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— About —

The story behind the smoke.

PuffCast Review is a long-form cigar review platform produced by Sticks & Stones Cigars. Every episode is a full review — not a thirty-second feed clip — with a complete spec sheet, a /100 rating, tasting notes broken down by thirds, and pairing recommendations.

The mission is simple: cigar enthusiasts deserve more than rapid-fire takes from algorithms that reward the loudest voices. They want to know what a cigar is actually like to smoke, who made it, what's in it, and whether it's worth their time and money.

That's what this is. No sponsored reviews, no affiliations that bias the take. What you see is what I think.

The rating scale

Every cigar gets a /100 rating and a verdict — Puff Puff (recommended) or Pass (skip). The cutoff is 81. Below the verdict you'll see a tier label that tells you how recommended:

96–100The Pursuit"I would go out of my way to buy and smoke this"Puff Puff
91–95The Regular"Something I have regularly in the humidor"Puff Puff
86–90The Reach"Reach-for-it on a good evening"Puff Puff
81–85The Backup"If there is nothing else, I would happily smoke it"Puff Puff
71–80The Pass"I would not pick this up again"Pass
0–70The Hard Pass"Would not smoke even if free"Pass

About Sticks & Stones Cigars

Sticks & Stones Cigars is a cigar lifestyle brand and the parent of PuffCast Review. We exist for the enthusiast — the person who treats a great cigar like a chapter, not a tweet. Long-form video, real specs, honest takes.

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