Damn – I didn’t realize you all were ready to start the Achievements! Already have 2 confirmed submissions and one person who has completed 4, I’m just waiting on the photos along with 20-25 messages on twitter, facebook and email asking about the contest. I must admit, I am pretty impressed. I have also received a message from another retail establishment who is interested in sponsoring a prize or two! Enough of that – just wanted to say Thank you to everyone and good luck, hopefully this is a big hit!

Justin B

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Be sure to check out the Achievement Scoreboard and the Achievements page for your chance to win!

PINELLAS PARK, FL, APRIL 16, 2012 — Camacho, the world’s best-known producer of bold Honduran smokes, has announced the release of new 4-pack assortments for its popular Corojo and Connecticut lines. Camacho Corojo, released in 2000, is the highest rated product in the Camacho portfolio and has been in Cigar Aficionado’s “Top 25” both in 2010 and 2011. Comprised of 100% Authentic Corojo tobaccos, the Corojo is Camacho’s crown jewel and has been a staple amongst full-body cigar lovers for more than a decade.

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Size: 5.25″ x 52 ring gauge
Wrapper: Nicaraguan
Binder and Filler: Sumatra, Panamanian, Honduran
Strength: High Medium to Low Full
Price: ~ $7.00 USD each

Behind The Stick:

If you are one of those characters who keeps up on the latest and greatest in the cigar world, you may remember the Black Market as being a release at the latest IPCPR convention by the Alec Bradley company. This is one of those cigars that seems to have people split right down the middle – either you love it, or you hate it – not much of an in between on these. Nicaraguan wrapper, Sumatra binder and Panamanian and Honduran tobaccos as filler – not a huge grouping of different tobaccos but enough that this should be interesting. Without boring you about the details much longer – onto the review!

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Breaking news: Michael Giannini attending Midwest Smoke Out

April 16, 2012 – Hammond, Ind. – The nationally-acclaimed Midwest Smoke Out is ecstatic to announce that Michael Giannini, marketing director of La Gloria Cubana will be in attendance at the Thursday, April 19 event at The Venue at Horseshoe Casino from 5-10 p.m.

“This is so amazing on so many different levels for the Smoke Out,” said Andrea Pearman, event creator. “Michael is so charismatic with an extensive following of fans worldwide, hungry for his latest inspired cigar creation. His passion for cigars is legendary, almost as famous as my passion for throwing the best party in Chicagoland.”

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Thats right ladies and gentlemen – the Achievements contest is actually up and running! You can find the listing at the top of any page ( along side home, reviews, contact, etc ) or click here for the full listing and details. I will be running this contest for 2, maybe 3 months – depending on how many people decide to participate. Keep an eye on the list of prizes as well – I will continue to add more to it as frequently as possible!

Enough jabbering – go check it out!

Some of the regular readers may be asking themselves – what happened to the reviews? Yeah yeah, I’m slacking. I ended up getting a head cold in the middle of April and couldn’t shake it till about a week ago, I even got a few message on my twitter and facebook pages asking where my daily ‘what to smoke’ had gone. My taste buds are still coming back to life and I hope to be back in the swing of things soon. In the mean time, I have tried to pick up some more of the news/gossip/research and actually find it really fun – I plan on keeping the reviews around and just adding the research on top.

The other thing that has preoccupied my time – is getting ready for the Achievements contest! After the click you will see a few ‘teaser’ Achievements that will be part of this latest contest. I currently have 50 different Achievements, each one given a point value do to the level of difficulty involved. I got a few complaints on the last contest that it would require people to purchase specific cigars to complete them ( The Chief for example ) but I have tried to make the bulk of them ‘any brand/size/blend’ friendly. So far there will be over 50 cigars, a few accessories and an ashtray to the winner – but I have a feeling there may be few more prizes soon! Click ‘Read the rest of this entry’ below and let me know what you think!

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