by | February 14, 2021 · 10:59 am

Romeo y Julieta 1875 Nicaragua and a Partagas Serie D No. 6

Let’s talk a about a couple of completely different cigars! Yesterday I was out and about and I decided to stop in my local shop on the way by and see if they had anything new. There are shops in the same chain a few miles east and west that I would probably have had a better chance of finding newer stuff, but I had been running errands for a while and was tired of driving around. The only thing that struck me as new (judging by the self talker that said “new arrival”, which may or may not have actually been “new”), was the Romeo y Julieta 1875 Nicaragua. I picked up a few toros, what the hell. Historically, there have not been a lot of Romeos that have tripped my trigger in the 25 or so years I’ve been smoking cigars, at least not the ones made outside Cuba. I have to confess an affection for the RyJ Coronitas en Cedros as I bought a box to share at my daughter’s wedding that was spectacular, so that’s a sentimental favorite. It’s Valentine’s Day weekend, what’s more romantic than a cigar named after a couple who committed suicide together in the name of love? Anyway, the cigar is a 6” x 52 Nicaraguan puro made by Plasencia for Altadis, who is owned by someone now.

 

Quick aside: with all the discussion of General Cigar splitting off a bunch of their brands into the new Forged Cigar Company, has anyone considered that they could be positioning their portfolio of legacy Cuban brands for sale? It seems funny to me that they have placed all of the old Cuban brands under this umbrella, leaving the brands that have the brand ambassadors, like Macanudo, CAO and Cohiba (not a legacy Cuban brand, but a post-embargo brand), with General Cigar. It seems like a nice package deal to sell to, I don’t know, maybe whoever just bought the Altadis brands like RyJ, Upmann and Montecristo (along with the portion of Habanos). It would tie things up pretty nicely  from a trademark standpoint. Just a thought, probably doesn’t make sense, but what makes sense? Wait, Punch isn’t included in Forged, that throws a monkey wrench into my theory, and why does “Forged” have to be so similar to “Foundry”? Couldn’t they come up with something more original? There’s something funny about the Punch trademark that I can’t recall. It’s all very confusing.

 

Back to the 1875 Nicaragua, it’s a nice cigar. Oddly, still not my cuppa tea for some reason, but a perfectly good cigar. The construction was perfect, and it smoked for a good two hours plus. Why is it that the cigars you love don’t seem to smoke long enough and the one that you tolerate last forever? It was woody, with some subtle spices, but more on the leathery/earthy side than I prefer, which seems to be the trend with the RyJs to me. I think the Reserva Real Nicaragua was one I liked, which seems consistent because I recall liking the original Reserva Real. Different strokes, right?

 

Back in May of 2018 my wife and I took a trip to Rome, Italy to see the sights. Of course, I took some cigars with me, but I picked some up while I was there. Toscanos were very inexpensive there, and I bought some that I hadn’t seen here. I’m pretty sure I had Toscano Garibaldi’s before they were available in the US. I think a 5-pack of Toscanos was €7 or something. I probably still have some I haven’t opened. That was also at the time that you could still legally buy Cuban cigars abroad. I don’t desire a lot of Cubans, but I do like one now and then, so I picked up a five pack of Montecristo No.5 and a five pack of Partagas Serie D. No.6, both  small cigars. I hadn’t smoked any of them until last night when I was looking for a short smoke and came across the pack of D No. 6 and opened it up. This is 3½” x 50, a nice little smoke for under an hour. Of course, it’s a Cuban puro, and one never knows if you’re going to get the one that’s plugged or not. Cuban Roulette? This one wasn’t, and it was a good smoke, typical Cuban twang, and what I like in a Cuban Partagas, which is my favorite Cuban brand anyway. This was a pretty cool little smoke, I’m sorry I didn’t get more than one of the five packs.

