Cigar Marketing: Drew Estate "Swamp Thang"

[El Presidente]

I would love Cigar Surgeon/LizardG or any other member to tell me that these are actually good cigars. I hope they are. 

What I love is the left field marketing  approach.

Kentucky Fire Cured Swamp Thang cigars from Drew Estate are the first line of premium cigars to pair fire-cured tobaccos with a lush, green candela wrapper. They even go one step further by adding a natural shade leaf wrapper from the cap to the band that has been barrel-fermented and fire-cured.

[ned]

I have smoked a few of the regular kfc, and they were not good....

[Blazer]

I liked the KFC, but the Swamp Thang not so much.

[Cigar Surgeon]

On 8/12/2024 at 1:34 PM, El Presidente said:

I would love Cigar Surgeon/LizardG or any other member to tell me that these are actually good cigars. I hope they are. 

Would that I could ...

I believe the Swamp Thang line was discontinued back in 2022 with the trimming of SKUs: https://halfwheel.com/drew-estate-discontinues-100-skus-including-la-vieja-habana-undercrown-sun-grown-lines/414354/

It was a novel approach to combine candela, and fire cured tobacco but I don't think it ever really took off.  As evidenced by the SKU list.

Fire cured tobacco is particularly divisive and candela has always been a low performer.

[teamrandr]

Fire cured is awful.

[Ford2112]

I have had a couple of these...meh. I prefer the Toscano.

[Fugu]

9 hours ago, Ford2112 said:

I have had a couple of these...meh. I prefer the Toscano.

Yeah, can only stand Fire Cured in Toscano size (on occasion), any bigger and it makes me puke.
Not a fan of Latakia in pipe tobacco (English blends) either...