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The new website is up. Just like Muddy in the the 77 comeback, we are "Hard Again". Come check us out at avaloncigars.com Let me know what you think.

I love to read the reviews that my fellow BOTL come up with on some of my favorite cigars. I still view the world of cigars in terms of bang for the buck in most cases. What do you guys think about the advent in the last 10-15 years of super high-end blends in existing lines of cigars? For...

I've been pretty much non-existent on the board lately and am glad to sneek a few minutes to post. As some of you know or may have guessed, I have become heavily envolved with the launching of the Avalon cigar brand. I will be functioning as their "cigar" guy. I'm putting my 20+ years of cigar...

Since I've began my long overdue journey into the cigar business, I simply have too many cigars to make cabinet humidification practical. I've considered making a walk in, but am worried about the costs associated with heating,cooling, humidification etc. So here's the plan. My current cigar...

I will be in Destin this weekend and would like to go by Harbor and hand out a few Avalon sticks to the owner/manager. Who do I need to see and where is the shop, I hate the beach, so I will probably make the shop my home for a couple of days.

Here are a few pics of the booth the Avalon guys put together for the RTDA show. I was here talking cigars with everybody that walked by for 4 days straight. I had a blast, but regrettably I didn't make it around to take lots of pics. I met everybody in the industry I always wanted to meet, but...

The guys at Avalon have cooked up a true powerhouse stick that is not for the faint of heart. This subset of the Master series is called the Blind Mississippi, named after regionally popular blues artist Blind Mississippi Morris. When Tom and Gary handed me one of these on Sunday at the RTDA and...

I dont know what this thing is but it is very tasty. It's the big Tatuaje with foil on half of it, kind of looks like a Cuaba Salomone. I'm watching Godfather 2 and it looks like it might get me most of the way through it.

I've never been, but thats about to change. I'm heading out for Houston on the 4th or 5th of August and will be there for the duration. I got the hook-up and will have a pass and a place to hang at the show. What should I expect? I would like to meet up with some the BOTL from H-town while I'm...

I'm an avid college football fan, and this is the worst time of year for me, the anticipation is just about to kill me. I bought a new 32" HD LCD TV and stuck it on the wall to get ready for my upcoming Saturdays in the bunker. I added a new end table sized humi (thanks Bruce) and put up a few...

I remember the days when I thought Camacho cigars were ok little junky sticks that were barely worth buying. I picked up this cigar a few weeks ago on a lark and am almost down to the nub as I write this. Let me first say, the packaging and banding on this cigar is truly spectacular, looks like...

I read a post somewhere on the board about smoking culebra's so I decided to pull one out and smoke it. These things are always weird, but weird in a cool kind of way.I've tried smoking these all together, but it usually doesn't work out to well for me, so I separated these. The construction and...

I hope you mods don't think the title of this post is too harsh, but given the circumstances, that is about as nice as I can be, not to mention that it's balls on accurate. Many of you may remember the posts about this a few months back, I got ripped off on a large order from a guy who was...

For any of you younger gorillas out there wondering what this is, it's a precursor to the ACID style cigar, only not as good. Looked a little rugged and smelled like an ashtray that had had lots of clove cigarette ashes and some nag-champa incense dust scattered in. Burn was OK, lots of...

I reviewed two of the Avalon cigars last night, and this morning I can't see the reviews, any guesses?

Pre light aroma is light and airy, smelled very good. This stick starts off a little on the mild side and builds in strength all the way down. A little more complex and sophisticated than the Juke series. Lots of strong tobacco and spice but once again, no bite. The ash is beautiful white and...

This stick is a little rustic looking, the wrapper is dark and oily with a little vein to it. Pre light aroma is strong loaded with tobacco scent. From the very fist draw, you notice there is something different about the aroma, must be the pecan wood. Kind of reminds me wood smoking some...

I spent the weekend with two of the nicest guys I've met anywhere in one hell of a long time. Tom and Gary of Avalon cigars in Clarksdale Mississippi have lightining in a bottle and are ready to share it with us. These guys have a true passion for cigars, the blues and great food, how can they...

This is a shameless plug for this entire line. I've got tons of sticks to choose from because I'm a total psycho when it comes to cigars. The ones I've been reaching for day in day out since I've discovered them is the Gran Habano Corojo red label. I don't know what they do to these wrappers but...

Anybody ever had any experience with NC sticks that have been aged for longer than 10 years? I just finished my third Paul Garmirian belicoso from 95 and like the others, it was on the bland uneventful side of the spectrum. I really think that some of the NC blends tend to lose their bouquet...