Kickoff Smokes Cigar Sampler

It's that time of the year again! I know most will argue that it's actually the best most wonderful time of the year and I am not talking about Christmas! I am talking about Football Season! It's Gametime! I know this year will look a bit different than in past years but at least we still get to watch on T.V. Even though we can not attend the games in person, fantasy football and Football Sundays are back! Fingers crossed the season goes well. Get ready to gear up and sit down with nice cigars and show some support to your favorite team!

Alec Bradley Prensado World Number One cigar for 2011, the Prensado Churchill from Alec Bradley was built around a new wrapper, the Corojo dos mil, seis (Corojo 2006). The wrapper was grown in late 2006 on the farm in Trojes Honduras and was in fermentation and aging through mid 2008. The Corojo 2006 possesses an abundance of strength and natural sweetness as well as adding a tremendous amount of complexity to the blend. In addition, the cigar has a beautiful reddish brown "cubanesque" look and feel. Prensado is Alec Bradley’s first traditional pressed line of cigars and the most full bodied blend to date.

Romeo San Andres The very first Romeo Y Julieta to use a wrapper of Mexican origin, the San Andres Cigar is another knockout cigar that is born out of collaboration with cigar legends AJ Fernandez and Master-Blender Raphael Nodal of Aging Room fame. The hero of this revolutionary cigar is clearly the dark and dreamy eponymous Mexican wrapper, surrounding a blend of tasty Nicaraguan and Dominican tobaccos nestled in a spicy Nicaraguan binder. The Romeo San Andrés, the 5th entry in to the Romeo by Romeo Y Julieta line, is a well-balanced and robust cigar, full of complex flavors and a scent that is truly unique and immensely aromatic.

Cohiba Black The Cohiba Black production is made of tobacco from several countries, including the state of Connecticut - for the wrapper, the Dominican Republic - for the binder and filler and Mexico - for the complex blend. The Cohiba Black delivers an indulgent smoking experience with all the richness and balance of the original Cohiba line. Cohiba Black features a well-fermented Connecticut broadleaf wrapper that gives the cigar its espresso black color. The filler is a blend of Dominican and Mexican tobaccos surrounded by an aged Dominican Piloto binder. This make Cohiba Black a perfectly balanced smooth cigars with robust flavors. The dark, oily, maduro wrapper is smooth and silky to the touch but deliver a powerful flavor as you smoke the cigar and, together with the sun-grown, extra aged, Dominican ligero (the leaves mature in the burn for one year and 3 more in stock piles) each Cohiba Black delivers a balanced, rich and heavenly flavors.

Rocky Patel Sun Grown Maduro Cigar Aficionado said, "More than 10 years ago Rocky Patel put out a line called the Rocky Patel Sun Grown. Since then, it’s become one of his staple brands, but it wasn’t until last year that he decided to create a maduro version. This new interpretation was dubbed the Rocky Patel Sun Grown Maduro, and the Toro is a great representation of the full-bodied blends coming out of Nicaragua today.

Alec Bradley Magic Toast Alec Bradley Magic Toast might sound a bit whimsical but this is a seriously great cigar! The inspiration behind the name comes from an experience Alan Rubin, the founder of Alec Bradley, had in a Honduran tobacco field. Rubin was taken aback with the tobacco and was overcome with an almost magical feeling. Then a toast was made in honor of the future of Alec Bradley, thus the name Magic Toast. The tobacco from that field is featured in this unique cigar as well as some premium Nicaraguan tobacco. This cigar delivers a medium to full-bodied smoke with a slight natural sweetness.