by | March 2, 2011 · 7:11 pm

Take a Cigar for a Walk: La Gloria Cubana Serie N, and Some Odds and Ends

I decided that since the weather was starting to get a little nicer I would dig into some of the cigar samples I received at last years IPCPR show.  The La Gloria Cubana Serie N is one that has been taunting me…every time

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I see it’s jet black wrapper in the humidor I want to smoke it, and I finally gave in to temptation.  The sample I received was a No. 49, which measures 5.75″ x 49 and, since it was a pre-production sample, did not have the lighter tobacco leaf “N” on the body of the cigar.  The presentation of these cigars is very cool.  The come in a bright red hexagonal box, with the layers of cigars turned 120º (correct me on this, I didn’t do well in Geometry).  As I mentioned, the regular production has an “N” affixed to the wrapper in a light tobacco leaf so you know what it is after the band is removed I suppose.  This example was full of flavor, although it was a little rough around the edges.  I enjoyed it though and look forward to trying these again.  The o

ne annoying aspect was that it wanted to burn up one side, and I had to touch it up several times.  Only a minor distraction, and I feel as if I gave it enough time in the humidor so I can safely say it wasn’t my fault!

Tommy Berry has been quite busy with work and life and I had to pester him for a contribution this week!  Here’s what he had to say:

“To be honest with all of yo

u, I have not walked since the last review…due to my schedule and I have been lazy for the past week…once I get home around midnight each night. I have had a major deadline at work to meet…and my four year old son has had Strep for the past week. It has just been crazy for the past week…however…what does this all mean? E-X-C-U-S-E-S! Excuses, that’s right…I allowed myself excuses to fail for the past week at walking. But, I say…no more! I will go out tonight and enjoy a walk with a great cigar!

Since I have no “Take A Cigar For A Walk” review – I thought I’d better fess up to what is really going on, and that is me allowing life to get in the way of becoming healthy. This is one of my problems that has caused me to get to the point that I am in anyway…excuses! So, with your help…your support…I will no longer have an excuse. I will walk…enjoy a fine cigar…and think about how much BETTER I feel once I get in from the long walks! Thanks for your continued support!

Long “walking” ashes to ya!

-Tommy”

Lets all give Tommy a raft of sh…..I mean some words of encouragement and support!

On another note, I received a message

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from Joel, who was one of the “lucky” recipients of a Hamilton House Torpedo a few months ago.  Joel wrote:

I finally torched the Hamilton house torpedo that you so graciously sent me. It was a very well constructed cigar. It burned very evenly. It was mild and smooth, with moderately restrained flavors. I enjoyed it very much and would consider purchasing some HH cigars if I ever came across them. Thanks again!

I’ve been quite impressed with these myself, especially at $40 for a box of 25 delivered.  I’ve payed a lot more for cigars that weren’t as good.  Thank you Joel for the feedback and I’m glad you enjoyed the cigar.

I’m going to have a contest in the coming weeks, it will something along the lines of “how many cigars did I smoke in Nicaragua”.  I’ll start it after I come back so that your guesses don’t have any effect on how many cigars I actually smoke.

That’s all I got this time, until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by | February 27, 2011 · 9:10 pm

Wooden Indian Drew Estate Cigar Event, a Joya de Nicaragua and a Chateau Real

Saturday I took a drive with my friend Kyle down to the Wooden Indian Tobacco Store in Havertown, PA for a Drew Estate Event.  This store has one of the only Liga Privada branded lounges in the country and has a very nicely stocked humidor.  The new location is much more comfortable than their old one, which was very small and located tucked into an odd corner in a large strip center.  The store is now, quite wisely I think, located right next door to the Havertown Fire Company.  Marvin Samel, co-owner of Drew Estate, Dave Lafferty, Regional Sales manager, and

