We are having our first big cigar event this Saturday August 16th. at the new 3800 square foot Uptown’s Cigar Club in Nashville TN. Club members and those interested in joining our Nashville based cigar club are invited, and it is free to join and the event is free. The address is 4001 Hillsboro Pike and it is in the Green Hills area. The event starts at 12:00 p.m. and runs until 5:00 p.m. The cigar podcast will start at 2:00 p.m. and we will be reviewing the new CAO LX2 cigar that isn’t available yet.

Uptown’s and CAO will be providing cigars to club member who attend and there will be free drinks available. Uptown’s is excited to show off their new location that just opened this past Tuesday. There will be discounts and specials available during the event. We will also be giving away free prizes and gifts, so you better get there early, so you don’t miss any of the drawings or contests. Guests will be included in the Nashville Cigar Club podcast with Tom and Joe. The podcasts are always fun, and funny, and available to download from their website and now featured on itunes.

I stopped by the new cigar shop this past Wed. and spoke with Scott and Aaron, and got to go on a tour of this new shop. It is beautiful from the moment you walk through the 10 foot double wooden doors and make your way to the back wall that has been beautifully painted to look like a tobacco field. Leather chairs, wood cabinetry and big lcd tv’s on the walls. I was blown away by their selection and their humidor is well stocked and smells wonderful. This is Nashville’s crown jewel of cigar shops by far. You have got to come see this place and hang out with the members of the Nashville Cigar Club this weekend!

Our new cigar club, the Nashville Cigar Club, now has a cigar podcast on itunes! We review cigars and the shops that host the cigar events we frequent. You will find us all over Nashville and we do record our podcast on location, meaning we do a remote there at the smoke shop.

So far we have done 3 podcasts with the last one being in Clarksville, TN at the Bean and Briar Cigar Crib. We got to do the poscast with some of the local military guys and had a great time. We also go to review several A.Pontillo cigars, that you can’t fine everywhere.

I also picked up a Comacho Scorpion and that is a really great cigar! I will have to do a review on it this month.

So, go listen to our podcast on itunes, or on our website at http://www.nashvillecigarclub.com/cigar-podcast.htm today.

Well, me and my friend Joe, who does alot of cigar reviews here at cigarblog.net, have started a new cigar smokers club in Nashville.

If your in the Nashville area, or just love cigars, please visit http://www.NashvilleCigarClub.com today and sign up.

We are also going to do a cigar podcast soon! Come on and join us.

Today’s cigar is the Cohiba Maduro5, Genios Cuban cigar. I was lucky to get my hands on one of these, especially with the embargo on Cuban cigars and excited to finally get to try a maduro from Cohiba. Actually, I haven’t had a Cuban Cohiba since I went to Cancun and got to try the Esplendido.

On to my review of this cigar. The wrapper is dark, oily and leathery and the aroma is very chocolaty. It’s a little firm, but when I lit it, it had a wonderful draw and it tastes better than I had expected. I love maduros and this one went straight to the top of my favorite’s list!

Very full flavored, but not harsh. Smooth tasty draw all the way to the end. It never got hot and the smoke was rich and creamy. I am not sure what I am tasting, as far as your normal chocolates and etc., but I am loving every minute of it. It almost reminds me of chocolate covered cherries.

Overall, a beautiful cigar and a great smoke. This is defiantly one that I will look forward to smoking again and again, when I can get my hands on them. If you get a chance to smoke one, do not pass it up.

Additional info:

Size is 5.5 x 52 with an aged maduro wrapper. Listed as medium to full body in flavor with an earthy taste. Hand made in Cuba with maduro wrapper that has been aged for 5 years.  On a 1-10 scale, I give it a 10.

