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Ringo · 09-19-2017, 12:51 PM

Hi now that I have returned to smoking after almost three years I see that there are tons of new boutique brands that I have never heard of. But I happened across Small Batch Cigars and my mouth started watering. However a lot of their stock, and almost every sampler, is out of stock! They must be good! Anyone who knows me knows that I love samplers where all of the cigars are different and SBC is sold out of all of them. I checked at my favorite retailer, Serious Cigars, and they have a few of the small batch brands and sell singles so I can put together my own sampler their. I would love to hear your recommendations!.

Anyway what are some of your recommendations on the boutique brands? I like oily maduros as well as candelas. Flavor profile medium and one that evolves. I do not lioke one dimensional cigars. My preferred vitolas these days are lonsdales, coronas and petit coronas as well as the classic torpedo. Box press is always cool but not a requirement.

Thanks!

TommyBB · 09-19-2017, 01:07 PM

I hate to offer unusable advice, but scroll through Jeff's reviews in the Reviews Forum. There are quite a few brands in there that many have never heard of. He's been to the IPCPR show the last three years running, and he is quite thorough, and gets cigars from everyone at the show.

He then reviews them all and some of us review those, too.

Ringo · 09-19-2017, 03:02 PM

OK I don't mind being a guinea pig. I am going to order some of the boutique cigars and review them too. Also, I already have a lot of cigars purchased from an Ybor City crawl and an Eight St. crawl. They are all over the map in terms of quality and flavor etc. and most people who have never been to those places (I grew up in Miami) do not know of those cigars. I guess they fall into the boutique category too. I will review those as well.

jefslat · 09-19-2017, 03:55 PM

Have you tried CigarFederation.com? Another place you can get fivers of hard-to-find boutiques (if they're in stock).

ak2000 · 09-19-2017, 04:31 PM

also purocigar.com

CSMAnderson · 09-20-2017, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ringo

OK I don't mind being a guinea pig. I am going to order some of the boutique cigars and review them too. Also, I already have a lot of cigars purchased from an Ybor City crawl and an Eight St. crawl. They are all over the map in terms of quality and flavor etc. and most people who have never been to those places (I grew up in Miami) do not know of those cigars. I guess they fall into the boutique category too. I will review those as well.

Where in Miami did you grow up. I also grew up in Miami.

Ringo · 09-20-2017, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CSMAnderson

Where in Miami did you grow up. I also grew up in Miami.

I grew up in Cutler Ridge and Kendall. Later I moved to Summerfield, near Ocala.

Ringo · 09-20-2017, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefslat

Have you tried CigarFederation.com? Another place you can get fivers of hard-to-find boutiques (if they're in stock).

Thanks I am checking it out.

grtrx · 09-20-2017, 09:03 PM

try smoke inn, which has stores in florida

try Matilda which is a boutique brand I very much enjoy

Duffer · 09-21-2017, 07:34 AM

i ordered from small batch last week and they are awesome. Have some hard to find cigars and some nice pricing!
I was amazed at the speed of the delivery seeing i live in ny , 2 freakin days...will be doing some more business with them.

I also just placed an order with purocigar...

i have to start ignoring Andy (AK2000) as he is the best at giving great advise, but he is causing be to spend money like water...

09-19-2017, 12:51 PM	#1
Ringo Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania Posts: 1,895	Small Batch Cigar + boutique brands Hi now that I have returned to smoking after almost three years I see that there are tons of new boutique brands that I have never heard of. But I happened across Small Batch Cigars and my mouth started watering. However a lot of their stock, and almost every sampler, is out of stock! They must be good! Anyone who knows me knows that I love samplers where all of the cigars are different and SBC is sold out of all of them. I checked at my favorite retailer, Serious Cigars, and they have a few of the small batch brands and sell singles so I can put together my own sampler their. I would love to hear your recommendations!. Anyway what are some of your recommendations on the boutique brands? I like oily maduros as well as candelas. Flavor profile medium and one that evolves. I do not lioke one dimensional cigars. My preferred vitolas these days are lonsdales, coronas and petit coronas as well as the classic torpedo. Box press is always cool but not a requirement. Thanks! __________________ Kark: "Oddvar, maybe you want to go next." Oddvar: "I'm thinking, what's the worst thing that can happen to me if I don't do the attestup? I mean, what's worse than being crushed?"

