Cigar Weekly

TommyBB · 02-04-2014, 08:18 AM

Good day friends. It's Tuesday, and it's this day, each week when our own, or he used to be

Mowee, Frank Seltzer publishes his weekly blog entry over at J*R Cigars' website.

He's got an interesting topic, one I've been hearing about in radio advertisements, eve, over the last two years or so. You can get some really good, notable cigars in gas stations now. General Cigars, Altadis and Drew Estate seem to be on the forefront of this development.

Convenience Store Cigars?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mowee

This past week was the Tobacco Plus Expo which caters more to tobacco outlets and convenience stores and Altadis, General, Drew Estate, Rocky Patel and Oliva were all showing single serve packs for the grab it and go market. Acid and General rolled out the single stick format about 2 years ago and then a short while later Altadis joined the market. As far as I know Rocky and Oliva are now doing it for the first time. Rocky showed his Vintage 1990 and 1999 inb single packs while Oliva had the Serie G . Reserve and the Connecticut Nub.

Frank states that the prices are a touch higher, but not significantly so.

Maccabee · 02-04-2014, 08:36 AM

Gas station cigars? (Rips clothing) he speaks blasphemy! That said I shall read this article with open mind but a guarded heart.

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fvfanmc · 02-04-2014, 08:41 AM

As I've in the past, the deli (in the building where I live), sells hand made no name cigars. They are really good.

dz130 · 02-04-2014, 09:55 AM

I have actually gotten some excellent cigars at some gas stations and convenience stores. Usually, I figured out that they were from Tropical Tobacco in my area.

spiridon · 02-04-2014, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by dz130

I have actually gotten some excellent cigars at some gas stations and convenience stores. Usually, I figured out that they were from Tropical Tobacco in my area.

I've never enjoyed that experience.

hermit · 02-04-2014, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maccabee

Gas station cigars? (Rips clothing) he speaks blasphemy! That said I shall read this article with open mind but a guarded heart.

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Diesel?

Briandg · 02-04-2014, 05:00 PM

i kinda wondered if this was in the works when they brought out those plastic packs.

the plastic pack vs tubo, even cheap p[lastic tubo is stupid, but using a 2 inch wide plastic pack gives them acreage that can't be beaten by a little box of tubes. Probably twice the visible logo space. I haven't actally seen the packs, but the fact is that there's propably no way that the plastic envelope can be as protective from damage as a tube could be.

It would be nice to be able to stop in for gas, and pick up a $4 cigar, if there is such a thing... I don't think I've ever seen a thing I'd buy at a store other than backwoods, because around here it is all blunts and cigarillos.

Interesting to see where this goes, and if it will be helpful to me.

grtrx · 02-04-2014, 05:46 PM

the post to CW on FB showed a picture of some nice cigars...

hockeymaniac · 02-06-2014, 07:44 AM

Being on the General Cigar ambassador program I received some cigars in the stay fresh packs last year when they were introducing them. I threw what they sent me into the cabinet where I keep my humidors and other cigar stuff. Let them sit there for a few months and then tried one. It was as fresh as if kept in a humidor. So who knows maybe we will be able to buy premium cigars at the gas station.

02-04-2014, 09:55 AM	#4
dz130 Herf Meister Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Out of KSA FINALLY! Posts: 7,838	I have actually gotten some excellent cigars at some gas stations and convenience stores. Usually, I figured out that they were from Tropical Tobacco in my area. __________________ Doug Finally out of the sandbox. If I say Corona, I ain't talking beer. RIP Ed Toner

02-04-2014, 05:46 PM	#8
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	the post to CW on FB showed a picture of some nice cigars... __________________ "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

02-06-2014, 07:44 AM	#9
hockeymaniac Herf Meister Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hutto, Texas Posts: 6,674	Being on the General Cigar ambassador program I received some cigars in the stay fresh packs last year when they were introducing them. I threw what they sent me into the cabinet where I keep my humidors and other cigar stuff. Let them sit there for a few months and then tried one. It was as fresh as if kept in a humidor. So who knows maybe we will be able to buy premium cigars at the gas station. __________________ Member Full Flavored Federation Such a long long time to be gone and a short time to be here "No, I'm not a pessimist. At some point the world shits on everybody. Pretending it ain't shit makes you an idiot, not an optimist."

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02-04-2014, 08:36 AM	#2
Maccabee Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: 320 Lorraine DestrehanLa 70047 Posts: 176	Gas station cigars? (Rips clothing) he speaks blasphemy! That said I shall read this article with open mind but a guarded heart. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk

02-04-2014, 08:41 AM	#3
fvfanmc Self Exiled Herf God Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Kearny, NJ Posts: 40,584	As I've in the past, the deli (in the building where I live), sells hand made no name cigars. They are really good.

02-04-2014, 05:00 PM	#7
Briandg CW Squirrel Wrangler Herf God Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: southwest Missouri Posts: 35,518	i kinda wondered if this was in the works when they brought out those plastic packs. the plastic pack vs tubo, even cheap p[lastic tubo is stupid, but using a 2 inch wide plastic pack gives them acreage that can't be beaten by a little box of tubes. Probably twice the visible logo space. I haven't actally seen the packs, but the fact is that there's propably no way that the plastic envelope can be as protective from damage as a tube could be. It would be nice to be able to stop in for gas, and pick up a $4 cigar, if there is such a thing... I don't think I've ever seen a thing I'd buy at a store other than backwoods, because around here it is all blunts and cigarillos. Interesting to see where this goes, and if it will be helpful to me.