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Blind Cigar Review: Don Pepin Garcia | Series JJ Maduro Petit Corona

by Emmett | Jun 15, 2016 | Alan, All, Blind Cigar Reviews, Corojo, Don Pepin Garcia, Don Pepin Garcia, Eric, Featured, Maduro, My Father, Nicaragua, Petite Corona, Robert, Sandeep, Steve | 0 |

Cigar Info The Don Pepin Garcia JJ Maduro was one of the first releases that really put Jose...

Quick Cigar Review: Ashton | ESG 23 Year Salute

by Matthew T. | May 3, 2016 | All, Ashton, Carlos Fuente Jr, Don Pepin Garcia, Featured, Quick Cigar Reviews | 0 |

The cigar market has plenty of special cigars to choose from. If you are looking for a cigar to celebrate a special occasion or you just want to treat yourself, I highly recommend the ESG especially in this vitola. Something about this size seems to be just the right combination for a perfect burn and great combination of flavor and strength. Since these cigars already have a good amount of age, you don’t need to let them sit in your humidor for a long time before they are in the zone. Smoke them now. They are in the zone now. You will be pleased with the refined, smooth, flavorful, intense, complex, and rich flavors that only improve as the burn progresses.

Quick Cigar Review: Tatuaje | Jekyll

by Jeff | Apr 28, 2016 | All, Churchill, Don Pepin Garcia, Featured, Jeff, Natural, Nicaragua, Pete Johnson, Quick Cigar Reviews, Tatuaje | 0 |

This is another fantastic offering in the Monster series, and I would recommend that if you haven’t had an opportunity to try one yet to hunt it down before they are gone. This is a perfect example of what a complex cigar can and should be.

Top 25 – 2015

by Emmett | Jan 5, 2016 | ACME, All, Balmoral, Bill Paley, Caldwell, Camacho, CAO, Crowned Heads, Cuba, Cubariqueno, Danny Moya, Davidoff, Dion Giolito, Dominican Republic, Don Pepin Garcia, Drew Estate, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, Editorial, Featured, Foundation Cigar, Fred Rewey, H. Upmann (Cuba), Hendrik Kelner, Honduras, Illusione, IPCPR, Jon Huber, Jonathan Drew, Kyle Gellis, L'Atelier, La Palina, Manuel Quesada, Max Fernandez, MoyaRuiz, Nelson Ruiz, News, Nicaragua, Nicholas Melillo, Partagas, Pete Johnson, Quesada, Rick Rodriguez, Robert Caldwell, RoMa Craft, Skip Martin, Steve Saka, Tatuaje, Top 25, USA, Warped, Willy Herrera | 3 |

Voting Process

Each of our 16 panelists were given 10 votes to cast. Our list is made up of cigars that were RELEASED in 2015. The cigars that are eligible do not have to have been reviewed on Blind Man’s Puff, but the panelist must have smoke it at some point themselves.

Blind Cigar Review: Crowned Heads | La Imperiosa Magicos

by Emmett | Dec 28, 2015 | All, Blind Cigar Reviews, Crowned Heads, Don Pepin Garcia, Featured, Habano, Jack, Jon Huber, Nicaragua, Oscuro, Robusto, Ryan, Stefan, Wes | 1 |

“This cigar was a nice mix of a dark wrapper with nice smooth subtle flavors that aren’t always typical of a cigar with this dark and oily of an exterior. I enjoyed the quick transitions and the way this cigar changed completely from the beginning to the end. It was a small cigar and a bit of a quick burner, but something I can see as 5 pack worthy.” -Jack (Jack_H)

Cigar News: New El Centurion to have Connecticut Wrapper

by Emmett | Jun 9, 2015 | All, Connecticut, Don Pepin Garcia, My Father | 0 |

The Garcia family, owners of My Father Cigars, has acquired a hybrid wrapper grown in Connecticut and, with it, created a new brand: El Centurion H-2K-CT. Scheduled for release at the IPCPR trade show next month, this will be a spinoff of the core El Centurion line. The new cigar is named after the H-2K-CT Connecticut wrapper type, which the company said is proprietary to El Centurion. But it isn’t a Connecticut wrapper in the usual sense. This isn’t shade grown or broadleaf, but a Cuban-seed strain of tobacco grown in open sunlight and cultivated in the Connecticut River Valley.

Blind Cigar Review: My Father | La Antiguedad Corona Grande

by Aaron | May 18, 2015 | All, Blind Cigar Reviews, Collaboration Review, Corona Gorda, Don Pepin Garcia, Featured, Habano, Jaime Garcia, Kent, My Father, Nicaragua, Oscuro, Rosado, Wes | 0 |

“Overall, the cigar was smoking pretty well in the beginning. There were interesting flavors and a good burn. But the final third really made it hard to give an overall rating, because this may have just been a one off error, and more than likely was.” -Jerad (Cigar Federation)

Blind Cigar Review: Tatuaje | Black Label Petite Lancero

by Emmett | Mar 23, 2015 | Aaron, All, Blind Cigar Reviews, Criollo, Don Pepin Garcia, Emmett, Featured, Jiunn, Natural, Nicaragua, Pete Johnson, Petite Lancero, Ron, Tatuaje | 0 |

“The flavors had a few transitions, and those flavors were good, but nothing exceptional. I could see this being something to reach for when in the mood for that woody/char experience. If others experienced a better draw, then I could see this being something to smoke on occasion.” -Aaron (aaron7

Blind Cigar Review: My Father | Connecticut Corona Gorda

by Aaron | Mar 18, 2015 | All, Blind Cigar Reviews, Connecticut, Corona Gorda, Dave, Don Pepin Garcia, Emmett, Featured, Jaime Garcia, My Father, Nicaragua, Robert, Ron | 1 |

“Although the wrapper was a little darker than most Connecticuts, I believe this was one. It was medium bodied the whole way through, and had lots of flavors. I really enjoyed this cigar form start to finish. It could be smoked at any time of the day. The quality of the construction and the tobaccos is very high, and I appreciate that. I would definitely buy a box of these.” -Emmett (rhetorik)

Quick Cigar Review: My Father | La Antiguedad Robusto

by Emmett | Dec 10, 2014 | All, Don Pepin Garcia, Emmett, Featured, Habano, Natural, Nicaragua, Quick Cigar Reviews | 0 |

This was a good cigar, better than average. It has some really interesting flavors and unique spices. The too loose draw made the burn go wonky and the cigar get hot towards the end, but I think, knowing the quality of cigars coming out of my father, this is not a normal occurrence. I would definitely smoke this again, but I don’t know if it’s box worthy, maybe a 5er to see how it ages. I give this a personal score of 90.

IPCPR 2014: The Show in Pictures – My Father/Tatuaje

by Aaron | Jul 28, 2014 | All, Don Pepin Garcia, Featured, IPCPR, My Father, News, Pete Johnson, Tatuaje | 0 |

This year, we decided to give you a tour of the show through the pictures we took while we were there. Some are of new items, and some are just things we thought were interesting. We will have a new slideshow for each major manufacturer and one big one for the smaller manufacturers.