Category Archives: Cuban cigars

Smoked 20 April 2012. Age unknown; turned up in the post from C. Gars Ltd that morning. I tried this cigar as numerous people rave about them over on the UK Cigar Forums and I’d not gotten round to trying … Continue reading →

Smoked 1 March 2012. In humidor since 5 March 2010; box code unknown but obviously 2009 vintage. Every single one of these I’ve smoked so far has been disappointing and irritatingly, this was no exception. Whilst there were some flavours … Continue reading →

Unfortunately, I’ve not had much chance to smoke cigars recently due to simply not having the opportunity. I’ve also been massively lazy about updating this blog… Here’s what I’ve smoked since I last posted. 25 October 2011: Ramon Allones Specially … Continue reading →

Por Larranaga Petit Corona smoked 17 September 2011. Box code EMA OCT 07; in humidor since 28 November 2009. I’d previously taken this out and punched it, given it a test draw and decided it was too tight to smoke … Continue reading →

Smoked 26th August 2011. Box code GAS JUN 08; in humidor since 6 October 2009. Smoked this on a rather surreal last-minute late night trip to Wantage. Pretty enjoyable smoke but nothing outstanding, perhaps due to the KFC I ate … Continue reading →

Gwdihw, one of the nicest live music venues I’ve been to, hosted what I believe to be Cardiff’s first Cuban cigar tasting event on the 23 August 2011. For those who don’t know, gwdihw (pronounced goody-hoo) is the somewhat onomatopoeic … Continue reading →