Category: Cigar Reviews

Avowed Cigars has announced a limited Father’s Day release known as Awakening Rhapsody, a three-cigar sampler built around the company’s discontinued Awakening blend. The collection includes three cigars that share the same binder and filler tobaccos from the final Awakening production run in 2024, while each cigar features a different wrapper leaf. The original Awakening uses a 2015 Ecuadorian Hybrid wrapper, Awakening White uses a 2016 Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, and

On El Oso Fumar Takes Take #365  Bear Duplisea welcomes Jack Heyer and Garrison Davis for a big show as he celebrates 365 episodes – equivalent to a full year of Takes. On thi show, the topic will be: 💨 The all-new AVO Expresivo and what cigar smokers can expect from this exciting release🍹 The growing buzz around mocktails at PCA and how they’re becoming part of the premium cigar

Avowed Cigars has announced a new three-count limited edition sampler known as Awakening Rhapsody. The sampler features The Awakening, a limited-edition cigar, and two new iterations based on this blend. The Awakening Rhapsody is positioned as a Father’s Day release. The Awakening uses an Ecuadorian Hybrid wrapper (which growers no longer cultivate), an Ecuadorian Habano binder, and a filler blend of Piloto Cubano, San Vicente, Criollo 98, and Pennsylvania tobaccos.

Lampert Cigars has announced a new limited release known as Baba Yaga. Baba Yaga is named for a mythical creature in Slavic folklore. There is an aura of mystery around the Baba Yaga character and this carries over to the cigar. Other than being made in Costa Rica at Tabacos de Costa Rica and using an Ecuadorian Habano, no other blend details have been disclosed. Baba Yaga is being released

In November 2025, Espinosa Premium Cigars announced plans to expand into the Dominican Republic with a new cigar factory during its La Zona Palooza event. This week, Erik Espinosa revealed a key detail behind the project: the factory will include Guy Fieri and Isaias Santana Diaz (of Pure Aroma Cigars, maker of D’Crossier) as partners. Espinosa shared the news on the June 5 episode of Smoke Night LIVE, following a

With the United States preparing to celebrate its 250th anniversary in 2026, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. has begun shipping its America250 Cigar Humidor, a limited-edition release produced in partnership with Milwaukee Humidor Co. The project combines a handcrafted humidor with 50 cigars from J.C. Newman’s The American brand. Each humidor includes 50 Perfecto cigars, one representing each state. The cigars are a new 6¼” x 50 size and feature official

Fresh off the release of the highly anticipated Psychedelic Rabbit, Erik Espinosa joins the show to discuss the latest collaboration between Espinosa Premium Cigars and Cigar Dojo. Earlier in the day, cigar fans will have their first chance to get their hands on the new release at JR Cigar, and Erik will share the story behind the project, the inspiration for the blend, and what makes this installment in the