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by Craig Vanderslice | August 23, 2020 · 10:46 am

A Liga Privada Serie Unico “A” and Some JRE Aladino Cigars

Friday wrapped up my first week at the new job, and I felt like it was a success, and my boss expressed his satisfaction, so it seems like it’s going to be a good gig. As I often do, I rummaged through

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the humidors looking for a cigar, and I wanted something befitting the occasion, but not only did I want something to celebrate the end of the work week (by the way, this is the first time since April of 2018 that I’ve worked Monday to Friday, 8-4:30, like a regular person!), but I also wanted something that would get me fairly deep into game 6 of the Flyers, possibly clinching, playoff game. I was in the NewAir CC-300H and spied a pair of Drew Estate Liga Privada Serie Unico “A”s, one each from two of the Barnsmokers I’ve been to on the top shelf. I also have a coffin with two that’s probably 6 years old in there, but these two were just sitting there on the shelf, vulnerable, so I took one to smoke. I figured this was a great occasion for a 9¼” x 48 cigar. I must have smoked one of these sometime over the past few years, because I should have had one more I think, but I can’t really remember. I took a walk, my usual one mile loop, and got back and had a double corona. By the time the Hockey game started I had a Churchill. The cigar got me through the first two periods. The timing was excellent. Flavorwise it was a nice cigar, T-52ish on the Liga scale. It has the Stalk Cut Connecticut Habano wrapper, which is amazing that the grow the leaves that large. It starts a little milder than a normal Liga, but the smoke has a mile of tobacco to filter it. It was a great tasting cigar, not overly unique or exciting, but interesting enough to not get bored with it over the two and a half hours I spent smoking it. Would I smoke another one? You bet!

I’m smoking an JRE Aladino Connecticut Robusto as I type this, more as we go along. CigarProp Kevin sent me an Aladino sampler and apart from the Maduro, Toro and Lancero I really haven’t smoked any JRE cigars. I’ve been working my way through the sampler this weekend. I started with the Aladino Corojo Reserva. One can’t help but notice the similarity between the Aladino band and the old Camacho bands, and the similarity extends to the authentic corojo in blend and the fact that the flavor of the cigar harkens back to the many Camacho Corojos I smoked in the 90s and early 2000s, when Julio Eiroa and his son Christian owned Camacho. I actually smoked my first Camacho in 1996, but it was pre-Christian’s involvement I think. This is a bold smoke with rich leather and spice and I liked it a lot, as much for the sentimentality as the flavor. It was perfectly constructed, and a pleasure to smoke.

The Connecticut is very flavorful, not at all mild, and quite tasty! Perfect with coffee and staying lit while I’m ignoring it for long stretches while I type my nonsense. I was quite intrigued by the JRE Aladino Cameroon. Any time I see a Cameroon made by someone that’s not Fuente, La Aurora, Partagas, or someone who’s been making Cameroon cigars for decade

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s, I look forward to seeing the interpretation. I love Cameroon, it’s a great tasting wrapper, and even when used as a binder it adds a little something extra (look at the CroMagnon, it has a Cameroon binder and I think that is part of what makes it unique). This is another Aladino that burned perfectly. They really know how to make cigars right in this factory. I’m guessing the whole Bayer Crop Science processes they use on the farms extends to the factory as well, with regards to the quality control processes. The Cameroon had the nutty flavor on top of a fairly full bodied core which is a little different. Cameroon was almost a background flavor and not domina

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nt, as it is in many cigars with that wrapper. That was my take on it anyway. The same can be said for this Connecticut I’m smoking now, although the shade wrapper flavor is a bit more dominant, but the slight sweet grassiness is there, but it’s got a bit off ass to it! It’s no wimpy smoke. I have to say, my favorite Connecticut wrapped cigars hail from Honduras, and this ranks right up there. Very nice.

So far, I have to say that to my palate, the JRE line suits me more than the CLE line. I’ve known Christian personally for many years (and he’s never once given me a cigar, btw 😁, no that it factors in to this), but I haven’t yet found a CLE cigar that trips my trigger. The Asylums I like. JRE, in my limited sampling, are outstanding, remind me of the tons of Camachos I smoked years ago, and get my attention. Thanks again to Kevin for sharing. Speaking of Kevin, and there will be more on this later, but head over to Smoke Inn and buy one of his samplers in their Battle of the Bands! All of the contestants are great, all of them are friends of mine, but I think Kevin is the new guy on the block and the underdog, and has a great sampler. That’s all for today, until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by Craig Vanderslice | July 29, 2020 · 8:28 am

