Big news boys. Big news.
Friday night I went to Alcorns to look for a cigar for my host night coming up in October. I went in and while I was looking around Harold came up to talk and see if I needed anything. I explained why I was there and he asked a couple of questions about the club and invited us to host some of our meetings at his store. He pointed out he just opened up a bar (actually a VERY nice selection of beer, liquor, Scotch and wine) and that we could just about count on having the lounge to ourselves. Well, one thing led to another and Herold said he would have "No problem" sponsoring our club with 5 cigars a month. All we have to do is link our site to his (thank you Adam or Joe for doing that already).
Harold did say "Now, I can't give out Padron 1926 every month". I told him that our budgets don't allow for that either so no harm, no foul. Alcorn Cigars will provide us with five cigars per month (actually supplied by the cigar reps so who knows, we may get some special stuff) to review on our blog.
We will rotate the privilage each month with the understanding of whoever reviews the cigars must do these things:
1. By law, as a review, we must state the cigar was a gift from Alcorn cigars and whoever the manufacturer is.
2. Post the review on our site
3. That's it. I will contact Herold in a couple of weeks to pick up our first selection. Can't wait!
Oh, by the way, the cigar for October will be the Camacho Corojo Figurado. Just a couple of tidbits on that:A 93-rated knee-knocker with a remarkable, potent flavor. Camacho Corojo is the Eiroa family’s flahship brand, and known for capturing the true, bold tastes of old Cuba. The secret is the tobacco, a robust blend of 100% Jamastran Corojo leaf grown in Honduras, coated with beautiful, reddish-hued wrappers of the highest primings. The result is a feisty, Cuban-esque flavor layered with deep, earthy undertones delivered in a powerful, yet balanced and smooth manner. -Earned a spot in Cigar Aficionado’s Top 50 Cigars of the year with an impressive ’93’ rating.- SMOKE Magazine awards the Corojo Toro with a well-deserved 4.4 rating!- After testing over 100 different brands (including Cubans), Cigar Cyclopedia named the Camacho Corojo as the top full-bodied cigar.
Matt
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last time i counted,there was 6 of us, so i guess someone is going to get the shaft. i know not everyone doesn't make it,but thats a big gamble. great for harold but bad news for the sixth guy
ReplyDeleteIn order to formally review a cigar, one of us has to smoke at least 5 of the same cigar. I believe this is why there will be 5 cigars a month--for one of us to smoke so that he can formally review the cigar on the blog.
ReplyDeleteAdam
Right on! Proud to have Alcorn's as a sponsor.
ReplyDelete-Joe