IPCPR 2016: Esteban Carreras Cigars
Esteban Carreras Cigars had a new booth this year that was quite a bit more polished than what the company had last year, with a round footprint and lighted sections to show off cigars.
The brand is named after an organizer who railed against the takeover of tobacco fields during the Cuban revolution, and released one new blend at the show this year, the Hell Cat.
Esteban Carreras Hell Cat
Sold in boxes of 20, the new Hell Cat debuts in three box-pressed vitolas and incorporates a Mexican San Andrés wrapper covering Nicaraguan tobacco in both the binder and filler. It is a regular production offering that is scheduled to ship to retailers in September.
- Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés
- Binder: Nicaragua
- Filler: Nicaragua
- Esteban Carreras Hell Cat Large Robusto (5 1/2 x 54) — $8 (Box of 20, $160)
- Esteban Carreras Hell Cat Sesenta (6 1/2 x 54) — $9 (Box of 20, $180)
- Esteban Carreras Hell Cat Toro Gordo (6 x 58) — $10 (Box of 20, $200)
Launch Date: September 2016
Production: Regular production
Brooks Whittington
I have worn many hats in my life up to this point: I started out as a photojournalist for the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, then transitioned to photographing weddings—both internationally and in the U.S.—for more than a decade. After realizing that there was a need for a cigar website containing better photographs and more in-depth information about each release, I founded my first cigar blog, SmokingStogie, in 2008. SmokingStogie quickly became one of the more influential cigar blogs on the internet, known for reviewing preproduction, prerelease, rare, extremely hard-to-find and expensive cigars, and it was one of the predecessors to halfwheel, which I co-founded.
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