Input Required: The back end of 2424 Nudies/Desnudo/MOFOH selections.

[Slayer]

8 hours ago, ha_banos said:

Butifarra / AF Short Story / Flying Piggy !

Great suggestion banos! I was thinking along the same lines. A short ninfa cos of the poll and a butifarra cos of Hamlet. 

Awesome stuff

[El Presidente]

8 minutes ago, dominattorney said:

What about a double capped cigar meant to be cut in half as a novelty giving two minuto sized sticks? I'm mostly joking, but curious. 

Hamlet would slap me ...hard 😉

I should explain myself.  When you blend, you really can't do it for two halves. My partner is a traditionalist/romantic. He wants you to enjoy his/our work. 

In front of him I once cut a Lancero in half. It is something I have done regularly over many years....... on occasion. 

He cried. 

Raise it on the next time anyone makes FOH Zoom with Hamlet. Sit back and listen to the next 40 minute diatribe 

[KCCubano]

35 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

If you could live with a 38 gauge, easy peasy. We would adjust the blend of the current Ninfas....maybe a touch bolder.

That would work! 

[Fuzz]

Des Nudos Culebras!

[Edicion]

58 minutes ago, 99call said:

Looking at the cigars in the current line up, the missing vitola seems to be the quick "coffee cigar". 

I just got the Ninfas and it's a fantastic cigar. Takes an inch to "get to the point" into it with a kick, so personally I'd like a shorter version for a daily driver, more like a "Vegueritos" 37-38 × 127-130 mm Short Panetela size, for a morning coffee or lunch smoke which would be straight to the point, bold and coffee friendly like @99callsuggested. The Rafael Gonzalez Panatelas Extra is my current blue heeler, would like to have a good alternative to that. Just my two cents!

[Chibearsv]

One of my favorite aromas / flavors in a cigar is barnyard. The smell of a handful of yellow straw in my cigar always makes me happy. Reyes comes to mind for me. 8-9-8 size and a blend that could include that barnyard straw would be wonderful. 

[El Presidente]

6 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

Des Nudos Culebras!

Go and breed with yourself 

[ha_banos]

10 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

Des Nudos Culebras!

Try it yourself. DIY Culebras with the Ninfas.

[El Presidente]

8 minutes ago, ha_banos said:

Try it yourself. DIY Culebras with the Ninfas.

Hamlet prides himself rolling his Culebras! However doing it to scale is another question. 

We have two pairs doing the Ninfas. They are the only ones we truly trust for those cigars. I believe we have sold 20,000 sticks as of now. 

Making a Culebra at this point in time...in 38's ....at scale...raises the bar.I am not sayng it can't be done but It is way down the list of priorities 

[El Presidente]

...and if anyone mentions a barberpole cigar.......I am forwarding your contact details to Hamlet 

[GVan]

I'm with many of the comments along the lines of a shorter morning coffee smoke.  I can live with either the Petit Panetela but would prefer a Puro Desnudo El Principe size (Minuto).  I've been using the Desnudo PC's for that touch of sweetness in the morning but often waste the last inch or so as anything past 45 minutes in the morning and I feel like I should be getting going on some projects at home.

My current two favorite morning coffee smokes is the SCdlH El Principe or a Rafael Gonzalas Pantelas.  The first because of that "touch of sweetness" and pancakes that they are famous for which seems right up the Puro Desnudo PC line.  The second because my 2017 RG Pantela's taste like "small JL2's" which seems more up the MOFOH line.

[dominattorney]

1 hour ago, El Presidente said:

Hamlet would slap me ...hard 😉

I should explain myself.  When you blend, you really can't do it for two halves. My partner is a traditionalist/romantic. He wants you to enjoy his/our work. 

In front of him I once cut a Lancero in half. It is something I have done regularly over many years....... on occasion. 

He cried. 

Raise it on the next time anyone makes FOH Zoom with Hamlet. Sit back and listen to the next 40 minute diatribe 

I'll spare us all. Thanks for answering what I know is a fundamentally dumb question so respectfully. I appreciate that. 

[Tunkat92]

I would love to see a short panatela, like a RG Panatelas Extra size, with a profile a little bolder than the Ninfas. Package them in a 50 cab no bands just a nice ribbon. 👌🏾

[Mr. Japan]

I've been enjoying the Half Corona Regional from Andorra, lately . This cigar is rich, powerful and perfect for a coffee break.

I would go for something like that in 100 sticks packaging.

[GoodStix]

A piece of paper in the bundle with month and year of production.

[Lt4-396]

Would love to see a perla/minuto. 40RG x 4" to 4.5". Sell them in 50s like the Ninfas.

