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March 8, 2026 · 10:24 am

Tatuaje Cojonu 2015, El Pulpo and 601 La Bomba Warhead Cigars

I love Daylight Saving Time, I just don’t like the change. I feel like I’m an hour behind today. I guess when you read this, it’ll be an hour later than usual. Anyway, I smoked three cigars that were new to me, or that I haven’t had in a long time. As I get older, I invest less time in smoking new cigars, I know, it’s not what “cigar media” is all about, but from the start this site was a journal of my cigar adventures. I will continue to seek out new or new-t0-me cigars and present my thoughts every Sunday. The first of which this week is a from a five pack I practically stole from a Smoke Inn deal, a Tatuaje Cojonu 2015, a 5″ x 55 robusto extra. I can’t remember not enjoying a Tatuaje Cojonu, so this was a $20 I had to spend. I don’t smoke enough Tatuajes and I really would like to. This cigar is made at the My Father factory in Nicaragua, has a Nicaraguan Habano wrapper over Nicaraguan binders and fillers. I think this is an exceptional cigar. I saw reviews with all kinds of flavors, I just thought it was delicious tobacco, maybe with some pepper to start and earthiness. I should have bought more, and the next time I visit Cigar Mojo near me I’ll grab some more Cojonus, they have a good selection of Tatuaje cigars. I get e-mails from Smoke Inn with these ridiculous specials all the time, would you like me to post them to the CigarCraig Facebook page? I can’t get the affiliate program to work, so I’m not profiting off it or anything, it would be a public service. Let me know what you think in the comments.

I stopped in my local CigarCigars shop last week and grabbed a few cigars, one of which was the Artesano Del Tobacco El Pulpo Toro Grande. This is another brand I’m late to the party on. I have only smoked a few of their Viva la Vida line, and this is the first I’ve seen the El Pulpo in the wild. Since changing owners, the selection at this store has improved greatly, and I can only assume the other stores have followed suit. These are made and (I think) distributed by A.J. Fernandez, and owned by the brothers who owned the Cigar Inn in NYC, which is now a Casa de Montecristo. Oddly, looking back thought my Facebook memories today, I see that 12 years ago I smoked on of their Cigar Inn house brands, the NYC Brooklyn that I had picked up on a visit there that year. Anyway, this El Pulpo was right up my alley. It has a San Andrés wrapper with Nicaraguan binder and fillers from A.J. Fernandez’ farms, made at the San Lotano factory in Ocatel, a bit north of Esteli. My initial thought is why are these in boxes of ten, when eight would make more sense, given that El Pulpo is Spanish for octopus? I got past that quickly. I liked this cigar a lot. It wasn’t your every day San Andrés maduro cigar, it had an interesting barbecue flavor off, smokey and woody, I also got some black coffee with a little spicy zing. Worth a try, and they have some really interesting shapes in this line I’d like to find, including a culebra.

Another cigar I picked up at CigarCigars was the Espinosa 601 La Bomba Warhead 11 LE 2025. The bomb shaped can that they are packaged in was on a high shelf and I almost missed it. I’ve long been a fan of the La Bomba line, going back to the EO Brands days when it was released. The Warhead series has also been a hit for me. This one is presented in a 6¾″ x 54 oval-shaped Figurado, and the band position screws with my CDO (which, of course, is OCD in alphabetical order, LIKE IT SHOULD BE!). I expect La Bomba bands to be on the foot, but this shape is confusing to my eye! I can imagine someone who is less obsessed with cigars lighting the wrong end of this, like you see people smoking Short Stories backwards., or leaving the cedar sleeve on…anyway, this is another cigar that is right up my alley. It is a puro, with a Nicaraguan Broadleaf wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and fillers. Like the El Pulpo, it’s also made at the San Lotano factory. As one would expect by the name, this has an explosion of flavors, some espresso, some cinnamon, maybe some dark fruit. All three cigars mentioned here burned perfectly, I was very fortunate. This might be my new favorite Warhead, but I really like the 7 a lot. Packaging and presentation are amazing on this line.

