Monthly Archives: September 2012

by CigarCraig | September 16, 2012 · 8:26 am

Delaware Cigar Festival 2012 Event Report

Yesterday I had the great pleasure of attending my second Delaware Cigar Festival. This festival is held at Delaware Park Racetrack in (duh) Delaware every year and organized by Gary Griffith of Delaware Cigars and Emilio Cigars fame. Gary brings together a bunch of cigar makers and reps and paying attendees get a nice bag of about 25 cigars and the vendors are selling cigars for $3 to $9 with all of the money going to charity. Instead of going from

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booth to booth getting a cigar from each vendor, you could buy the cigars, many of which retail for much more than $3. I haven’t heard the final tally, but I’m sure they raised many hundreds of dollars for the charity of their choice, The La Musa School of Artl in Esteli, Nicaragua.

Besides having he chance to purchase cigars cheap and talk with the reps and cigar makers, it also provided the opportunity to spend a beautiful afternoon talking to fellow cigar lovers from all over. I spent some time with my old friends Rob Heming and Dennis Shaffer, who rode their motorcycles from the Pittsburgh and Cleveland areas respectively. I had found a great parking spot and saw them circling the lot looking for a space so I invited them to share my spot. We ended up packing 4 bikes into one spot (I also finally met a gent named Ralph who rode down from north of Philly, who I had corresponded with before). It had been several years since I’d seen Rob and Dennis and it was great getting caught up. I also was happy to spend some time with Charlie Greenbacker, who I had met at this event last year, as well as meeting Irv from CigarNews.com. It was a great afternoon, great folks and great cigars.

I started the day with an Ortega Serie D maduro, which I had been craving and headed straight for Eddie’s table upon arrival. It was awesome, of course (the “D” is for delicious!). Next I smoked an Undercrown Corona Doble, which was also awesome. I hadn’t smoked a cigar that large in a while, but I had the time. I wrapped up the afternoon with a Cubanacan robusto from Eddie Tarazona, which was a nice, mild smoke with a nice flavor. This is a cigar that comes in boxes of fifty and has a price-point around$6 (if I recall). Solid, well behaved smoke with was a nice way to end the day. If you can manage to attend this event in the future you should try to do it. I have a video from the event as well as some photos below.

httpv://youtu.be/zJsr2Si-hVo

That’s it for now, until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | September 12, 2012 · 8:54 pm

IPCPR 2012 – E Cigars by Brothers of the Leaf, LLC

We are slowly unpacking and moving things but I think I know where all my cigars and accouterments are. I know there’s a humidor in the living room and one in the bedroom, and a couple coolerdors in the basement. My son has his humidor in his room. I do need to find a traveldor for this weekend’s Delaware Cigar Festival, although I may not take a lot of cigars with me. The festival is organized by Gary Griffith of Emilio Cigars fame, and the various vendors have cigars for sale for around $3 each with the proceeds going to charity. This is a great way to pick up some great smokes for bargain prices and feel good about where the money is going. It’s not like I need more cigars…I’ll have to exercise some restraint as I don’t want to come home and have to play cigar Tetris in the humidors! Still, if I can get a few Ortega Series D maduros for $3, I will have to do it.

The move has reduced my leisure time a little bit, but last night I sat down with a E from Esencia. The Esencia line is excellent, but it’s limited in distribution. The E series will come in at a lower price point and will be available to any retailer who wants to carry them. Marc and Mike of BOTL, LLC gave me a couple of Corona Gordas when I saw them at the IPCPR show, and I fired one up. It’s a beautiful cigar, certainly no shortcuts were taken with this cigar. It has a rich, ruddy wrapper and the burn and draw were as close to perfect as I’ve had recently. Flavor-wise it was solidly medium and pretty darned yummy. It is a sweet and creamy smoke. This is a cigar that one can smoke in just about any circumstance. As an aside, It’s been getting dark annoyingly early and I realized how much being able to see my cigar as it’s burning adds to the experience. I turned on the light because I felt like something was missing. I guess I’m a little bit of a cigar voyeur, but being able to watch a great cigar burn is almost as important to me as the flavor!

I spoke with Marc at the show and he was excited about this new cigar, as well as their new Palio lighter and a stainless steel (and hopefully titanium) Palio cutter that’s really pretty. These guys are passionate about their products and it shows in the quality, and they are super-nice guys as well. I appreciate them taking the time to talk to me at the show.

That’s about it for now. Stay tuned for a recap of the Delaware Cigar Festival in Sunday’s regular post and enjoy your week!

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | September 9, 2012 · 6:41 pm

IPCPR 2012 – 262 Revere and Paradigm Cigars

I’ve been in the process of moving my family and this weekend was the weekend we chose to rent a truck and move the big stuff. Long story short, I reserved a 16′ rental truck and they substituted a 24′ diesel for the same price. Good deal, you say? I had envisioned backing into my driveway and running everything up a ramp onto a low deck, with this 24′ truck I had to park on the street and use a lift gate. It’s a wonder I didn’t need a CDL to drive this thing, and I had to go about 5 miles out of my way to get to the house because of the height! It all worked out in the end and we got all the big stuff moved. I’m a lot older than I was the last time I moved a piano and all that furniture and we have a lot more stuff yet to move. Anyway, enough of my complaining, on with the show.

Thursday evening I decided to try the new 262 Cigars Revere that I was given by Clint Aaron at the show. This is a new cigar that’s due out this fall and is a Nicaraguan Puro. I really enjoyed this cigar, it burned well and had a decent draw. I can see that some age will benefit this cigar and look forward to smoking it again when it comes out. It has a little bit of sw

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eetness from the Jalapa wrapper and was pretty full bodied. Nice cigar.

