Apostate Cigars Adding Feathered Serpent to Lineup at PCA 2022

At the 2022 PCA Convention & Trade Show, Apostate Cigars will be adding a fourth regular production brand to its lineup.

Feathered Serpent is a 6 1/2 x 46 corona extra made up of a Dominican corojo-seed candela wrapper covering a Mexican San Andrés binder and a filler blend containing all Dominican tobaccos. The new cigar is named after Quetzalcóatl, a 13th-century Mesoamerican god commonly depicted as a mix of bird and rattlesnake who was thought to have created both the world and the humans that inhabited it.

“The candela (wrapper) was chosen to play with the serpent theme,” said Brandon Oveson, founder and vp of Apostate Cigars, in an email to halfwheel. “This candela is creamy, sweet and more complex than it appears.”

As with all of the other cigars in Apostate’s portfolio, Feathered Serpent is being made at the Tabacalera Palma factory in Tamboril, Dominican Republic. Each cigar has an MSRP of $13 and will be sold in 12-count bundles wrapped in thick black butcher paper.

Feathered Serpent is scheduled to ship to retailers immediately following the 2022 PCA Convention & Trade Show, which takes place July 9-13 in Las Vegas.