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Summer is in full swing and between the busy schedule of friendly BBQs, hitting the pool, and lounging in the sun, it's important to cool off in the evening with a quality cigar and an ice-cold drink. Every week on our Instagram (Cigarsatsmokingpipes), we choose a cigar of the week to make picking your summer smoke a little easier. Here's our recommendations for June. ... Read More

Hey everybody, it's Shane Ireland. Welcome to another episode of "Tasting Notes." I am here to tell you about the latest edition to the Zeitgeist series by G.L. Pease: Horizons. Horizons is the third edition in the Zeitgeist series by Greg, who is affectionately known in the community as the Dark Lord ... Read More

Greg Pease has garnered accolades for his blending since the inception of G.L. Pease tobaccos in 2000. Even before then, he was admired for his photography, writing, tobacco, and pipe expertise, and his reputation has continued to multiply. He's been entrenched in premium tobaccos and pipe smoking since his start at Druquer's ... Read More

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Erik Espinosa of Espinosa Cigars about his background in cigars and his future plans for the acclaimed brand. Watch as he dives into his earliest thoughts and impressions about cigars, cigar-making relationships, and his collaborative project with ... Read More

Known for pushing the envelope and taking risks, Caldwell Cigar Company has created delectable cigars since 2014. In just ten years, the company has exploded in popularity, in part thanks to the expert craftsmanship and high-quality leaf utilized, and also due to the dedication of the face behind the brand ... Read More

The Founding Fathers of the United States were many, and not all of their names are as well remembered as those of George Washington, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, or Thomas Jefferson, though their contributions were of enormous influence. Among the important names that have waned in our memories is Charles ... Read More

Some people consider summer to be the best time of the year: lots of sun, outdoor excursions, beach trips aplenty, and barbecues with your favorite people. Others despise the summer for all that sun making them hot and burnt, sweating during outdoor time, messy beach days with seagulls ... Read More

Bear attacks present particular challenges for pipe smokers, especially novice smokers who may have trouble keeping a pipe lit in the best of circumstances, let alone when being juggled like a beanbag by a 900-pound grizzly. Even seasoned smokers may find that maintaining good technique is challenging during a bear ... Read More

In a world with an abundance of cigars, it can be difficult to choose your next smoke. But much like homework in high school, there is an easy solution to this problem: Copy someone else's work. Welcome to What's in your Humidor?, the series where I ask interesting people in the tobacco world what they ... Read More

Welcome to another episode of "Tasting Notes" Today I'm tasting four new blends by Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation. This is an exciting collaboration between Erik Stokkebye and Jeremy Reeves, Master Blender at Cornell & Diehl: Fathers, Friends & Fire. We have batches one through four here and I'm going to get into all four of them today and break down a little bit of my impressions ... Read More