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Pinar Serie B

duglynukem

duglynukem

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I was recently at a herf in the Quad Cities. A friend showed up with three of these, he gave two of them away - one to me. He torched the last one and while he enjoys a full bodied smoke, he said it kicked his butt. I intend to let this sit in the humidor for a while to rest then I will light her up and post a review. I found a thread that Moki initiated stating he has had one, but I was unable to find a review.

I have heard of the Pinar line of pre-embargo tobacco, but this is the first I have come across in person. I believe it to be a blend of pre-embargo Cuban and Ecuadorian tobacco’s. I understood these to be made in the US (Miami), but notice the wording on the box.

I would certainly appreciate any information on this particular cigar.

Doug

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That coffin is built like the one a friend gave me, with a fake Cohiba(as far as I know) in it. My box has red envelope also written on it.

Ken
 
IIRC they were supposedly 100% Cuban Tobacco from the Pinar region when they first came out.......never ever tasted that way..... to me at least.


I figure by know with all of the new cigars they have introduced they by now are down to 1% with the rest being Nic filler. :)
 
im also interested on more info about this stick, as i have seen them floating around and they look mighty enticing....
 
moki said:
Don't bother -- marketing hype at its worst.
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Amen and absolutely.

If you try and search for the Gurkha Pre-Embargo cigars, you might find some mention of these sticks in those threads somewhere. As those "pre-embargos" go, the Gurkhas were far better than the Pinars. I think the Gurkhas were 100% pre-embargo tobacco. These Pinars are (or at least, were, when they were released) 50/50 and, honestly, they taste like my groin/abdominal protector smells after a bout.

Avoid these at all costs.
 
Most of what I read about them was that it was all advertising. There have been challenges about their "find" of real preembargo Cuban tobacco. At best the smoke was average. I have not tried one, but all those I know who have said it was not worth it.
 
Opinions, of course, abound. There are MANY fairly mis-informed legends about it as well.

Perhaps worthwhile to note that there have been several different blends of Pinars, from the original Pinar 1958, to the Serie B, to the P2000 to the P3000. Beacuse they have been so different in character, some folks have formed an opion of all of them based on their experience of one of them.

Discussion of the provenance of the tobaccos used is kind of moot. Essentially, the entire line-up is gone. The tobaccos have run out and the company has moved on to bigger and better things. A very limited number of boxes of various things continue to circulate among the retailers that were authorized to sell Pinars at all.

The SERIE B pictured was a 50/50 blend created back around 1999. It quickly became the sole province of CI, who placed it in the Red Envelope gift catalog as a 3pack item. Whatever stock of that cigar remains is in CI's hands. The makers of the cigar did NOT produce the box in your picture. The cigars were never produced in the DR, nor were they rolled in Miami.

Ultimately, as others have said, I think it is only your own palate that should determine if the cigar is good or bad, worth it or not, a little cuban, alot cuban, not cuban at all. I have personally never seen a cigar generate more divergent opinions as to taste and quality, nor have I ever encountered more debate about a cigar story. I guess, at this point, it is TWO pieces of cigar history; tobacco from the 1950's and controversy from the 21st century.
 
check out what was forwarded to me today



The Last of Pre-Embargo Cigars THIS SATURDAY

For those of you that have been smoking the Pinar Pre- Embargo Cigars
for the past two years now wondering when the supply of this old 100%
Real Cuban Tobacco will end, the end is now.

This Saturday, May 5th the owner of Pinar Cigars, Paul Magor and his
sales staff will be at Two Guys in Salem NH for the sell off of the
remaining inventory of Pinar Cigars. These are cigars made from Real
Cuban leaf that is from before 1962 (before the U.S. Trade Embargo on
Cuban Cigars), therefore these cigars are legal.
These special cigars will be brought in for that day only, each
Special 10 count box will be signed by Armando Ramos himself (now 87
years old) and on sale this Saturday ONLY. At the end of the event, if
and only if any cigars remain, the company will be taking them for
themselves. THIS IS IT, the last time for us to sell 100% LEGAL
PRE-EMBARGO CUBAN CIGARS. If you can't make it by the shop, The
special 10-count box will sell for $249.99 and can be ordered in
advance only by calling us at (888) 224-4272 and will be shipped out
to you on Monday. If you can make it by, please stop in and meet Paul,
he can explain everything to you.

As always, we know you have lots of choices when deciding where to buy
your cigars and we are always grateful when you choose
Two Guys Smoke Shop
Thank You.

Sincerely,
The Guys from Two Guys Smoke Shop

2GuysSmokeShop.com
 
If you can't make it by the shop, The special 10-count box will sell for $249.99
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Wow... I can think of 1000 ofther cigars I would rather spend $25 a stick on. And I'm a newb.
 
I've tried one of these gifted by a friend I work with. They were medium bodied, burned pretty good through out with ocassional creamy hints. What really turned me off was about every now and again I got this horrific metallic taste in my mouth. Wasn't drinking anything at the time and hadn't eaten anything in a while.
 
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