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February 22, 2026 · 9:20 am

La Sirena, Punch and Oz Family Cigars and a New CigarProp

I write this as I await yet another snowstorm, which I don’t look forward to at all. Sure, it’s pretty, for a minute, but the aftermath is really bothersome. I’ll be happy when this winter has passed us by! I’ll take sweat over snow any day of the week. Anyway, It’s been a while since I’ve featured one of my favorite lines over the last dozen or so years, La Sirena. Those who follow on Instagram or Facebook will frequently see me lighting up a La Sirena, whether it’s the Original, Mexican Mermaid, or the LT, I’m a big fan of the line. Here’s a video from way back in 2012 from the trade show:

This is number three on my most watched videos on my Youtube channel, by the way. Anyway, a lot has changed with La Sirena over the years. Arielle has stepped back and is raising a bunch of children, and her father, Danny is steering the ship now. Merlion and Oceano are discontinued, and the classic La Sirena line is on it’s third factory. It started out being made at My Father, then at La Zona for a long time. Recently production has shifted to Tabacalera La Isla, which is the same factory that makes the Mexican Mermaid (the LT is still made by Plasencia). I’ve smoked loads of the La Sirena Original, and I was very interested in sampling the new iteration. I believe my favorite size, the Trident (Churchill) has been replaced by a Toro, so, obviously I went with the 6″ x 60 King Poseidon size first. I have no reason to believe the blend has changed, Nicaraguan Habano Oscuro wrapper, Nicaraguan Criollo binder and Nicaraguan Jalapa & Condega fillers. I was concerned that my favorite cigar had changed, but it hadn’t! It still has the sourdough flavor that I really like in this cigar. It’s perfectly constructed and delicious! I’m very happy that Hostos at La Isla was able to maintain the signature flavor that I like in that cigar! If you have an opportunity to smoke any of the line, take it, you won’t be disappointed. I noticed that the latest version no longer has the thn band under the large band. If you come across La Sirenas where you can see the thin band under the large band, grab them, they are the original My Father version.

I probably should have smoked this next cigar earlier in the week, as the 17th was the lunar new year and the start of the Year of the Horse. While not technically a “Year of” cigar, Punch generally releases their line of Chinese food themed cigars about this time. This yeor it is the Egg Roll XL. The original Egg Roll was 4½” x 50, with the same unfinished foot that the 6″ x 60 XL has. It has a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, Ecuador Sumatra binder and Columbian, Dominican, Mexican and US fillers. That’s a heck of a blend for an $8 cigar. I have historically liked this line of cigars, even though I think the branding is a little cheesy. What does Chinese food have to do with cigars? I guess it makes as much sense as anything else. I’ve smoked Chinese cigars, and just about anything is better than they are. This XL starts out with a leathery flavor, mind you, the first ¾” of the cigar is just binder, once the burn reaches the wrapper things round out a little and some sweetness comes in. Burn was good, I think it only need a slight correction once. This is another winner in this series, however was satisfied with this one, I didn’t crave another a half hour later. I like it, thank you to the folks at STG for sending samples.

I’ve mentioned before that Smoke Inn has been putting some ridiculous offers out there every week. I picked up a five pack of the new(ish) Oz Family Cigars Karatoba Robustos. Before I talk about the cigar, I want to highlight something new from my friend CigarProp, a set of four 3-D printed props. These are reminiscent of the plastic model kits we assembled as kids. I like these, maybe Kevin will make a mop bucket ashtray to go with them! CigarProp usually posts the Smoke Inn weekly specials, watch for them on his feed. The Karatoba is made at NACSA, which wasn’t a surprise to me when I looked up the specs after smoking it. It has a Sumatra wrapper, Nicaraguan binder an Nicaraguan and Dominican fillers. The Robusto sells for $12, and I got the five pack for $20 delivered. I’m going to be sorry I bought all these five packs from them when they go bankrupt! I feel like I’m stealing. The Karatoba has a very strong flavor, but it’s not a really strong cigar. It’s pungent, almost cloying, and I loved it. I’m interested in trying it in a larger size. I had an hour to kill and this 5″ x 52 square pressed cigar fit the bill perfectly. One down, four to go. I’ve smoked a bunch of cigars from NACSA, and this is definitely one of them!

