Join the OGT Cigar Society now! “Perhaps the best cigar we make.” – Terence Reilly of Aganorsa Leaf. I have written about this cigar before, but due to the spectacular nature of this stick, I had to revisit it. Our monthly membership, the OGT Cigar Society, was just sent a five-pack of these beauties. Each […]
Black Works Studios is the wild sister company of Black Label Trading Company. Using innovative techniques in the tobacco world, Black Works releases blends that ‘think outside of the box.’ One such cigar is the Killer Bee Petite Corona. Using a dark Ecuadorian Maduro wrapper, the Killer Bee is finished with a twist of Connecticut […]
Corojo tobacco is no stranger to Oak Glen Tobacconist. In Fact, you will often hear me speak of Corojo and its many inflections. Most of the Corojo tobacco found in the OGT humidor is from Nicaragua and Honduras. Companies like Aganorsa Leaf dominate the Nicaraguan game, and Aladino and CLE from Honduras. Honduran Corojo tends […]
Stallone cigars are one of those brands that have a well-sized portfolio, and each cigar in it has a place and complexity different than each other. Owner and Blender Tony Barrios crafted rich-tasting Nicaraguan tobacco with subtly and power not common in the industry. It is one thing to blend a cigar that has strength, […]
Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust is not a volume over quality brand. Unfortunately I have seen that more frequent than I would like to admit. I would describe the portfolio as attention to detail, flavor, and experience. Steve Saka, formal employee of Drew Estate cigars, left DE to create his own brand. You might be familiar […]
There are limited cigars from very small companies I would put in the category of small batch runs. Then there are companies like the size of Stallone Cigars who do limited runs like the Clydesdale Broadleaf, only 1000 boxes made. Beyond limited, there is ultra limited, and that’s what Stallone’s newest blend Nino is. The […]
There are many different shades of tobacco and the names of such shades vary depending on the factory. Most commonly the average cigar consumer thinks of light, medium, dark, or Connecticut, Habano or sun-grown, and Maduro. Some think of Claro, Colorado Claro, and so on. If you are Matt Booth it comes to brown, medium […]
Roma Craft cigars are one of the original boutique companies of the 2000’s. Launching with only two blends, CroMagnon and CroMagnon Aquitaine, the company started with somewhat humble beginnings. It is interesting, some might even say brave, to launch their company with only two and one of them boasting a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. Connecticut Broadleaf […]
Each year Roma Craft Tobac releases a limited edition box known as Craft. The artistry varies each year as well as the blends, but typically Roma uses something Maduro and something Habano. These cigars showcase what the company can do when the creative side some out, hence the ‘Craft’ in the name. The special lineup […]
Matt Booth has a nack for the outlandish and sometimes the obsered, however, what he does even better is blending tobacco. Once in a blue moon, you might see a small run of something exclusive pop up from Matt Booth and Room 101. Eamples of such cases are Snake Shake, Who Shot Ya, and Cherubs, […]