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		<title>Punch Double Corona &#8211; #8 Cigar of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cigar Aficionado is in the midst of revealing their Top 25 Cigars of 2011: Top 25 Cigars of 2011 Since I have been aging a box of the #8 rated cigar of the year, I figured it was time for a proper review. Before I get to the full review, there are some important facts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montecristo Gran Reserva @ Chez Panisse Cafe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For my first review of 2012 I enjoyed what may be the most in demand cigar of the year; the Montecristo No.2 Gran Reserva Cosecha 2005. This stellar cigar was first provided to connoisseur&#8217;s on the Gala Evening of the XIII Habanos Festival in Cuba. The rest of this limited release of 5000 boxes are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy NYE with the Romeo Y Julieta Wide Churchill &amp; Gloria Ferrer Blanc De Blancs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here we are with just under 6 hours left in 2011. I grabbed a Romeo Y Julieta Wide Churchill and a bottle of my #1 favorite champagne, the Gloria Ferrer Blanc De Blancs. Looking back on 2011 some events clearly stand out for me: -I proposed to the love of my life on the Eiffel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.memoirsofacigar.com/2011/12/31/happy-nye-with-the-romeo-y-julieta-wide-churchill-gloria-ferrer-blanc-de-blancs/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>Montecristo &#8220;A&#8221; &amp; Chimay Grande Réserve</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Story of Baby Huey. There once was a man named Howard, who drove a big yellow work van and installed Hardwood Floors for a living. One year for Halloween the 350+ pound Howard came over our house dressed in only a diaper, and carried a baby bottle filled with beer. Everyone called him Baby [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sancho Panza Belicoso</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sancho Panza Brand of Cuban Cigars were founded in 1852, and were obviously named after the faithful squire of Don Quixote. As with the story of the Montecristo Brand being traced back to the Count of Montecristo, which was read to cigar rollers working in the factory, I imagine the Sancho Panza&#8217;s name was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.memoirsofacigar.com/2011/11/21/sancho-panza-belicoso/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>La Gloria Cubana Artesanos Retro Especiale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you read my blog, you would know its no secret that I am an avid La Gloria Cubana fan. From the original, to the Series R, to the Artesanos de Miami Artesanos de Miami review, to the Obelisco, to the extremely limited Series R Gigantes Serie R Maduro Limitada Gigante review that only come [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.memoirsofacigar.com/2011/11/12/la-gloria-cubana-artesanos-retro-especiale/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>Best of France vs. Best of Cuba: Cohiba 1966 Edición Limitada 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was working out of our UK office earlier this summer, when I had an interesting conversation with a co-worker at a pub over a pint. We were discussing the quality of French food, and he, being French, let me in on a little secret. &#8220;Every other country in the world exports their best food, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.memoirsofacigar.com/2011/11/04/best-of-france-vs-best-of-cuba-cohiba-1966-edicion-limitada-2011/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Battle of the Lancero&#8217;s&#8221; &#8211; Illusione HL Cafe Colorado vs. Illusione HL Maduro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Illusione HL series, which stands for &#8220;Holy Lance&#8221; and is obviously a play upon words for &#8216;Lancero&#8217;, comes in the following 3 Wrapper Varieties: -Cafe Colorado (brown) -Maduro (dark brown) -Claro (green) For this weekend edition of &#8220;Battle of the Lancero&#8217;s&#8221; I will be smoking the Original Cafe Colorado vs. the Nicaraguan Maduro. Being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.memoirsofacigar.com/2011/09/18/battle-of-the-lanceros-illusione-hl-cafe-colorado-vs-illusione-hl-maduro/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>La Gloria Cubana Rabito De Cochino</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next time you walk up to the counter of your local cigar store you might notice a cute display of 3 La Gloria Cubana Cigar&#8217;s tied together with a yellow bow, in a very nice looking coffin box with a see through top. Like me, you might pick it up, view it from all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurt Kendall&#8217;s 7-20-4 Torpedo &amp; La Binchoise Reserve Speciale from Ales Unlimited</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE BELGIAN BEER: While driving my new 2012 Lexus RX in San Francisco yesterday, I happened upon a little corner store with a Chimay Sign outside, amongst a slew of other Belgian Ale signs. I immediately pulled over realized I had stumbled into the best Belgium Ale Store in the city! Ales Unlimited, located at [...]]]></description>
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