That’s all for today, I’m going to watch this morning hockey game with Gold medals on the line. I expect a great game! Until the next time,

CigarCraig

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La Sirena LS LEs, a Mexican Mermaid and a Wooden Indian 60th Anniversary Cigar

It’s probably quite apparent I have an affinity for the majority of the cigars in the La Sirena portfolio. I’ve been a fan of the brand for a long time. The La Sirena brand came into existence the same year I started this site, 2009. Back then it was a owned by Miami Cigar and Co., and the Classic La Sirena brand was made at the My Father factory. If you ever come across La Sirena cigars that have the Miami Cigar barcode label on the back, snatch them up. Don’t get me wrong, the current iteration are made at La Zona, and might be my favorite cigar from that factory. In the early years they made some limited editions, an A size and a Solomon (the Dubloon), which had Connecticut Broadleaf wrappers instead of he Habano wrapper. This was the inspiration for the La Sirena LS LE Lancero, and the newly released (at the recent TPE show) box pressed 6″ x 60. I had the great fortune of smoking both this week, something I’ve been looking forward to. First up was the Lancero, a 7½” x 39 version. These are made at Tabacalera La Isla, which is owned by Hostos Fernández Quesada, nephew of Manolo Qusada, and cousin of Terence Reilly. La Sirena has worked with the Quesadas before, they make their Oceano brand, not to be overlooked. In an effort to balance out the paragraphs, see the next one for the blend info! This cigar was excellent, it exceeded expectations. The burn and draw were perfect, assuming it’s smoked slowly like a lancero should be smoked. It was good for at least 2 hours. There were dark, rich cocoa and coffee with some earth and spice, a total package. These were made in 2022 and are being released at a rate of 1000 per year over four years.

The next night I had the La Sirena LS LE Box Pressed Gordo. This is 6″ x 60 but feels smaller due to the press. I get the idea that Danny Ditkowich is a fan of the 60 rings, as many of his Tobacco Plaza Anniversary cigars have been larger rings. My guess is that if the Lancero was Arielle’s smoke, this was her father’s. Gordos don’t bother me at all, although I’m not a fan of anything too much over 60. The blend, which I said I was going to mention in this paragraph to fill things out, is a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, San Andrés binder and fillers from the DR, Nicaragua and Pennsylvania. This is the same blend as the Lancero, we might imagine the proportions are quite different! The 2024 production of these was 100 boxes of ten, pretty small. Comparing the two is unfair, but fun as they are the same blend in polar opposite formats. Where the Lancero was straightforward and focused, the gordo was mellower and more complex. This could be the proportions or the temperature of the burn or some of both. It’s a great cigar, which compares more with the Mexican Mermaid in my mind than my memories of the Broadleaf La Sirenas of he past. I do

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have an A and a couple Dubloons around that I could potentially smoke to compare, but age factors in. Better to let these beauties stand on their own as excellent cigars.

Speaking of the La Sirena Mexican Mermaid, I smoked the Robusto yesterday, a size I hadn’t previously smoked for some reason. I’ve smoke a bunch of the toro and the 4″ x 50s, and what they call a lancero but is more of a lonsdale. To recap, the Mexican Mermaid is made at La Isla, has a Mexican wrapper and binder and fillers from Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Sounds like a lot of Mexican tobacco, right? So I started out on Te Amo Maduros back in the mid-90s, so I have a high threshold for what’s now called San Andrés tobacco. I found the 5″ x 50 Robusto to pack a punch, it was earthy with a lot of strong, black coffee notes. I love this blend, besides the classic La Sirena, it’s one of my favorite cigars.

Friday I posted about the Wooden Indian‘s 60th anniversary Aganorsa Leaf Supreme Leaf. There isn’t much more I can say about the Wooden Indian again, great humidor, great lounge, great staff. I’m a year older than the store. Now, the store hasn’t been under the same ownership for all those years, I want to say that Dave Mayer has owned it for close to 20 years. They have grown a lot in the 14 or

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so years since I first stopped in the store, and have a very good e-commerce business. I heard about this a few weeks ago when I spent an evening at the lounge with Fabien Zeigler and Mike King, and was excited to give the cigar a try. This is a Supreme Leaf in a box pressed 5″ x 56, an Aganorsa puro with a Corojo 99 wrapper. There’s some tie in with Privada, and Wooden Indian sells a lot of their stuff, but I don’t hold that against them. The brand originally came out at the 202 TPE show. The cigar was pretty darned good, on the w

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oody end of my spectrum, burn and draw were excellent. I like some Aganorsa Leaf cigar more than others, and this was a good one. Hit up the folks at WI and five this a shot if you’re a Supreme Leaf fan!

