Come 2018, you (and Larry Bird) won’t be able to enjoy a cigar at any cigar lounge in Boston or likely anywhere else in Massachusetts. Governor Deval Patrick vetoed a second attempt by legislators to preserve cigar bars in communities of more than 150,000 residents. The debate followed the typical government methodology for infringing [...]
Posted on July 13th, 2011 by Aaron Morris
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Drew Estates tasting night here at the Eight Eighty Eight lounge in Fullerton. Nice sampling of three cigars for $20 which includes a raffle for some pretty stylin’ prizes. They even let me swap out the Acid cigar for an Antaño. The Joya de Nicaragua Antaño consists of 75% Ligero leaf and is a Nicaragua puro. [...]
Posted on January 19th, 2011 by Aaron Morris
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Our roving Cigar Group met at TAPS Fish House and Brewery in Brea this week to take advantage of their cigar-friendly patio while watching the Lakers tank another game. (Note to TAPS: Put a second screen out on the patio.) I’ve been to TAPS on a couple of occasions, but had not yet sampled their [...]
Posted on June 6th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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The Cigar Guys – Tony Wilson and Alex Lukoff – put together a pretty smokin’ (pun intended) cigar gathering tonight at the Chateaux Restaurant and Lounge in Irvine, California. Twenty bucks got attendees a cigar from a certain island, and a really good, diverse group of cigar smokers. Tony and Alex host such gatherings every [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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Enjoying a great night with some friends at the Winery at The District in Tustin. The Winery has a great cigar-friendly patio with Monday night football on the big screen. With my Glenmorangie Scotch I enjoyed an Alec Bradley Harvest Selection 1997 and a CAO America. Typing on my iPhone so I’ll keep it short. [...]
Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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Trying a new app on iPhone that’s supposed to post to my blog. We’ll see how this goes. I’m at the 8Eightyeight Lounge in Fullerton. Frankie the manager talked me to a Gurkha Evil, but he’s going to owe me one for this travesty. Harsh just turned into slightly less harsh, and it won’t stay [...]
Posted on November 19th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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Thinking of going to one of the Big Smoke events sponsored by Cigar Aficionado? A few days ago I attended The Big Smoke in Las Vegas, and here are my impressions. I attended only the night portion of the event, not the day seminars or whatever it is they do, so keep that in mind. [...]
Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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Rogue American Amber Ale The Rogue Brewery in Oregon and the fine beers it produces reminds us once again to give thanks to Jimmy Carter. Although viewed by many as the worst President in modern history, he is the one that signed the bill in 1979 that repealed federal restrictions on home brewing of small [...]
Posted on August 10th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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I find myself writing about the 8Eightyeight lounge a lot more recently because they have really stepped up the presentation of special events. The latest such event hosted by the cigar lounge in Fullerton was a Jagermeister tasting on Saturday. Now, to call this a Jagermeister tasting was a bit of a stretch. When they [...]
Posted on August 9th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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A great night of whiskey and cigars at the 8Eightyeight Diamond Crown Lounge in Fullerton, California. Joined Danny, Dale and Mike for a Glenrothes whiskey tasting. The three whiskeys provided for tasting were the Select Reserve (about $45 a bottle), Vintage 1985 ($125) and Vintage 1991 ($78). Based on the prices I suppose the 1985 [...]
Posted on July 30th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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