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

CigarCraig

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May 14, 2023 · 9:39 am

An Olmec Claro, a 601 La Bomba Warhead and a Video

Last December I picked up the Foundation Cigar Co. Olmec in Maduro and Claro. I had smoked the Maduro, and gifted the Claro. I happened to be shopping at The Wooden Indian a few weeks back and picked up

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another Claro, because I wanted to smoke it! I really enjoyed the Maduro, and I’ve enjoyed so many cigars made by Nick Melillo over the years. Of course, this is a cigar that is an homage to the original cigar smokers, the Olmec, and has a San Andres Claro wrapper, a double binder of Nicaraguan Esteli and Jalapa, and undisclosed fillers. Odd the undisclosed part, must be something interesting in there, although, upon reading the website description, there seems to be some some confusion, the filler may be Esteli and Jalapa, it says two different things! Anyway, this was a really good smoking cigar. I liked the Maduro more, but that’s not unusual for me, but this had some nice creamy coffee flavor and was very rich in flavor. I may not drop $15 on these regularly, but it’s a nice treat.

On the same trip to the Wooden Indian I picked up an Espinosa 601 La Bomba Warhead VII, just because it looked s

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o tasty. The La Bomba line has been a favorite since the EO Brands days, when it was made at the My Father factory. This one is made at AJ Fernandez’ San Lotano factory in Nicaragua, has a Nicaraguan Broadleaf wrapper, and Nicaraguan binder and fillers. It’s a 7″ x 50 Churchill, and it lacks the La Bomba “fuse” cap treatment. I actually haven’t smoked enough of the Warhead series to know if that’s a thing or not. I really liked this cigar. The box press makes it feel like a smaller ring than it is, and it’s really reasonably priced at around $10. It was loaded with dark coffee/espresso flavors. This was a really good smoke, burn and draw were perfect. I’m a fan.

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Yesterday we attended the AC Cigar Social in Atlantic City, and I did a quick video interview with Jon Henderson (I had Jon Anderson on the brain for some reason…). I’ll write a more indepth post this week about the event, but in the meantime, here is the video:

It was a really nice event, hopefully it’s one that can continue!

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

CigarCraig

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February 16, 2020 · 10:18 am

A Visit to Best Cigar Pub, Blackbird Cigar Co. Cigars and Video and Contest Winner

Yesterday I found myself wandering much further north in PA than I usually find myself. There was a seminar on Bees and Chickens that my wife and I attended, and I snuck off during the second half to do some of my own research. Twenty minutes away from the venue where the seminar was held happened to be the brand new Best Cigar Pub, and Best Cigar Prices headquarters. I figured this would be a good place to visit. Fortunately, the purchasing manager, Chris O’Neill, managed to arrange a tour for me. Katie (Katy? I forgot to clarify), the Finance/HR director, gave me a tour of the entire facility. Why do small companies always saddle the Finance director with HR responsibilities? Like they don’t have enough to worry about? I digress. I had already given myself a tour of the retail humidor, which has a very nice selection and courteous service. Katie showed me the bar, pointed out many of the little things like custom tables with actual tobacco leaves under acrylic, art on the wall done by a local artist, all of the ashtrays made by a local craftsman. She pointed out the excellent menu as well. She then waled me through the Best Cigar Prices operations, all of the offices, warehouse, shipping and all of the stuff I enjoy seeing as a guy who’s spent his professional career in operations. They run a very clean and efficient pick, pack, and ship operation from what I can see. All of the marketing, customer service, web design is all done there in Pennsylvania. I was quite impressed with the operation. I’ll get back to the Pub, which was even more impressive. Upstairs is a lounge with TVs and comfy chairs, wait-staff is attentive and the air handlers replace all the air in the place every three minutes, so it’s not smokey at all. They even have a coat closet in the entry that has an ozone generator so that your coat doesn’t smell smokey. They’ve really thought of everything to make this not just a place to come have a cigar, but a place that smokers and non-smokers alike can enjoy a meal or a beverage together. I enjoyed a 601 Pennsylvania Edition, which is an Espinosa exclusive for BCP. Chris happened to join me and interrupted me while I was taking in the museum portion of the upstairs lounge, which is an educational feature they’ve added. It has the origin story of cigars with a timeline and facts about cigars, infographics about the tobacco plant, how cigars are made, every conceivable detail. Chris tells me they plan to have monitors with video loops of various processes playing included in the wall as well. Best Cigar Pub is a beautiful place, it’s easy enough to find, although not exactly in the middle of anything. I can see it being amazing in the summer with the outdoor patios and putting green and nobody around to really complain! Certainly worth a visit if you are anywhere near north-east PA.

