Posts under ‘Smokes’

I am typing this sitting on the back patio with a gentle breeze blowing by and a Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur clamped in my teeth. God I love technology.
I finished the next Bastard Precinct a little while ago. It will be a short one, and it will go live later this evening.
Now on to the [...]

I probably shouldn’t have had another cigar today, but the kids wanted me to come outside with them, it was a beautiful day, I had an hour to kill before dinner, and I wanted to jot a few notes in the Moleskine, so I grabbed the Punch Gran Puro I bought a few weeks back [...]

I’ve had each of these within the past couple of weeks but never got around to posting them, so I figured I’d knock them all out at once.
First up is Dona Flor, which I smoked after leaving Wizard World. I stopped by John’s place to hang out a bit, and he tells me these are [...]

In an effort to soothe the nerves, I waited for the storm to blow over and stepped outside with a Vengeance cigar I had picked up a while back. At the same time, I had been in the mood for a good smoke given the last couple of stinkers, and thought this may be it [...]

I was so looking forward to a smoke last night. Had a good day and received some good news, and had a nice chat with Joe Bucco about the artwork on issue 3 of Werewolves: Call of the Wild. Unfortunately my second attempt at a Dominique did not live up to the anticipation.
Taste-wise, it was [...]

This is the cigar I smoked tonight, with a Sharpie for size reference. I wanted to like it, I really did, but there’s a reason I’m calling this Take 1.

See, this was a free promo cigar (1 of 5 different sizes of Dominiques, actually) that came with a humidor I purchased online. Unfortunately this cigar [...]

I had a couple of Avo cigars within the last week or so: a #2 and a #5. I picked them up because I had an Avo sometime last year, and I really dug it. Unfortunately some of theirs are rather pricey, so they’re for rare occasions.
These babies are elegant in their simplicity. There’s not [...]

When I picked up the Ashton, I figured it would be to spoil myself. I seem to remember having one before, and I seem to remember enjoying it.
I don’t remember it tasting so dirty, like this one. I don’t remember it having a tough draw. I don’t remember it turning to crap if the tip [...]

I was disappointed when I first lit this up — the smoke was harsh and acrid. Once the ember cooled a bit, however, I was much more impressed.
This Padilla Hybrid (cross-bred Connecticut and Cuban seeds) Robusto had a smooth, even draw and a rich flavor that capped off a good weekend nicely. I lit up, [...]

The Camacho SLR is what I, in my amateur smoker ways, would call a drinking cigar: it’s a dark, heavy smoke that would go well with a couple fingers of whiskey or takillya. There’s no mistaking it for anything but a maduro. It kicks out a lot of smoke and has a great draw and [...]