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Cigar Reviews review www.cigarobsession.com Gran Habano 3 Siglios Torpedo This 6.1×56 dark chocolate stick offered a medium body experience with somewhat muted flavors. The wrapper and binder both had very pronounced veins giving one minor burn problem that required an early touch up. The remainder of the burn was not perfect but was self-correcting. Draw was on the loose side and worked well. Flavors of the first third were just a heavy tobacco with pepper on the finish. The 2nd third showed a bit more development with hints of coffee wood and leather but they very quickly dissipated to a mild pepper finish, leaving a heavy aftertaste. The last third got very warm and a little mushy, prompting me to end it just before the band point at 1 The one negative thing was the aroma of the smoke off the foot it was pretty stinky at points and left my fingertips smelling of wet ashtray by the time I finished. Thanks to Shuckins for trading with me for this stick! Photography by BG Pictures.

puffingcigars.com reviews the Oliva Connecticut Reserve, the new cigar by the Oliva Cigar company. This Oliva Connecticut Reserve review guest stars the Super Cool Ashley. Follow Rob at http and Wyatt at twitter.com .

The cigarette and cigar have evolved over the past 70 years.  Cigarettes started getting a large American following during the First and Second World Wars. The war department was at fault for cigarettes as part of the ration package alloted to each soldier. Soldiers used cigarettes as they would money; for trading, gambling and just passing time. During this time the cigarette companies launched campaigns for cigarettes to women. Hollywood was paid to help by giving cigarettes a sexy image.  Merlene Dietrich was one of the women who was a Hollywood icon for her sexy smoking image.

During the 1950s investigation caught up with the Hollywood hype surrounding cigarettes as science started reviewing the health dangers of cigarette smoking. In response, the cigarette companies painted their own picture on the reported health dangers by applying filters on cigarettes claiming that the filters were the equivalent as used in hospital surgical rooms.

At the present, the government is trying to administer stricter controls on cigarette and cigar manufacturers.  However, cigars still have less regulations them do cigarettes.  Some entrepreneur in America from ICIG developed a truly revolutionary new product called the electronic cigarette and electronic cigars.  These products derived the cigarette into a tobacco free, cancer causing chemical free, and smoke free product eliminating all these harmful effects.

The ICIG-R electronic cigar has no bad odors, without the cancer causing tobacco but suggests the same basic feeling as smoking.  There is no more foul odor hanging around while you smoke electronic cigars. No complaining about the smell from your loved ones or the person sitting next to you. Another unbelievable feature is that you can smoke inside without having to think about dirty ashes or ashtrays. The Electronic cigar is a fantastic alternative to cancer causing tobacco products and they taste and feel like a cigar.

The ICIG-R looks like a regular cigar.  It uses cartridges that when smoked generates a pleasant tasting water vapor with nicotine. The ICIG-R electronic cigar has a greater amount of fluid than the usual electronic cigarettes which translates into extended smoking pleasure between cartridges. A rechargeable battery is included. When you puff the cigar a water vapor causes the cigar to light at one end which gives the perception of tobacco burning. The starter kit includes 2 ICIG-Rs and 2 cartridges.  The ICIG-Rs physical stimulus is said to be a stronger smoke to provide you with the illusion of smoking a real cigar.  If what you are looking for is a healthier way to encounter the sensation and flavor of a cigar, then the ICIG-R is perfect for you!

There are dozens of happy smokers who have high praise  for ICIGs electronic cigarettes and  the electronic cigar.  Those who have not yet used them often think it is a ridiculous product but our customers cannot stop raving about it. The best idea is to try it for yourself. If you are a smoker and are frustrated by having people give you the evil stare for having to breath your secondhand smoke, then it may be time to invest in the ICIG-R electronic cigar.  Once you have tried an electronic cigar, few go back to the tobacco version. Get your ICIG-R electronic cigar today!