I had heard of Blackbird Cigar Company, but hadn’t seen the cigars any where. When I walked past the booth and they weren’t busy, it seemed like a great time to stop in and see what it they were all about. Imagine my surprise when the owner and founder of the company, Jonas Santana, looked at me and said “I know who you are”. It seems he used to work for another company, and struck out on his own to start Blackbird. I think it was on CigarProp’s youtube channel that I remember hearing about the brand. Anyway, I asked Jonas to share the story of the brand with me on camera. have a look:

Over the course of the past several days I smoked a few of the Blackbird cigars offerings. I would have lined to have smoked them all, but I just couldn’t get to them. They have six cigars in the portfolio, and I can’t run down my smoking experience for six cigars in one post. They very cleverly make the bands on the cigars easy to remove, which is good because they are large bands and doo need to be removed to fully enjoy the cigar! They have two Sumatra wrapped offerings, and, as I’ve been on a Sumatra kick lately, and I smoked the Sumatra Rook with them at the TPE and really enjoyed it, I smoked the Finch this week. This was another excellent Sumatra wrapped cigar. It had the nice, sweet Sumatra wrapper flavor and a well-balanced core of tobacco goodness withinThis has an Indonesian binder, and Dominican and USA fillers. It was solidly medium bodied and a very nice cigar. Next I went with what you’d expect from me, the San Andrés wrapped Crow. It was Valentines Day, and I figured the red band would be appropriate. This cigar had a closed foot, and a dark, oily wrapper. The flavors were earthy and bakers chocolate, perhaps espresso, without sweetness. The internals on this one include a Habano binder and Nicaraguan, Pennsylvanian, and Corojo and Criollo 98 fillers. Very enjoyable. Finally, last night after a long day trip, I unwound with the Unkind, a Brazilian Cubra wrapped cigar. This was also a maduro cigar, and, like the rest, a 5″ x 50 robusto. The binder on this one is from the DR, with Criollo 09, HBA (not sure what this means), Corojo and Pennsylvania. One thing I can say about all of the Blackbird cigars I smoked was that that all were well made and burned right, an important consideration. It’s possible that the PA tobacco was a common flavor component that I picked up though the few cigar I smoked this week. You’ll see if you watch the video that some thought went into the brand, and the same attention went into the quality of materials and manufacture as well. The Unkind had a unique flavor, also an earthy maduro, not really sweet. It was very good though, I enjoyed it completely. I still have the Connecticut Jackdaw and Criollo Cuco yet to smoke, I kind of like those two wrapper varieties more in warmer weather for some reason. I’ll get to them and let you know.

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OK, so after a lot of money and aggravation, my site is clean. It’s time to pick a winner of the sampler of some of my favorite cigars, Don Juan Calavera, Flor Maya and Marchetti cigars from Danli Ho

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ndura Tabaco, and I had to collect entries from two different places. After collecting all of the names, and putting them into a bowl (OK, I put them into a spreadsheet and randomized the list to mix them up and assign them numbers), the random number generator picked Anthony C as the winner. Please email me your coordinates and proof that you are 21 or older so I can get these goodies to you. I have a KMA Talk Radio hat and shirt and a Stage V Clinger cigar holder to add as well (it’s a big shirt, do with it what you will, I take no responsibility. If it fits, great!).

That’s all for today, and way more than I had planned! Until the next time,

CigarCraig