Cigar of The Month Club July 2024

Hiram & Solomon Entered Apprentice Toro (6x52) a premium boutique cigar handed crafted in Esteli, Nicaragua at the Plasencia Cigar factory S.A.  Hiram & Solomon Entered Apprentice is a mild to medium bodied cigar crafted with a unique blend of Habano Nicaraguan, Paraguay, and Pennsylvanian long filler, in a Honduran Connecticut Shade binder, and finished with a smooth golden Connecticut Shade wrapper grown in Honduras.  The Entered Apprentice offers a creamy, silky smoke with notes of white pepper, sweet cedar, leather, and hints of cinnamon that intensify with a clean finish.  A delicious cigar with a nice cup of coffee in the morning. MSRP $12.40

Espinosa Murcielago Toro (6x52) 92-Rated by Cigar Aficionado this super-premium boutique cigar is rolled at San Lotano Cigar factory in Nicaragua and blended in collaboration between Erik Espinosa and Aj Fernandez.  The two cigar blenders came up with an excellent full body cigar showcasing complex flavors and balanced characters.  The Murcielago is dressed in a dark Mexican San Andres wrapper, covering a Nicaraguan binder and long-filler blend offering medium-to-full -bodied notes of leather, coffee, chocolate, oak, black cherry, and an earthy-spicy undertone.  box worhty for the Maduro or Fuller bodied cigar lovers! MSRP $10.70

BLTC Santa Muerte Petite Lancero (6.5x42) a premium boutique cigar that has become a regular rotation in my personal humidor. This newer released Petite Lancero size is hand crafted in Nicaragua featuring an Ecuadorian Corojo wrapper, an Ecuadorian binder, & a perfect blend of six different tobaccos including Nicaragua, Mexican San Andres, & Dominican long fillers. The Santa Muerte Petite Lancero emphasizes the wrappers flavor profile delivering a smooth medium strength & medium-full body with notes of coffee, chocolate, spices, & a unique complex flavor that I have not been able to put my finger on yet- but I have been enjoying these quite often lately and hope you do too! MSRP $10.50

Alec Bradley Magic Toast Robusto (5x50) 92-Rated by Cigar Coop the Magic Toast is hand rolled in Honduras featuring a dark Honduran Maduro wrapper covering a aged blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos for the long-fillers and binder. The Alec Bradley Magic Toast is one of the shop’s best-selling Alec Bradley cigars & offer smokers a medium-full strength with a medium-full body with tasting notes of cocoa, oak, black pepper, and sweet tobacco throughout with hints of citrus. A great option to pair with your favorite whiskey or bourbons. MSRP $10.00

Guardian of The Farm Apollo (6x44) 93-Rated, #8 Cigar of 2017 by Cigar Aficionado. A super-premium boutique cigar made in collaboration between Aganorsa Leaf & Warped Cigars at Aganorsa Leaf in Nicaragua. Guardian of the Farm is a Nicaraguan Puro, using all Nicaraguan tobaccos, including a Corojo ‘99 wrapper and binder filled with an aged blend of Aganorsa Corojo ‘99 & Criollo ‘98 long fillers. The Guardian of the Farm is a sweet medium bodied cigar with flavorful notes of sweet tobacco, cedar, nutmeg, cashews and cinnamon spice. The Apollo is one of the best premium value priced cigars on the website (with promo code) for a more experienced cigar palate & enthusiast! MSRP $9.50

Roma Craft Intemperance VO Roy Olmstead Belicoso (5.5x54) inspired by the Prohibition Era and the Volstead Act of 1920- RoMa Craft created this cigar using an aged premium blend of Dominican Corojo and Nicaraguan long-leaf filler, inside a flavorful Mexican San Andres binder, and finished with a savory Ecuadorian Sumatra-seed Maduro wrapper. The RoMa Craft Intemperance VO 1920 offers savory medium-full body notes of earthy spice, coffee, chocolate, pepper & leather. I find these cigars have some sneaky dessert like flavors occasionally. MSRP $9.00