Category: The Lighter Side
How long is the longest cigar in the world? The last record that I know of was made by Wallace Reyes of the Gonzalez Habano Cigar Company. In November 18, 2006, he rolled a 101feet cigar with a one inch diameter (64 ring gauge). The record-making cigar was created during the annual Cigar Heritage Festival.
Last week, the very same Wallace Reyes started work on another cigar, which he hopes will break the previous record. His target is to roll a cigar which is 180 feet in ...
As you may have noticed, I have recently acquired an interest in cigar box guitars. While I have heard of them before, I didn’t really pay much attention to them. I have only begun to appreciate the art involved in making these guitars.
Will Sluetal, on the other hand, has been at it for quite some time. He is from Grand Haven, Michigan, and claims that he can make an excellent musical instrument given four hours and a whole lot of passion and talent. I must say, ...
This is no child’s toy, although one might think that. Truth be told, when I first heard of cigar box guitars a long time ago, I thought that my friends were pulling my leg. Why would I want to make one?
Then I did some reading and I found out that cigar box guitars were actually used by “real” musicians! According to Dr. Tony Hyman, the curator of the National Cigar Museum, cigar boxes prior to 1840 were actually crates. These crates could hold up ...
Have you ever heard of this special kind of cigar which is made for someone (or something) else other than the stogie lover with two feet (read: humans)? Well apparently, there are cigars which are meant for the four-legged variety. Laugh if you will – I did – but this is for real!
Chewgars are “cigars” which are meant especially for your lovable dog. For stogie lovers who have dogs, you’ve probably noticed how they react when you light up. ...
What is the world’s longest cigar? If you have an affinity for this kind of trivia, you might already know the answer. Then again, you might not have heard of the latest in this area.
Just recently, a Cuban cigar roller broke his own records. Jose Castelar Cairo (Cueto) is not a stranger to the longest cigars in the world. The Caribbean News has this report:
Cuban cigar roller Jose Castelar Cairo (Cueto) will receive officially his fourth Guinness Record certificate, this time ...
Have you ever fancied yourself as a collector? Everyone has his own collection these days. The more common kinds of collections involve key chains, die cast cars, caps, coins, and the like. But have you ever thought about collecting things related to cigars? I am not even talking about the actual cigars themselves. That is a bit too common, isn’t it?
There are so many things about cigars that you can actually collect, if you think about. How about
cigar boxes? In different parts ...
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herf is probably not what you think, whatever it is that you may be thinking. The term herf is used a lot – it has been used a lot and I reckon that it will continue being used a lot. But what is it really?
Is herf a noun? A verb? An adjective? To be honest, I myself did not really know exactly ...
Cigars, just like wine will taste better if they are lit after some time. This is not to say that a cigar is not worth it if it is immediately lit by anyone who may have one. It is merely stating a fact that a cigar will improve in its taste and quality after some years of proper storage since this is how the tobacco leave contents prosper with regards to quality tasting cigars.
To some people, it would be best to check out the labels that they come with. The years specified in each ...
When a manufacturer comes up with a new cigar blend, there is no doubt that packaging is taken into consideration. This actually applies to almost any other kind of product. Experts in the field of marketing know that how you package a product can affect how it is perceived by customers.
For cigars, packaging can affect the price. Cigar.com talked about this earlier this year:
Many brands have extravagant packaging, most of which are very expensive. So exactly how much does the packaging affect ...
I do! I do! It is no secret that I am a big cigar enthusiast but I think that it is such a sweet coincidence that a cigar manufacturer is giving away one of my favorite cars. Nub Cigars was launched in April of this year and has since then been aggressively promoting their brand. As part of this aggressive promotional strategy, they are giving away a BMW 2008 Mini Cooper S convertible!
The Cigar Aficionados recently ran this feature:
Since launching Nub cigars on April ...
