What I’m Smoking Tonight: Macanudo Cru Royale Robusto
Cigar Review: Macanudo Cru Royale Length: 5″ Ring Gauge: 50 Vitola: Robusto Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Dominican La Vega Especial Filler: Dominican & Nicaraguan Viso plus Brazilian Mata Fina Body: Medium Pricing: $7 Sitting in the backyard working on posts from the recent IPCPR cigar/pipe convention in Las Vegas and smoking a Macanudo Cru Royale [...]
What I’m Smoking Tonight: Macanudo Cru Royale Robusto
Cigar Review: Macanudo Cru Royale Length: 5″ Ring Gauge: 50 Vitola: Robusto Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Dominican La Vega Especial Filler: Dominican & Nicaraguan Viso plus Brazilian Mata Fina Body: Medium Pricing: $7 Sitting in the backyard working on posts from the recent IPCPR cigar/pipe convention in Las Vegas and smoking a Macanudo Cru Royale [...]
Monday “Throwback” Smokezebo: Casa Magna Oscuro
Cigar Review: The Oscuro provides plenty of thick, billowy smoke with the ash blooming some but not flaking and lasting a good 1″-1.5″ before cracking… full, discernible flavors come through with smooth Venezualan Chuao bittersweet chocolate, prune-raisin, sweet maple wood, roasted fennel and toasted pecan notes… there is a white pepper spice undernote that tingles the mid-back palate and provides a nice zing to the smoke…
Thursday Smokezebo: The “Secret” Cigar
Cigar #1: Shaggy (Shaggy Foot) Length: 6″ (Including 1″ Shaggy Foot) Ring Gauge: 56 Vitola: Robusto Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan/Honduran Cigar #2: Shaggy Grande (Closed Foot) Length: 6″ (Including 1″ Shaggy Foot) Ring Gauge: 60 Vitola: Thick Robusto Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan/Honduran A couple of months ago when I [...]
Weekend Birthday Smokezebo: Fuente Fuente Opus X Perfecxion No. 2
Cigar: Fuente Fuente Opus X Perfecxion No. 2 Length: 6-3/8″ Ring Gauge: 52 Vitola: Torpedo Wrapper: Dominican Rosado Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Once a year you celebrate your natal anniversary… ummm, for those of us that like to use a bit more normal language that means that once a year you celebrate your birthday… and [...]
Friday Smokezebo: Macanudo Cru Royale
Cigar: Macanudo Cru Royale Length: 5″ Ring Gauge: 50 Vitola: Robusto Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Dominican La Vega Especial Filler: Dominican & Nicaraguan Viso plus Brazilian Mata Fina Ah, Macanudo… you were one of the first cigars I smoked… back then, before the boutique cigars and all the exotic heady blends we have today, you [...]
Hump-day Smokezebo: Alec Bradley SCR Select Cabinet Reserve
Cigar: Alec Bradley SCR Select Cabinet Reserve Length: 5″ Ring Gauge: 50 Vitola: Robusto Wrapper: Honduran (Trojes) Binder: Honduras (Trojes), Indonesian Embertunada Filler: Honduran, Nicaraguan What if I said you could smoke a candy bar?… Well, not exactly a candy bar, but a well made cigar that isn’t infused or dipped, made from straight tobacco, [...]
