The Half Ashed Cigar Forum

This spun off an old Cigarmy post, and it's still something I'm interested in. I was pontificating about the explosion of "Limited Edition" cigars on the market, and how folks viewed the phenomena. Rather than maintain a redundant funciton on the blog itself, I figured I would convert and use the built-in poll funcitonality of the forum software. Originally, I was writing about Tatuaje's limitations on the Monster Series - where there are some extremely limited "dress boxes," yet anyone who wants can probably find the cigars themselves. So, I put it to you fine folks. What do you think of the whole idea of "Limited" cigar lines?

Great if A) they taste good and B) there is a reason it's limited besides marketing.


Kid Corona

I'm too old for such nonsense.

CigarSpurs wrote:I'm too old for such nonsense.

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Kid Corona

If you are asking this question from an NC standpoint, then I am in the "don't give a rat's ass" category for 98% of the cigars out there. There are a few that I can get behind, and like, but for the most part it is annoying if you don't have fast access or the funds at the time. This is why I like good regular production sticks; if you find out after a month of them being out that you love them.....you can still get them. If I buy a limited Tat/Crowned Heads/DE cigar and love it, it will be gone already after a month of being out, then I am screwed.

As for CC's; this topic generally frustrates me as no one knows what the cigar tastes like, and ultimately you are buying a really expensive cigar blind. Sure they are an EL with an aged and mostly darker (maduro'ish) wrapper, but really they are almost always different from their marka's original palate profile.
I had someone offer me the new Bolivar EL 2015 at a herf the other day, and I turned him down saying that I don't prefer the Bolivar profile. After some talking with others there, I was told it is very different from the normal marka's profile. I don't understand why this is. Wouldn't you want to make something that is true and outstanding in said marka ? Like the Cohiba Gran Reserva 2009 was the ultimate expression of what they could do with that brand.....why can't they replicate that experience when dealing with all the others ?

Give me a great cigar in which I can return to over and over, and you will have a loyal and regular customer.

In the end I would rather see a factory make 50,000 or 10,000 "limited" cigars because that is all of the tobacco they have for that blend. The next batch will change and as such the next blend will change. Of course I am still in favor of them putting box dates on regular production cigars so you can track the changes that way also.