Cigars
Padron 1926 40 Years
This is a very fine cigar. Very smooth smoke a great draw pretty close to mild to medium. The smoke is velvety the same way the wrapper looks.
Reviewed Dec 15, 2017Read full review
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Beer
Pf Pfriem Barrel Aged
This is the first non stout or Porter barrel-aged beer that I ever had. Label has lots of notes of berries Marion Burien Cabernet raspberry fig Sherry leather with a tart finish. Reminds me…
Reviewed Nov 25, 2017Read full review
Beer
Fremont Lush IPA
This is one of the hoppiest beers have ever had. Bright would be a good way to describe it. Alcohol is 7.0% it was about $5 for the beer. If you like really hoppy beers this is probably goi…
Reviewed Nov 20, 2017Read full review
Beer
New Holland Brewing Dragon's Milk Bourbon Barrel-aged Stout
This beer was about $7. The alcohol is 11%. Like most barrel-aged beers I've had it's fantastic. There's a sweetness mixed with a wood flavor.
Reviewed Nov 3, 2017Read full review
Beer
Old Schoolhouse Brewery Imperial Stout
Alcohol percentage is unknown. Very dark tasting with a good amount of bitterness coming through. I like the bitterness so this is not a bad thing. Kind of a burnt taste to it which is wher…
Reviewed Oct 28, 2017Read full review
Beer
Dark Star
This is an imperial Oatmeal Stout with coffee and aged in Bourbon barrels. It is 13.1% alcohol by volume and $20 a bottle purchased at Whole Foods. I have really come to love these barrel-a…
Reviewed Oct 20, 2017Read full review
Cigars
CAO Flathead Steel Horse
The draw on this is ridiculous. It's the best draw of any cigar ever smoked. It's like sucking an empty straw. It's also has a pretty white gauge so the drawers compounded by its thickness…
Reviewed Sep 22, 2017Read full review
Beer
Hooligans Stout Draft Ale
This is by old schoolhouse Brewery. Not very sweet and not very bitter. It's a stout so obviously more bitter than sweet if you had to pick one. A lot of body. This is very close to the kin…
Reviewed Sep 22, 2017Read full review
Beer
Campfire Stout
Wow, this Stout tastes like a dessert beer. It says it's brewed with graham crackers and molasses, I'm not sure I'm getting a hint of the graham crackers but the Molasses are definitely com…
Reviewed Sep 19, 2017Read full review
Beer
Ballast Point Orange Vanilla Fathom
The IPA part seems to be very bitter, unpleasant. The orange and especially the vanilla really come through strong. The first sip was filled with interest at this new flavor combination how…
Reviewed Sep 9, 2017Read full review
Cigars
Cao Brazilia
Decent Construction, the smoke output is good. It could be a little bit more But nothing wrong with it. The draw is a little bit light. There is some spiciness to this flavor but it's actua…
Reviewed Sep 5, 2017Read full review
Sake
Yedam
This is a Korean rice wine. It was the least expensive one at H Mart. This is only my second Korean rice wine so it's hard to have a good scale to judge them with but I will try. It is a bi…
Reviewed Sep 5, 2017Read full review
Cigars
601 La Bomba Napalm
It has a very grassy taste. A sharp spice to it as well. It has very good smoke output. After smoking it down a little bit the flavor has mellowed some but the smoke out but it's just amazi…
Reviewed Aug 31, 2017Read full review
Sake
Ozeki Sake Dry
It definitely lives up to its name, very dry. It's a very simple flavor, not a lot of complexity but not a bad flavor. If you like dry simple sakis I think this would be good for you, you'r…
Reviewed Aug 29, 2017Read full review
Sake
Shirayuki Nama
Not too sweet, with a bit of a fruity taste. Not too dry either though. There's a lot of complexity on the initial taste. A pungent flowery kind of taste is coming through too.
Reviewed Aug 29, 2017Read full review
Cigars
La Zona
Mostly a creamy flavor with a bit of spice in it as well.
Reviewed Aug 26, 2017Read full review
Beer
Tokyo Black
Not a big fan of this beer, it may be the fact that it came from a can instead of a bottle.
Reviewed Aug 26, 2017Read full review
Sake
Kook Soon Dang Makkoli
I'm not sure this is technically a sake but it is a Korean rice wine. There seems to be a bit of carbonation. I wasn't expecting that it adds quite a new dimension to the drink. It appears…
Reviewed Aug 26, 2017Read full review
Cigars
Cao C X 2
The flavor is not bad but the draw was so tight that the whole cigar was not really Pleasant and it hard to give a review on anything else other than the poor draw.
Reviewed Aug 24, 2017Read full review
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