August 9, 2016 Brooks Whittington IPCPR 2016

IPCPR 2016: Nicaragua Cigar Distributors

Nicaragua Cigar Distributors, makers of Santiago Cigars, rolled out one of the most interesting releases at the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, at least in my opinion, the Double Shot Energy Cigar.

Nicaragua Cigar Distributors Double Shot Booth

Dubbed the “Red Bull in a cigar”, the company says that the Double Shot Energy Cigar has FDA-approved active ingredients such as caffeine and taurine applied to the binder in a tasteless form that the company assured me would give a boost of energy as the cigar is being smoked.

Nicaragua Cigar Distributors Double Shot Boxes

Nicaragua Cigar Distributors Double Shot Cans

Double Shot Energy Cigar

Interestingly, the cigar will be available in two different versions, with the first being a premium incarnation that is made up of an Ecuadorian habano wrapper, an unspecified binder — where the special ingredients are added — and Nicaraguan filler tobaccos. It will be sold in four different vitolas ranging from $7.50 to $9 each, and will be packaged in either 10-count boxes or 8-count tubes.

  • Wrapper: Ecuadorian habano
  • Binder: n/a
  • Filler: Nicaragua
  • Double Shot Energy Cigar (4 1/2 x 46)
  • Double Shot Energy Cigar (5 x 50)
  • Double Shot Energy Cigar (5 1/2 x 48)
  • Double Shot Energy Cigar (6 x 52)

Launch Date: 2016

Production: Regular Production

Nicaragua Cigar Distributors Double Shot Single Pack

Double Shot Energy Cigar (Short Filler)

Along with the premium version, Nicaragua Cigar Distributers will also be releasing a 4 3/16 x 32 short filler version of the Double Shot Energy Cigar for the mass market channels that will be sold at gas stations and similar locations. This version is made up of short filler tobacco and come individually-wrapped in boxes of 25.

  • Wrapper: n/a
  • Binder: n/a
  • Filler: n/a
  • Double Shot Energy Cigar (Short Fill) (4 3/16 x 32) — $1.50 (Boxes of 25, $37.50)

Launch Date: 2016

Production: Regular Production

 

Davidoff is the official sponsor of halfwheel's coverage of the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show.
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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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