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the local rep, Kevin McCormack were there, as well as Alan Price, our local Cigar Rights of America Ambassador.  I was very fortunate to be able to get some much needed advice on traveling to Nicaragua in the coming weeks from Marvin and Dave, as well as a couple that just made the trip in the last few weeks.  I picked up a couple of Joya de Nicaragua Cabinetta Robustos that I enjoy quite a bit, and suggested the same for Kyle.  I kind of pride myself on being able to recommend a cigar that I think someone my enjoy, I’m sure all of us cigar nuts can do that to some extent, and Kyle really enjoyed the cigar.  I really like these myself, they are a nice, smooth, good tasting cigar that’s made very well.  The dos capos presentation is interesting and eye-catching, but I don’t really think it adds too much to the flavor of the cigar as far as I’m concerned.  I smoke this one well past the transition to the maduro wrapper.  It was a nice afternoon hanging out with the Drew Estate guys and an old friend who I don’t see very often (but lives within spitting distance of me).

Going a little out of order this time.  Friday evening my wife wanted a cup of decaf coffee from Wawa, which for those in other parts of the county is a very popular convenience store that has pretty good coffee. I grabbed a Chateau Real Gran Cru Perfecto and took a walk.  The closest Wawa is about a mile and a half away, so that’s a three mile walk with a great cigar.  I have really been enjoying these cigars since getting a box over a year ago.  They are perfectly made, have a great cocoa/coffee flavor and at 6″ x 54 fit the walk nicely.  The dark San Andreas wrapper is beautiful and tasty.  I have some questions about these for the factory when I visit.  I’ve smoked a bunch of these as well as the Smal

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l Clubs and really enjoy them.  I’m afraid the coffee wasn’t as hot as it could have been by the time I got home (temps were probably in the 40s), but I warned against that going into this, but it was a great walk with a wonderful cigar.

That’s all I have this time, I hope to have another update from Tommy for Wednesday so stay tuned.

Until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by | February 23, 2011 · 7:43 pm

Take a Cigar for a Walk: A Short Story And A Note from Tommy

After a particularly difficult day which included more of the demon snow and various work related lunacy, I decided to dig deep into the humidor and pull out a lonely old Fuente Hemingway Short Story for my evening walk.  For many years this was a favorite of my wife’s, and every one I came across went her way.  This one has b

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een in my humidor for the better part of a decade just waiting for her to ask for it.  She informs me that that day will probably not come as she has gotten away from cigars, so I decided last night was the night to smoke it.  As I said, it’s been many moons since I enjoyed a Hemingway of any size, so I clipped it a lit it up.  It took a few minutes to burn past the tip and open up, but when it did I got that wonderful, although milder than I remembered, Cameroon goodness which I enjoy so much.  For a tiny cigar this one lasted for my entire 1+ mile walk and even had a little left for the all-important cool-down period on the front porch.  I haven’t priced these recently, but I remember when they were $103 a box, and $4 was a lot to pay for a little cigar, but this is a cigar that everyone who likes cigars should enjoy.  I’ve smoked most of the Hemingway line and the only one I never cared for was the Classic, which always had a metallic taste to me.  I bet I haven’t had a Signature in 10 years.  I may have a couple more floating around the humidor, I thin kI have a Work of Art in both Cameroon and Maduro wrappers, and there might be a Best Seller hidden someplace.  I’ll wait for warmer weather to smoke them as they are all well aged and I may have missed some of the subtleties of the Short Story smoking it in the cold as

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I did last night.

Here’s the latest from Tommy Berry:

This past week was a bit different for me! I spent some time outdoors, which with a desk job as an architectural designer is a nice chan

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ge every now and then. I spent two days doing some surveying for a current project. Now, I could have smoked me a cigar or two…or even three each day…but I failed to remember my traveldor. However, I spent a total of six hours walking…walking…climbing…and only getting to enjoy my Copenhagen Moist Snuss/Snuff. (A habit that I don’t wish on anyone…but I guess it’s a cowboy thing down here in Texas!) Anyway, I was able to get in a lot of constant walking…a lot! It was a blast to be outdoors, but I have to admit that from my recent walks…I am very sore! That though is a plus…as obviously I am exerting some energy during each walk. I hope to get out for some time with a cigar and the next walk tonight (Monday).

