars. Read more

Cigar Review: Perdomo 30th Anniversary Maduro Epicure

May 30, 2024 By Mitchell Santaga
In honor of Perdomo’s 30th anniversary in the cigar industry, the company released the 30th Anniversary cigar line to celebrate. Here is our review of the Maduro Read more

Cigar Review: Dissident Heretic Corona Larga

May 19, 2024 By Mitchell Santaga
Dissident Cigars Heretic is a midwest regional exclusive with a bit of twist. Read more

Cigar Review: Don Pepin Vintage Edition

May 14, 2024 By Dee Pitman
As kick-off to the 20th anniversary of Don Pepin Garcia cigars, the Vintage Line was released as a TAA exclusive in 2023. Read more

Cigar Review: Protocol Cigars Phoebe Couzins

May 1, 2024 By Dee Pitman
Protocol Cigars Lawmen Series sees its first tribute to a woman in the fourth iteration of this line. Read more

Cigar Review: Powstanie Connecticut Justice

April 11, 2024 By Dee Pitman
Powstanie Cigars has extended their Connecticut line with the addition of the Corona Gorda. This new vitola is named “Justice”,  paying tribute to the middle child of  Mike Szczepankiewicz, co-owner, and master blender of Powstanie. Read more

Cigar Review: Jake Wyatt Cigar Co Icarus

March 30, 2024 By Kevin Acuff
The use of mythology is an excellent fit for the cigar world. Some myths and legends can fit virtually any facet of the story a cigar manufacturer wishes to tell with their release. We see a great example of that in the latest release from Jake Wyatt Cigar Co., which was released at this year's TPE trade show in Las Vegas. Read more

Cigar Review: Drew Estate Liga Privada H99 Phineas Gage Lancero

March 27, 2024 By Dee Pitman
Drew Estate is always pushing the boundaries of the cigar lines they produce. The well-known and loved “Liga Privada” line includes such hits as the T52, the No 9, and the Unico series. Never willing to settle, they have once again pushed the creativity of blending to produce the H99 Phineas Gage Lancero. Read more