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Honest question: How do you react when you hear the news that one of your favorite limited-edition cigars is returning to store shelves BUT the manufacturer has completely altered the blend? For me, personally, my first instinct is to get angry. “If it aint broke don’t fix the sonofabitch!”...
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Like most creative types, cigar blenders are prone to keep notebooks of their blending recipes and within those notes are almost certainly blends that, for a variety of reasons, never made it in to production. The Safe Keepings from Alec Bradley is one such cigar, born from Alan Rubin’s...
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To celebrate a true milestone anniversary, back in 2019 Famous Smoke Shop turned to a true master blender to create a special cigar to commemorate their 80 years in business. The cigars Steve Saka produced were such a success that more were commissioned and this year two new sizes...
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Who doesn’t like ninjas? I mean other than the dudes who are killed by ninjas, as they most likely hate(d) ninjas. Well, we here in The Corner Of No Hope love us some ninjas! And tonight that love, that passion for the hooded warriors, will be put to the...
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Full disclosure time, I’m a longtime fan of the Cabinetta series. It’s not only a regular rotation smoke for me, but it has proven to be an outstanding cigar to hand out to novice smokers over the years. There’s nothing scary about the Cabinetta as it’s always a smooth,...
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Welcome everybody to The Tuesday Night Cigar Club episode 166! It’s our first ever Mother’s Day Love-Your-Mama-With-Everything-You’ve-Got Spectacular Bonunzo! Sorry, that should have been, Bonanza! No no… sadly we got drunk as usual and completely missed Mother’s Day so this will just be a random very weird episode of...
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Last year, Black Label Trading Company celebrated its tenth anniversary by releasing the outstanding La Madonna Negra cigar which earned the #3 spot on our Top Ten Cigars of 2023 list. In a recent press release, BLTC’s main man James Brown had this to say about tonight’s cigar: “Orthodox...
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Oh boy… tonight’s show is a fun one! Way back in 2017, we tackled the original classic Road House and not only was it an epic episode but our beloved Yak Boy almost lost his life during the taping of it. Turned out he was just passed out drunk...
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For well over a decade now, Alec Bradley has been releasing their Filthy Hooligan line of cigars to commemorate the Saint Patrick’s Day holiday. The TNCC reviewed that cigar way back in March of 2016. Flash forward a few years and the company announced a new variation of the...
Honest question: How do you react when you hear the news that one of your favorite limited-edition cigars is returning to store shelves BUT the manufacturer has completely altered the blend? For me, personally, my first instinct is to get angry. “If it aint broke don’t fix the sonofabitch!”...
Like most creative types, cigar blenders are prone to keep notebooks of their blending recipes and within those notes are almost certainly blends that, for a variety of reasons, never made it in to production. The Safe Keepings from Alec Bradley is one such cigar, born from Alan Rubin’s...
To celebrate a true milestone anniversary, back in 2019 Famous Smoke Shop turned to a true master blender to create a special cigar to commemorate their 80 years in business. The cigars Steve Saka produced were such a success that more were commissioned and this year two new sizes...
Who doesn’t like ninjas? I mean other than the dudes who are killed by ninjas, as they most likely hate(d) ninjas. Well, we here in The Corner Of No Hope love us some ninjas! And tonight that love, that passion for the hooded warriors, will be put to the...
Full disclosure time, I’m a longtime fan of the Cabinetta series. It’s not only a regular rotation smoke for me, but it has proven to be an outstanding cigar to hand out to novice smokers over the years. There’s nothing scary about the Cabinetta as it’s always a smooth,...
Welcome everybody to The Tuesday Night Cigar Club episode 166! It’s our first ever Mother’s Day Love-Your-Mama-With-Everything-You’ve-Got Spectacular Bonunzo! Sorry, that should have been, Bonanza! No no… sadly we got drunk as usual and completely missed Mother’s Day so this will just be a random very weird episode of...
Last year, Black Label Trading Company celebrated its tenth anniversary by releasing the outstanding La Madonna Negra cigar which earned the #3 spot on our Top Ten Cigars of 2023 list. In a recent press release, BLTC’s main man James Brown had this to say about tonight’s cigar: “Orthodox...
Oh boy… tonight’s show is a fun one! Way back in 2017, we tackled the original classic Road House and not only was it an epic episode but our beloved Yak Boy almost lost his life during the taping of it. Turned out he was just passed out drunk...
For well over a decade now, Alec Bradley has been releasing their Filthy Hooligan line of cigars to commemorate the Saint Patrick’s Day holiday. The TNCC reviewed that cigar way back in March of 2016. Flash forward a few years and the company announced a new variation of the...
