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Personal Beer Review: Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Milk Stout
Like the Mexican Peanut Butter Stout, the peanut butter flavor is not an adjunct that is an afterthought like so many flavor themed beers. Although this Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Milk Stout might lack some of the depths and nuance of their other styles, the overall experience is fantastic.
Cigar News: Liga Privada Unico Pork Beli Ships to Hyde Park Cigars, Chicago
The Liga Privada Unico Pork Beli features a rich Connecticut River Valley Broadleaf wrapper, a spicy Brazilian Mata Fina binder and all Nicaraguan filler. Master Blender Willy Herrera chose to use the same rare tobaccos as the Feral Flying Pig, providing a powerhouse of flavor in the short Belicoso vitola.
Team Cigar Review: Jas Sum Kral Toothpicks 2.0 Mexican San Andrés
The Jas Sum Kral Toothpicks 2.0 Mexican San Andrés was a good and consistent treat. The amount of body (think whole milk) was pretty unreal. The flavors to match the body was fitting, providing a great mixture of cream, butter, milk candy and gradual increase in cedar spice. For $6 it's a no brainer, and I see this scoring high on our year end value and budget listing.
Cigar News: Crowned Heads Announces Buckeye Land
Manufactured at La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate in Esteli, Nicaragua and blended by renowned Master Blender, Willy Herrera, "Buckeye Land" is a 6 x 48 parejo cigar. The blend features a Connecticut Broadleaf binder, Nicaraguan and Pennsylvanian (broadleaf) fillers, and is finished with a Mexican San Andres wrapper.
Cigar News: Royal Agio to Distribute La Flor Dominicana in Germany and the Netherlands
This partnership between two passionate premium cigar makers from the Dominican Republic kicks off at InterTabac, Europe’s largest tobacco-related trade show.
Cigar News: Island Lifestyle Island Club begins Shipping Nationally
The Island Club cigar is comprised of aged Nicaraguan filler and binder tobacco wrapped in a beautiful Ecuadorian Connecticut leaf with a covered foot. These cigars are manufactured in Estelí, Nicaragua by 9 pairs of dedicated rollers.
Cigar News: La Barba Renames Primitivo to Ricochet
The cigars will remain exactly the same as the cigars released at IPCPR 2018, Re-creating boxes and bands have delayed shipping with an estimated ship date of October 1st.
Personal Cigar Review: Southern Draw Kudzu 2018 Perfecto
The Southern Draw Kudzu 2018 Perfecto has a fairly straight forward flavor profile of cedar, cream and spice which moved to a general wood note and gained some mustiness. For fans of the brand, this is another cigar they'll likely enjoy.
The Formula: Davidoff Chefs Edition 50th Anniversary with Klaas Kelner
On this episode of The Formula, we will sit down with Klaas Kelner, from Davidoff, to discuss the recently released Davidoff Chefs Edition 50th Anniversary.
Team Cigar Review: Rocky Patel Olde World Reserve Corojo Robusto
I will say the Rocky Patel Olde World Reserve Corojo Robusto is a good cigar and a solid release from Rocky Patel. It wasn't overly complex, but it had some depth to it and some transitioning throughout which were positive attributes.
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Cigar News: Room101 and Cigar Dojo Collaborate on [untitled] Project
The cigar’s wrapper is a specially fermented Mexican San Andrés leaf, showing a lighter-than-average Colorado Rosado shade. For the interior, a Sumatra binder has been secured over 100% Cuban-seed fillers, including Criollo ’98, Corojo '99, and HVA leaves. The cigars were then rolled in a 5½” x 52 belicoso vitola and left to age for a minimum of six months.
Cigar News: Providencia Announces Meritage
Just off the heels of the Hostage Release, Providencia Cigars will be offering special cigars, which have been created using the company’s proprietary “Aromatic Aging” process.
Personal Cigar Review: Camacho Ecuador BXP Gordo
For those that like bigger ring gauges, the Camacho Ecuador BXP Gordo might be a good cigar to go to especially if it keeps their attention. If you have a significant amount of time to sit down with this, you'll probably enjoy your time with it.
Cigar News: Nomad Cigar Company Sold (Updated)
Fred Rewey has sold Nomad Cigar Company to Chris Kelly and Kyle Hoover of Ezra Zion. Fred details the sale in an open letter he sent out today