With all of this going on, I have failed to “weigh in”. I have a goal to use this challenge to not only get healthier…but to lose weight as well. Soon, I will begin to update you with my current weight…helping more with accountability…in regards to actually losing weight…which will require eating less and pr

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e often.

I would love to hear from some of you, if you are being challenged by this (in addition to those that have already commented on past posts) and what your thoughts and/or suggestions are.

Until next time…long “walking” ashes to ya!

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ough comments here or wherever you might encounter Tommy, as well as by taking a cigar for a walk yourself.  My offer still stands to publish any other guest reviews you wish to submit.

I’m going to try to make it to The Wooden Indian Tobacco Shop in Havertown, PA Saturday as they are having a Drew Estate event.  They had sponsored a recent Cigar Safari Trip and I’m looking forward to hearing about their trip.  I’m sure it will be the subject of a future article.  They have one of two Liga Privada Lounges in the country and it’s very nice as well as an enormous walk-in humidor.

Tommy stole my “Until the next time” line, so Adios Amoebas!

CigarCraig

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by | February 16, 2011 · 10:23 pm

Take a Cigar For a Walk: Xikar HC, Murcialago, Tommy’s Guest Review No.2 – Sunday February 20, 2011

Well, we’ve been walking and smoking this week.  I started out taking a Xikar HC Criolllo Robusto for a walk and I was sorely disappointed with this cigar. I just didn’t dig the flavor of this one, and I felt especially let down given the $8.00 price tag. Criollo wrappers just don’t seem to do it for me, I can recall not liking the CAO Criollo line either, although I really wanted to.  I will have to make a conscious effort to avoid this wrapper in the future.  To be fair to the cigar, it was very well made and burned perfectly. I purchased this cigar at a Xikar event at a local shop last fall and was a little put off by the high prices of this line.  I rather expect to be “wowed” by a cigar in this price range.  I have a Connecticut ans a Habano still in the humidor, I enjoyed the Habano, although I don’t remember being particularly “wowed”, I hope the Connecticut is more to my liking.

Here’s another guest review by Tommy Berry Jr., he’s been taking a cigar for a walk and sending me his reports:

“Yea! I just got back in from a 60 minute walk. The night wasperfect…around 60 degrees, cool air and a bright moon. I watched an episode of an A&E show, Heavy…I have been watching the series since it started, but tonight it got me off my feet and on to the streets. I put my headphones on, played a couple of Gypsy Kings albums, selected my cigar…cut it and lit it as i began to walk. Tonight’s cigar of choice was a nice CAO Gold Maduro Robusto. I really enjoy the strength of this particular cigar and smoking maduros while walking…at least for now. I loved how this cigar kept its ash very well, stayed lit the entire walk and burned perfectly without any flaws. I thought I was smoking it rather slowly, but I finished it to the nub within about 55 minutes. This may be due to my swinging arms and the cool breeze that we had here tonight. Either way, I would recommend this cigar to anyone interested in a maduro.

Like I said earlier, the walk was great. I have a knee that has been bothering me from walking the last time in below freezing weather…but it did not hurt until the last few minutes. This was a Blessing for sure! Our neighborhood is very hilly, which is a great challenge for the walk. I walked about 80% of

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it at a rather quick pace…then started getting slower as time ran down. I was glad for that feeling as it made me feel as if I was doing something good with my body. I look forward to next walk…and the best part about it is thinking of which cigar will I smoke next!”

Keep up the good work, Tommy, and thank you for your continued contributions!!

I finished off the week with a Murcialago Robusto.  This jet black, San Andreas wrapped, box pressed beauty is not a cigar I would characterize as delicate, subtle, or even refined.  It grabs you by the lapels and says “hey, you’re smoking a cigar”!  It’s got a strong flavor, but isn’t really a strong cigar, if that makes sense.  It burned very well and was quite enjoyable.  I purchased this cigar at an event last summer that Eddie Ortega of EO Brands was the guest of honor.  While this isn’t a particularly complex cigar, it’s one I enjoy for it’s boldness. I wa

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s pretty bummed when this one was finished as I enjoyed it right down to about a half an inch.  It was a 60 degree February day in Pennsylvania, not something that often happens and a welcome change from the fairly harsh winter we’ve been having.

