Perdomo 12 Year Vintage Double Aged Connecticut Robusto Wrapper: Ecuadorian ConnecticutBinder: Cuban Seed – NicaraguanFiller: Cuban Seed- Nicaraguan This week I am reviewing the Perdomo 12 year Double Vintage Connecticut Robusto. What makes this cigar special is that the tobacco was aged for 12 years in a bourbon barrel. Regardless of the blend, the tobacco is aged the same way …
Shirtless Mike’s Cigar of the Week- December 6, 2023 – Rocky Patel Dark Star
Rocky Patel Dark Star Wrapper: CorojoBinder: Paraguay and HonudranFiller: Paraguay and Honudran This week I am reviewing Dark Star by Rocky Patel. It is a new release that came out at this year’s trade show. This cigar has a Corojo wrapper and the binder and filler is Paraguay and Honduran tobacco. This blend is a solid medium blend and it …
Shirtless Mike’s Cigar of the Week- November 29, 2023 – Oscar Valladares 2012 Connecticut
Oscar Valladares 2012 Connecticut Wrapper: ConnecticutBinder: HonduranFiller: Honduran/ Nicaraguan This week I am Smoking the Oscar 2012 Connecticut by Oscar Valladares. I chose this cigar because I don’t review nearly enough Connecticut wrapped cigars. So this week I am switching it up so that I can spotlight for those who prefer more of a milder cigar. Let’s light it up …
Shirtless Mike’s Cigar of the Week- November 22, 2023 – Arturo Fuente Anejo No. 46 Maduro
Arturo Fuente Anejo No. 46 Maduro Wrapper: Connecticut BroadleafBinder: Dominican Filler: Dominican This week I am going to be smoking one of the cigars that we get seasonally in the shop from Arturo Fuente Cigars. The Anejo line is one of the hardest to find cigars on the market. With a beautiful Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper and Dominican binders and fillers (Rumored …
Shirtless Mike’s Cigar of the Week- November 15, 2023 – Tatuaje 20 Grand Merveille
Tatuaje 20 Grand Merveille Wrapper: Ecuadorian HabanoBinder: NicaraguanFiller: Nicaraguan This week I am smoking the Tatuaje 20 Grand Merveille which is Tatuajes 20th Anniversary cigar. Pete Johnson has really put in some work in the cigar industry over the years and given his relationship as son in law to Don Pepin Garcia this was made at the My Father factory …
Shirtless Mike’s Cigar of the Week- November 9, 2023 – Red Meat Lovers Filet Mignon
Red Meat Lovers Filet Mignon Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf (Dark Maduro)Binder: Mexican San AndreasFiller: Nicaraguan and U.S. Tobaccos This week I am going to be reviewing the Red Meat Lover’s Club Cigar. This cigar is special because I have known the president of the Red Meat Lover’s club, Evan Darnell for a few years now and have smoked this cigar prior …
Shirtless Mike’s Cigar of the Week- November 1, 2023 – Alec Bradley Fine & Rare 2023 BCN-143
Alec Bradley Fine & Rare 2023 BCN-143 Wrapper: HonduranBinder: Honduras, NicaraguaFiller: Honduras, Nicaragua This year’s Alec Bradley Fine and Rare is titled BCN-143 and just like previous years 10 different tobacco leaves were used in this blend. This year the leaves were ligero and viso from different parts of Honduras and Nicaragua which came together to produce this year’s fine …
Shirtless Mike’s Cigar of the Week- October 25, 2023 – Rock A Feller Cigars Nicaraguan Habano Robusto
Rock A Feller Cigars Nicaraguan Habano Robusto Wrapper: Ecuadorian HabanoBinder: EcuadorianFiller: 3x Ometepe, Esteli, Jalapa Last week my good friend Kevin Sweitzer, the owner of Rock A Feller Cigars, came to the shop to hang out before heading to NY and we had a chance to push a few of his cigars, so this week I decided to review his …
Shirtless Mike’s Cigar of the Week- October 18, 2023 – Cohiba Blue Robusto
Shirtless Mike’s Cigar of the Week- October 18, 2023 – Cohiba Blue Robusto
Shirtless Mike’s Cigar of the Week- October 11, 2023 – Powstanie War Bear 2023 Boxed Press Corona Gorda
Powstanie War Bear 2023 Boxed Press Corona Gorda Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano/ Mexican San Andres Barber poleBinder: IndonesianFiller: Dominican and Nicaraguan From Halfwheel: “Wojtek is a referiere to a Syrian brown bear that was purchased by the Polish soldiers at a railway station in Hamadan, Iran. The bear was trained to help move crates of ammunition during World War II, and …