Cigar Review of the Padilla 1948 Torpedo. Please visit our website www.fireupthatcigar.com for more cigar reviews, cigar comparisons, cigar news, and other random cigar talk.

puffingcigars.com reviews the GAR LUX by George A. Rico. The GAR Cigar is a complex, warm cigar that all smokers will enjoy. GAR created a stogie that had a perfect draw and produced a clean cool smoke. The stogie carries a $7 (averaged) price point. Follow Rob at http and Wyatt at twitter.com

Cigar reviews review cigarobsession.com La Aurora Belicoso Maduro Cigar Review This 6.25×52 stick offers a dark brown wrapper showing minimal veins, clean seams and a very firm pack. 3 had to be clipped off the tip for a decent draw, producing just an average amount of smoke on the draw. First third flavors were of caramel and licorice sweetness, a mild earth, slight woodiness and small pepper and spice kick on the long finish. At the half way point flavors changed to a smooth oily, creamy leather with a mild pepper that kicks up on the finish. In the final third flavors remained the same while the draw improved along with smoke production, reaching a very good volume pushing chewy. Thank you very much to viewer Jeremie Plouffe for generously sending this in for review! Photography by BG Pictures.

It happens to the biggest premium cigar aficionados out there: things start to get a little stale.

Not “stale” in the sense of dried-out. That can happen, of course, but it’s not likely to, if your humidor is set at the standard sixty-seven to seventy-four percent relative humidity range, and as long as the air temperature inside the box is between sixty-nine and seventy-four degrees. (It is, isn’t it?) No, this kind of stale has more to do with you than it does with the cigar. You feel like your premium cigar habit is in a bit of a rut, and you think it’s time to try something new.

Luckily, cigars come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and tastes, so if you’ve had enough of sweetish, almost-chocolaty oscuros you can move to the other end of the taste/color scale and try the pale-khaki-colored, dry, delightfully astringent tastes you’ll find there. If you’ve gotten into the habit of smoking long cigars that usually take around the same amount of time, every time, switch it up with some panatelas or cigarillos. If you’re in bad enough rut, it might even be time to make your own premium cigar sampler, going out of your way to pick cigars that don’t fit your usual taste profile.

But as above, so below: the premium cigar industry itself occasionally finds itself in the same sort of predicament. The standard shapes, sizes and tastes are already hitting their popularity plateau, and no one’s sure what the next breakthrough possibility is. At these times, makers of premium cigars often turn to one of the most reliable sources of business and cultural innovation: the past.

In the 1990s, when the premium cigar industry rebounded from a case of terminal stagnancy and even became, for the moment, somewhat trendy (while inspiring something of a late-1990s backlash as well), such a turn to the past for new ideas happened with the chocolaty, oily oscuro cigar mentioned above. These dark cigars occupy one extreme of the taste-color continuum–the informal rule by which light-colored, tan cigars are the driest and bitterest (features for which cigar aficionados prize them, as bitter hops make certain beers a once-in-a-lifetime experience), while, as cigar wrappers darken, the taste contained inside tends to get sweeter. The oscuro is like the bottom key on a piano, the lowest bass note on a guitar. It denotes how sweet and how dark a cigar can get.

But by the time of the so-called early 1990s “cigar boom,” oscuros were unpopular and very hard to find. This probably has more to do with an overall contraction in the market than with the oscuro itself, a kind of cigar that can be delightfully well-made as any other. With fewer people overall smoking cigars, flavors that had always been acquired tastes even among cigar fans were less likely to sell, and premium cigar makers stopped rolling them.
By the mid-1990s, though, you could find oscuros again–just as you can today, with the premium cigar industry continuing to function at a level far exceeding that of its 1991 state.

More recently, another nearly-extinct species of cigar has been recreated and is in the midst of repopulating cigar shops and online stores near you. The Salomon–a big cigar that comes in between perfectos and diademas in terms of its size–is tapered at both ends, and has always been popular in Cuba. Its unusual shape means that premium cigar makers have a difficult time finding rollers with the requisite talent and experience to make Salomons. But that hasn’t stopped La Flor Dominicana and Rocky Patel from adding new Salomon-sized models to their premium cigar lines–or from making quite an impression on taste-panelists and Cigar Aficionado (and other industry) reviewers alike.

