Wednesday, April 29, 2009

This might interest you...

I figured a cool post depicting the actual rolling of a cigar would be a good addition to the site today. In this particular video, the cigar roller (or "Torcedor" as they are called) is rolling a CAO America. In case you have not seen or smoked this cigar, it is a pretty good stick with a barber pole wrapper that includes Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro outside of Connecticut Shade. The filler, as you can see, is already rolled and pressed inside the binder. The roller in this video is only applying the outer wrapper, which is 70% of the taste of the cigar. How they grow, blend and pair the tobaccos from different regions and where the tobacco is used in the cigar determines what the outcome will be as far as taste. Keep in mind, this is a very tough thing to do, and it takes a very experienced roller to roll a torpedo. It gets tougher as the size of the cigar gets larger and longer, and when shapes are implemented such as on a figurado. The fact that this lady rolls this one in 2 minutes is impressive to me... and she probably slowed it down because of the video!


Friday, April 17, 2009

Annual Spring Outdoor Tasting and Tent Sale

Saturday, April 18th from 1:00pm to 5:30pm, we will be joining "Tastings Wine and Beer" for their annual "Spring Outdoor Tasting and Tent Sale". We set up at this event and the fall equivalent twice a year, and we always have fun!! It's a lot of work to set up an outdoor smoking lounge, taste wine, and listen to blues all day.

Of course we'll have a table with a decent selection of cigars set up... and as always we'll have the team there to put you on the right stick! Unfortunately, due to the transportation space, we will not be providing much pipe tobacco this year, but don't worry, we'll keep a couple ounces on hand for those of you that need to fill a bowl. Traditionally, tasters wander over and pick out cigars anyways... so we're not worried about a good turnout! PLEASE come join us tomorrow! We will set up a bit early, and we'll be there for the whole event. Tastings is THE place to find wines, both rare and common. Everything inside the store there will be 10% off and there will be great door prizes every hour, on the hour. You can check out the details here....

Tastings is located at 312 E. Center Street in Lexington and is super easy to get to... Come enjoy the 75 degree weather with us, some amazing beverages, and a good smoke!! (not to mention, we usually crank up some good blues too....)

Monday, April 6, 2009

Championship Smoke...

Choose a good cigar, especially if you're a UNC fan. Tonight might be huge! Come join us from 6:30pm until the end of the NCAA Championship game as we meet at Monkeez Brew and set fire to some premium tobacco...

Don't forget that we've usually have some card games going on and free WIFI if you actually manage to get bored. We have added cigars to the humidor including Habano and Connecticut NUBS, the Casa Torano Maduro, and Perdomo 2's. We have more on the way as we try to get our orders in before the different manufacturers raise their prices due to SCHIP.

We hope to see you at Monkeez Brew TONIGHT!! Bring your friends.... we really want to fill up the shop tonight with basketball fans!!