2014 – Thanks for the fun

 

The Cigar Stop

Well it is coming to the end of the year and the cigar smoking season is coming to a close. Even though it is a year round thing we have no events till spring. There will be the occasional meeting in the “Cigar Garage” with partial membership, due to the fact our Dead Ringers Cigar Club members are spread out over a few east coast states.

 We had some great events as well as our usual Cigar club meetings. Here are some of the highlights of the season.

·        We gained 7 new members.

·        The “Backyard Burner Event” in Tewksbury at Smokehouse Brown’s to kick off the season

·        The “Memorial Day Cigar Event” to open the Smoking Troll Bar & Grill

·        We had “Cigarfest 2: Clash of the Stogies Event” at the Smoking Troll Bar & Grill

·        The “Cigars, Beers and Bratwursts Event” which was also held at the Smoking Troll Bar & Grill where we had a mini Beer-fest, a 10 Cigar Sampler Tasting and a Sausage-fest all rolled into one event.

·        The Thanksgiving Day Smoker at the “Giraffe” clubhouse

We have a couple of club meetings left this year, but no events planned. We are in the process of planning next year’s events already and I hope we have no less the turn out than we had this past year.

 As I said we are a year round hobby, but seeing as there are not very many places to smoke cigars indoors anymore we are limited to the spring, summer and fall months for cigar events.

 So thank you Dead Ringers Cigar Club Members, Blog Readers, The Cigar Stop team and Venders that have help make this 2014 a great cigar season.

I hope you will keep following the Cigar Stop blog; we have more reviews and cigar insights we would like to share with you all. We also hope to hear from our readers, let us know what your thoughts are on particular cigar or opinion on a review or give us your own review on a cigar.

 I have noticed a lot of internet activity for Europe and Eastern Europe and I know for a fact we have at least 2 Canadians out there… so let’s hear it from you our readers.

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See you next time

B.O.T.L.

~CigarAsh~

The Cigar Stops Top 20 Budget Bundles of 2014

Most of our readers already know we love our Budget Bundles of cigars, you get your money’s worth and the cigars taste good. You do not have to buy expensive cigars in a box to be able to have premium cigars that will not wipe out your wallet. To be a Budget Bundle the price of between $29.00 to $69.00 U.S.

 So here at the Cigar Stop we are going to give you what we consider the top 20 Budget Bundles of 2014 in no specific order.

  If you have one you would like to recommend to us or the readers post it to share, we appreciate your input and would love to hear from you.

1.     Gran Habano Vintage 2002

2.     Arganese: Maduro – Nicaraguan Habano & Connecticut

3.     La Perla Habana: Morado & Classic Maduro

4.     Pirates Gold

5.     La Herencia Cubana

6.     Gran Habano’s Blue Lable – B2

7.     HC Series by Xikar

8.     Torano’ Dominican selection

9.     Bahia: Maduro, Blu & Trinidad

10.      Gurkha: Park Avenue:  Natural (EMS) and Maduro

11.      Victor Sinclair: Tripple Corojo & Connecticut Yankee

12.      Fonseca: Arana

13.      J. Fuego: CoroJo Oscuro

14.      Garo: Double Maduro & Double Habano

15.      Pinar Del Rio: Reserva Limitada

16.      Oliva” Viejo Mundo

17.      Graycliff: Turbo Edicion Limitado

18.      EP Carrillo: Maduro & New Wave

19.      Sosa

20.      Purios Indios

These are the top 20 Budget Bundles we have Sampled this past year, out of all of the cigars we have had thus far these are our favorites this year and we will strive to give you a review on each one of them and  in some cases we have already.

See you next time

B.T.O.L.

The Cigar Stop Blog Team

Vote for The Best of the Best for 2014

                     
   Favorite Cigar of the Year – 2014

1.     Drew Estates - Islas Del Sol
2.     Puros Indios Maxima Reserve’ 2003
3.     5 Vegas - Gold
4.     Bahia - Maduro
5.     Diesel
6.     Tabak - Cafe’ Con Leche
7.     Gran Habano - Vintage 2002
8.     Arganese - Maduro
9.     Gurkha  - Park Avenue
10.   C.I. Legends Series – Copper
11.   Gurkha – Black Ops
12.   Fonseca – Arana
13.   J. Fuego – Corojo Oscuro
14.   Xikar – HC Series – Maduro
15.   Drew Estate – Java
16.   CAO – Brazil
17.   Baccarat
18.   CAO – Italia
19.   Cohiba – Red dot
20.   “write in your choice”

                              Favorite Cutter

1.     Punch

2.     V-Notch

3.     Guillotine

Where did you do most of your cigar purchases?

1. Store or Online Site
2. Write in your Choice