That’s all I have for now, it’s been terribly windy here today, which is one weather condition that I just can’t enjoy a cigar in, so I hope it dies down before long (and the trees near my house stay vertical!)

Until the next time,

CigarCraig

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Take A Cigar For A Walk: Guest Review by Tommy Berry Jr. – Wednesday February 16, 2011

Here’s the first in what I hope will be a long series of guest reviews in what I’d like to call “Take A Cigar For A Walk”.  I will be contributing to this as well as Tommy, and I’d like to encourage others to “Take A Cigar For A Walk” and I will happily include reader submissions as guest reviews.  Again, I don’t want to come off like some fitness zealot, because I’m not, but lets face it, walking is something we all do (barring unfortunate accidents or birth defects) and could probably all do more of.  Sure sitting and relaxing with a cigar is nice, but there’s something to be said for hoofing it around the block with a nice cigar too!  Without further ado, here’s Tommy Berry Jr.’s   “Take A Cigar For A Walk” review:

“I took the first walk this week, only one…but it was a start! I walked this past Tuesday night for sixty five minutes with a buddy of mine, Dr. Scotty Short. It was cold but we enjoyed a great walk, great conversation and a great smoke. We both had a full body Rocky Patel Maduro. I chose a full body smoke as I feel when it is cold, you get the most from a full body smoke…something strong. As the air is so cold, a lighter, Connecticut style cigar seems to lose it’s “punch” and aromatic qualities as your senses seem muted by the cold air. The Maduro has many great features, one being my favorite, “leather”. It also had many “woodsy” hints…something that went well with the cold air and burning wood in the air from area fireplaces. Anyw

ay, enough scientific mess…we both loved the “punch” that this cigar had. I seem to like any strength of cigar, but I really enjoyed this stick by Rocky. Like I said, we ended up walking a full 65 minutes. It wore my lazy rear out…but it was so worth it. I don’t really have any good excuses for not walking since…but I am not done. Who knows, maybe I will make the time to walk again very soon and enjoy another fine smoke during the hike. The weather is warming up here…so I won’t be able to use “its too cold” as an excuse anymore!

Oh, by the way…let me address this for some of you. As you may have read in my previous post with a bit of my bio…I am largely overweight. With that being said…and because of the fact that with smoking cigars, you don’t inhale…I never lost my breath. I had no problem walking a strait, hard 65 minutes, carrying on a great conversation…while smoke a full body cigar. So, if you are scared of such, take the chance and see that you too can do the same. I have to say, with the smoke…I really enjoyed the walk. I look forward to doing it again.”

I too took a cigar for a walk on Sunday. My wife and I had some errands to run around town so we decided to do it on foot.  We ended up walking about 3 miles as I enjoyed a CAO Black Bengal.  This cigar is one that is an OK cigar to me.  It’s not a bad cigar by any means, but it lacks any real “wow” factor.  For me it’s just kind of a generic cigar.  My wife got me three 5 packs of CAO cigars for Valentine’s Day last year and this it the last of these.  I will say that this was the best of the three.  All that being said, this was an enjoyable cigar for a long walk in the cold.  I chose this cigar for a couple of sentimental reasons, one of which being that it w

as a day shy of being a year old.  I still have a couple Brazilias and an Italia from that batch of cigars, the previous Italias have had terrible burns.  There were also some CAO VRs in maduro which I enjoyed quite a bit, as well as MX2s that were very good.

Anyway, that’s about it for now.  Thanks to those who have offered words of encouragement and to anyone who wants to join us in “Take A Cigar For A Walk” and contribute a review, feel free to send it to me at craig@cigarcraig.com.

Until the next time,

CigarCraig

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