2016 releases

[Old Smokey]

I forgot about this with all the Eye of the Shark and Personal Reserve hype last year:
Fuente Fuente OpusX 20 Years Celebration Launching at IPCPR 2016 | halfwheel

Now that is beautiful and sexy packaging. I hope I can find at least a couple of them to try when they turn them loose. Thanks for posting those Jesse, I had never seen them.

[droy1958]

Don't blink lessen that sneaky stalker of sticks gits that u afore y'all.

I keep a banana by the humi these days for the smoking monkey....

[Old Smokey]

I keep a banana by the humi these days for the smoking monkey....

They come in thru the bathroom window. Protected by a silver spoon.

[droy1958]

They come in thru the bathroom window. Protected by a silver spoon.

You may have the smoking monkey confused with those damn tobacco Beatles!.....

[AndyCAYP]

Out of curiosity, if you don't mind me asking, how are you planning on dealing with the deluge of new releases?

I'll deal with this year's IPCPR the same way I do every year: by watching a little bit more of my hair fall out while my blood pressure goes up a little bit.

Aside from the obvious releases that are going to do well no matter what, every year it's a crapshoot. For as many times as I guess right, I guess wrong. There are cigars I think nobody in their right mind would want and before we know it our customers are jumping ship because we aren't carrying them. There are cigars that I am convinced will walk away with glowing reviews and mid-90s scores and yet they sit on the shelf without so much as a glance from our customers. We'll finally open an account with that hot boutique brand only to see our initial purchase still sitting on the shelf 10 months later. There are brands we walk right past because they just don't look exciting only to realize six months later that we missed a golden opportunity. Like any big herf, you can only smoke so many cigars before you reasonably can't taste anything anymore. Shoving visits with 100 companies into just a few days, and trying so many new cigars in such a short time, doesn't really afford you the opportunity to do a thorough taste-testing of blends you haven't tried before. As a retailer I would say it's equal intuition and luck when it comes to figuring out what needs purchased.

This year will be the same as always, just with more new stuff to make a split-second guess on.

[allusred]

You may have the smoking monkey confused with those damn tobacco Beatles!.....

Findin it hard to unnerstan how this fine lookin Smokin Monkey would be confused wid them Weird Englisher Beetles. Best to share pitcher a the handsome one so's Old Smokey kin reckonize him wen seed.

[Old Smokey]

Findin it hard to unnerstan how this fine lookin Smokin Monkey would be confused wid them Weird Englisher Beetles. Best to share pitcher a the handsome one so's Old Smokey kin reckonize him wen seed.

I know that guy! He's the Smokin Monkey. Bastard owes me $20.

[TreySC]

Anyone keeping up with all the Drew Estate anouncments? New version of the Herrera Estelli, candela KFC, collaboration with caldwell, then today they said they are bringing back No9 and T52 tubos, No9 and T52 flying pigs, and the velvet rat. They are also doing undercrown tubos in both wrappers, 10 count tins of cigarellos in both wrappers and the flying pig shade.

[Demuths1770]

Anyone keeping up with all the Drew Estate anouncments? New version of the Herrera Estelli, candela KFC, collaboration with caldwell, then today they said they are bringing back No9 and T52 tubos, No9 and T52 flying pigs, and the velvet rat. They are also doing undercrown tubos in both wrappers, 10 count tins of cigarellos in both wrappers and the flying pig shade.

drew Estate is knocking it out of the park this year!! i was extremely excited for the undercrown and shade tins and the shade pig but the return of the 9 and t52 pigs and velvets just put me way over the top. its gonna be a very expensive fall and winter this year

[TreySC]

drew Estate is knocking it out of the park this year!! i was extremely excited for the undercrown and shade tins and the shade pig but the return of the 9 and t52 pigs and velvets just put me way over the top. its gonna be a very expensive fall and winter this year

I almost tagged you and Jimmy, but figured you guys were already on top of it.