A few weeks ago I attended one of the first stops on the Room 101 Cigars Cigarmaggedon tour at The Village Tobacconist in Fairlawn Ohio. (Here's some video Matt Booth (owner of Room 101) shot of me and my friend Dan.) I had a great time, as always, hanging out with the guys and smoking some new sticks. While I was there I was handed a sample of a new cigar still being tweeked by Matt Booth and still in pre-release stage named One Shot One Kill. At least that's what the band says, so I am guessing that will be the name. This is a pre-release so who knows. I asked Matt for a quote about the cigar or any specifics and here is his response.

Quote Matt Booth: "I refuse your request sir."

If you know Matt this will not come as a surprise to you because, I can assure you, he meant nothing harsh by that comment and that he's just being his normal joking self. So with all of that said, this review will be pretty much uninformed and just what I thought of the stick.

Due to the size of this cigar, this review is only in two parts instead of the traditional thirds. 

Specifics
Vitola: small figurado
Length: 4.75ish
Ring Gauge: 50ish
Wrapper: ?
Binder: ?
Filler: ?
Price: $?
Smoking Location: My back deck
Beverage: Water

A few Sundays ago, the Cigar Explorer crew headed to Casa De Montecristo in Chicago for the national release party of the new stick Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition, blended by its namesake, Jaime Garcia. Jamie released the first cigar to carry his name (the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial) last year, and followed up this year with the Limited Edition version -- which goes hand in hand with what the My Father company has been doing the past 2 years...one regular release of a line and one limited.  The difference between the limited edition and the regular release is the filler used in the cigar. The now-famous Pelo de Oro tobacco is used, as well as a few other slight changes to the percetages of the other types of tobacco included to round out the cigar.

I spoke with our good friends Janny Garcia and Jose Ortega of the My Father Company at the event for a long time about many new projects, but what's funny is we didn't ever talk about this cigar, so I don't have any quotes for the readers. That's not to say that they weren't very excited for the new stick; it's more to say that they have so many projects on the horizon that we could fill hours just talking about the future.

As always, it was a great party at Casa de Montecristo. Let's see if the cigar was just as good.

Vitola: Toro
Length: 6 1/2
Ring Gauge: 52
Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Price:  $16.00
Smoking Location: My Back Deck
Beverage: water

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Cigar Event at Casa De Montecristo, Cigar Shop/Lounge in Chicago (Countryside), IL on August 5th, 2011.
My Father Cigars, Jaime Garcia Special Reserva New Release event! with Jaime & Janny Garcia, and Jose Ortega!

This video was shot by Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 Super Wide Lens, Tokina 35mm F2.8 Macro Lens.

URL:
casademontecristo-chicago.com
myfathercigars.com
www.elreydeloshabanos.com

Cigar Event at Casa De Montecristo, Cigar Shop/Lounge in Chicago (Countryside), IL on August 5th, 2011.
My Father Cigars, Jaime Garcia Special Reserva New Release event! with Jaime & Janny Garcia, and Jose Ortega!

This video was shot by Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 Super Wide Lens, Tokina 35mm F2.8 Macro Lens.

URL:
casademontecristo-chicago.com
myfathercigars.com
www.elreydeloshabanos.com

For the third straight year, premium cigars AND wine will be featured in the county’s premiere cigar and wine event: Crush & Roll West. Hundreds are expected to turn out September 16 and 17 at the Paso Robles Fairgrounds to taste the best premium wines and cigars in the world. Cigar and wine tasting and cigar rolling demonstrations will entertain and delight, as cigar manufacturers from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica will be on hand to provide their hand crafted cigars.

For even more fun, we will feature an exciting inaugural poker tourney with great prizes. There will also be entertainment, raffles of cigars, wines and accessories, and educational seminars.

Cost for the 2-day event is just $125 per person and will include wine and cigar tasting, music, live and silent auctions, raffles, seminars, a commemorative wine glass, and more.

Crush & Roll is quickly becoming one of the most popular cigar festivals, and with good reason. It’s attracting COUPLES. Why? Because the festival attracts wine connoisseurs who find out that they also like cigars, and cigar aficionados who enjoy vino. "I am always pleasantly surprised by how many wine drinkers are newly exposed to fine handmade cigars and how many cigar smokers are newly exposed to premium wines. Each year I speak to more people who have smoked their very first cigar at our event," says David “Doc” Diaz, one of the event promoters. “There are so many similarities between the two industries: both are harvestable products, both are blended, fermented, aged, and can be enhanced with proper aging. These are two artisanal crafts and they make excellent partners.”

The festival is priced right too. Tickets are $125 and get you cigars, wine, and a one-year complimentary membership to Cigar Rights of America (one of the event’s sponsors) and all the other festivities of a great event.

Part of the proceeds for Crush & Roll West will go to this year’s benefactor: Project Mañana, a non-profit humanitarian organization dedicated to bettering the lives of impoverished children, their families and communities through nutrition, education, and guidance.

For more information, visit the event website at: http://www.crushandrollwest.com, or
email Christina Fontecchio of The Boss Cigars Arroyo Grande, CA at Christina@crushandrollwest.com or 805-474-1133.

Cigar Event at Casa De Montecristo, Cigar Shop/Lounge in Chicago (Countryside), IL on June 23, 2011.
Davidoff Cigar, Zino Classic Red Carpet event!!

This video was shot by Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 Super Wide Lens, Tokina 35mm F2.8 Macro Lens.

URL:
casademontecristo-chicago.com
davidoff.com
cigarexplorer.com

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Mario Takeyama

Last week I made it's way to Atlantic City Food & Wine Festival for The Drew Estate Cigar and Whiskey Gala at Caesar Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ. This video is the main event , Cigar & Whisky Gala. This is thelast piece!

Event video with Jonathan Drew & Marvin Samel at Caesar's Palace in Atlantic City, NJ on July 30, 2011.

This video was shot by Nikon D7000, Tokina 35mm F2.8 Macro Lens.

URL:
drewestate.com
acfoodandwine.com

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Mario Takeyama

Last week I made it's way to Atlantic City Food & Wine Festival for The Drew Estate Cigar and Whiskey Gala at Caesar Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ. This video is the main event  , Cigar & Whisky Gala. more to come  for whiskey gala! Stay tune!

Interview with Jonathan Drew & Marvin Samel at Caesar's Palace in Atlantic City, NJ on July 30, 2011.

This video was shot by Nikon D7000, Tokina 35mm F2.8 Macro Lens.

URL:
drewestate.com
acfoodandwine.com

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Mario Takeyama

Last night I made it's way to Atlantic City Food & Wine Festival for The Drew Estate Cigar and Whiskey Gala at Caesar Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ. This video is just for Day 1 for Cheese Steak battle in Bally's. more to come tomorrow for whiskey gala! Stay tune!

Interview about Guy Fieri's Cheese Steak Battle with Jonathan Drew at Bally's in Atlantic City, NJ on July 29, 2011.

This video was shot by Nikon D7000, Tokina 35mm F2.8 Macro Lens.

URL:
drewestate.com
acfoodandwine.com

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Mario Takeyama

Last week the crew from Cigar Explorer headed to the annual International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association trade show (IPCPR) in Las Vegas.
This is part III for all the interview we did. More interesting individual videos are on the way! Please stay tune!

This video was shot by Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 Super Wide Lens, Tokina 35mm F2.8 Macro Lens.

URL:

room101cigars.com
smokeinn.com
tatuajecigars.com
totano.com
viajecigars.com

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