Underground with Don Wiggins

By: Ryan Bloomer


If you were going to open a cigar shop and lounge how would you do it? Would you use social media to help you start?  Well Don Wiggins the owner of the Underground Cigar Shop and Lounge has used social media to build an empire of brother's and sister's of the leaf worldwide. Wiggins started a group on Facebook called Underground Cigar where people all over the world can post pictures, chat about cigars, and form friendships.  Wiggins on a regular basis has held contest's, online herf's, and other cigar activities in his group. Wiggins is an avid supporter of Cigars For Warriors and even has a separate cabinet humidor just for CFW inside the shop. Wiggins has showed his deep compassion for cigars and his friendly caring love for members of the group which has helped build his business. The nice thing about the Underground Cigar Group is that everyone is welcome to the group as if they are part of a family of cigar smokers. Wiggins recently held his grand opening of the Underground Cigar Shop and Lounge in Texas which brought in people from all over the country for a weekend of fraternal cigar smoking.  If you are looking to open a cigar shop and lounge it would be safe to say that you should get a hold of Don Wiggins of the Underground Cigar Shop and Lounge and learn how he used his group and social media to build a family following to his business.  I would recommend if you are a brother and sister of the leaf go check out Underground Cigar and become a member of the family.  Wiggins doesn't see you as a customer he sees you as a friend and in this day in time it's rare to find people like that in business. I would like to wish Don the best of luck with his new shop and I look forward to seeing you in the Underground.

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Aging Room M356 Review

Cigar: Aging Room M356

Size: 6 1/2 X 60

Price: $ 8.50

By: Ryan Bloomer

If you live in the north there was probably a good chance you were in your yard with your rake, blower, or mulcher battling leaves this weekend. Saturday afternoon I decided to take up my battle with the leaves, but I decided I better get a nice yard gar out of the humidor to help with the mental battle.  I immediately saw the Aging Room M356 whith it's medium brown Habano seed wrapper, which made it stick out for some reason.  I grabbed the M356 out of the humidor and prepared it for yard gar duties against those pesky leaves. Just to remind you I usually don't do reviews while doing work at the same time but there is always a first for everything. Enough about leaves and yard work lets get in to this review of the Aging Room M356.  The first few draws put out a strong pepper with a little spice taste on my palate. The pepper and spice continued for the first quarter of the cigar. The construction of the cigar looks good but I am already having problems with the burn. The wrapper is cracking and it's a constant battle with the uneven burn. The halfway point has lead to little change in this cigar unfortunately. The hints of pepper and a little spice is still there but not much else flavor wise. The burn on the cigar is not improving.  I feel like I am now battling the cigar rather than the leaves in my yard.  Well I haven't done this for awhile but I actually stopped smoking this cigar after the halfway point. The aging Room M356 has some nice hints of pepper and spice, but if your looking for more this is not the cigar for you. I decided to rate this cigar a 4.5 out of 10 on the 2 Cigar Guys And a Humidor scale.  This cigar is not even a cigar I would recommend for yard work. 

Liga Privada No. 9 Review

Cigar: Liga Privada No. 9 by Drew Estate

Size: 5 X 52

Wrapper: Connecticut Broad leaf

Price: $12.70

By: Ryan Bloomer

The great Roger Maris of the New York Yankees wore the number 9 on his jersey during his professional baseball career.  Maris was a great baseball player that was not very popular with the fans until the end of his career.  Today's review the Liga Privada No. 9 is kind of similar to Roger Maris in some ways.  The No. 9 has always been a good cigar that just recently has made a surge from behind the shadows of the T52 by Liga Privada.  The No. 9 has recently become one hard cigar to get your hands on due to the demand.  The No. 9 is a Nicaraguan with a Connecticut broad leaf wrapper that was originally made for the liking of Drew Estate president Steve Saka.  The pre smoke aroma is strong with hints of sweet tobacco.  The construction of the No. 9 appears to be great as most of the Liga Privada line is.  Well lets toast this cigar and see why they have become a hard to find.  The first few draws hit me with an explosion of pepper, spices, and some sweet tobacco.  The sweet tobacco taste has continued but the strong hints of pepper have calmed down greatly from the initial explosion of the first few draws from the cigar.  The construction of the cigar at the halfway point has been flawless.  The cigar is burning evenly, which is always a positive when you don't have to do a touch up.  The ash is a solid white and the smoke output is thick and heavy.  The smoke output would immediately grab any ones attention in the room.  Hints of cocoa and a touch of chocolate has hit my palate to accompany the sweet tobacco taste of the cigar.  The cigar continues to burn strong with the added hits of cocoa, and hazel nut which gives it an impressive ending to your smoking experience.  I have decided to rate the Liga Privada No. 9 a 9.5 out of 10 on the 2 Cigar Guys And a Humidor scale.  I would definitely recommend that you get your hands on a few of these before its to late.