That’s all for today. I have to go swear at some house projects after lunch and then have some cigars. I guess there’s some sort of sporting/popular culture event going on today, if you’re into that, enjoy! Until the next time,

CigarCraig

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October 9, 2022 · 10:02 am

Epic, La Sirena and Brickhouse Cigars

There was a lot of news last week, and I didn’t get to most of them, but one I wanted to touch on was from Scandinavian Tobacco Group, STG, owner of General and Forged Cigars and. Cigars International. The press release was announcing an exclusive with Southern Draw, but what I found interesting was that this was the first time I had heard of Cigora, as explained below:

About Cigora
Launched in August 2022, Cigora is an exclusive cigar community and ecommerce site that represents the future of cigars online. With a clean, modern aesthetic, the site includes a robust online forum with informative content, unique discussion boards, and an ecommerce section that features top-shelf cigars as well as rare, limited-edition releases from brands including but not limited to Davidoff, Ashton, Tatuaje, Viaje and others. A rewards program, invitation-only virtual events and exclusive members-only content round out the site’s wide range of offerings.Cigora is open to all consumers of legal smoking age.

I don’t have a problem with this, I just find it curious that I hadn’t heard about it. Maybe it’s all over the Cigarworld forums, which is General’s online presence. Does Cigora replace Cigarworld? It’s hard to tell. I see some familiar names in the forum, so I’m not sure how this escaped my notice. That being said, I’m terrible about participating in website based forums! Still, it’s something I’ll explore.

Let’s get to the cigars! After a couple of trade show samples that I just didn’t like, I tried a new-to-me cigar from Dean Parsons’ Epic Cigars. Dean gave me this one at the TPE show, it’s the Epic Police 299, which is an homage to his police service in Canada. The 299 is his regimental number in the department. The cigar is made inthe DR, has a Brazilian Arapiraca wrapper, Cameroon binder and Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. It’s a 6½” x 54 cigar. I like that size, it’s a wonder it lasted this long in the humidor. This was a terrific cigar. I am a fan of the Epic Maduros, and the San Andrés, and this was a nice addition to the line. I got some espresso, and dark fruits, and it burned very well. It was a nice recovery from a couple not-so-good cigars the night before.

I finally had the right amount of time yesterday to smoke the new addition to the La Sirena Mexican Mermaid line, the 4×54. Any guesses what size it is? They skipped the large band on this one, going with just the small band that they usually put under the big one. I really like the Mexican Mermaid blend, it suits my palate perfectly. It’s unlike other San Andrés blends in that it’s a little meatier I think. I liked this new size, better than the “Lancero”, which is more of a lonsdale, but not quite as much as the Toro. That might change as I will certainly try to sample more of these in the future. It’s a nice

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little size.

Finally, it’s Bricktoberfest this month, and J.C. Newman has come out with a special Bricktoberfest 2022 Brick House cigar, a pigtailed 6″ x 52 cigar, a limited edition with a Nicaraguan wrapper from Jalapa and dual binders from Estelí and Condega over Nicaraguan fillers. The are running a promotion where if you buy 7 cigars you get a boot-shaped beer glass, which they erroneously call “Das Boot”. Of course, in German, Das Boot means “The Boat”. It should be “der Stiefel”, but the boot shaped glasses have a long history for some reason. Some stories about military hazings involving drinking beer out of an actual boot or something. The cigar was quite good, and I like the Bri

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ck House line, especially the maduro. I found it quite enjoyable, it’s a fairly straightforward cigar, but what it has tastes good to the end.