Golf Cigar Holder

Golfing is definitely MY TIME. When Sunday rolls around and my wonderful wife is shopping at the Market- Im out hitting 18 with the boys and the Cigars are MANDATORY.

Golf Cigar Holders - Here Are Some Great Cigar Holders

And a good Golf Cigar Holder goesalong wayin making sure that Im not constantly worrying about whether or not my Stogie is burning in the grass somewhere.

Maybe atthe house I wouldnt worry quite as much about my cigar burning in the grass – but on the golf Course we should definitely worry about all the chemicals and even the fertilizer can be a bit dangerous if we were to smoke a cigar that has been lying there absorbing it.

Some of us just want a cigar holder for golfing that does the job – nothing fancy, just something that will hold the cigar up and off the ground while we hit or putt.

But some of us, like me, like the Stainless Steel job that can clip on to the golf Cart AND stick in the grass as well.

There are even some Golfer Cigar Holders that come with a cigar cutter and a cigar punch as well. But my favorite and the one that I have been using for the last year -(thanks to my wife and kids for Christmas) – is the “HeaterHolder” Stainless Steel Golf Cart Cigar Holder.

Its not only gtreat looking -but itis also self leveling!

Its great and I dont have to worry about it rusting or anything like that. And its not expensive either – which never hurts.

Here are some details.

The HeaterHolder Golf Cigar Holder Product Description
HeaterHolder Stainless Steel Cigar Holders feature: Keeps cigars off the ground, away from harmful fertilizers or pesticides Attaches near the top of the golf bag, close to clubs, where it won’t be forgotten Attaches to a rain hood snap, already found on most golf bags 3″ long with a 4″ safety chain, easily supports a 52 ring cigar Safety chain clips onto your towel-holder loop or any other hanging loop on your bag All metal (rustproof) construction in polished stainless steel Self-leveling for those golfers that use a stand-bag or pull cart Can be left attached to the bag so it’s always ready for use

Its really one of the best Golfer Cigar Holders – I have yet to see one that is THAT much better. I mean, there are some that could cost you a pretty penny – but as far as getting the job done and looking good doing it, my moneys on the HeaterHolder.

There area few other styles that youy may want to look at before you decide -so here is a link to a great little review page for the Golfers Cigar Holder:

I bought my first Palio cutter a few years ago.  In that time, it quickly became my favorite cigar cutter.  Truthfully, the Palio cutter became my favorite cigar cutter the first day that I used it.  I had been using the cheap cigar cutters that cigar shops will give you if you buy a bunch of cigars.  They did a decent job, but they would dull very quickly, or fall apart before it got dull.  Usually, the blades and construction of the cheap cigar cutters were pretty loose. This would sometimes give me an uneven cut, or worse yet, a cracked cigar. Instead of the cutter giving me a clean cut, the dull blade actually split the wrapper.  After that, the draw was terrible, and I threw the cigar away.

After throwing away a $8 cigar, I decided to get a good quality cigar cutter.  I went into a local shop and spent $20 on a new cutter.  I figured for $20, I would be getting something good.  Truth is it was not much better than the cheap cutter that had ruined my cigar.  So I started looking on the internet cigar forums for some opinions.  The name “Palio Cutter” kept getting mentioned over and over again as being the best cutter.  So I took the plunge and bought a Palio cutter.  I was not disappointed.

The Palio cutter gives an amazing cut.  The blades are sharp and fit tight, but operate smoothly.   A nice tight fit with no sloppiness to the construction. It really is a solid and quality product that you can just feel.   It has a very smooth and precise cutting operation.  It also has a sleek look to it, and the ergonomics are perfect. It is the most comfortable cigar cutter your hands will ever feel.  It also comes in a nice leather case to keep you cigar cutter looking like new.

Besides my original black Palio cutter, I have also bought more for myself, and as gifts. While they all work the same, and give the same awesome cut, my new favorite palio cutter is the carbon fiber finish Palio cutter.  It looks like it belongs in a spaceship with that awesome carbon fiber finish.  I have also bought the Burl finish Palio cutter for my dad.  He says it is the best looking and best performing cigar cutter ever.