Diesel Sideshow Returns for 2023

Last year, the Diesel brand released seven unique cigars—perhaps eight cigars—as part of a limited edition Sideshow sampler. Now, that sampler is once again shipping to stores.

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, there are eight cigars as the Bohemian Twins is a culebra. Traditionally, a culebra contains three individual cigars that are rolled individually but then twisted together, almost like the vines of a plant.

Last year, there were 1,000 samplers released; production numbers for 2023 have not been announced, but the Sideshow is described in a press release as a “limited-production, annually-released sampler.”

Diesel is distributed by Scandinavian Tobacco Group’s Forged Cigar Co.

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.