Diesel Sideshow Arrives at Stores

There’s a new sampler of Diesel cigars that contains some of the more unique shapes and sizes of cigars.

The Diesel Sideshow has begun arriving at stores. Inside are eight cigars that are designed to look visually interesting. This includes vitola like a culebra, a lancero that is twisted to form a spiral, a double perfecto and a cigar with what appears to be veins attached to the wrapper.

The cigars use Ecuadorian habano and Pennsylvania broadleaf wrappers over a Mexican San Andrés binder and a mixture of Nicaraguan tobaccos from Condega and Estelí. Like other Diesels, the cigars are made at Tabacalera AJ Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua.

Inside each sampler is one of the following:

• Diesel Frog Boy (4 1/2 x 60)
• Diesel Pin Head (5 x 54)
• Diesel Two-Headed Nightingale (6 x 60)
• Diesel Bearded Lady (6 x 46)
• Diesel Elephant Man (6 x 52)
• Diesel Bohemian Twins (7 x 38)
• Diesel Strong Man (7 x 58)

Technically, Forged Cigar Co. describes this as a seven-cigar sampler, though the culebra release contains two different cigars. Traditionally, a culebra contains three individual cigars.

Forged says the Diesel Sideshow will begin shipping on Oct. 18, though some stores have indicated they have already received the Sideshow. It is limited to 1,000 samplers.

Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.