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Gary Cruice
Savor Your Premium Cigar
Premium Cigars offer a world of flavors for us to sample. Problems arise communicating those flavors to others. Common vocabulary helps.
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Gary Cruice
Aug 27, 20232 min read
Premium Cigars, Boutique Cigars, Small Batch, Artisan, WTF
Premium cigars do not have to be boutique cigars, nor do boutique cigars need to be premium cigars!
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Gary Cruice
Apr 30, 20232 min read
Perique Tobacco, Cigars for Warriors, and Uncle Brody
What do Storm Boen, Perique Tobacco, Drew Estate, Mark Ryan, Brody Fontenot, and Bailey's Cigar Room have in common? Read on!
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Gary Cruice
Dec 1, 20222 min read
Geometry and Premium Cigar Size
This article will focus on the more standard shapes (parejos) and sizes. Vitola is a name for a typical size parejo.
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Gary Cruice
Nov 24, 20223 min read
Premium Cigars to Pair with Premium Tequila
We offer some suggestions on premium cigars to pair with you favorite premium tequila or tequila based drink.
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Gary Cruice
Nov 20, 20222 min read
Premium Cigars and Premium Tequila?
The United States dominates the worldwide Tequila Industry! Tequila sales have actually surpassed American Whiskey. But what to smoke?
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Gary Cruice
Nov 20, 20221 min read
Taste Does Not Lie with the Cigar
Cigars your friends may enjoy can be cigars that you don't like. We each have a unique set of taste buds and cigars are enjoed in context.
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Gary Cruice
Nov 13, 20221 min read
A Deeper Dive into Premium Cigars
The best place to learn about cigars and pipes is Tobacconist University.
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Gary Cruice
Oct 16, 20223 min read
Premium Cigar Shapes
We're not even sure what to call this cigar. However, the picture got us thinking about premium cigar shapes and sizes.
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Gary Cruice
Sep 4, 20223 min read
How do you cut a premium cigar?
You can bite off the end of your cigar like in old movies, you can pull the pigtail on some cigars, or you can use a tool.
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Gary Cruice
Aug 20, 20223 min read
What makes a good premium cigar?
A good cigar will be well made and easy to draw.
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Gary Cruice
Aug 16, 20221 min read
Premium Cigar Flavor Terminology
Each of us will still experience a cigar differently, but a common terminology should make it easier to discuss what we are tasting.
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Gary Cruice
Jul 31, 20222 min read
Premium Cigar Complexity
Complexity is a subjective way to observe the depth and breadth of a cigar's flavors and aromas.
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Gary Cruice
Jul 24, 20222 min read
Premium Cigar Flavor
You'll often read about a cigar having particular notes. The real topic is cigar flavor.
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Gary Cruice
Jul 20, 20222 min read
Strength = Nicotine
Premium cigars are handmade entirely from whole-leaf tobaccos. Their nicotine content can not be measured in a laboratory setting.
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Gary Cruice
Jul 20, 20221 min read
Body ≠ Strength
Body, in terms of flavor (taste+aroma) profile, does not necessarily correlate with the Strength of a cigar.
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Gary Cruice
Jul 20, 20222 min read
Cigar Aroma
Aroma, or bouquet, is the smell from a burning cigar may be a cigar's the most overlooked attribute.
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