A Glimpse Into My Cigar Adventures!

Powstanie SBC26, Tatuaje Havana VI 20th and Villiger TAA Cigars

I’ve been wrestling with my website migration to a new host this weekend, and I about had an aneurysm this morning from trying to figure it out, so I’m cooling off and just sticking with the status quo. I have a couple weeks yet to work things out.  Also, one or the chicks we hatched in June decided to loudly announce his gender this morning, so we will be rehoming a rooster today.  It sounded like Ybor around here! … Continue reading »

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HDA Cigars: Cataclysm, Veiled Mutiny and Descending Shadows

I had the great pleasure this week of sampling cigars from HDA, Hermanos de Armas.  HDA is a Veteran owned company, and Hermanos de Armas means Brothers in Arms.  The founders of the company, Zack (Airforce) and
Andrey (Army), created the brand with a focus on unity and camaraderie and to help people.  They have an association with Team Sapo, which is a non- profit which uses a holistic approach to helping veterans with various traumas.… Continue reading »

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CigarCraig Flashback: Celebrity Cigar Chat with George Hamilton

One of my early achievements on CigarCraig.com was interviewing George Hamilton back in September of 2010.  It’s worth reposting because he is so iconic.  I also published the audio in podcast form, you can listen to it here.     Last week (originally posted 9/21/10) I had the pleasure of interviewing George Hamilton. He’s not just a Hollywood icon (“Love at First Bite“, “Zorro the Gay Blade” ), author (“Life’s Little Pleasures“, “Don’t Mind if I Do“) and famed ladies man,… Continue reading »

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Kingmakers Cigars: Beast Mode, V3RSA VII and Playboy x Kingmakers

This week’s post is a little outside my comfort zone.  Being old and cynical, my adventurism in cigars has limits.  When I heard from Claudio Torres about the Beast Mode cigars from Kingmakers Cigars,  I was skeptical.  First, I barely know who Marshawn Lynch is, I assume he is/was a football player.  My only frame of reference is seeing
him on a commercial during hockey games, wearing a Seattle Kraken sweater. I’m to understand he’s a minority owner of the Kraken, which means he likes hockey, which is enough for me. … Continue reading »

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Southern Draw Evening Primrose, a New Diamond Crown Maximus and Warped Sarto Cigars

A few weeks back I happened to be. driving through Langhorne, PA and happened to see Cigar Phoenix, which is a relatively new chain of two stores in the Philadelphia suburbs.  This is owned by Scott Atkinson, who bought out a few of the Cigar Cigars stores, in which he had an ownership stake.  You may remember Scott from the wildly popular cable access show “Cigar Time” (available on YouTube). Anyway I needed a break, so I stopped in to check out the shop.… Continue reading »

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