Graycliff 1666 Pirate (6 x 52) This stick came to me by way of Cigars International with the following history and description. “The site of the Graycliff Resort was originally a church built in 1666, one of Nassau’s first structures and certainly most prominent. Known as the “Pride of the Bahamas,” this historic site later […]
Posted on February 21st, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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Heineken really needs to hire me as a consultant before it makes any more purchases. Get this. Heineken gets the brilliant idea to buy brewer Scottish & Newcastle, purveyors of Newcastle beer. The price is a little high, so they get Carlsberg to come in on the deal. Together they pay over $13 billion for […]
Posted on February 19th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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Some thoughts on “cigar of the month” memberships (“COTM”) in general and the ones offered by Cigars International (“CI”) and Cigar.com (“CC”) in particular. I joined the two clubs to get some variety. I get nine cigars a month – four from CI ($20/month) and five from CC ($30/month). In both cases the value of […]
Posted on February 14th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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A buddy was surprised to see that I had removed all of the cigars in my humidor from their cello wrappers. He hadn’t given it much thought, but said that he leaves his wrapped. Since the cigars come that way, presumably that must be the best way to preserve them, right? There is probably no […]
Posted on February 14th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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Some rare Southern California precipitation wasn’t going to stop me from enjoying a smoke on the veranda, so I grabbed some random choices and headed out. I found I had selected the Italian beer Birra Moretti and a Padilla Series ‘68 cigar. Birra Moretti In 1859, Luigi Moretti founded his “Beer and Ice Factory” in […]
Posted on February 14th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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Found myself as a guest at the 8Eightyeight Diamond Crown Lounge again, courtesy of Dale Conjurski, a real humanitarian. The occasion was a tasting of five Belgian-style beers from an Orange County brewery called The Bruery. The misspelling is a play on words because the Rue family owns the brewery – bRUEry, get it? According […]
Posted on February 12th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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