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5 Vegas Gold Robusto
Wow. I snagged a great deal from Cigars International, thanks to my new friends at the Club Stogie Forums. The first one I tried tonight was a 5 Vegas Gold Robusto, and it was a nice surprise. After spending my time recently smoking through my rather strong Fighting Cocks, I was ready for a nice, […]
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Fighting Cock Torpedo
I picked up a pretty good deal this week at Cigars International. They had a cigar called, oddly, a Fighting Cock, which is a cigar made in Nicaragua, and possessing an extremely strong flavor. My typical cigar is oftentimes a mild cigar like the Macanudo Gold or an Arturo Fuene, and since it’s been a […]
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Acrid and Foul
I’m flipping through the latest copy of the Cigars International catalog this morning, and I found a surprisingly honest review for Fat Cat cigars. Remember this brand from the boom? At that time with the severe shortages, cigar smokers would resort to just about any cigar available on the shelf. Even despite those circumstances, it’s […]
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Cuban Cigars in Japan?
In Akasaka-Mitsuke, right down the street from the New Otani hotel, is an area where there are many small, expensive restaurants. Since it’s not far from the Japanese Diet (their seat of representative government), many Japanese politicians take their guests to the area for some classy wining and dining. On one of my first evenings […]
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Cuban Cigars May Not Be What They Once Were
As any cigar affectianado knows, Cuban cigars are considered the ultimate in forbidden fruit. Since the embargo was enacted on Cuba in the 1960’s, their cigars have been severely restricted from entering the United States. Since then, many people have done backflips and risked felony conviction to smuggle bundles back into the U.S. Since that’s […]
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Cigars at Midnight
Wow… I am smoking the strongest cigar ever. “Buzzing” is too weak a word for what I’m going through right now. It’s called a “La Aroma De Cuba“, which, with even my broken spanish, is “The Smell of Cuba”. Now, my understanding is that, under it’s current dictatorial regime, Cuba really stinks. This cigar, however, […]