Up for review today is Four Roses Yellow Label, the company’s entry level product. Calling anything from Four Roses “entry level” though could be a bit of a misnomer. Unlike many bourbon boom companies that churn out poorly balanced, mediocre bourbon blends, you’d be hard pressed to find any Four Roses bourbon that doesn’t reach […]
Up for review today is the Fonseca Nicaragua Petite Corona. It’s a unique cigar, firstly because it comes from a collaboration between two great families in tobacco: the Quesada’s and the Plasencia’s. Second, this is the first Fonseca brand cigar ever to be made outside of the Dominican Republic. Product Specifics Cigar Reviewed: Fonseca Nicaragua […]
Up for review today is the Aging Room Pelo de Oro. Besides its gorgeous branding, the Pelo de Oro is notable for its filler tobacco. Pelo de Oro (which translated means “golden hair” in spanish) is a difficult to grow leaf, with high susceptibility to disease and low yields. At the time of purchase, I […]
Foundation Cigar Co.’s Nicholas Melillo announced this handsome stick last summer, basing its name off the subject of El Gueguense, a centuries-old Nicaraguan folk tale about, that’s right, you guessed it, a wise man: In the seventeenth century, somewhere in the streets of a small colonial Nicaraguan city governed by the Spanish authorities and inhabited […]
Up for review today is Ardbeg Uigeadail. It’s a bottle of scotch that in some sense needs no introduction. It has, after all, been introduced by many whisky experts so many times before, including by Jim Murray, who in 2015 named it the World Whiskey of the Year. That designation alone (setting aside the whisky’s […]
I haven’t smoked many non-Cuban Fonseca cigars. The ones I’ve had over the years from the Dominican Republic seemed either one dimensional or disjointed in flavors, while the Cuban Fonseca always offered a good value with a mild to medium body along with wood and herbal tones. When I heard the Quesada’s were crafting a […]
Arturo Fuente is known for making great cigars regardless of price range. The average cigar smoker has no need to go all out with an Opus X to have a knockout cigar experience. He can just as easily do so with a regular Gran Reserva or a Short Story at a fraction of the cost. […]
Up for review today is a cigar by a relatively unknown brand called Moore & Bode. Though you may not have heard of it, the company is not new to the cigar world. The Florida based company has been in operation since 1990. The website claims that Moore & Bode “remains a privately held cigar […]
I’m a true fan of the Lancero size (aka “Connoisseur’s Smoke”) for its ability to yield concentrated flavors with its thinner ring gauge and long leaf wrapper to filler ratio. That is of course if it is done well. Kurt Kendall who’s made many quality smokes in a short amount of time has hit another […]
I recently made a stop at the Nat Sherman Townhouse and after finding out that no new shipments had come in since my last visit, I decided to try something from Tatuaje, a brand which I’ve generally overlooked after a handful of less than stellar experiences. The result is what’s up for review today: the […]
With over thirteen decades making whiskey, Four Roses is a whiskey brand that is both revered and vehemently defended by its fans. Though I always have enjoyed Four Roses, my journey on the global whiskey trail took me a bit too quickly out of Kentucky so I’m taking the first few months of 2018 to […]
Up for review today is the Davidoff Year of the Rooster. Anyone who knows me knows that I hold Davidoff in high regard. Yes, their cigars are at the upper end of the price spectrum (at least for non-Cubans). But the quality, consistency, complexity, and harmony of most Davidoff cigars give the company a well […]