ironmeden | March 21, 2012
Its been a while since I mentioned Cigar Aficionado in a posting. I’m still a regular reader of CA over the years but I stopped subscribing years ago. The reason is because I felt like some of reviews of products were well out of my price range. I feel like the magazine doesn’t speak to [...]
ironmeden | January 14, 2012
What can make a cigar a enjoyable experience is not only the smoke itself is sometimes the stories that go along with the cigar. The story from Steve Saka at Drew Estate starts off telling the rollers of the Liga Privada cigars to discontinue smoking the cigars while they rolled them because of the limited [...]
ironmeden | November 7, 2011
Going through the Oja world of cigars, my next stop is the Oscuro wrapper. Coming off that tasty Anniversary Edition, I hope I didn’t make a mistake and smoke them in the wrong order. Oja Oscuro Wrapper: Brazilian Oscuro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan I’m smoking the ‘Distinguido’ which comes in at 6 x 54. The [...]
ironmeden | July 23, 2011
As cities and states continue to isolate people who smoke in general, there are many smart entrepreneurs who are finding ways for the cigar smoker to enjoy their hobby. I can understand that people going into restaurants are there to enjoy their dinners and don’t want to be irritated by smoke. If a restaurant owner wants to forbid [...]
ironmeden | February 20, 2010
Flatbed Panacea Red Wrapper: Brazilian Maduro Binder: Habano Filler: Dominican and Nicaragua The Panacea has a deep brown toothy maduro wrapper. The overall appearance of the wrapper is beautiful, it looks good enough to take a bite out of. It does have a few little lumps. Rolling through the fingers the cigar has a firm [...]
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