Aganorsa Leaf Arsenio is named after Arsenio Ramos the former master blender at the Nicaragua based company who passed away in 2018 at the age of 83. It’s the first time Aganorsa has released a cigar with his name, though when the company was known as Casa Fernández there was a line called, Casa Fernandez Arsenio which has long been discontinued. Arsenio Ramos was born in Cuba in 1934 where we worked for decades in […]
Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve Aged 9 years comes to us from Knob Creek Distilling Company which was founded in 1992 by Booker Noe, a seventh-generation member of the Beam family. Noe was inspired to create Knob Creek after tasting a bottle of pre-Prohibition bourbon that his grandfather had saved. He wanted to create a bourbon that was similar in flavor and character to that old bottle. Noe began by experimenting with different mash bills […]
