First off, I want to thank r/cigars. It’s such a great community. All the BOTLs/SOTLs there are friendly, generous, and open for discussion. Smoking the CotMs has been a great experience, and a fun way to get to know a little of the shared history of this awesome community.

A little bit of background: r/cigars is a reddit community centered around premium cigars (and also a not-so-premium cigar called “Ron Mexico”) Every month since January 2012, they choose a “Cigar of the Month” or “CotM” and people are encouraged to enjoy and discuss it. This website is devoted to reviewing those cigars. Since the tradition began over a year and a half ago, I have had a lot of catching up to do in order to get this site current. I can’t say it was hard, because I enjoyed it every step of the way. I definitely discovered more about what I like and what I don’t, and found a few new favorites too.

So here we go. There will be a new review published every weekday, starting tomorrow, Thursday, August 1st and continuing through the entire month of August. I’m very excited, and hope that there are some of you out there who will follow along.

After August, I will update the site each month with a review of the current CotM, so even though the big work of the project is over, this site will continue for as long as r/cigars is picking CotMs, and as long as I can smoke them.

For now, here is another group shot of the CotMs that didn’t make it into the previous post.

From left to right:

Romeo y Julieta Cazadores Partagas Serie D No. 4 Cohiba Lancero My Father No. 4 Arturo Fuente Don Carlos No. 3