Surrogates AC550 Coming in Spring

“Because you asked over and over,” is how Dan Welsh, one of L’Atelier Imports’ co-founders, Instagram post announcing the cigar began.

Inevitably people wanted a smaller version of the company’s Animal Cracker (6 x 60), but a large version of the popular Cracker Crumbs (4 1/2 x 38). Enter AC550.

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The new 5 x 50 robusto version features the same Ecuadorian habano oscuro wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler blend as the other two cigars, but the new cigar will feature a covered foot.

Pete Johnson, another L’Atelier co-founder, told halfwheel the cigar will begin shipping in “spring,” with a suggested retail price of $8.25 and in 20-count boxes.

Surrogates is made at My Father Cigars S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua.

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.