Samuel Adams Infinium For the past couple of years, the Boston Beer Company and Germany’s Weihenstephan Brewery have joined forces to create what they characterized as an entirely new style of beer, a champagne-like ale called Infinium. Infinium comes in a 750 ml champagne bottle, complete with foil, wire and cork. The beer (champagne?) poured [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2012 by Aaron Morris
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C.E.O. Red Label Cigar (5 x 50) This is a real mystery cigar. I think I actually bought a five-pack of C.E.O. cigars, based on a vague memory that I exclaimed, “what the hell are C.E.O. cigars?” when the package came in the mail. I think they were an impulse buy on Cigar Monster, ordered [...]
Posted on June 18th, 2011 by Aaron Morris
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I don’t know how long it will last, but someone gave me a heads-up on an amazing deal at Cigars International. Called the Motherload Number 10 Sampler, it’s 40 very respectable cigars for 100 bucks. The stick that caught my eye is the Gurkha Titan, a favorite of mine that goes for $30 by itself. [...]
Posted on May 12th, 2011 by Aaron Morris
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Those fine people at Cigars Directwere kind enough to send me a selection of cigars for tasting and review, so I selected a Casa Magna Colorado (Robusto), and paired it with a Voo Doo American Stout. The pairing was effortless, using the standard password 0000 (an obscure bluetooth reference that I found funny, but then [...]
Posted on May 2nd, 2011 by Aaron Morris
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I really like the convenience of cigars that come in glass tubes. I can toss a couple in my briefcase with no worries about keeping them properly humidified, since the they travel in their own self-contained environment. So, to that end, I checked around for the best price on one of my favorite glass tubo [...]
Posted on February 18th, 2011 by Aaron Morris
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Based on the Steelers’ performance thus far, I thought it best to distract myself with a quality beer and cigar for the remainder of the Super Bowl. (Oh cripes, another interception.) Adding insult to injury, I fired up a Rocky Patel, forgetting that Rocky is a major cheese head. But give the man his due. RPs [...]
Posted on February 6th, 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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Super Fuerte means super strong, and this Maduro stick from the Indian Tabac Cigar Co. has a kick, although I would not classify it as “super” strong. This box pressed cigar is handmade in Honduras, and contains a blend of tobaccos from Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras. I was immediately impressed with the taste – [...]
Posted on December 27th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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Whoever wrote “it never rains in Southern California” hadn’t seen our weather of late. (Actually it was Albert Hammond, and he was being intentionally ironic.) But in any event, it’s been awhile since I’ve been able to head out to the Lido deck for a tasting. Tonight I finally got to try my own home [...]
Posted on December 19th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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Siboney (SEE-bow-Nay) is an in-house brand for Famous Smoke Shop, made by Alec Bradley. (Not to be confused with the Siboney Reserve cigars from Famous Smoke Shop, which are made by Don Pepin Garcia.) The Siboney consists of a blend of Nicaraguan Corojo ’99 & Honduran Criollo ’98 longfillers, Honduran binder, and a Honduran Trojes [...]
Posted on December 14th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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