boutique cigar talk

[Rocket Scientologist]

It's not a boutique cigar in my opinion. It's a store exclusive, boutique cigars are made by boutique companies, which Tatuaje is not. Just my opinion yours may vary

Agreed. I think I'm in the camp of boutique cigars come from boutique companies. What makes a company boutique? No idea - small qty, limited labels, I guess. I imagine a successful boutique brand quickly graduates from boutique to full-fledged.

But a big company putting out a limited edition/quantity cigar, or store exclusive, is just that - limited edition.

[Emperor Zurg]

...same question asked can a large beer company like miller coors make a craft beer?

Yes, they can produce a 'craft beer' but they cannot produce micro brew beer. I don't care what they say, they're simply not a micro brewery and any attempt to pass themselves or a particular line off as such is pure hogwash.

Same with cigars IMO. To me, 'boutique' means 'little mom and pop cigar rolling operation'. Limited releases by tobacco giants are not boutique cigars. Neither are formerly small operations bought out by said tobacco giants. Goose Island brewing company was bought out by Anheuser Busch. To me, that's the end of their 'micro brewery' status.

[jp1979]

My 2 cents

In my opinion, a boutique cigar company is a smaller company with low production and limited lines. Of course there will be limited availability because of the low production.

Big company, small release with limited availability is just that.... a limited release, a store exclusive, etc... Not a boutique.

[Merovius]

I call it FOMO marketing. Sometimes thats all the leaf the a manufacturer has to work with but more often than not its a way to sell cigars. There are a lot of htf chasing suckers out there, myself included.

Last night I saw some Small Batch Beef Jerky at my local Super America...

[droy1958]

I call it FOMO marketing. Sometimes thats all the leaf the a manufacturer has to work with but more often than not its a way to sell cigars. There are a lot of htf chasing suckers out there, myself included.

Last night I saw some Small Batch Beef Jerky at my local Super America...

Something about small batch jerk that doesn't appeal to me....

[Merovius]

Something about small batch jerk that doesn't appeal to me....

I hear you...pretty amusing though right...coming from a company the size of Jack Links.

[droy1958]

I hear you...pretty amusing though right...coming from a company the size of Jack Links.

No kidding. I don't need Jack Link to make my errrr.... Never mind....