Today I sat down with a cigar that I’ve wanted to try for some time now – the Camacho Triple Maduro. Tom Lazuka of Camacho had mentioned this cigar to me during the Western Pennsylvania Cigar Crawl back in May, but as the cigar wasn’t scheduled to be released for a few weeks, he didn’t have any samples for me to try. So, I put it on my list of cigars to try and, quite honestly, forgot about them until I attended a Camacho event a couple of weeks ago. I picked up a couple and tossed them into the humidor until I could sit down uninterrupted and fully experience this smoke.

A cool, crisp fall day seemed to be the perfect time to try the Triple Maduro. I settled in on the front porch with a book, a bottle of water, and the above-mentioned Torpedo. My initial inspection revealed a toothy, chocolate brown wrapper with two small (and well-done) patches. The cigar was double-banded (a trend that seems to be increasing) with typically beautiful Camacho bands. Unfortunately, the band at the foot of the cigar had an abundance of glue on it and removing it caused a small piece of the wrapper to tear off. The wrapper had an earthy, slightly sweet aroma and a sniff of the foot of the cigar revealed further earthiness with a hint of nuts. The feel of the cigar was solid with a slight heft for its size.

I clipped the head of the cigar with my trusty Palio and took a deep pre-light draw. I picked up musty flavor that reminded me of rich soil with hints of spice and leather. I also noticed a peppery tingle on the edges of my tongue. The draw was deliberate but not difficult with just a bit of resistance.

When I torched the Triple Maduro, I was rewarded with a dark, earthy tobacco flavor that quickly developed an overtone of bitter coffee. While this was not a beginner cigar, I was slightly surprised that a cigar made exclusively from thick, Maduro tobacco leaves wasn’t a more of a powerhouse. I would put this cigar squarely in the medium category as far as strength. Finish is short on the palate with a definite flavor of bold coffee.

As I continued to smoke, the initial bitterness mellowed somewhat and I began to pick up on hints of smoky nuts. The burn on the cigar was surprisingly even (surprising because Maduro leaves tend to not be the smoothest burning) and there was a noticeable ring of oil bubbling up just above the burn line. Even thought I was outside, I was able to pick up on a strong, musty aroma from the cigar. Ash was mottled gray and rather dense and held on quite a while before falling off. The cigar began to get bitter with about two inches left and not long after that point I set it down and let it peacefully go out.

The Camacho Triple Maduro is a great cigar that every Maduro lover should try at least once. I was a little skeptical about the all-Maduro “gimmick” but Camacho has put out a really good product. My only complaint (and for me, it’s a big one) is the cost. The Triple Maduro runs about double what other Camachos run and while it is a fine cigar, I don’t think its twice as good as the Coyolar or Corojo lines. As such, I personally view the Camacho Triple Maduro as an occasional or perhaps “special” cigar.

Well, if your wondering what I will be smoking during Thanksgiving holiday. This is the Tatuaje Unico and Cabaiguan Guapos Exclusivos I picked up at a local smoke shop in Nashville. They are beautiful cigars crafted from 1st Generation Cuban Seed Grown in Nicaragua. These cigars are rolled in classic Cuban tradition by master rollers in Little Havana Miami, Florida headed by Maestro Tobaquero Jose Garcia.

Tatuaje, which is pronounced tah-to-ah-hey and is tattoo in Spanish. I bought 2 of these, but smoking one of these while I type this cigar review. This has fast become my favorite cigar. Pete Johnson has created a masterpiece, the draw is perfect and the cigar is very well constructed. The woody flavor was consistent, but after an inch or so it was joined by subtle amounts of cocoa and spice, a very flavorful cigar all the way to the end. Did I mention that I have fallen in love with this cigar?

The Cabaiguan, which is pronounced kah-bei-gWHAN and is a city in northern Sancti Spíritus province that is home to some of the most knowledgeable cigar men in Cuba. This cigar came highly recommended and I am looking forward to smoking it. I will be reviewing these on Monday when I get home from the Thanksgiving holiday. If you can find these cigars at your favorite smoke shop, you better grab them, they are that good!