The first review that I will be posting is on the Paul Garmirian Gourmet Series corona grande.  Please stop back by and if you have a moment check out the review.  Please share your comments with us as we’re always looking for your feedback.  I’m very excited about the changes and look forward to what the future has to offer.

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Style
High gloss matte or veneer finish? Free standing or desktop? Don Salvatore or Davidoff? With so many different brands and designs available, finding the right humidor can often times be a daunting task. Make sure that the one you choose complements your style preferences and enhances your living space. If a humidor doesn’t appeal to you visually, than don’t buy it. For those looking for a customized approach, there are also a number of sites that offer personalized and engraved humidors– I know Famous Smoke and a couple other online retailers do this.

Hygrometer
You want to a humidor to have a very good hygrometer so that you can control the temperature and humidity level of your cigars to maintain optimum taste. It is very important that the temperature of your humidor stays below 70°F (21.1°C) and relative interior humidity be between 65-74% (ideal humidity condition is frequently cited at 70%). If under or above this range the cigars in your humidor can dry out, form mold or fungus, and/or hatch Tobacco beetles that can permanently alter the taste and irrevocably damage your cigars.

Hardware
All hinges, handles, corners and locks on the humidor should be well-bolted and durable. You don’t want one with hardware that can be easily broken or damaged for obvious reasons.

Construction
For your humidor’s outside construction, you want the sidewalls to be ½ inch thick or more and made from at least furniture-grade solid wood. The thicker the sidewalls of a humidor the more resistant it will be to changes in external temperature and physical damage.

As for the interior, you want the inside of your humidor to be lined with either Spanish cedar or Honduran Mahogany. These woods are pretty much the industry standard and are both very porous- which is needed to absorb and release moisture inside of a humidor. These woods in addition, support cigar aging, ward off tobacco beetles, and prevent mold and mildew growth.

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I typically smoke one, sometimes two a day, on Monday through Thursday. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I smoke typically 3 – 5 a day. My conservative estimate was 13 a week, which comes to 56 a month. My average cigar purchases are usually $11.00 a stick. After some basic math, it wouldn’t take a 5^th grader long to figure this out.

My dilemma is that I really enjoy cigars, and the cigar culture that goes with it. Hell, I am the president of the cigar club, so that should say something about how much I love cigars.

This estimate doesn’t even include the trips, accessories, gas and time I commit to this lifestyle. This also doesn’t include the cigars I give away, or the one’s I purchased and they are still resting comfortably in their make shift apartment in my home.

I had a cigar rep from General Cigar tell me once, that the “average” cigar smoker smokes 2 cigars a week. I can finally say that I am above average in that category.

I’m not sharing this to sway anyone from smoking cigars, nor is this my “dear John” letter to the herfing lifestyle. I’m just venting a little, and now trying to find a way to finance my cigar hobby, if that’s what it is. I am not addicted, and I can stop at any time. I just don’t wish to quite yet.

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Also, be sure to meet our new officers, including Frank, our new vice president. I think you will be happy with all of the new changes and events.

If you’re new to cigars, or have ever wanted to try one, then you should sign up today. There is always someone who is ready to assist you, and we are not a commercial smoke shop, so no one is going to try to sell you anything.

The new website is going through a lot of changes, so stay tuned for more updates. We are Nashville’s original cigar smoker’s club and growing fast.

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You can see the Nashville Cigar Club NUB Live podcast on youtube, and hear the entire thing on the NCC web site. Be sure to leave a comment to let us know how you liked it.

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travel cigar bar and humidor

I was looking for a leather travel bar to carry with me to cigar events, and ran across the most beautiful portable bars I have ever seen. These are made by Max Benjamin and come in several styles, colors and leather choices. They are not the cheap style travel humidors you find at Target.

Pricing is pretty good for the quality, and they are designed for the cigar smoker, which includes a leather cigar humidor lined with spanish cedar. So show up to your next herf in style with one of these elegant travel bars. Your smoking buddies will be blown away!

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Now,  if I could just get rid of all the darn spam comments on here, without turning off comments. Either way, I will be updating this blog daily now, so check back often. I have a lot of new cigar events coming up and the Nashville Cigar Club podcast needs to be updated next.

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One good thing is that I am staying busy. I have been doing a lot of social networking and have picked up a lot of web development projects, and a lot of them are cigar related. I will post soon what I am doing next.

For now, you can see my most recent website that I designed for Old Havana Smoke Shop at http://www.oldhavanasmokeshop.com and let me know what you think.

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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!

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