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Beer

Boulevard Dark Truth Imperial Stout

7/10

High alcohol percentage, above 9%. You can taste it in the flavor but it goes well with this Stout. Has a fuller body been some recent Scouts that I've had and ends up with a slight bitter…

Reviewed Mar 25, 2017Read full review
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Cigars

Perdomo 20th Anniversary

7/10

It seems like this cigar was not stored with proper humidity. I will try to keep this in mind when I give my rating. Nice smooth smoke. Kind of a creaminess to it. The Taste is light to med…

Reviewed Mar 14, 2017Read full review
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Sake

Sakemoto

9/10

Very sweet and floral tasting. Dry. I like this very much. One of the better sake I have ever had.

Reviewed Mar 11, 2017Read full review
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Cigars

The Edge A-10

4/10

the draw is hard and not good. The initial flavor is on the bigger side. Although the presentation is very nice I like the color difference between the two wrappers.

Reviewed Mar 10, 2017Read full review
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Cigars

La Castia Criolla

4/10

The construction is fantastic and I feel like the wrapper is a very high quality. The Taste has a lot of cardboard to it. Not very pleasant. As good as the construction is in the draw The T…

Reviewed Mar 3, 2017Read full review
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Beer

Lagunitas Imperial Stout

7/10

Not a bad Stout, a little bit flat for my taste but the taste is pretty good you can taste the alcohol in it so if that's not your thing this might not be the Stout for you with 9.9% alcoho…

Reviewed Mar 3, 2017Read full review
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Cigars

Natural Drew Estate

7/10

I didn't realize this was a flavored cigar but it taste very good and it has a good draw and it tastes like the tobacco is also very good quality.

Reviewed Mar 1, 2017Read full review

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