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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December 28th, 2011
My cold is not getting any better and smoking three cigars with the gang last night surely didn’t help. But we had a fantastic night and we all enjoyed it. The 4th Transnational Tasting next year will be something to look forward to. Despite not being in the best of conditions to smoke another cigar, [...]
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December 28th, 2011
Our group was invited to participate in the 3rd Transnational Cigar Tasting, organised by the Russian Cigar Union, that took place on December 27th 2011. The cigar we were asked to review was the Romeo y Julieta Cazadores. Rob Fox was kind enough to share with us a box of Cazadores from December 1999.
Our meeting [...]
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December 27th, 2011
The Christmas indulgence over the last couple of days has left me with a bad dose of man-flu. Not great for a day that not only I have to review one of the Corona Gordas, but also a cigar for the 3rd Transnational Tasting that we are participatig in tonight. Lemsip for breakfast and a [...]
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December 26th, 2011
If Christmas Day is all about the kids, Stephen’s day has to be all about the adults. Winding down from Christmas day madness, with the kids occupied with their new toys, and more football and racing on the television than you can take, Stephen’s day has to be one of the best days of the [...]
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December 25th, 2011
I decided to start with the first review a little earlier than I was supposed to. Santa will be paying us a visit soon and three excited little men will be up very early to see what’s under the tree for them. So the rest of the day is going to be pretty much all [...]
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December 20th, 2011
It has now become a tradition to smoke and review one cigar a day during the Christmas holidays. In 2009 when it all started, I smoked 13 Robustos, while last year I went through 20 Lonsdales. This year I am going to smoke 12 cigars all from the same size, which happens to be my [...]
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December 19th, 2011
So here we are with the last of the cigars from the “deletion” list of 2012, the Sancho Panza Molino. The Molino was one of the Lonsdale I reviewed around this time last year and I was pleasantly surprised from it. Its deletion will leave this small brand with only two cigars in current production, [...]
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December 18th, 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
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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