 

That’s all for today, until the next time,

 

CigarCraig

 

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by | February 10, 2021 · 8:45 pm

Tatuaje The Michael Monster Series Cigar

Tonight I was on the Round Panel on the Kaplowitz Media network of podcasts again, which was a free-form discussion of sorts. Give it a listen, my sole contribution seemed to be neighborhood dogs (or wildlife of some sort) bleeding in. My dogs were quiet, I promise. I enjoy the panel, taking part in it is

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something I enjoy, I’ll try to contribute more. I have I guest spot coming up next week on the Smokin Tabacco podcast. Look for that on Wednesday, February 17. I enjoyed a fairly old La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Tabaqueros 750, which was outstanding. I have to see if there are any more of the three packs at one of the local shops. Anyway, last night I smoked another cigar that I bought from Scotty’s Cigars, a Tatuaje The Michael Monster Series. 

 

Tatuaje The Michael was the 2017 release in the Monster Series, and is a 6½” x 52, most of the Monster cigars are Churchill or Double Coronas. I have only smoked a few of the series, The Krueger and the Wolfman, I think, and a f

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ew of the smaller varieties. I don’t chase stuff like this or collect, but I’ll pick them up here and there when the opportunity arises.  Such an opportunity arose, and I picked up the Michael on a whim.

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This has an Ecuador Habano wrapper, and Nicaraguan binder and wrapper and is made at the My Father Factor

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y in Esteli. This cigar was a bit of a surprise to me compared with other cigars in the Tatuaje range. It seemed more creamy and floral than I expected, with some spice, but not the heavy Nicaraguan spice I would expect. I enjoyed it completely, it was well balanced and sophisticated, definitely medium bodied and quite tasty. Certainly well worth smoking and I’m glad for the opportunity, although it’s not something I’d yearn to have a box of in my humidor, which is probably a good thing, given it’s scarcity. 

 

That’s all for today, until the next time, 

 

CigarCraig

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by | February 7, 2021 · 10:21 am

A La Sirena Dubloon Salomon Cigar

Once again, I haven’t been smoking newer cigars because I don’t really have a lot of newer cigars. I have some interesting older cigars, but I’ve still been having some dental struggles, so I’ve been holding off on those. I’ll probably get to one of  those this week. I sat in on

a rare (for me) zoom herf with Pete Johnson and his crew last week for an hour or so of his record breaking 14 hour herf and smoked a Tatuaje HCS Maduro No. 1, which is a Holts Exclusive which I had picked up at Holts abo ut 4 year ago. It was really nice, very rich and flavorful. My wife got her hands on a small table that she’s been covering with cigar bands, so every now and then she needs a specific band, so I’ve found my self smoking a certain cigar so she can have the band, which doesn’t bother me at all, since the table will be a reflection of my favorite cigars pretty much based on the volume of bands. Sometimes smoking the cigar is easier than sifting through bags of bands!

 

Yesterday I decided to smoke one of my remaining few treasured La Sirena Dubloons. (I made a

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n obscure reference on my Instagram post to “Old School” which was Danny Ditkowich‘s distribution company, which had some brands such as Jaxx and Staxx, which were acquired by La Sirena in 2014. Nobody got it.)  This is a cigar that La Sirena put out in 2013 as a limited Edition. Instead of the Broadleaf wrapper that was on the original La Sirena (it’s Habano Oscuro now), it has a Habano Oscuro wrapper, and it was made in the My Father factory, which is where all of the La Sirena cigars were made at the time. This is a large 7 ¼” x 56 Salomon which came in boxes of eight. This was a stupidly large cigar to smoke on a February afternoon, but, hey, no time like the present, right? I received these cigars sometime in 2014, so they’ve been resting in my humidors since then and the cellophane was a dark amber. The burn and draw was perfect, even at first lighting, and cigars of this shape can start a little tight. Two hours later and I didn’t want to put it down. Throughout the cigar I had the dense flavors I love in the La Sirena blend: Some spice along with espresso and some earthiness. There was a surprising cinnamon stretch for a minute about half way through, as well. This is a cigar that I’ll never see again, I’m afraid, strike that, I have two more, and an “A” with the same wrapper. La Sirena remains one of my favorite brands, and continues to be one of my site’s longest supporters, something for which I am deeply appreciative.

