Welcome to the Journal
Welcome to The Journal — the new editorial home of Cigar & Cocktail Magazine and the Encyclopedia of Premium Cigars.
The magazine and the encyclopedia are deliberate, slow-built works: quarterly issues, reference entries, the Kaufmann Cigar Score. This space is for everything that lives between them — the shorter, faster, more personal notes that don't wait for a print cycle.
What you'll find here
- Issue announcements — when a new edition of the magazine is ready, you'll read it here first.
- Pairing notes — a cigar, a pour, and why they belong together.
- KCS dispatches — scoring notes, calibration cigars, and how the Kaufmann Cigar Score evolves.
- Encyclopedia updates — new brand profiles, corrections, and additions to the reference library.
- From the lounge — the occasional opinion, the occasional digression. This is a journal, after all.
A note on how we write
No hype, no paid placements, no manufactured scarcity. Brand names are used for reference and commentary only. Everything here is editorial and educational, written for adults of legal smoking and drinking age.
A good cigar is a conversation with time. We're just taking notes.
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Pull up a chair. The humidor is open.