2014年,，翹曲雪茄公司的凱爾·蓋利斯（Kyle Gellis）推出了三個(gè)系列：熊（El Oso）、唐·雷納爾多（Don Reynaldo）,、蜂巢（La Colmena）,。這三個(gè)系列是在美國(guó)邁阿密小哈瓦那社區(qū)的青銅泰坦雪茄廠（ El Titan de Bronze）卷制的。為了紀(jì)念創(chuàng)建十周年,，凱爾·蓋利斯準(zhǔn)備推出三款限量版雪茄,，每個(gè)系列出一款。第一款限量版是熊十周年紀(jì)念版,，2月20日已經(jīng)開(kāi)始向零售商發(fā)貨,。
在西班牙語(yǔ)里，El Oso是“熊”的意思,，這款雪茄有一些金發(fā)女孩和三只熊的風(fēng)格,。煙標(biāo)上印有熊的圖案，而且產(chǎn)品線里的三款尺寸,，依環(huán)徑粗細(xì)依次稱為小熊（dubbed Cub）,、熊媽媽（Mama）、熊爸爸（Papa）,。推出的十周年限量版取名為熊爺爺（ Grand Papa）,，50環(huán)徑，6英寸,，體積比常規(guī)產(chǎn)品線里的三個(gè)尺寸都要大,，大過(guò)了48環(huán)徑粗的熊爸爸。凱爾·蓋利斯說(shuō),，青銅雪茄廠專門(mén)安排了一名卷茄師生產(chǎn)這款限量版,，每天可以卷100支。
這款限量版的煙葉混合和常規(guī)系列有一些區(qū)別,，茄衣是厄瓜多爾哈瓦那奧斯庫(kù)羅煙葉,，茄芯是多米尼加、尼加拉瓜的混合煙葉,，但茄套從厄瓜多爾煙葉換成尼加拉瓜煙葉,。凱爾·蓋利斯告訴記者，因?yàn)橄蘖堪娉叽绺?，為了保證口味強(qiáng)度,，煙葉成份做了一些調(diào)整。限量版的口味強(qiáng)度定義為中等到濃郁程度,。
這款熊十周年是每盒10支裝盒,，預(yù)計(jì)發(fā)行1500盒,，在美國(guó)的售價(jià)是每支25美元。
另外兩個(gè)系列的限量版將會(huì)參展3月份的美國(guó)PCA貿(mào)易展,。
A decade ago, Kyle Gellis of Warped Cigars debuted three cigar brands: El Oso, Don Reynaldo, and La Colmena, which all had the unique characteristic of not only being made in the United States, but at El Titan de Bronze, a small factory in the heart of the Little Havana district of Miami. To mark this anniversary, the cigarmaker is releasing a trio of limited-edition cigars to commemorate each brand. The first, El Oso 10th Anniversary, began shipping to retailers on Monday.
El Oso is Spanish for “the bear,” and the cigar has a playful “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” spirit. Its cigar bands not only feature the image of a bear, the sizes in the regular line are dubbed Cub, Mama and Papa as they increase in size. El Oso 10th Anniversary is the biggest cigar in that line yet, a toro measuring 6 inches by 50 ring gauge called Grand Papa, (fatter than the El Oso Papa, which is a belicoso measuring 6 by 48). Gellis says that a single roller at the factory is dedicated to producing Grand Papa and is capable of rolling up to 100 cigars in a day.
The anniversary cigar has a slightly different blend than the original El Oso. Like the core line, El Oso 10th Anniversary features an Ecuador Habano oscuro wrapper with a mix of Dominican and Nicaraguan filler, but the Ecuador binder has been replaced by a Nicaraguan leaf. Gellis told Cigar Aficionado this change was made to maintain the blend’s strength to accommodate the new cigar’s thicker ring gauge. According to the company, the new cigar is medium-to full-bodied.
Production is limited to just 1,500 boxes, each containing 10 cigars. The new smoke has a suggested retail price of $25 each.
The other two anniversary releases for La Colmena and Don Reynaldo are expected to appear at next month’s PCA trade show.
