January 19th, 2012
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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January 8th, 2012
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
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
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
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
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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January 2nd, 2012
It is January 1st of 2012, first day of the new year and day 8 in this series of reviews. Five gordas are left to review and since I my last cigar of 2011 was a limitada, I will start 2012 in the same way, hoping to get similar results. Today’s corona gorda is the [...]
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December 31st, 2011
It is new year’s eve and I have chosen a special cigar for tonight, to farewell 2011. My corona gorda for tonight is the Partagas Serie D No.3 Edicion Limitada 2001. Although it was meant to be released in 2001, most of the D no.3’s were actually released in 2002, as the Cubans realized they didn’t have enough [...]
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December 30th, 2011
It’s day six of this series of reviews and I am hoping that today’s cigar will keep the momentum of the great smokes I have had in the last couple of days. Today I am smoking one of the less popular corona gordas in the market today, the Saint Luis Rey Serie A. The SLR [...]
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December 29th, 2011
Fifth day of the twelve days of Christmas and the cigar i will be reviewing today is the second Punch in the lineup, the Royal Selection No.11. The Royal Selection No.11 is one of the six corona gordas Punch has released in their post-revolution history, and it has been discontinued since 2010. It is considered [...]
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