Today thanks to the people over at www.1stclasshumidors.com I am reviewing one of their humidors and also I’m feeling generous so let’s give it away as well. This humidor is called The Sovereign and its made with spanish cedar interior and comes with a hydrometer,humidification and a beautiful two tone finish. So let’s get my opinion on this humidor and ashtray giveaway.
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Back around Christmas time I was gifted a very generous package from the fine folks at Gurhka and I figured if they were kind enough to send me these smoke I should at the very least give them my honest thoughts regarding their cigar. So today I’m reviewing the Gurhka Seduction. This cigar is a medium body smoke and has an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper with a Dominican,Olor binder and Corojo, Columbian filler. This comes in 4 different sizes in box of 20. So let’s see my thoughts on the Gurhka Seduction.
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Well we want to thank everyone who participated in our Christmas Giveaway this year and also want to thank Rich at www.eastcoastcigarsco.com for helping in this giveaway. We all picked a number and did a random drawing to get these winners so without further ado here we go.
1st prize: Single Torch Lighter with (10) cigars: Winner-CZERBE
2nd prize:3 Cigar Case(3) cigars: Winner-GREG WISNIEWSKI
3rd prize:Colibri Cutter (2) cigars: Winner-NICK HOLLOWAY
Final Grand prize:Vanectian Humidor: Winner-ABRAXAS828282
Congrats to all the winners and thanks to all of you who participated wished we could have given you all something. To all the winners kindly email me your addresses and we will get these gifts out. hogman@mikesstogies.com
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First let me start by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and hope you and your family have the best holiday possible.
Well it’s that time of the year were us blogger’s all come out with our Top Ten list and I am no different except my Top Ten isn’t based on the cigar coming out this year it’s based on the Ten best I smoked this year. So without further ado here we go.
These cigars that have made my top ten are all cigars that I have either reviewed or not but have smoked more than my share and continue to bring me the same great experience over and over.
Don’t forget also leave a comment on all our reviews this week and be entered to win some great prizes below:
1-Vanecian Humidor
1-Colibri cutter
1-Single flame torch lighter
1- Leather cigar case
15- Variety of fine cigars
Thanks to Eastcoastcigars and Badgercigarden for these great giveaways.
Number 10: Panacea White Corojo
Number 9: Rodrigo Boutique Blend G5
Number 8: San Latano Oval
Number 7: Tatuaje La Casita Criolla
Number 6: Tatuaje Conjonu 2012
Number 5: Drew Estates Under Crown
Number 4: Quesada Oktoberfest
Number 3: Cromagnon
Number 2: Opus X Lost City
And now with no surprise to those who follow me, there in my opinion still isn’t a cigar being produced better than this.
NUMBER 1: Illusione Epernay Le Monde
Filler: Nicaraguan
Binder: Nicaraguan
Wrapper: Nicaraguan
Size: 4×40
Today I’m bringing you my go to short smoke when time isn’t really available. This week has been rough with everyday being over 100 degrees and it hitting 117 and 110 on Friday and Saturday. With me having to smoke outdoors it wasn’t really ideal to sit outside for long periods of time. I was sent a few of these cigars by Tony Casas a few months back and quickly became addicted to them. These cigar is easily an everyday go to smoke considering that they are right around $4 a stick and a cabinet of 50 costs just under $200. They usually take around 45 mins to an hour to smoke and are far worth the money spent of them. These cigars are made in Don Pepin’s My Father Factory and are a member of the Havana XI line.
Pre Light
The wrapper of the Verocu is a dark brown with very minimal veins running through it. It has a classic Cuban triple cap as do most Tatuaje products with Pete Johnson being a lover of the classic Cuban style. The aroma off the cold wrapper is of a very sweet barnyard. The cap comes off very easily and the draw is perfect.
Flavor
With the size of this cigar being kind of on the small size I’m not going to break this one up into thirds. When you light up the Verocu you are immediately hit in the face with that Pepin pepper but it’s not overwhelming. In the background you are met with some nice sweet chocolate notes along with some wood flavors. The flavors in this tiny cigar are very strong and delicious throughout. The spice dies out but is the ramped back up as you reach towards the 3 inch mark.
Overall
It is safe to say that these cigars have become my favorite quick smoke cigar and are well worth the minimal price that they are sold for. This tiny cigar is packed with flavors. Putting off tons of smoke and are very well constructed. You definitely need to get your hands on these and with that being said if you leave a comment and let me know what your favorite quick smoke is I will randomly pick someone and send you a 10 pack. So let’s see those comments!
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