Today (actually, as I type) after a physically difficult weekend, I lit up a little 262 Paradigm. This was a short robusto, about 4 x 50ish. I have been late to the party with the 262 lines, this is the first occasion I’ve had to sample them. Obviously I’ve been missing out, these are fine cigars. The little Paradigm is tasty and well behaved. I almost grabbed the Ideology corona, but I needed something with some horsepower. If I had the opportunity this morning for a cigar I think I would have enjoyed the Ideology wit

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h coffee. This Paradigm is nice and I won’t make the mistake of not smoking these again. Quite satisfying and relaxing.

Here is a video I shot with Clint at the IPCPR show telling us about his new lines. I had a string of interviewing very tall people when I did this one, so I made sure we talked sitting down so I didn’t feel so short (and I’m 6′ tall)! The folks at 262 are doing it right, hunt down their cigars and try them if you haven’t already.

That’s all I have for now, it’s time to collapse. Next Saturday I’ll be attending the Delaware Cigar Festival, so stay tuned for news from that excellent event.

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | September 5, 2012 · 6:28 pm

IPCPR 2012 – A Pair of CLE Cigars and Christian Eiroa

Monday was a rainy Labor Day, which is a little depressing for me. I love summer and the end of the season makes me sad. I don’t look forward to autumn or winter very much. Of course the rain didn’t help matters, as my lovely wife and I had tickets to see some dude named Springsteen at Citizens Bank Park in Philly and concerts are less fun when you’re wet. So while we were hanging around waiting to head out, I decided to chose between a cigar and a nap, and the cigar won. I selected a CLE Corojo corona as I hadn’t yet tried Christian Eiroa’s new cigars. I brought these back from Orlando with me, but it’s not what you think, I purchased them at one of the Corona Cigar Co. locations we visited. I purchased a couple coronas, which are a corona gorda size at 5½ x 46, one of my favorite sizes, and they were reasonably priced at under $6 a stick. If you try the CLE cigars expecting a Camacho, that’s not what you’re in for. This cigar was quite nice, medium bodied with a nice flavor, except for a mineral flavor that didn’t really hit my palate right. Still, perfect construction and burn, and savory flavor. I suspect that flinty mineral flavor could age out after a few months in the humidor. I have another one that I’ll use to test that theory.

The Springsteen show was great, fears of wetness were unfounded as our seats were covered and I had bought 2 ponchos in the parking lot for $5 (cheap insurance!). He put on a heck of a show of well over 3 hours, hitting all the old favorites as well as some new material. Of course, no smoking in the venue, but I did get a waft of a familiar aroma at one point that reminded me of concerts in the 80s. Funny, if I lit up a cigar I’d get tossed out on my ear, but the stoners are free to enjoy their smoke! I’m 49 and I think I fell somewhere in the middle of the demographic at the show, which I though was funny. This isn’t a concert review blog, so I’ll move on. Tuesday I took my traditional evening walk with a CLE Cuarenta corona. This cigar was an IPCPR trade show sample. The Cuarenta was Christian’s 40th birthday cigar (young punk!), and it has a Habano wrapper and is a little bit lighter than it’s Corojo sibling. Oddly, I got the same mineral notes in this cigar that I taste in the Corojo. Obviously they share a component. Flinty taste aside, it was still a flavorful smoke and, like the Corojo, worth seeking out and sampling. As I alluded to earlier, I had a chance to sit down with Christian at the show and recorded this video with him talking about all his new ventures.

That’s it for now, until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | September 2, 2012 · 8:48 am

IPCPR 2012 – A La Sirena Merlion and Someone Wins Some Cigars!

Friday evening, the start of a holiday weekend, the (sigh) end of summer, all good reasons to spark up a good cigar. One of the cigars I’ve really been looking forward to smoking from the IPCPR show is the Merlion from La Sir

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ena and Miami Cigar and Co. The sample I smoked was the Toro size, measuring 5½” x 54, which is a nice size for a late summer evening. The cigars are made at the La Aurora factory with Ecuadoran Corojo wrapper, a Brazilian Sumatra binder and Dominican Corojo, Dominican Criollo, Nicaraguan ligero and Brazilian Mata Fina fillers. It’s a very nice cigar. I could certainly taste the influence of the La Aurora factory in the blend,

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there’s a signature flavor that I’m familiar with that stands out. It performed perfectly and was a nice, satisfying smoke. Another winner from Arielle Ditkowich and the folks at Miami Cigar and Co. Arie

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lle took a few moments to talk to me at the show, here’s the video.

Thank you, Arielle, for being one of my first few interviews at the show. Keep making tasty smokes!

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Contest

I know, nobody is interested in video of me talking to a lovely lady about cigars, you just want to know who won this weeks contest! I was pretty amazed by the response, especially considering I was pretty vague about what the prize was (and I’m sorry, there will not be a Taboada in the prize pack! I had one and that was it). What is in the package is a pair of Tortuga LE 2011 torpedoes from Victor Vitale, along with a selection of General Cigar Co. goodies, including some new releases and special cigars that are only available at special events. I also threw in a few favorites from my humidors. As usual, I’ve consulted with the Random Number Generator at Random.org which has produced the number 15, which corresponds to Christian Logay by my figuring. Congrats Christian! Please send me your contact info so I can get this in the mail to you! Again, thanks to everyone for reading along and making the last 3 years very special for me.