 

That’s all for today, until the next time,

 

CigarCraig

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by | February 4, 2021 · 9:42 pm

Alec Bradley Project 40 Maduro Toro Cigar

I’ve been scrounging around for new cigars again, and I had bought some of the Alec Badley Project 40 Maduro Toros from Scotty’s Cigars a few weeks ago and figured I’d smoke a few ad see what they were all about. To digress a little, I had mentioned that I was having some dental discomfort recently, and visited the dentist this afternoon and he referred me to the endodontist who will probably do a root canal or tw

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o. This is better than having to have it pulled, and one of the teeth causing the problem already has a porcelain crown from a previous chain dental practice I visited during a period where my usual dentist wasn’t in my dental plan. LEsson LEarned there. At least the cro

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wn is good. A tooth extraction would negatively impact my ability to enjoy

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a cigar for an extended period of time, and we can’t have that! Enough about my problems. The downside was, I missed out on joining in on the Kaplowitz Radio Round Panel, of which I’ve been taking part recently. This is a Podcast which is part of the Kaplowitz Media family of podcasts which I find entertaining. How much I personally contribute remains to be seen. I’ll try again next week. This is also why today’s post is a day late. Back to the Project 40. I haven’t tried the “Natural” wrapper version yet, but I will hunt some down. 

 

The Project 40 Maduro has a San Andrés wrapper, a Brazilian Habano binder and Nicaraguan fillers. The Toro is 6″ x 52. I’ll preface this by saying that I generally keep my humidors on the dryer side, but the humidor these cigars were in is sitting around 67%, and something I really hate is when cigars smoke on the over humidified side. This is one reason I tend to check cigars with the Humidimeter, and this cigar measured 65% at the foot, and I think 63% is ideal. Heavier tobaccos hold more humidity than thinner tobaccos, so two cigars in the same humidor can smoke differently, and a little too much moisture can cause a “steamy” quality to the smoke. Like I said, I hate that. Despite the cigar smoking a little on the wet side, which I’ll take responsibility for, this was a nice tasting cigar. The interplay of the Mexican and Brazilian components gives it a nice, meaty spice, with some heavy espresso. I have one more that I’m going to put in a much dryer humidor and get

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to it in a few months, I’m sure it will be really nice. The price point is really attractive too, at under $7.  

 

That’s all for today, until the next time, 

 

CigarCraig

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by | January 31, 2021 · 9:17 am

Viaje Fifty Fifty Red Cigar

Here’s a throwback cigar for you. Back around 2011, I guess, Viaje Cigars came out with the Fifty Fifty, and it may have been one of the first cigars that brought the brand some recognition. This was supposed to have two distinctly blended cigars meshed together, as I remember it. It was a bit of a gimmick. At the time, I would have liked to have tried the cigar, but it wasn’t available around anywhere, and I wasn’t one to chance stuff like that down, nor was I spending the kind of cash they were asking for it. Times have changed some, I still don’t chase, but I don’t mind spending a little more on cigars now days. I picked this one up from Scotty’s Cigars recently, they seem to have some interesting cigars in their shop, as long as you get them on the phone. So I smoked this cigar this week, and, judging by the fact that I can still taste and smell stuff, I don’t think I have Covid.

 

The No. 3 is a 7” x 47 Churchill with a pigtail cap, and may have had a slight arc. Otherwise, for what might have been a nearly decade old cigar, was very nice looking. There was one minor wrapper tear, which had no effect on the smokability. The cigar is a Nicaraguan Puro with a Criollo wrapper. The first half was a little nutty with some cocoa. It was pretty mellow, but very nice, overall. Smoking a cigar like this prints expectations, so I was looking for a change at the three inch mark or so, Son-of-a-gun if I didn’t get a strong floral flavor at about three and a half inches, which complimented the cocoa nicely. This was a really interesting cigar, which I’m glad that I finally got the chance to smoke! I haven’t gotten to smoke many Viaje cigars, they all seem to be small batch, limited releases that I’m not willing to hunt down, so I don’t worry about them much. This one I remember being fascinated by and when I found it at Scotty’s I made sure to grab it. It was quite cool, and the second cigar this week to hit me with a floral change, which is definitely unique for me.

 

That’s all for today. I know it’s an unusual Sunday post, but I find myself with a toothache which is making me miserable, and a pending snowstorm which is messing with my migraines. I kinda just want to go back to bed! Be careful out there, until the next time,

 

CigarCraig

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