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This budget-friendly offering from J.C. Newman has quite an interesting history behind it: El Baton is one of J.C. Newman’s vintage brands made by our founder, J.C. Newman, back in 1914. This nickel cigar was originally hand rolled in a Cleveland, Ohio factory with Cuban tobacco. Although it was...
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As always, before y’all start clutching your pearls, we’re not saying these are the best cigars on the market by any means. We are simply stating that out of the cigars we smoked on the podcast and for our web reviews this year, these ten were our favorites by...
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We’ve had some epic conversations over the years with one of our favorite people in the cigar industry, Mr. Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. And tonight is certainly no different. As usual, no subject is off limits (anal beads, donkey dicks, Angela Lansbury, etc) and we feel...
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In a recent social media post, Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust explained the history behind the name of his latest creation the Mi Querida Black SakaKhan: “It was the 80’s when Chaka Khan became known as an artist and I was getting certified to Con(n) as a...
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In an interesting bit of kismet, as I took my seat in The Corner Of No Hope to review tonight’s cigar, Facebook reminded me that I last reviewed a La Barba offering on this exact date back in 2017. Seriously, out of all the brands in the world, what...
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We here in The Corner Of No Hope are fans of Dunbarton’s Muestra de Saka series. So much so that the Nacatamale remains, several years later, as not only my favorite of the series but perhaps my favorite Dunbarton offering overall since the company’s inception back in 2015. So...
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I’ve smoked several Casa Cuevas offerings over the years (Patrimonio & Reserva Maduro) and the resulting reviews have been positive . However, the latest brand to emerge from Casa Cuevas has a very different backstory to it… Master Blender Luis Cuevas Sr. felt it was time that his grandson...
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Trick or treat! Yes, it’s the final chapter in our 8th Annual Drunken March (aka Pathetic Stumble) To Halloween! Eight years of marching to Halloween means eight long years of seeing Tut squeeze in to his glorious bright orange pumpkin t-shirt. Check him out on YouTube, the ladies love...
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When I first dove in to the world of premium cigars many many moons ago, CAO was one of my early favorite go-to brands. Just thinking about my first time smoking the CAO America barberpole or the original CAO Vision gives me all sorts of nostalgic feels. CAO would...