cigar review

  • Cigar Review – Creature by Tatuaje

    Those of you who regularly listen to or watch the TNCC podcast are well aware of our unmatched love for all things horror. And any one who visits our website regularly surely knows by now that we are big fans of Tatuaje’s Monster series of cigars. The Doctor and...
  • Cigar Review – La Libertad by Villiger

    La Libertad has been around the block for quite a while now but it recently got a complete branding overhaul. Not only has the cigar’s packaging and band aesthetics been reworked but the cigar itself has had a major blend change due to it being the first cigar manufactured...
  • Cigar Review – Epernay Le Matin by Illusione

    Illusione brand owner Dion Giolito focused on refinement and subtlety over strength when blending the Epernay line, so these cigars are constructed without any ballsy ligero tobacco whatsoever. The goal here is to give the Epernays an effervescent, elegant experience similar to sipping a fine champagne (Epernay is a...
  • Cigar Review – Partagas Decadas 2021

    Partagas Black was one of the stogies that I smoked by the handful when I was first immersing myself in the world of premium cigars over a decade ago. Over the years, we’ve smoked a few Partagas offerings here in The Corner Of No Hope both Cuban in origin...
  • Cigar Review – Patrimonio by Casa Cuevas

    The Casa Cuevas brand entered the premium cigar landscape back in 2017. I reviewed their Reserva Maduro a few years ago but other than that enjoyable cigar I can’t recall smoking any of their other offerings… which isn’t really a big deal as I don’t remember a lot of...
  • Cigar Review – Grand Apex by Reinado

    The Reinado brand is one that I remember from my early days as a smoker of premium cigars but they had dropped off the radar by the time we started this mad experiment called The Tuesday Night Cigar Club in 2015. Well now Reinado is back in action with...
  • Cigar Review – Inspirado Brazilian Shade by Macanudo

    We featured a Macanudo cigar on the podcast way back in 2018, before the world came crashing down on our beautiful little party, on Episode 72. The TNCC crew reviewed the Inspirado Red and we all highly enjoyed its wasabi-like burn on the retrohale, its dominant strong leather note,...
  • Cigar Review – HVC Serie A Famous Exclusivo

    Up for review today is the HVC Serie A Famous Exclusivo which is, obviously, a new release in the Famous Exclusivo cigar series blended exclusively for Famous Smoke Shop. HVC Cigars founder Reinier Lorenzo, who worked for over a year and a half on this blend, had this to...
  • Episode 139 – Action U.S.A. (1989), Super Deluxe cigar, Beers

    Tonight’s show is super deluxe, you’re gonna have a blast with this one folks! And we just so happen to be reviewing a cigar called the Super Deluxe so thank God that all worked out nicely. If the show sucked… well, let’s be honest here, the show never sucks...