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Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
The #25 Cigar of the Year for 2024 is the Cavalier Genève BII Viso Jalapa Limited Release 2022. The BII Viso Jalapa was first introduced by Cavalier Genève in 2021 as the third regular production line branded with the Cavalier brand. A little over a year later, Cavalier would launch its “Limited Release” series. The Cavalier Limited Release Series consists of “one-and-done” releases derived from their core lines but in one size with what the company describes as “interesting twists.” BII Viso Jalapa Limited Release 2022 was the first installment. This is another late 2022 release that still fell in the 2 year window on Cigar Coop, thus was eligible for the 2024 list.
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Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
The #25 Cigar of the Year for 2024 is the Cavalier Genève BII Viso Jalapa Limited Release 2022. The BII Viso Jalapa was first introduced by Cavalier Genève in 2021 as the third regular production line branded with the Cavalier brand. A little over a year later, Cavalier would launch its “Limited Release” series. The Cavalier Limited Release Series consists of “one-and-done” releases derived from their core lines but in one size with what the company describes as “interesting twists.” BII Viso Jalapa Limited Release 2022 was the first installment. This is another late 2022 release that still fell in the 2 year window on Cigar Coop, thus was eligible for the 2024 list.
Full Details: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-uhQ
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
The #26 Cigar of the Year for 2024 Aladino Sumatra from JRE Tobacco Co.. JRE is the company owned by Julio Eiroa and his son Justo. Since its inception (and before), JRE that has been synonymous with authentic corojo. Julio Eiroa is largely credited with bringing authentic corojo back to the market utilizing agricultural innovations. Those innovations have not stopped and more recently through its farm the company has been at the forefront of several other innovation projects. Four years ago the company released a cigar utilizing a Honduran-grown Cameroon seed wrapper. In 2023, JRE struck again - this time delivering a Honduran-grown Sumatra seed wrapper. It would be this leaf that would be used on the Aladino Sumatra.
Full Details: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-uet
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
The #26 Cigar of the Year for 2024 Aladino Sumatra from JRE Tobacco Co.. JRE is the company owned by Julio Eiroa and his son Justo. Since its inception (and before), JRE that has been synonymous with authentic corojo. Julio Eiroa is largely credited with bringing authentic corojo back to the market utilizing agricultural innovations. Those innovations have not stopped and more recently through its farm the company has been at the forefront of several other innovation projects. Four years ago the company released a cigar utilizing a Honduran-grown Cameroon seed wrapper. In 2023, JRE struck again - this time delivering a Honduran-grown Sumatra seed wrapper. It would be this leaf that would be used on the Aladino Sumatra.
Full Details: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-uet
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
On Prime Time Jukebox Episode 146, we present Down the Rabbit Hole #7– our 7th installment of this series.
The concept works as follows: Dave and Coop start with a familiar song and then go down the path of selecting a song inspired by that song. Each will go through ten iterations of this exercise and choose a song from the inspired previous song selected. Ultimately, we will see where this journey takes each of them.
Plus we got music news, cigar news, the music pairing of the week, and the Developing Palates Review of the Week
In this episode, we smoke Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust’s #GFY Lanceros. Coop smokes the #5 while Dave smokes the Candela.
As always, you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:
References
- Cigar Jukebox Top 50
- Cigar Coop: 2024 Cigar of the Year Countdown
- Cigar Prop: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust #GFY Lancero Sampler Blind Review
- Dolly Parton Launches Open Casting Call For Her ‘Dolly: An Original Musical’ Broadway Show
- NPR: The 50 Best Albums Of 2024
- NPR: The 124 Best Songs of 2024
- Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
- Developing Palates Team Cigar Review: HVC Black Friday 2023
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
On Prime Time Jukebox Episode 146, we present Down the Rabbit Hole #7– our 7th installment of this series.
The concept works as follows: Dave and Coop start with a familiar song and then go down the path of selecting a song inspired by that song. Each will go through ten iterations of this exercise and choose a song from the inspired previous song selected. Ultimately, we will see where this journey takes each of them.
Plus we got music news, cigar news, the music pairing of the week, and the Developing Palates Review of the Week
In this episode, we smoke Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust’s #GFY Lanceros. Coop smokes the #5 while Dave smokes the Candela.
As always, you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:
References
- Cigar Jukebox Top 50
- Cigar Coop: 2024 Cigar of the Year Countdown
- Cigar Prop: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust #GFY Lancero Sampler Blind Review
- Dolly Parton Launches Open Casting Call For Her ‘Dolly: An Original Musical’ Broadway Show
- NPR: The 50 Best Albums Of 2024
- NPR: The 124 Best Songs of 2024
- Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
- Developing Palates Team Cigar Review: HVC Black Friday 2023
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
The 2024 #27 Cigar of the Year is the La Aroma de Cuba Connecticut Corona from Ashton Cigars. Ashton as a company does not release a lot of new cigars, but the past few years has been a busy one for Ashton's La Aroma de Cuba brand. La Aroma de Cuba, along with San Cristobal are Ashton's Nicaraguan brands that come out of My Father Cigars. For La Aroma de Cuba, the brand has undergone packaging changes. Post-pandemic, there have also been two new brands added: Pasión and Connecticut. As the name indicates, the La Aroma de Cuba Connecticut features a Connecticut shade wrapper.
Full Details: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-uen
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
The 2024 #27 Cigar of the Year is the La Aroma de Cuba Connecticut Corona from Ashton Cigars. Ashton as a company does not release a lot of new cigars, but the past few years has been a busy one for Ashton's La Aroma de Cuba brand. La Aroma de Cuba, along with San Cristobal are Ashton's Nicaraguan brands that come out of My Father Cigars. For La Aroma de Cuba, the brand has undergone packaging changes. Post-pandemic, there have also been two new brands added: Pasión and Connecticut. As the name indicates, the La Aroma de Cuba Connecticut features a Connecticut shade wrapper.
Full Details: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-uen
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
The 2024 #28 Cigar of the Year is the Plasencia Ehtëfal. The release of the Plasencia Ehtëfal was meant to coincide with the 2022 FIFA World Cup that was taking place in Qatar in November 2022. Plasencia Cigars clarified that this was not a commemorative cigar for the World Cup but more of a celebratory cigar (Ehtëfal is the Arabic word for celebration). This limited edition release hit the market in 2022, and it was something we assessed late last year, so it falls in the qualification window on the Cigar Coop Countdown for 2024. Coming in at $65.00, it was Plasencia's most expensive cigar at the time it was released.
Full Details: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-u9N
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
The 2024 #28 Cigar of the Year is the Plasencia Ehtëfal. The release of the Plasencia Ehtëfal was meant to coincide with the 2022 FIFA World Cup that was taking place in Qatar in November 2022. Plasencia Cigars clarified that this was not a commemorative cigar for the World Cup but more of a celebratory cigar (Ehtëfal is the Arabic word for celebration). This limited edition release hit the market in 2022, and it was something we assessed late last year, so it falls in the qualification window on the Cigar Coop Countdown for 2024. Coming in at $65.00, it was Plasencia's most expensive cigar at the time it was released.
Full Details: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-u9N