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January 19th, 2012

January Herf, Tuesday January 24th 2012 @8pm, Morgan Hotel Dublin

We are almost through January and we should get our first herf for 2012 in before the month goes away…
Next Tuesday January 24th 2012, we will be meeting in the Morgan Hotel in Temple Bar from 8pm onwards, for a few cigars and a few pints.
So, bring along your favourite cigars and join us for [...]

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December 18th, 2011

3rd Transnational Cigar Tasting, December 27th 2011

Our cigar community has been invited to take part in the 3rd Transnational Cigar Tasting, which will be taking place on December 27th 2011.  The Transnational Cigar Tasting is an event that was initiated by the Russian Cigar Union (www.cigarinfo.ru) in 2009. Last year 13 cities from 10 countries took part reviewing the Trinidad Robusto [...]

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December 14th, 2011

Photos from our Christmas Herf

Despite the arctic weather that hit Dublin, seven of us made it to our Christmas Herf, on Tuesday December 13th 2011, in the Morgan Hotel. We have had warmer nights in the Morganl, but after a few hot whiskeys, pints and some fine cigars, we managed to get through the night with no frostbites! Our [...]

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December 8th, 2011

We are back online!

As s0me of you may have noticed, Cigars.ie had been offline for the past week. No, I didn’t stop smoking, I was not hunted down by Habanos and I wasn’t discouraged by the VAT increase… Corrupt tables, broken database, corrupt files, failed server updates was some of the phrases used to describe the problem. At first [...]

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December 1st, 2011

Christmas Herf, Tuesday December 13th 2011 @8pm, Morgan Hotel Dublin

Its this time of the year again with the day that we have been looking forward just around the corner…
Lets beat the budget blues, the pre-Christmas rush and the hangovers from the work do’s with a good smoking session!
Our Herf for the month of December will be taking place on Tuesday December 13th 2011 in [...]

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\\ Reviews

January 8th, 2012

Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 13: 1971 Punch Nectares No.2

After a long journey through a dozen of corona gordas, I have finally reached the last day of this series of reviews. Despite the few disappointments, I have had some fantastic cigars and I am happy with the choice of size for this year. After a magical Siglo IV yesterday, it is time to smoke [...]

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January 7th, 2012

Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 12: Cohiba Siglo IV

For day 12, the last day of this series of reviews I have left one of my favourite cigars, the Cohiba Siglo IV. I was meant to smoke this cigar yesterday, however I decided to postpone this review for a day, as I was late sitting down and I didn’t want sunrise to find me [...]

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January 5th, 2012

Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 11: Juan Lopez Seleccion No.1

Two days left until the Little Christmas, the day that was meant to be the last one of this series of reviews. However, I will not break the tradition and I will extend it by a day in order to review a special cigar. Two years ago it was the Partagas D4 Reserva along with [...]

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January 4th, 2012

Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 10: Rafael Gonzalez Corona Extra

The menu for day 10 of the Corona Gorda reviews dictates that tonight’s smoke will be a discontinued gorda from Rafael Gonzalez, the Corona Extra. Rafael Gonzalez is one of the smallest brands of Habanos SA, with only two cigars in regular production in 2011, and a third vitola scheduled to be released early this [...]

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January 3rd, 2012

Christmas Corona Gordas, Day 9: Ramon Allones Superiores

January 2nd and this is day 9 f this series of reviews. Holidays are officially over for me, as today was my first day back to work, hence the post midnight review. Today’s corona gorda is the Ramon Allones Superior, a new release that has already developed a big fanbase. The Ramon Allones Superior is [...]

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