EP Carrillo Allegiance cigar review. Do they have another winner?
Let's try the new Oct. 2022 released cigar, Allegiance, and see if it compares to the Pledge (which made cigar of the year).
Allegiance is the first cigar EP Carrillo has made which was not made exclusively in their factory. This was a collaboration between Oliva and Carrillo and made in Nicaragua's Oliva factory.
Side Kick - 5x50
Wrapper - Ecuadorian Sumatra
Binder & Filler - Nicaraguan
Body - Med.
Strength - Mild
Smoking time - approx. 1 hr.
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Foundation Olmec Claro cigar discussion
Foundation released the cigar in August of 2022 and has been smoked, and enjoyed, by many! The Olmec was produced by AJ Fernandez Factory.
Robusto - 5 x 50
Wrapper - Mexican San Andres
Binder & Filler - Nicaragua
Body - Medium
Strength - Medium
Smoking Time - 45 mins
(Filmed Oct '22)
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Cavalier Geneve Black II cigar discussion
Part of their core line, The Black II was designed to give a traditional and aged maduro expierence. You can find this cigar in many vitolas (sizes).
Robusto - 5 x 50
Wrapper - San Andres
Binder & Filler - Habano
Body - Full
Strength - Medium
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Drew Estate Liga Privada Unico UF-13 Dark cigar discussion
Liga Privada Unico Serie limited release line of cigars was created because the blends were so delicious, and Drew Estate wanted to share, but the tobaccos were not plentiful enough for a regular production release.
UF - 13 Dark comes in one size only, 5.5 x 52 with a fan tail cap and a dark oily wrapper. Not much information is provided by Drew Estate for this cigar, but it's believed to be a Nicaraguan Puro.
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Tatuaje Tuxtla T110 cigar discussion
One of the 3 newer release cigars from Tatuaje, the T110 is in a short robusto size with lots of flavor. Watch the review for the profile I found in this cigar!
Vitola - 4 3/8 x 52
Wrapper - Mexican San Andres
Binder & Filler - Nicaraguan
Smoking Time - approx 1 hr
Body - Medium+
Strength - Medium
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New Release for the holidays! DTT StillWell Star Holiday Y2022 cigar!
We may remember that last year, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust and Cornell & Diehl (a pipe tobacco company) teamed up to create StillWell Star, a cigar made with pipe tobacco. For 2022, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust has announced then released a limited-edition blend created for the holiday season.
Holiday Y2022 (released in November 2022) is a cigar made in one vitola only, the Toro (6 x 52), and will not have a sweet tip like the Aromatic #1 did.
Wrapper - Ecuadorian Habano
Binder - Mexican San Andrés negro
Filler - Cavendish burley and Virginia pipe tobaccos
Body - Medium
Strength - Mild+
Smoking Time - approx 2 hr
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DTT Stillwell Star HolidayY2022 unboxing
StillWell Star Cigars is a mix of pipe and cigar tobacco created by Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust (DTT). Holiday Y2022 is a limited edition, new release, cigar.
“A tradition in Pipe Culture is for carvers to craft one-off pipe designs and for blenders to create special mixtures to smoke and mark the Holidays,” wrote Steve Saka, founder of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, in a spec sheet describing the cigar. “In honor of this practice, it was always my intention to follow suit with our StillWell Star line of puros.”
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Espinosa & Guy Fieri Knuckle Sandwich Maduro cigar discussion
A.J. Fernandez collaborated with Espinosa and Fieri to create the recipes for both blends of the Knuckle Sandwich, the Maduro and Habano.
You may be familiar with Guy Fieri’s TV and culinary fame but might not have known of his passion for premium cigars. Guy is a big fan of the cigar lifestyle and enjoys exploring cigar lounges across the country. Including helping promote this new cigar at various events.
The Knuckle Sandwich Maduro was crafted at AJ’s San Lotano factory in Nicaragua.
Toro H - 6 x 54 Box Press
Wrapper - Ecuadorian-Sumatra Maduro
Binder & Filler - Nicaragua
Body - Full
Strength - Med/Med +
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Aganorsa Leaf Aniversario Maduro cigar discussion
Will I survive this cigar?
The blend itself has not changed from what once was known as Casa Fernandez Aniversario Cuba 109 Maduro. A Nicaraguan puro with a shade grown Nicaragua Corojo Maduro
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Tatuaje Tuxtla 7th cigar discussion
Tatuaje Tuxtla 7th is a new cigar release based on the original release but now features a Mexican San Andres wrapper! This limited-edition cigar is a 5 5/8 x 46 corona with only 2,000 boxes released.
Wrapper - Mexican San Andres
Binder & Filler - Nicaragua
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Ezra Zion Cigar and coffee of the Month Club September '22
Ezra Zion Cigar and coffee of the Month Club September '22 where each month you are shipped a unique coffee and a bundle of 5 cigars. Within that bundle, 1 cigar will be unique to members, 2 will be from a special release, and 2 will be from their core line. Aside from the member only cigar, all other cigars may vary from member to member.
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The new Tatuaje Tuxtla Avion cigar!
Let's try and discuss this new cigar (May 2022) from Tatuaje. It's offered in 3 vitolas, we will try the Avion.
6 7/8 x 52 perfecto
Wrapper - Mexican San Andrés
Binder & Filler - Nicaragua
Smoking time - 2.5 hrs.
