This beautifully crafted, perhaps gritty-looking barber pole was first released in 2023 at the PCA Trade Show. Dissident has made the Barber Pole a signature look for limited production blends. While the Dissident Home is perhaps the most popular, cigars like the NEW Plasmatic, the Heretic, and even the Dissident Revolt stand out in appearance […]
It’s a crazy busy but exciting time at Oak Glen Tobacconist! The new Black Label Trading Orthodox is shipping out! This is one of the most anticipated releases from BLTC. This is a completely new blend crafted at Oveja Negra, and is the Q2 Limited release. Unfortunately, Orthodox is a one and done, so if […]
Espinosa produces a new rendition of the Espinosa La Bomba Warhead each year. Last year was the La Bomba Warhead IX, a dark Connecticut Broadleaf in the shape of a figurado. This year, Espinosa presents Warhead X; the celebration of ten years of being produced. It had to be a special one. As a point […]
Among the cigar lines crafted by Oveja Negra Brands, Dissident Cigars is perhaps the sleeping giant. The original owner hadn’t done much with giving the brand a face, however, with the new direction of Josh and Cynn Coburn, new blends have been created and a personal touch has been added. There have been several new […]
It is time. One of the highlights of the PCA trade show is finally shipping out to retailers and soon arriving at Oak Glen Tobacconist. One of my favorite brands from Oveja Negra has crafted an intense, San Andres Maduro like no other! Introducing the Black Label Trading Orthodox. This cigar represents so much about […]
This month’s drop from Viaje Cigars is not just any release, it is the much-anticipated Birthday Blend! This cigar has become infamous among Viaje Cigar heads. This year’s version has some slight tweaking to it. The Viaje Birthday Blend 2024 is a Collector’s Edition, with a new size, a secondary band, and a more robust […]
As previously written about, Foundation Cigars has given two of their original blends a makeover. Nick Melillo launched his company on a single blend, the Nicaraguan Puro Geuguense. Pronounced, whey-when-say, the name is an indigenous Nicaraguan word meaning, ‘The Wise man.’ The production of the gueguense cigar as well as its Maduro counterpart were manufactured at the […]
Dissident Cigars released their newest limited edition for 2024. Last year, announced at the PCA trade Show, Owner and Blender Cynn Coburn brought the Dissident Revolt, a medium plus barber pole in a Robusto vitola. This year a new Robusto is on the block but quite different from the previous. The Dissident Plasmatic Robusto combines […]
I am so excited for this month’s OGT Cigar Society drop! As some know, each month we send out a 5 pack of an exclusive blend or size, sometimes even a limited cigar that is extra special. We smoke it all together on the Oak Glen Tobacconist youtube channel every first Wednesday of the month, […]
Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust just released their newest rendition of a Connecticut Shade Cigar. Along with their famous Sobremesa Brulée and Sobremesa Brulée Blue, a select collaboration they did with Cigar Dojo has been added to their portfolio. Introducing the Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust Sobremesa Brulée Wagashi Box Press Prensado. Boy oh boy, that was […]