Craig Vanderslice

The Undercrown Maduro, Undercrown Shade, and Undercrown Sun Grown Flying pigs are packaged in 12 count boxes with an MSRP of $153.17, with Undercrown Shade and Undercrown Sun The Undercrown Sun Grown features a Sun Grown Sumatra wrapper with a Connecticut River Valley Stalk Cut and Sun Cured Habano binder with fillers from Nicaragua. Rounding out the release, the Liga Privada No. 9 and Liga Privada T52 Flying Pigs are packaged in 12 count boxes with an MSRP of $181.17 and are exclusive to Drew Diplomat retailers. The Liga Privada T52 features a Connecticut River Valley Stalk Cut and Sun Cured Habano Wrapper, Plantation Grown

It’s quite a bit larger than the CC-100, has heating as well as cooling, where the CC-100 only cools. With all of these units there’s a limit to how far below the ambient temperature it will cool, if the room is 80, it’s not going to get much below 75, but it’s better than 80! It’s on the bottom, and it’s pretty simple, but if you need to keep small children out Of course, as with any humidor, time will tell, but first impressions of the Newair CC-300H are very favorable, and, based on the last 3+ years experience with the smaller predecessor, I have no cause to believe this isn’t a sound investment.

The one that was the most surreal was the purchase of a majority interest in Lars Tetens Cigars by Alec Bradley CigarsAlec Bradley Cigars. For those who may not know, Lars Tetens preceded Acid Cigars in the infused cigar market in the mid 90s, they were the first real counter-culture, herbal/botanical infused cigars, and were quite the rage for a while. I do believe this cigar is my favorite cigar Alec Bradley produces, although I have an affinity for several others. It’s one of those cigars that seems to burn right every time, with a nice straight burn, flat ember, I forgot how much I really like this cigar.

Here’s some Tuesday news from the folks at Black Works Studio: Black Works Studio (BLK WKS) is pleased to announce the upcoming release of S&R: S&R will be available at select BLK WKS retailers for a limited time. S&R will be available in limited quantities at select BLK WKS retailers the week of April 15, 2019. Culebras will be available at select retailers listed alphabetically; BNB Cigars, Boling Springs Cigars, Cousin’s Cigar, East End Cigar Co., King’s Leaf Cigar Lounge, Marker Cellars Family Winery, Maxamar Ultimate Cigars, Omerta Cigar Co., Skallywag Cigars, Smoker’s Abbey TX, Underground Cigar Shop and Willy’s Cigars.