Cigars 2011

It is around this time of year when all the cigar blogs light up with annual reviews.  The lists range from the top ten, to rankings of all the stogies smoked in the year past.  I don’t have anything that exhaustive, but I do have some new and interesting smokes I encountered this year.  Here are five of the cigars that come to mind, with a little description of why I chose them, or what I thought was unique about them.  Should you encounter them in the wild, they are all worth your time and money. Drew Estates Dirty Rat Among my all time favorite cigars is the Drew Estates Liga Privada No. 9.  It is a line that they continue to expand – the T-52 is also very good, if a bit more spicy.  With the Connecticut sun-grown wrapper from the T-52, the Dirty...

Posted by on Dec 24, 2011 in Cigars | 0 comments

Rocky Patel 2003

One of the first cigars that took me from being a predominantly mild to medium body smoker to a full body smoker was a Rocky Patel 1992.  Ever since then I have always had a soft spot for Rocky Patel products.  And from what I know of Rocky Patel, I like him as a person as well. From Hollywood lawyer, to cigar icon, and a champion for cigar smokers rights.  I had the opportunity recently to try one of his newer lines, a Rocky Patel 2003. From the initial examination of the cigar, the dark cameroon wrapper was certainly easy on the eyes.  A silky smooth dark wrapper leaf that seemed to suggest a typical Patel medium to full body smoke.  I’ve read that cameroon wrappers are notoriously difficult to roll well, so I was eager to see if the construction of...

Posted by on Sep 13, 2011 in Cigars | 0 comments