Cigar Herf
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The Summertime Smoke 2026: The UK cigar festival that keeps getting better
If you weren’t at EJ Churchill Shooting Ground in Lane End, High Wycombe, this weekend on Saturday, 1st August, you truly missed an incredible second edition of The Summertime Smoke — the UK’s premier cigar festival. After spending the weekend there, it’s safe to say that it has firmly established itself as one of the…
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Cigars at Turmeaus & Puffin Rooms Liverpool with the Irish Guard Veterans Cigar Club
I love herfing with different cigar communities across the UK. This week I was invited to the Irish Guards Veterans Cigar Club — “Bearskins & Burners” — for their second cigar event (the first being in 2024) at Puffin Rooms in Liverpool, hosted by Mitchell Orchant of CGars Ltd. I’d heard a lot about this…
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An afternoon sampling cigars with Ash Hole Cigar Club UK
The UK cigar community honestly never fails to amaze me. The deeper I get involved, the more I discover these fantastic groups of cigar folk at all different stages of their cigar journeys — and it’s always a genuine pleasure to share a herf with them. I’ve had the chance to hang out with Cigar…
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A week of cigar adventures: Inside the London/UK cigar scene
We’re now halfway through the year, and it feels like the UK cigar scene—especially in London—is absolutely thriving. At the same time, the industry faces real political uncertainty with new legislation on the horizon. Despite this, there are a few exciting events happening in and outside the capital this week. Somehow, I’ve ended up signing…
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Cigars at Halifax Herf in West Yorkshire
A few weekends ago, I travelled to West Yorkshire in the North of England to attend Halifax Herf. I first heard about this a couple of years back from fellow cigar enthusiasts I’d met along my cigar journey. Both Harry, whom I met at Boisdale’s Cigar Smoker of the Year dinner, and Karen from Cigar…