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Saturday, August 2, 2025

Smoking the CAO Brazilia Lambada & Sipping Henry McKenna 10 Year

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I’ve smoked the CAO Brazilia in various vitolas over the years. It’s a popular, flavorful, and budget-friendly smoke. This particular examp...
Friday, August 1, 2025

Five O'Clock Friday: There's a Time & Place for Everything

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Except decaffeinated coffee. Cheers!
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Fuente 8-5-8 Maduro Cigar Review: Flavor, Value, and Performance

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The Arturo Fuente Maduro 8-5-8 was part of the June Cigar of the Month package from Cigar and Pipes . After resting for six weeks in the hu...
Monday, July 28, 2025

A Criminally Good Pairing: BLTC Morphine & Larceny Barrel Proof

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After a brief reprieve from the summer heat, July’s familiar weather returned — with it came the late afternoon thunderstorms and an early, ...
Friday, July 25, 2025

Five O'Clock Friday: B.B.King - Let the Good Times Roll

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It's the weekend. Cheers!

Cigar & Bourbon Harmony: Tasting the 2024 Weller by Cohiba

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I’ve had a couple of the 2024 Weller by Cohiba cigars resting in my humidor since November. I wasn’t about to light up such a pricey cigar i...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

First Impressions: Hermanos de Armas Cataclysm Toro

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I’d been looking forward to trying this Hermanos de Armas cigar for some time—well, at least for the past four weeks since picking up a sel...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Weekend Trio: Knuckle Sandwich Cigar, Elijah Craig Bourbon, and Joe Bonamassa’s Breakthrough

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I kicked off the weekend with a trio of new delights, combining three of my favorite pastimes — bourbon, cigars, and music. First up was the...