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Arturo Fuente Short Story
Very small cigar, great draw. Great flavor, chocolatey.
Reviewed Aug 31, 2025Read full review
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Liga Privada T52
Great draw and burn. Lots of leather coming through in the beginning. Getting a lot more complexity in the middle.
Reviewed Aug 31, 2025Read full review
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Tatuaje 20 Grande Chasseur
Has kind of a smoky sweet flavor, pretty good, decent draw, not perfect but enjoyable.
Reviewed Aug 27, 2025Read full review
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Rocky Patel 15 Anniversary
Pretty good cigar, great draw. flavor was good, nothing special but for a Rocky Patel not bad. I would definitely get it again though it's not one of the top cigars I've had.
Reviewed Aug 23, 2025Read full review
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Tayuaje Monsters Werewolf
Limited series for Halloween, great flavor, great draw. I'm only a little bit in and it already has great flavor.
Reviewed Aug 21, 2025Read full review
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E.P. Carrillo - Encore Majestic
On the first draw, I immediately tasted some complex flavors. It tasted like a lot of cocoa and notes along that line. I'm still in the first third and so far the burn has been pretty bad.…
Reviewed Aug 19, 2025Read full review
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Padron
I have probably smoked this cigar more than any other cigar. A good price for around 11 bucks and always perfectly made perfect draw great flavor.
Reviewed Aug 18, 2025Read full review
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Arturo Fuente Chatoue Fuente King
This is very good, it's got kind of a smoky flavor especially on the retrohale. Complex. It seems like it's been aged a good amount of time. The draw is really good. I had to cut it up a li…
Reviewed Aug 17, 2025Read full review
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CAO Pilon Anejo
A very good draw, the flavor is kind of bitter but with an overtone of sweetness at the same time. Not particularly complex. It seems like you don't get a lot of the good stuff you get from…
Reviewed Aug 13, 2025Read full review
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Last Of My Kind
Not super impressed with this so far, has a good taste but it's pretty subtle. Smoke production isn't great.
Reviewed Aug 7, 2025Read full review
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Oliva Serie O
The draw on the cigar is pretty good, I can taste some nice fermentation on the tobacco. Getting to the second half of this cigar, same flavors but a little bit more bold now.
Reviewed Aug 6, 2025Read full review
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Arturo Fuente Especiales
I would give this an eight or nine, very great trial very good flavors got that fermented goodness
Reviewed Aug 5, 2025Read full review
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Plasencia Reserva Original
Very good flavor and very good draw This is, all in all, a pretty great stick for the price. This is kind of what I think of when I think of Plasencia: sophisticated taste, particularly goo…
Reviewed Aug 4, 2025Read full review
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Monte Cristo Platinum Series
I do detect a little bit of spice to this, not super strong flavors but the flavors that are there are pleasant. The construction is decent though not perfect there's a little softness to i…
Reviewed Aug 3, 2025Read full review
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Rocky Patel 10th Anniversary
Nice and smooth. It has a good flavor to it I've had these before, and the construction is almost always great. The flavor is not top-tier but it's definitely better than average and pretty…
Reviewed Jul 30, 2025Read full review
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Megilla Rare Cut Habano
This is a pretty good cigar with a very nice draw, a little bit of bitterness on the tail end and a little bit of sweetness and creaminess throughout the whole thing at the beginning especi…
Reviewed Jul 29, 2025Read full review
Beer
The Abyss 2018 Reserve
Imperial Stout brewed with blackstrap molasses and licorice, dry spiced with Cherry Bark and vanilla bean, 50% aged in Bourbon, wine, and new Oregon Oak barrels. The beer is very dark even…
Reviewed Dec 18, 2018Read full review
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The Oscar Valladares
Reconstruction like most of the Oscars cigars have. It has an interesting flavor that the other Oscars don't seem to have. I'm having trouble to come up with words to describe it. Somewhat…
Reviewed Oct 21, 2018Read full review
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Island Jim
Has a triple cap with different types of leaves but I couldn't get a good draw without taking them all off. Aside from that the draw is good as is the construction although it doesn't look…
Reviewed Aug 25, 2018Read full review
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