Undercrown Sungrown Dojo Dogma Cigar

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, and got one of the bigger parts of it tackled for the most part over the last couple days. That, along with a long awaited NHL game yesterday afternoon, I felt like a special treat, so I grabbed the new Undercrown Dojo Dogma sample that I recently received from Drew Estate and fired it up. You may recall from my post in June (here), this is the follow-up to the Undercrown Dogma, which was Smoke Inn‘s and Cigar Dojo‘s first collaboration, and was a 6″ x 56 box pressed version of the Undercrown Corona Viva blend, which was a punched up version of the Undercrown blend. It had a little extra ligero. Think of a world where Steve Saka never worked for Drew Estate, now imagine the Mi Querida is the Undercrown, and the Triqi Traca is the Corona Viva/Dogma blend, that’s the best comparison I can make. Steve would probably get mad at me for making that comparison, but he never reads this, so I’m pretty safe, unless one of you jerks outs me. Anyway, The Sungrown Dogma has one distinct disadvantage off the bat from the Maduro version, in my opinion, it’s an inch shorter at 5″ x 56. Otherwise, it’s a beautiful cigar. It’s nicely box pressed, it’s firm, it’s solid, it burns well, the ash is perfect, and the draw is perfect. I lit this up and got the sweetness I love from the Ecuador Sumatra wrapper, but there’s the little extra oomph that’s not there in the regular line! There are the familiar spices and sweet bready flavors that I like in this line with a little bit extra! By the way, I did smoke a Gran Toro later to satisfy my curiosity, and, yes, the Dogma does have some more punch than the Gran toro! Maybe five inches IS the right size for this blend! When I got to the end, about half way through the first period of the exhibition game between the Flyers and the Penguins, it had picked up in the strength department. In comparison, later that night, I didn’t feel like the Gran Toro was as strong as it neared the end, and I typically smoke cigars until either my fingers burn or I get bored with them, these bothe burned my fingers. By the way, interestingly, this cigar has the T52 wrapper as the binder (obviously not wrapper quality leaves). Shoot, that was my last Gran Toro, I need to get some more. Great job with these Mr. Herrera.

So, a couple notes. I still need to smoke the new version of the Maduro Dogma, I have one from the original release in my humidor. I know they have a corona (actually a corona gorda technically) in the Sungrown line, but will they make a Corona

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Viva with the punched up blend? Will they “Dogmafy” the Undercrown Shade, or will that just be whoring out the name or jumping the shark? Things that pop into my head. Anyway, the Undercrown Sungrown Dojo Dogma is awesome, if you like the Sungrown, or like Sumatra, you’ll dig it.

Finally, next Monday is Goose’s Philly Golf outing, I’ll be there cheerleading, or something, so if you are in the area and golf, hit Goose up and come along, it’ll be a great day! You can download the registration form here.

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

CigarCraig

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by Craig Vanderslice | June 24, 2020 · 10:39 pm

Smoking Some New Drew Estate Non-Traditional Cigars

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ver the last few weeks about these new sizes, and my friends at BnB Tobacco sent me a sampler of some of the new sizes. So I figured, what the hell, I’ll give them a smoke, I’ve got plenty of time on my hands. Of course, I started with the one cigar that I was itching to get my hands on, the new size in the Deadwood line, the Leather Rose. OK, somehow I missed posting this news item, but I’ll recap.

Uniting with her sisters Sweet Jane, Fat Bottom Betty, and Crazy Alice after spending time away robbing banks (as the folklore goes) the spicy “Leather Rose” is the boldest lady of the bunch. This 5” x 54 torpedo features a rich maduro wrapper and proves to be the spiciest of the Deadwood family. Lighting up the Leather rose will fill the room with her exotic aroma, plus the effortless draw will leave you longing for more.

I’m not sold on the “spiciest” part, maybe, I’d have to smoke a bunch all together and see. I do enjoy the whole Yummy Bitches range, I find the sweetness and the spice and aromatics in the exotic tobaccos they use in these to be a really refreshing change of pace. They are loaded with interesting and unique f

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lavors. For a new cigar this one was ready to go and burned perfectly. I’d definitely smoke this again and like to have something from this family in my humidors at all times.

My next selection was the Tabak Especial Negra in the new Lonsdale vitola. I’ve mostly smoked the Tabak in the robusto size, I enjoy them from time to time, and when I smoke an infused or flavored cigar, coffee is the flavor of choice for me. I tend to favor when coffee and espresso flavors appear naturally in tobacco, so it’s a reasonable fit. The Lonsdale is 6 3/4” x 44, which is a nice, elegant size, and actually a size I like quite a bit, but one you don’t see very often. If I’m drinking coffee, which I do every morning, I drink it black, unadulterated, straight up. The Negra is kind of like that but sweetened, which I like in a cigar. Again, for a new cigar, the burn and draw were spot on, and, like all smaller ring cigars, smoking slow is the way to go, lest it overheat and become bitter, like the pot of coffee that’s been sitting on the burner all day.

