I met Frank at the first Chattanooa Tweetup after missing him a couple times on his trips out to the LA area. I was able to try La Caridad del Cobre at that event. At this year’s tweetup I was very excited to see the “new to me” biography as one of the cigars Frank sent us to give away. Dave did a review on it here. I was only able to smoke one cigar for this review.
Is this the best-looking band to ever adorn a Tatuaje? Yes, I think so.
Kentucky Fire Cured tobaccos are nothing new, although they have never been used in premium cigars in such a way that was started in 2013. Besides Drew Estate, 2 other companies opted to use this or similar fire-cured leaf in their blends, although I think Drew Estate did the most to promote the usage of it by using “Kentucky Fire Cured” as part of the brand name.
Despite the frigid temperatures of late (for those who don’t know, Tennessee had a couple of sub zero temps last week), we finally had a couple of days of warmth again. So when it hit 65 degrees outside, I decided to go sit on my back deck and have a smoke.
Aging Room Cigars is one of those “enigma” companies in the cigar industry. You hear about them, you might see them in magazines, but finding a retailer who carries them can be a challenge. Certain bloggers rave about them, but when you check the stores they bought from, they are sold out. So they almost exist just on a sort of “underground word-of-mouth.”
While not the most complex cigar I very much enjoyed smoking this one. I think that the extra age (a couple months) really made the difference.
Curivari, though, is a company that seems to relish its boutique status. You can hardly find them in any shop. When you do find a shop that carries them, it’s almost impossible to find the blend or the vitola you really want. Orders are filled when they are filled and batches are numbered in the 10s of thousands, not millions.
This is my third trip to the well for a review about the Smoking Jacket line of cigars. Three different sizes that I’ve picked out and three different blends.
There isn’t much to see of this stubby little cigar since it is almost completely covered with wrapping paper. What I can see is a nice reddish brown wrapper with some oils and medium sized veins to it. After removing the paper I’m able to get a much better look at the cigar.
Last month, I reviewed a new cigar called Smoking Jacket, made by the Kelner Boutique Factory and blended by Hendrick Kelner, Jr., son of the famed master blender for Davidoff. I discovered during the research phase of the cigar, that there were 4 different sizes of Smoking Jacket, each with its own specific blend.
