Before it got really cold, I brought a fellow Loisaida (lower east sider) to the old neighborhood to hang out. The sun was going down and I thought to myself, “it was going to be a good day.”
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First off, I would like to thank Dan Bsharat, the managing partner at the Velvet Cigar Lounge. He graciously welcomed me into his lounge and gifted the Bowery cigars for me to review. The Bowery cigar is the latest cigar release from the Velvet Cigar Lounge. This is a boutique proprietary blend of Ecuadorian, Nicaraguan, [...]
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Back Story: Serie JJ range was developed by Don Pepín Garcia and his son Jaime García. Medium- to full-bodied, the wrapper is a Nicaraguan Corojo oscuro, and the binder/filler is Nicaraguan. Packed in plain boxes of 24 except for the Salomon, which comes in boxes of five. The band is similar to the “Blue Label”, [...]
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Back story: The Excalibur line debuted as the fuller bodied blend of Hoyo de Monterrey. The top 10 percent of the tobacco crop grown in Nicaragua and Honduras and delivered to Villizon is reserved for the Excalibur line. The unique blend of tobaccos gives this cigar a very hearty aroma and a dry and spicy finish. [...]
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The La Aurora 1495 series of cigars pays tribute to the city of Santiago de los Caballeros and is Made from six different types of tobacco. This cigar has an Ecuadoran Sumatra Sun Grown wrapper, a Dominican Corojo Binder and a mix of Dominican piloto cubano, Nicaraguan, Peruvian and Dominican Ligero filler. I’m smoking my [...]
As I walked in, I picked up a crystal chalice and a pamphlet describing each whiskey, cigar, and their recommended pairings. I was a bit surprised to find that there were no guides to lead us through the tasting experience. (I may very well be spoiled by Jose Blanco’s blending event). But extremely helpful BaDC [...]
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Need some help choosing a cigar for the weekend? Take a look at these reviews from friends of Cigar Reader. If there’s a reviewer out there that you like, let us know at tips [at] cigarreader.com, and we’ll add him or her to the list.Need some help choosing a cigar for the weekend? Take a [...]
The good folks at Beverly Hills Cigar Club want you to be happy. Really happy. That’s why they’ve prepared the ultimate recipe for post World Cup celebration: a flute of Moet and a freaking $50 Louixs cigar, the slow burning but breathtaking cigar that is, in short, the best stick in the world. Their take:
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