Now that the warm, long evenings are returning, the opportunities to sit outside and enjoy a fine cigar are increasing. In fact I smoke the majority of my yearly cigars during the 4 or 5 good weather months we get here in Vancouver. To prepare for the glory days of summer, I need to do a little spring cleaning in the Humidor I made recently for under $25. This process involves not just a physical cleaning of the box itself, but also assuring that there are cigars in the box …

If you haven’t already seen it, I recently wrote a guest article over at Primer Magazine detailing my preferences for a golf course cigar.  Here’s a snippet:
Firstly, a golf course cigar needs to be one you are happy to give away to a variety of people, both cigar connoisseurs as well as first time smokers. As such, the cigars should be inexpensive. To me this means under $5, a price point where there are plenty of garbage cigars, but also some good ones – if you know what to look …