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

CigarCraig

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November 25, 2021 · 9:42 am

La Sirena Mexican Mermaid and Stolen Throne Three Kingdoms Cigars

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my readers who celebrate it! I trust that you have some excellent cigars picked out to smoke at some point or points throughout the day! I generally smoke something special, I’ll figure that out tomorrow! But for today I have a few new cigars I want to talk about. First is the newest cigar from La Sirena. Many of you may not have heard of this brand (you haven’t been reading here long!), or have wondered what’s become of it, it’s still around! It remains one of my favorites! I smoke the classic line, now made at La Zona, often, and enjoy many Merlions and Oceanos. The La Sirena LT is among my favorite shade cigars. While they are hard to find, they are around, and the Mexican Mermaid is the latest addition to the line. This is a variation on the Tenth anniversary cigar that came out a few years ago (the brand launched the same year as CigarCraig.com!). I came by some samples of the box pressed Toro, which is 5 ¾” x 54, which made my day, I’ve been looking forward to trying these. These are made in Hostos Quesada’s new factory, Tabacalera La Isla, and have a Mexican San Andrés wrapper and binder, and Mexican and Dominican filers. I cut my teeth on Mexican cigars in the nineties, but this doesn’t taste like anything I remember smoking before. The cigar has a very unique and interesting flavor, I can’t even put a name to it, but it transcends the heavy earthiness

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of the Mexican puros of old. It’s unique, and takes a bit of getting used to, but is a refreshing change. I can’t wait to add this to my La Sirena rotation. It’s not a

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t all like the Tenth Anniversary in my recollection, although that is a stunningly good cigar. I wouldn’t say it’s better, but it’s different, and I like it a lot.

I picked up a couple of Stolen Throne Cigar‘s latest release, Three Kingdoms last weekend, ahead of Sunday’s event at Son’s Cigars. I wanted to smoke a few before finally getting a chance to meet these guys face to face. Nothing worse than smoking the cigar in front of the brand owners and having a visceral reaction to it. They tend to react poorly when you light a cigar and then ask the shop owner to bring a bucket 😁. I kid, that rarely happens. Still, I was anxious to smoke this new cigar with a Habano wrapper. I smoked a couple of the box pressed Toro size, of course we all know I’m grabbing the toro first. Lee Marsh, the brand owner, and blender of the line, said I have to give the robusto a try, and I have one of those, but I’ll pick another one up Sunday to smoke. I actually talk with Lee in a group video chat fairly regularly, but I haven’t met him in person. I’m looking forward to that, and meeting his team. Anyway, this is another cigar that falls into the “I like a great deal” column. This is a terrific desert cigar, it has a candy sweetness that I enjoy. I get that in some Sumatra wrapped cigars. It’s bold, without ever being overly strong. It’s just a pleasure to smoke. I’ve been impressed with the cigars I’ve smoked made by Noel Rojas, this is another one that’s really good.

Happy Thanksgiving to all! Remember, let me know if you want to get in on a CigarCraig.com Secret Santa! So far, it looks like it’s just Lonnie and I exchanging, not much of a secret, but I’m OK with it. The more, the merrier, ya know! Until the next time,

CigarCraig

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June 9, 2021 · 9:28 pm

Contest! Drew Estate Swag and Some Cigars From My Humidor

OK, I’ve been teasing a contest for too long, and it’s been way too long since I’ve had a giveaway! So it’s time! I’ve had some goodies here that My friends at Drew Estate were kind enough to provide for me, and I’ll scrape together some Drew Estate cigars from my humidor to add as well. I’m sure I’ll find some more to throw in as the week goes by too! As it stands, here’s the stuff!

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There’s the Freestyle Live Travel Humidor, Xikar cutter and torch lighter! I’m also including a cool pair of cigar socks courtesy of Groovy Groomsmen Gifts! These are the “Sock it To ‘Em” style socks and are very nice socks! I’m also including a selection of cigars from my humidor, a bunch of my favorites, from La Sirena, Danli Honduras Tobacco, Joya de Nicaragua, General Cigar and J.C.Newman, as well as others to be added later, and at my whim.

As with all my giveaways, the rules are simple. First, you need to be of legal age in your jurisdiction, and willing to prove it if you win. To enter, simply leave a comment on this blog post, one per person. No Facebook or Twitter comments will count, just comments on this blog post! I’ll select a winner next Wednesday, June 16, 2021. That’s it, easy stuff. Good luck!

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

CigarCraig