Over the weekend the wife and I took a little weekend getaway to Pikeville Ky. We went for a festival called "HILLBILLY DAYS". What a great time it was. Good fried carnival food, plenty of local crafts, cornhole tournaments, etc. Man I think I would eat shoe leather if they said it was fried in grease. Lmao. We had a great time.
So I was walking through a pavillion where a lot of the local craftsmen displayed there ware's. I ran across a gentleman selling cigars. So I had to stop. Glad I did. We started talking and he tells me the whole story of how he started rolling these stogie's. Showed me some of his cured leaf, in the whiskey barrels he use's. Lit some on fire to let me smell it burning. Simply put, it was a little whiff of heaven. Told me he will not roll any cigars unless the leaf is cured at least 6 yrs. So he had a lot of time and money involved before his first cigar was rolled in the barn. He grows his own from cuban seed. Hangs it in his own barn. He imports some from various places. But he makes an excellent cigar. Very limited to how many he rolls a yr. Allen, the owner and roller, gave me what I can only relate to the nub that was just released. Told me it was only about 6 months old. NICE,,,NICE,,,NICE. Loved it. So I bought 2 of his torpedo's and he gave me a nice little box for them. I will let them rest for at least 6 months, hopefully, and report back.
I just thought this was cool,here's a guy with a cigar jones, living In Ky. so he just decides to one day roll his own. Small batches, friends loved them, now he is trying to get in the market.
If anyone is interested about this gentleman's cigars P.M. me and I will give you his web page. If the mod's dont care I will post it here for all to see.
Now lets see how long at least one of these last.
Hue
So I was walking through a pavillion where a lot of the local craftsmen displayed there ware's. I ran across a gentleman selling cigars. So I had to stop. Glad I did. We started talking and he tells me the whole story of how he started rolling these stogie's. Showed me some of his cured leaf, in the whiskey barrels he use's. Lit some on fire to let me smell it burning. Simply put, it was a little whiff of heaven. Told me he will not roll any cigars unless the leaf is cured at least 6 yrs. So he had a lot of time and money involved before his first cigar was rolled in the barn. He grows his own from cuban seed. Hangs it in his own barn. He imports some from various places. But he makes an excellent cigar. Very limited to how many he rolls a yr. Allen, the owner and roller, gave me what I can only relate to the nub that was just released. Told me it was only about 6 months old. NICE,,,NICE,,,NICE. Loved it. So I bought 2 of his torpedo's and he gave me a nice little box for them. I will let them rest for at least 6 months, hopefully, and report back.
I just thought this was cool,here's a guy with a cigar jones, living In Ky. so he just decides to one day roll his own. Small batches, friends loved them, now he is trying to get in the market.
If anyone is interested about this gentleman's cigars P.M. me and I will give you his web page. If the mod's dont care I will post it here for all to see.
Now lets see how long at least one of these last.
Hue