09-19-2017, 01:07 PM	#2
TommyBB Editor-in-Chief Herf God Join Date: Aug 1998 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 86,649	I hate to offer unusable advice, but scroll through Jeff's reviews in the Reviews Forum. There are quite a few brands in there that many have never heard of. He's been to the IPCPR show the last three years running, and he is quite thorough, and gets cigars from everyone at the show. He then reviews them all and some of us review those, too. __________________ +In Memory of E.Guevara(Cubano67)W.Orlando(Shadow) A.Morris (Knife) D.Odom (dodom) D.Revermann (dgr) S.Bouchard (sb1396) M.Cole (Matt76) S.Faccenda (TOJE) R.Smith(IBMer) V.Vandermeer (van55)M.Davis(boxdoctor)S.Singer(bassman)K.Doetze l (drillrk1)D.Hart(garme1962)J.Coleman(John C 81)T.Gossett(Dartplayer1)J.Bolt (jb)E.J.Ferralles(CaballoPinto)M.Cataldo(FVFanMC)K Payne(SanchoPanza)F.Seltzer(Mowee)+LB+Connor Olson+Micah Kercheval+Maggie Bonefas+Karen

09-19-2017, 03:02 PM	#3
Ringo Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania Posts: 1,895	OK I don't mind being a guinea pig. I am going to order some of the boutique cigars and review them too. Also, I already have a lot of cigars purchased from an Ybor City crawl and an Eight St. crawl. They are all over the map in terms of quality and flavor etc. and most people who have never been to those places (I grew up in Miami) do not know of those cigars. I guess they fall into the boutique category too. I will review those as well. __________________ Kark: "Oddvar, maybe you want to go next." Oddvar: "I'm thinking, what's the worst thing that can happen to me if I don't do the attestup? I mean, what's worse than being crushed?"

09-19-2017, 03:55 PM	#4
jefslat CW WarCraft God CW Special Correspondent Editor at Large Predominant CW Ambassador Herf God Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: San Antonio de Bexar Posts: 38,917	Have you tried CigarFederation.com? Another place you can get fivers of hard-to-find boutiques (if they're in stock). __________________ El Gringo permanence... El perro, el perro, es mi corazon. El gato, el gato, el gato no es bueno. El Jefe es cantante, El Jefe es muy famoso El Jefe es el hombre con el queso del diablo. El perro, el perro, nunca sin raison El gato, el gato, el gato es obseno El Jefe es caliente, El Jefe es carinoso El Jefe le da besos mejor que su esposo What Would TOJE Do? Þ £

09-19-2017, 04:31 PM	#5
ak2000 Charter Member Herf God Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Illinois Posts: 10,601	also purocigar.com __________________ Cigars are brain food...... JLOH #19

09-20-2017, 09:03 PM	#9
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	try smoke inn, which has stores in florida try Matilda which is a boutique brand I very much enjoy __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

09-21-2017, 07:34 AM	#10
Duffer Administrator Charter Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Rochester, NY USA Posts: 14,754	i ordered from small batch last week and they are awesome. Have some hard to find cigars and some nice pricing! I was amazed at the speed of the delivery seeing i live in ny , 2 freakin days...will be doing some more business with them. I also just placed an order with purocigar... i have to start ignoring Andy (AK2000) as he is the best at giving great advise, but he is causing be to spend money like water... __________________ If I cannot smoke in heaven, then I shall not go. ~ Mark Twain In Memory of Steve Faccenda (TOJE)

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