Today I got adventurous. I had thought the last Acid cigar I smoked was a Kuba Maduro in the spring of 2011, it was the eighth cigar of the day lat at night at Cigar Safari. I was burnt out and didn’t really care what I was smoking. I remembered later I smoked an Acid Shorty six years ago when we adopted our three-legged pitbull, Macha. She bore a resemblance to Shorty Rossi’s dog, Hercules, and Shorty had given me the cigar. I also didn’t realize that the Acid Plush came out over a year ago, and wasn’t one of this year’s new releases, so it doesn’t really fit with the theme of this post. Oh well, I smoked it anyway. In retrospect, if I had

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done a little homework, I would have smoked the Tabak Dolce Lonsdale instead to stay on topic, but them this Plush probably would have been relegated to that bag of infused cigars in the bottom of the humidor that I ignore (I think there’s an Extraordinary Larry in there that’s well over a decade old). So I smoked it, and it didn’t suck. It wasn’t something I’d go to every day, but it was an interesting smoke. It was sweet, and herbal, and the Broadleaf wrapper added to the sweetness and gave it some body.

I wrapped up the day with the Acid 20 Toro. This one definitely is a new size, along with a robusto in a tube, announced a few weeks ago. If I remember correctly, this had a San Andrés wrapper. I smoked a Robusto when they came out, or just before probably, and thought it was pretty good. I don’t remember it being heavily infused. I did taste the infusion in this one. My wife commented that the porch smelled of patchouli this evening, I can’t smell cigars while I’m smoki

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ng them actually, which is kind of odd. I can smell a cigarette or if someone is smoking an Acid and I’m not. It’s a weird thing. Anyway, the Acid 20 was a nice smoke. It’s a little but like the Kuba Arte to me, with maybe more spice, but it has that saccharine sweetness on the cap that takes some getting used to. Like the other cigars I’ve smoked in this post, it’s a nice change of pace for me, but not an everyday smoke.

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n the day, or, more likely, I’ll choose a cigar like an Umbagog, a Cornelius and Anthony Señor Esugars, or a Don Juan Calavera to get back to normal! Thanks to Brad at BnB Tobacco for sharing these new releases with me! I don’t think these are on store shelves yet, so I feel lucky to have the chance to try them! I do like a non-traditional cigar from time to time, there are certainly some I prefer over a few traditional cigars! Until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by Craig Vanderslice | June 11, 2020 · 5:02 pm

News: Drew Estate Launches “Sun Grown” Undercrown Dojo Dogma

One more! This is interesting. Is there a Sungrown Corona Viva? Because the original Dogma was based on the Corona Viva blend, which had some extra ligero giving it some more oomph. I might have to check out this Facebook Live event…

Drew Estate Launches Undercrown Dojo Dogma in “Sun Grown” and “Maduro” Wrappers

Drew Estate announces today in partnership with Cigar Dojo, the national release of Undercrown Dojo Dogma Sun Grown exclusively to DDRP retailers, in addition to the 2020 release of Undercrown Dojo Dogma Maduro. This release will be showcased on the upcoming Freestyle Live: Special Edition hosted on facebook.com/drewestatecigar on June 11^thfrom 7:00-9:00pm EST.

The Undercrown Dojo Dogma is the manifestation of the continued fellowship between Drew Estate and the Cigar Dojo online community. The original Undercrown Dojo Dogma (Maduro Wrapper) was released in 2014 to mass fanfare to celebrate Cigar Dojo’s One Year Anniversary. In 2017, the Undercrown Sun Grown was named Cigar of the Year by the team at Cigar Dojo. The unique box-pressed size that we celebrate today marks the next chapter in the Dojo Dogma story.

From the Cigar Dojo studios in Lakewood, Colorado Master Sensei Eric Guttormsom adds, “How could we possibly follow-up the original Undercrown DOGMA? We did it by taking our Cigar of the Year from 2017 and DOGMA-fying it! The Dojo team can’t wait to drop the details on Drew Estate’s Freestyle Live Facebook show TONIGHT!”

Undercrown Dojo Dogma Sun Grown is a 5 x 54 box pressed robusto chosen by Cigar Dojo Master Sensei Eric Guttormson and Drew Estate Master Blender Willy Herrera for its bolder profile. The Sun Grown Dojo Dogma features an Ecuadorian Sumatra seed, Sun Grown capa, with Connecticut River Valley Stalk Cut/Cured Sun Grown Habano binder, and a complimenting, powerhouse blend of Nicaraguan premium fillers. One leaf of extensively aged Ligero from the Nueva Segovia region along the border of Honduras has been selected to enhance the strength of the blend. It is packaged in a 24 count wooden box, featuring the dual emblems of Undercrown and the Cigar Dojo community.

