benfica_77 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Private Label Cubans exist to this day, below is an example of one. I have a feeling a select few in this forum might have one of their own...i'm looking at you Senor @Nino . Does anyone know what the process is like? Do you get to select your blend 100%? or do you have to choose from a selection of cigars. Has anyone smoked a private label cigar? I have once about 3/4 years ago it was a robusto size and it was excellent. Lovely smoke. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bijan Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Is that an HSA release or just a custom/farm roll with a band? Edit: if it's the later I have a couple of unbanded customs I got in trades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSXCIGAR Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Almost certainly customs of some sort. Plenty of vendors also sell "farm rolled" and you could just stick a band on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nino Posted June 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2021 16 hours ago, benfica_77 said: Private Label Cubans exist to this day, below is an example of one. I have a feeling a select few in this forum might have one of their own...i'm looking at you Senor @Nino . Does anyone know what the process is like? Do you get to select your blend 100%? or do you have to choose from a selection of cigars. Has anyone smoked a private label cigar? I have once about 3/4 years ago it was a robusto size and it was excellent. Lovely smoke. Yes I do have a cigar that was created for me through the input of a good friend and great roller. The process was that I selected the blend ( Monsdales ) and the size ( Puntilla ) - but again, this was with a private roller, it can never go through an official channel, it would never be approved. But I am quite proud of an excellent cigar that I and my good Cuban friends put together : http://flyingcigar.de/startseite/havana-november-2018-my-very-own-cigar-rituales/ It was NOT my idea. I am just a cigar smoker. Plain and simple. If people ask me for cigar details I will reply : What do I know about cigars …. But smoking a good cigar in Havana with a great friend and excellent master roller on his roof-top terrace under a Mango tree last year, he asked me : Nino, why don’t you create your own cigar ? This left me surprised, laughing and saying : What do I know …. But the seed was planted and after a few days of thinking I came up with what I consider the ideal cigar for my palate. I love the Monsdale flavour and aromas as well as the Puntilla vitola size – so why not combine the two, add a pigtail and a cut foot and have my own cigar creation ? After some trials and testing the cigar is ready and smokes like a dream. Absolutely fantastic for my taste – and that is what matters. When it came to name the baby it was very simple – I have my rituals and one of those rituals in Havana is to sit with my friends under a Mango tree, smoke good cigars and drink Rum. But naming a cigar “Mangoes” would not have the right ring to it … One of the Rum brands I have come to enjoy a lot besides Santiago, Mulata and Cubay happens to be Ritual Rum. So there you are, Rituales is the perfect name for my own perfect cigar that I will enjoy with my best friends …. Nino 19 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuroDiario Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Thank you for sharing Nino, made my day reminiscing on the summer nights in Asturias smoking with my cousins by my grandparents apple trees... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meklown Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 10 hours ago, Nino said: naming a cigar “Mangoes” do it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puros Y Vino Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Buy custom rolls. Get your own labels made. Voila! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightonCorgi Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 I have a few king of spain and portmann cigars; that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBirdman Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Puros Y Vino said: Buy custom rolls. Get your own labels made. Voila! Bingo! Though I'd stick with customs you get on the island, as the examples I've tried off other vendors haven't been great. I certainly wouldn't want to stake my name on them! That said, given what the fakers are producing, it can't be that hard to make a nice looking band for your own private label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prshah25 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Never seen mccallan 8 yrs before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inter4alia Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Outstanding, @Nino! Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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