Body - Full
Strength - Medium/Medium +
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Ezra Zion Cigar and coffee of the Month Club August '22
Each Month Ezra Zion includes a special blend of coffee and a member only cigar. 5 cigars are included with your subscription, 2 being from their core line. This month celebrates Ezra Zions 10-year Anniversary!
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Drew Estate Liga Privada H99 Phineas Gage cigar discussion
This highly sought after cigar, in lancero vitola (7x40), is named after an actual person who was subject to a work accident. Phineas Gage had a railway spike drove into his brain which altered his personality and is now the subject of every single psychology class.
The lancero cigar makes use of the same blend as the standard H99, including a hybrid stalk-cut/cured H99 Connecticut Corojo wrapper from the Connecticut River Valley. This leaf surrounds a Mexican San Andrés Otapan Negro Último Corte binder and Honduran, Nicaraguan, and Pennsylvania Green River One Sucker fillers.
“The Liga Privada H99 Phineas Gage Lancero hits you like a spike right through your brainbox and you’ll never be the same,” states Drew Estate Founder, Jonathan Drew.
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Dissident Soap Box cigar discussion
Dissident is touted as a premium cigar brand for the next generation of cigar smokers. Part of the Oveja Negra brand, Dissident aims to break the complacency mold.
Toro Gordo - 6 3/4 x 54
Wrapper - Sumatra
Binder - Ecuador
Filler - Nicaragua
Body - Medium +
Strength - Medium/Medium +
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Ezra Zion Cigar and coffee of the Month Club July '22
Ezra Zion has a coffee and cigar of the month club, which is unique from other companies' offerings. For July we have a matching theme as America celebrates its independence.
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Dissident Soap Box cigar discussion
Dissident is touted as a premium cigar brand for the next generation of cigar smokers. Part of the Oveja Negra brand, Dissident aims to break the complacency mold.
Toro Gordo - 6 3/4 x 54
Wrapper - Sumatra
Binder - Ecuador
Filler - Nicaragua
Body - Medium +
Strength - Medium/Medium +
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Oscar Valladares 2012 Barber Pole Lancero cigar discussion
Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. created a unique barber pole with this candela and maduro wrapped lancero cigar. Formerly an exclusive release to The Cigar Shop, a pair of stores, located in the Carolinas. Additionally offered in a lone 6 x 52 toro format and limited to just 200 boxes of 10.
Lancero - 7 x 38
Wrapper - Candela & Mexican San Andrés
Binder - Nicaragua
Filler - Honduras & Nicaragua
Body & Strength - Medium
Smoking time - 1 hr. 40 min.
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Casa Fuente Gold Band cigar discussion
When you go to Vegas. and you are looking for a hard-to-find cigar, go to the cigar lounge inside Caesar’s Palace called Casa Fuente. There you will find the namesake house blend called Casa Fuente.
Little information is on the web about the blend, which Fuente is keeping on the DL, but we do know that the use an all-Dominican Binder and Filler. There are a few Casa Fuente cigars to choose from, marked by either a red, gold, or orange band.
Gold Band in Robusto
Wrapper - Sumatra (?)
Binder & Filler - Dominican Republic
Body - Medium/Medium +
Strength - Mild
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My first Rumble only video! CAO Amazon Basin cigar review!
A rare cigar in every sense of the word. Not only is this cigar hard to find, but it's hard to make!
The unique and rare part of the Amazon Basin is a tobacco called Braganca; a rare tobacco harvested from a remote region in the Amazonian rainforest. What else makes it so rare? Well, everything from its taste to the way it’s cultivated. Grown in a virgin, tropical land in the rainforest and harvested only once every 3 years, Braganca may be one of the most elusive tobaccos in the world. After the tobacco is harvested, it’s rolled by hand into tubes and fermented for 6 months. Then, it must be transported by canoe back to the mainland. To create CAO Amazon Basin, this Braganca tobacco was blended with tobaccos from 5 different countries and finished with a dark, Ecuadorian Sumatra ligero wrapper. Finally, each cigar is finished with a rustic 100% twisted tobacco ‘band’ that adds another unique touch.
Wrapper - Ecuadorian Sumatra Ligero
Binder - Nicaragua
Filler - Nicaragua, Honduras, Amazon, Brazil
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My first Rumble only video! CAO Amazon Basin cigar review!
A rare cigar in every sense of the word. Not only is this cigar hard to find, but it's hard to make!
The unique and rare part of the Amazon Basin is a tobacco called Braganca; a rare tobacco harvested from a remote region in the Amazonian rainforest. What else makes it so rare? Well, everything from its taste to the way it’s cultivated. Grown in a virgin, tropical land in the rainforest and harvested only once every 3 years, Braganca may be one of the most elusive tobaccos in the world. After the tobacco is harvested, it’s rolled by hand into tubes and fermented for 6 months. Then, it must be transported by canoe back to the mainland. To create CAO Amazon Basin, this Braganca tobacco was blended with tobaccos from 5 different countries and finished with a dark, Ecuadorian Sumatra ligero wrapper. Finally, each cigar is finished with a rustic 100% twisted tobacco ‘band’ that adds another unique touch.
Wrapper - Ecuadorian Sumatra Ligero
Binder - Nicaragua
Filler - Nicaragua, Honduras, Amazon, Brazil
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Ezra Zion COTM May '22
The Cigar and Coffee of the Month club always offers 1 unique cigar available only to the club members, and the coffee is always delicious! Let's see what this month offered.
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