In addition, Drew Estate is launching the 2020 edition of the Undercrown Dojo Dogma Maduro. Like the Undercrown Corona Viva, the Undercrown Dojo Dogma Maduro features a Mexican San Andres wrapper, Connecticut Stalk Cut Habano binder, and filler leaves from Nicaragua and Brazil. Unique within the core vitolas of Undercrown Maduro, the 6 x 56 Dogma is box pressed and packaged in a stunning 10 count petaca.

From the Wynwood Safehouse, Jonathan Drew Founder and President of Drew Estate highlights, “Community is a huge part of our soul at Drew Estate. We rely on each other through ups and downs; we lean on one another, disciplined, determined, and accomplish tremendous feats while enjoying the ride. Our partnership with Cigar Dojo has never been stronger and together we bring you the str8 fire that is the Undercrown Sun Grown Dojo Dogma! It’s definitely Muy Caliente!”

The Undercrown Dojo Dogma Sun Grown is packaged in 24 count wooden boxes with an MSRP of $244.80 and shipping in August.

The Undercrown Dojo Dogma Maduro is packaged in a 10 count petaca with an MSRP of $107.87 and shipping in September.

For full coverage of Undercrown Dojo Dogma Sun Grown and Maduro and all of Drew Estate’s upcoming national releases check out our 2020 #DESummerTakeover promotion at www.drewestate.com/summertakeover and be sure to tune in to Freestyle Live: Special Edition hosted on facebo

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ABOUT DREW ESTATE

Founded in New York City in 1996, Drew Estate has become one of the fastest growing tobacco companies in the world. Under their mantra “The Rebirth of Cigars”, Drew Estate has led the “Boutique Cigar” movement by innovating new elements to the tobacco industry with their unique tobaccos and blending styles that attract new and traditional cigar enthusiasts. In their Gran Fabrica Drew Estate, the Nicaraguan headquarters, Drew Estate produces a variety of brands such as ACID, Herrera Estelí, Herrera Estelí Norteño, Isla del Sol, Kentucky Fired Cured, Liga Privada, MUWAT, Larutan by Drew Estate, Nica Rustica, Pappy Van Winkle Barrel Fermented Cigars, Tabak Especial, Undercrown, Florida Sun Grown, and Java by Drew Estate.

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by Craig Vanderslice | · 9:39 am

News: Drew Estate Annouces Undercrown ShadyXX 2020 Release

Here’s the Drew Estate news item I figured would come in yesterday that did, but I had already done five posts and one more was going to be overkill! So here’s one ahead of DE’s Facebook tonight. This is one Undercrown cigar that I have not yet had occasion to sample. I know one or two local shops that have them, I just never got around to picking one up. I’m itching to, Just not sure when I’ll get around to it. Heck, I haven’t gotten around to the new Dogma yet either, and I still have an original one in the humidor.

News: Drew Estate Annouces Undercrown ShadyXX 2020 Release

Drew Estate announces today the return of the Undercrown Maduro ShadyXX for Drew Diplomat retailers nationwide. This release will be showcased on the upcoming Freestyle Live: Special Edition hosted on facebook.com/drewestatecigarfacebook.com/drewestatecigar on June 11^th from 7:00-9:00pm EST.

From the Wynwood Safehouse, Jonathan Drew President and Founder of Drew Estate sounds off, “Detroit to Nicaragua, Brooklyn to Havana … stand up, represent your hood … and “In Shady We Trust!” This collaboration is emblematic of the conceptual lens that defines Drew Estate. The fact that we keep our ShadyXX as a limited edition, small batch, specialty product reinforces our proud, cult brand roots. The product is straight mastermind material in both taste and class. It’s undeniable.”

Initially launched to only 10 Detroit area retailers in 2014, the Undercrown Shady continues to be one of the most consumer demanded limited editions in the Drew Estate portfolio. This powerhouse blend, similar to the Undercrown “Corona Viva,” features a toothy Mexican San Andres wrapper, spicy Connecticut Stalk Cut Habano binder and showcases the highest quality plantation filler leaves from Nicaragua and Brazil. The ShadyXX is a 5” x 50 box pressed belicoso that is well aged and packs a punch, while remaining smooth and sophisticated during the entire smoke. ShadyXX is packaged in an elegant, gold embossed 10 count petaca that signifies the 2020 Limited Release.

The Undercrown ShadyXX is packaged in a gold embossed 10-count petaca with an MSRP of $104.00/petaca.

For full coverage of Undercrown ShadyXX and all of Drew Estate’s upcoming national releases check out our 2020 #DESummerTakeover promotion at www.drewestate.com/summertakeover and be sure to tune in to Freestyle Live: Special Edition hosted on facebook.com/drewestatecigarfacebook.com/drewestatecigar on June 11th from 7:00-9:00pm EST.