If that's not doable then the Half Corona or Panatelas Extra (RG). 

Such a tough question as I would be all over a DC or Robusto Extra or more like a Double Robusto (Mag 50 size). Only reason I am leaning away from that is the new Churchill and soon to be 109 has that rough size covered and you can never have enough smaller cigars.

[Perla]

I would love to see a short panetela in a Demi-Tasse old school size 33x100. 
so a bit shorter than the Ninfa. 
just received my bundles before Christmas, haven’t had the chance to smoke one of them. 
love the perfecto size, why not a Britanica 46x137. 
for both above you have molds 

[jfrisko]

6 hours ago, El Presidente said:

If you could live with a 38 gauge, easy peasy. We would adjust the blend of the current Ninfas....maybe a touch bolder.

Wouldn't live without it! 🤪

[Pmo13]

Not necessarily a new vitola as much as a new presentation, but I’d be in for several packs of Ninfas if you guys could find a way to package them in cedar 50 cabs! I tried my best to find old Punch boxes, but as far as the internet is concerned, they may as well be unobtainium lol

[eaglebear29]

8 hours ago, El Presidente said:

If you could live with a 38 gauge, easy peasy. We would adjust the blend of the current Ninfas....maybe a touch bolder.

Bolder would be nicer imo, I like the AF Short Story but to me it was meh compared to a bolder AF Rare Pink Short Story. I do like a nice small short smoke that can be smooth and light but many times this winter, so I get more than the itch scratched but I prefer something with at least a little bit of a punch. Nicaraguan puros like the Plasencia Nestico (Petite Corona) 36x 4.5  so I think a 38x 4.5 would be perfect for your quick ones and cold weather smokers. I wouldn't be opposed to one that had another inch, l'm sure it would be a great 36-38x 5.5.

I'm biased with my small ones but I'd say HUHC or something similar for people that don't like the nub as myself since I smoke the thing in 45min. 

How would a little longer of a HUHC like a HU3/4C be I'm sure Id like it and others that want it a tad bigger so we meet in the middle. 44x 4 or 44x 4.5?

 

 

 

In 50 to 100 cabs!

[Ford2112]

I voted for Ninfas' little brother.

[RichUK]

Robusto Extra for me.

[ha_banos]

2 hours ago, eaglebear29 said:

Bolder would be nicer imo, I like the AF Short Story but to me it was meh compared to a bolder AF Rare Pink Short Story. I do like a nice small short smoke that can be smooth and light but many times this winter, so I get more than the itch scratched but I prefer something with at least a little bit of a punch. Nicaraguan puros like the Plasencia Nestico (Petite Corona) 36x 4.5  so I think a 38x 4.5 would be perfect for your quick ones and cold weather smokers. I wouldn't be opposed to one that had another inch, l'm sure it would be a great 36-38x 5.5.

I'm biased with my small ones but I'd say HUHC or something similar for people that don't like the nub as myself since I smoke the thing in 45min. 

How would a little longer of a HUHC like a HU3/4C be I'm sure Id like it and others that want it a tad bigger so we meet in the middle. 44x 4 or 44x 4.5?

 

 

 

In 50 to 100 cabs!

Interesting I didn't get on with the rare pink. I do prefer milder, aromatic.

[Capn_Jackson]

I chose half corona, but a shorter Ninfa would also be great. To me, it wouldn’t need to be any more bold, either. The Ninfa I had on Wednesday was fantastic from light-up, all the way to the nub!

[eaglebear29]

4 hours ago, ha_banos said:

Interesting I didn't get on with the rare pink. I do prefer milder, aromatic.

It might have just been the experience, the Short Story ran pretty good on me and seemed to have a difficult draw. I liked the flavors but maybe I'm also just a sucker for a little more of a buzz. And to be fair I've only had one of them both and would give it another go, maybe I just got a ok Short Story and a great Rare Pink. I'll have to get another at some point and I've got 2 more Rare Pinks Resting. That one was great to me, had a lot of cedar sweetness and wasn't too overpowering like many have been, to me it was a little sweet like the Placencia Reserve Original w/ the distinct AF flavor addition. Again to be fair this was a few months ago at the beginning of my cigar journey, I'm still new but I feel a lot has changed with my palate. Only downside to Rare Pink is the crazy price but at least its for a good cause, I happened to get them for half so I got lucky. Gonna let the other 2 rest and see if they get even smoother.

I have of late been seeming to enjoy the subtle flavors more as well where at first I was only big into NW Madros/Medium/Full sticks but my favorite flavor wise has still been Placencia all around so far.