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Anybody biting on the new advertisement at CI for pre-embargos from Camacho? What's the deal with these -- they fashion a cigar in the same vein as what would have been done in 1962? They do look tasty.

I wanted to tell you guys I did get to go to Casa Fuente in sunny Las Vegas over this past weekend. I thought the selection of Opus and other fine cigars such as Ashton was incredible. The prices weren't bad for Vegas, considering that it's very hard for me to even find, much less be able to...

Pre-light: To me, this has a classic cigar taste and smell prior to lighting. The J21 gives off that tough presence early, and I think, leaves you pleasantly surprised later on with its smooth character. All things earth are very apparent with this ligero wrapper. I can taste leather and wood...

Okay, I've been reading quite a few funny posts about the infamous Cohibo. I want to personally thank Costa, and a few others for making this word a regular in my vocabulary! Anyway, I've been promising to show you what I did with a Cohiba glasstop I'd had kicking around for years. I made this...

This is the type of place, where, it probably wouldn't matter what I was smoking. Luckily, they're PSD4's. This is my favorite place to smoke a cigar in the entire world -- add to it, with my favorite person. That's my dad at the helm, as we get in an early back troll on the Lewis River. I just...

Just dug in for something good, and noticed this Esplendido with a small black hole in it. Is this doomsday?

My 5'er of Padron 1964 Anniversary Exclusivos arrived today, and I made a conscious decision to sit down, take some notes and write my first CS review. Here it is: The first thing I noticed about the "64" was the stout construction. I thumped it against my index finger, and it reminded me of a...

Many a time my boss has walked in my office grinning ear-to-ear over his latest find. Sometimes it's an Esplendido from an ISOM, sometimes it's a backwoods special such as these. He got back from a trip in Ohio, where he proudly exclaimed "that's the only place you can find these babies!" They...

Well, I bit the bullet and went for an auction on cbid last night. I think I paid a bit too much for five Padron 1964 Anniversary Exclusivo, but I really wanted to try them, and I wanted to do so without buying a whole box. Overall, I think the site is just like any other auction: If you are...

I usually try and receive all my packages at work. This is mostly because it's a pain in the ass to get packages at my condo. But, I also like it because it brightens up my day, and gets me in the mood to once again go home and enjoy my hobby. Today, a sweetie of an envelope arrived at my...

I'm in the process of setting up a new coolidor so I can begin to age some cigars. I washed it out with Baking Soda, and then put 1 pound of 65% beads in the glad box shown. Should I need to do anything else? Also, I want to cut two pieces of the Spanish Cedar you see, and line the bottom of the...

As I painfully watched James Suckling wax ecstatic about the CA top 10, I decided to explore the rest of the bunch a bit and try out a couple of the value smokes from the list. I'm new to so many of the brands that are available, and of course, I'm blown away by all the experience that lies on...

I don't have a smoking den, or a garage. I do have a balcony, but I hate bundling up and standing outside in the pouring rain for an hour at a clip. It's times like these that make me long for a cigar club or a bar -- big time. For Washington staters, it's truly a case of "don't know what ya...