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  • 5 Vegas

    Gonz
    Yup, it's been a full month since my last pick and I can't possibly describe the details of the past 30 days. Here's the short of it: on Nov. 25 I became a Dad for the first time and on Nov. 25 my amount of sleep went from little to none. I have more respect than ever for the other Dads out there. I've heard you guys complaining for years now and I just figured you guys were soft, but now I know. …
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  • Carlos Torano 1916 Cameroon

    Gonz
    Sometimes I'm just a naive newbie cigar smoker. I get excited about the simplest, stupidest, things. But don't tell me I'm wrong 'cause I don't want to hear it. I'll give you an example. Perusing down at our retail store a few weeks ago, I heard some customers talking about the Carlos Torano 1916 Cameroon - oohing and aahing like school kids. "Toothy, leather Cameroon wrapper." …
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  • Carlos Torano 1916 Cameroon

    Brandon S
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    Last year I had the pleasure of attending my first RTDA show in Nashville and needless to say, I felt like Charlie in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory! Unless you have been to one it is hard to describe the pure, unbridled exhilaration that one experiences in such a place. For the most part, days spent at the RTDA consist of sampling cigar upon cigar from the very moment you wake up until …
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  36. Latitude Zero
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  41. Davidoff Maduro Series
  42. Oliva Saison
  43. Dunhill Aged Dominican
  44. Gurkha Beauty
  45. CI Knock-Offs - Compare to Cohiba
  46. Punch Bareknuckle
  47. Ramon Bueso Genesis The Project
  48. 5 Vegas Gold Maduro
  49. Obsidian
  50. Graycliff Turbo Edicion Limitada
  51. Cohiba Red Dot
  52. Dark Shark
  53. Alec Bradley American Classic Blend
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  55. La Herencia Cubana CORE
  56. Gran Habano Azteca Double Maduro
  57. Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Cigarillos
  58. Don Pepin Garcia Blue
  59. Blue Label B2 Cuban Wheels
  60. Man O' War Puro Authentico
  61. Cu-Avana Punisher
  62. Fonseca Araña
  63. Davidoff Millennium Blend
  64. Cuba Libre One
  65. Puros Indios Viejo
  66. Mark Twain
  67. Rocky Patel 1961
  68. Rocky Patel The Edge Counterfeits
  69. Alec Bradley Tempus Maduro
  70. La Flor Dominicana Air Bender
  71. La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor
  72. Joya de Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo
  73. Gran Habano Vintage Corojo 2002
  74. Tatuaje Havana VI
  75. Diesel
  76. 5 Vegas Gold Maduro
  77. La Perla Habana Black Pearl Morado
  78. La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor
  79. Rocky Patel Sun Grown
  80. Blue Label B2 Cuban Wheels
  81. 5 Vegas Gold Maduro
  82. La Perla Habana Black Pearl Original
  83. Graycliff G2
  84. Ashton VSG
  85. Diesel Unlimited
  86. Bahia Maduro
  87. Cain by Oliva
  88. Reposado '96
  89. Ashton
  90. Magellan Dominicans
  91. Graycliff G2
  92. Cuba Libre
  93. Torano Dominico
  94. La Aroma de Cuba
  95. 5 Vegas Triple-A
  96. La Estrella Cubana Oscuro
  97. La Estrella Cubana Oscuro
  98. La Herencia Cubana Oscuro Fuerte
  99. Reposado '96
  100. Graycliff G2
  101. Diesel
  102. HUMI-CARE XG1000 Pro Humidifier
  103. CAO Black
  104. Rocky Patel Sun Grown
  105. Man O' War Ruination
  106. 5 Vegas Classic
  107. John Bull
  108. Erin Go Bragh
  109. Oliva Connecticut Reserve
  110. Reposado '96
  111. Reposado '96
  112. Punch Gran Puro
  113. La Herencia Cubana
  114. 5 Vegas Classic
  115. Cuba Libre
  116. Romeo y Julieta Viejo
  117. Excalibur
  118. La Herencia Cubana
  119. Oliva Flor de Oliva
  120. La Herencia Cubana
  121. Nub Habano by Oliva
  122. Gurkha Park Avenue
  123. Nub Habano by Oliva
  124. Man O' War
  125. Nub Habano by Oliva
  126. Montecristo Memories (Cigarillos)
  127. Vega Talanga Rojo
  128. Arturo Fuente Gran Reserva
  129. Drew Estate Isla del Sol
  130. Graycliff Espresso Series
  131. Drew Estate Larutan Ltd. Pimp Sticks
  132. Cuba Libre
  133. Victor Sinclair Triple Corojo
  134. Hoyo de Tradicion
  135. San Cristobal
  136. Rocky Patel R4
  137. Brocatus
  138. 601 Blue Label Maduro
  139. Gispert
  140. Alec Bradley MAXX
  141. Montecristo Media Noche
  142. Ashton Aged Maduro
  143. Brocatus
  144. Perdomo Mistakes
  145. Romeo y Julieta Viejo
  146. Perdomo Lot 23
  147. Fonseca Habana Selección
  148. Partagas Black Label
  149. Zino Platinum Scepter Series
  150. 601 Red Habano
  151. Saint Luis Rey
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  153. Fonseca Habana Selección
  154. Double Happiness by La Aurora
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  156. Victor Sinclair Vintage Select
  157. Oliva Serie O
  158. Fonseca Habana Selección
  159. El Mejor Espresso
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  161. Punch Rare Corojo
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  163. 5 Vegas Series A
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  165. El Mejor Espresso
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  168. La Vieja Habana Corojo
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  170. Gurkha Centurian Double Perfecto
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  172. Cu-Avana Maduro
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  174. Drew Estate Larutan Ltd. Pimp Sticks
  175. El Mejor Espresso
  176. Montecristo White Label
  177. Bolivar
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  180. Partagas Cifuentes
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  182. Flor del Todo
  183. Oliva Serie O Maduro
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  185. Rocky Patel Vintage 2nds
  186. La Gloria Cubana
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  188. Drew Estate Natural
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  193. Don Diego
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  197. Original Cubans
  198. La Gloria Cubana
  199. Cu-Avana Natural
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  202. Perdomo Slow-Aged Lot 826
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  206. Victor Sinclair Vintage Select
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  210. Dark Shark
  211. Ashton
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  214. Cu-Avana Maduro
  215. Joya de Nicaragua Antano 1970
  216. Drew Estate Larutan Ltd. Pimp Sticks
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  221. Torano 1916 Cameroon