Chairmans Cellar Release #1

Our Chairman Ron has just released stocks of 10 different whiskies. Take a look at the exciting selection, but be quick as there are very limited stocks available.       Macallan 18 Year Old 2020 Sherry Oak - Matured in the finest sherry casks for both American an...

Tuesday 19 October, 2021

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Top 9 Collectable American whiskey, bourbon & rye

    Westland Garryana 2019 Edition 4|1- 50% 70cl - It's the fourth release in Westland's Native Oak Series, and Garryana 4|1 showcases whiskey aged in Quercus garryana, also known as Garry oak, native to the Pacific Northwest. Though the focus is on Garry oak, the wh...

Friday 15 October, 2021

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Diving into the peat

      Stalla Dhu Cask Strength Caol Ila 11 Year Old - 60.4% 70cl - This delicious independent bottling from the Islay distillery, Caol Ila, has been bottled at the cask strength of 60.4% abv and aged during 11 years in a Hogshead cask. Silver Award winner at the Inte...

Monday 11 October, 2021

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Luxury Brands - Neerup

The Neerup name actually comes from the creator Peder Jeppesen grandmother's family name. Peder has been making pipes for over 25 years working at the legendary Erik Nording factory of which is where he learned all the steps of pipe making and decoration. This was just a step in his quest...

Friday 08 October, 2021

Luxury Brands

Luxury Brands - Dunhill Pipes

Dunhill pipes are renowned amongst all pipe smokers, they are considered the ultimate luxury for the pipe smoker. In 1907 Alfred Dunhill opened his first tobacco shop on Duke Street in London, he started out by importing his tobacco pipes until 1912. From 1912 he introduced the White Spot whi...

Thursday 30 September, 2021

Luxury Brands

The Davidoff Golden Band Awards 2021

OETTINGER DAVIDOFF RECOGNIZES ITS BEST RETAILERS AND PARTNERS WORLDWIDE WITH THE DAVIDOFF GOLDEN BAND AWARDS 2021 Basel, Switzerland, 29 September 2021: Oettinger Davidoff is proud to announce this year's Davidoff Golden Band Award winners. The company will honour and acknowledge its best of ...

Thursday 30 September, 2021

Media & Events

Top 10 rums to sip sip hooray

    Flor de Cana 18 year old Rum - 40% 70cl - Flor de Caña 18 is a very well-aged expression from Nicaragua. This was awarded Double Gold medals at the 2006 and 2008 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. A sugar-free 18-year old, ultra-premium rum that is sustainab...

Monday 27 September, 2021

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Top 8 Blended Whiskies

    Monkey Shoulder Original Whisky - 40% 70cl - Monkey Shoulder is an incredible blended malt whisky from William Grant and was once made exclusively from a mixture of three well-respected single-malt whiskies: Balvenie, Kininvie, and Glenfiddich. As demand grew, the brand ...

Friday 24 September, 2021

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Luxury Brands - Ardor Pipes

Ardor pipes date back to 1911, when the four Rovera brothers - Carlo, Cornelio, Frederico, Franscesco began to manufacture Briar Pipes in Varese, Italy. They produced numerous styles of pipes, ones that people had never seen before under the Rovera name which were sold all around Europe. When they f...

Thursday 23 September, 2021

Luxury Brands

Bank on this top 9

    Y BĒT Rose Double Beet Premium Welsh Vodka – 40% 70cl - Referred to as ‘Double Beet’, this premium quality Welsh vodka brings together sugar beets from the earth and pure, crisp waters from the Snowdonia mountains, with an added hint of beetroot to...

Wednesday 22 September, 2021

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Top 9 Peated Single Malts

        Lagavulin 16 Year Old - 43% 70cl - A much sought-after single malt Scotch whisky with the intense peat-smoke that's typical of southern Islay - but also offering richness and a dryness that turns it into a truly interesting tipple. The 16 year old...

Monday 20 September, 2021

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Top 9 around the world spirits

    Pappy Van Winkles 15 Year Old Family Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon - 75cl 53 - This Kentucky straight bourbon is distilled at Buffalo Trace to an exclusive wheated recipe created by the Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Matured for 15 years and bo...