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Headley Grange Review

Cigar: Headley Grange by Crowned Heads

Size: Corona Gorda:  5 5/8″ x 46

Price:  $7.95-$9.45

By: Ryan Bloomer


Headley Grange was released in 2012 by Crowned Heads.  Crowned Heads came up with the concept of the cigar by a tweet that said “I wish we could blend a cigar that tastes the way the drums sound on ‘When The Levee Breaks.”  When The Levee Breaks is a song from Led Zeppelin which was recorded in a recording studio in England called Headley Grange.  Headley Grange has a Nicaraguan binder and filler and is produced in the Dominican Republic.  The wrapper is a medium brown Sumatra Ecuador which has a beautiful aroma to it.  The cigar band is gold, black in color, and has a simple touch to it that is elegant at the same time.  While lets toast this cigar and see if the Headley Grange is worthy of an encore performance.  The first few draws has put out notes of pepper and earth tones with a slight touch of leather on my palate.  The cigar puts out a mild smoke output and has a medium to hard draw to it.  The construction and burn are average at this point.  I did have to touch up the cigar once in the first half of the smoke.  The cigar continues to have great flavor of earthy tones along with a hint of coffee beans that just started to kick in on the last quarter of the cigar.  The smoke and spices in the last quarter of the cigar are definitely very complex in a good way.  Near the last quarter of the cigar I again had to correct the burn.  Well its time to rate this cigar using the 2 Cigar Guys And a Humidor Scale.  There is no doubt that this cigar is great on the palate but I was a little disappointed on the construction and burn of the cigar.  I decided to give this cigar a 7.6 out of 10 on the scale.  If you like a great tasting cigar the Headley Grange is for you but be careful of the construction and draw of the cigar.

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Cigar Etiquette - Cigar Shop Conversation

Cigar Etiquette:

By: Ryan Bloomer

Cigar shops and lounges are a cigar smokers second home. It's a place for us to go and get away from work,kids,and other distractions in our lives. I would just like to briefly discuss conversation in a local cigar shop. Today I was enjoying a much needed cigar at my local shop when an older gentleman sat down next to me and sparked up a conversation. I could tell by the tone of his voice he was excited to have a chat with someone. I could had easily got up and moved away to enjoy my cigar, but would that have been appropriate? I ended up sticking it out and having a great conversation with the guy about politics,sports,and everyday life lessons. The great thing about smoking a cigar is it's not just the cigar it's self it's the conversation or event that took place while enjoying your favorite stick. In the event that someone sparks up a conversation with you that your not interested in having politely excuse yourself. I recommend personally engaging in a conversation with a fellow brother or sister of the leaf and you might find your smoke one to remember for life.

Tatuaje 10th Anniversary Review

Cigar: Tatuaje 10th Anniversary


Do you remember when you got your first tattoo?  Chances are you either regret it now or you still love it like the first day you got inked.  I remember my first tattoo very well and fortunately for me I can say that I don't regret it at all.  Tatuaje is Spanish for tattoo, which leads us into today's review.  I am going to review the Tatuaje 10th Anniversary and see if Pete Johnson made a cigar that you will never regret trying.  The cigar is a Nicaraguan with a dark brown wrapper and a triple cap.  The cigar appears to be well constructed and has a pre-lit aroma of coffee bean and strong tobacco.  The first few draws seemed very loose and the coffee bean aroma that I could smell on the pre-lit was now dancing all over my palate.  There was times that I got hints of hazel nut mixed in with the coffee bean for the first quarter of the cigar.  The first half of the cigar was good and seemed to move along very quick.  The smoke itself was almost effortless and at times I didn't realize that I was down to the last fourth of the cigar.  The last fourth continued with notes of coffee bean consistent with the first half of the cigar.  I then could taste strong notes of cocoa, and cinnamon spice which made it feel like you had reached dessert time.  This cigar consistently got better as the smoke went on.  I am going to rate the Tatuaje 10th Anniversary a 8 out of 10 on the 2 Cigar Guys And a Humidor Scale.  This was my very first Tatuaje that I have smoked and I was impressed by the aroma and effortless draw that allowed me to relax.  I would definitely recommend this cigar to you especially if your at your local tattoo parlor getting inked up.

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