Among the many projects Pete Johnson had brewing at the 2014 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, one of them was a special event cigar called the CiGWAR. This limited release was destined for the GWAR B-Q, an event put on by the costumed-heavy metal band GWAR on August 16, but some details have changed since Johnson first talked about the release. Johnson originally mentioned that there would be 1,000 three-packs made available as part of the event, and indeed there were, with the packs that were not sold at the event available to the public the following Monday via Havana Connections in Virginia, who was also a vendor at the GWAR B-Q and who seemed to go through what supply they had very quickly. In early September it was announced that a second batch of the CiGWAR would be released, which while not made public prior was part of the originally planned production run of 10,000 cigars. Johnson said that there were 3,000 of the three-packs produced, with another 1,000 cigars made for single stick sales in store, on tour and for the band members to smoke. As for the cigar itself, it uses a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and fillers, and was ...
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