Friday 17 September, 2021

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AUGUST Competition 2021 - Yamazaki 18 Year Old Raffle Winner

        Congratulations to Mr Doherty! The proud owner of an incredible bottle of Yamazaki 18 year old whisky which was worth £655, we hope you enjoy your new dram!   If you would like to be a winner like Mr Doherty all you have to do is ente...

Thursday 16 September, 2021

Raffle Winners

Culebra Cigars

We love showing you all of our rare and unusual cigars we have to offer and one of the most unusual that catches everyone's attention is the Culebra. A culebra is three separate cigars twisted around each other and then banded together. These brilliant cigars are usually 5-6 inches lon...

Thursday 16 September, 2021

Cigar Articles

Another Top 10 Staff Picks

    Ardbeg Corryvreckan - Ardbeg Corryvreckan takes its name from the famous whirlpool that lies to the north of Islay, where only the bravest souls dare to venture. Swirling aromas and torrents of deep, peaty, peppery taste lurk beneath the surface of this beautifully balan...

Wednesday 15 September, 2021

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Top 10 Gins to enjoy this summer

    Foragers Yellow Label Gin - Starting with soft juniper tones, Foragers gently takes you to the fresh, semi-sweetness of apple and elderberry, before giving way to incredible, subtle, floral notes from gorse and heather flowers. Is this “The best Gin in the U.K.?&rd...

Monday 13 September, 2021

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How to Properly Re-light a Cigar

Can you relight your cigar if it goes out? Maybe you’ve had enough of one cigar and want to move onto another? In order to help you preserve your cigars and continue enjoying your smoking experience we have outlined steps on how to properly relight a cigar. It is ok to relight a cigar i...

Thursday 09 September, 2021

Cigar Articles

Top 10 spirits to remind you of April

      Y Bet Welsh Vodka - Truly one of a kind vodka pioneered in Forager’s copper stills in the heart of Snowdonia. Handcrafted to be a little off-beat, this rhythmic spirit was composed to showcase the harmony of the Welsh elements, bringing together sugar beets fr...

Wednesday 08 September, 2021

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Top 10 Staff Picks

      Bruichladdich Micro Provence 2007 Virgin Oak - This single cask release from Bruichladdich is exclusive for 'The Laddie Crew UK’ as part of the distillery's Micro Provenance Series. Distilled in 2007 and bottled in 2019, this whisky was aged for 12 yea...

Tuesday 07 September, 2021

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Luxury Brands - Elie Bleu

In 1976 the Elie Bleu workshop was created in the heart of the Faubourg Saint Antoine, France. It quickly became known as the cradle of Parisian cabinet making. By the 1990’s the cigar market was booming in the USA. It was during this boom that an American journalist discovered the Elie...

Friday 03 September, 2021

Luxury Brands

Top 10 Springtime picks

    FEW Immortal Rye Whiskey - An unusually delicate rye whiskey from FEW, infused with 8 Immortals Oolong tea, creating notes of peach, honey and dragon fruit alongside grass, white pepper and ginger throughout the palate. It was reduced from barrel proof to bottling strengt...

Wednesday 01 September, 2021

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Top 8 single malt cask finishes

    Glenmorangie Nectar D'or - Finished in Sauternes wine casks, the light house style of Glenmorangie is complemented perfectly by the sweet dessert wine casks, adding complexity and a harmonious balanced sweetness to the whisky. Silken textures bring sumptuous layers of...

Monday 30 August, 2021

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Can the Shape of a Cigar Affect the Experience?

Walking into a Humidor can be very overwhelming, the different colours, shapes and indeed smells can sometimes be too much to take in. We at C.Gars are happy to help you and have experts to guide you around our humidors, however to prepare you I have created this guide to cigar shapes and if th...

Thursday 26 August, 2021

Cigar Articles

Top 10 August picks

        Widow Jane 10 year old Bourbon - 45.5% 70cl - Widow Jane 10 Year Old Bourbon is crafted in Brooklyn, New York from not more than 5 barrels which have been sourced from an undisclosed distillery. It’s then proofed down to 45.5% ABV with pure lime...

Tuesday 24 August, 2021

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