In 2009, Drew Estate reintroduced the Flying Pig vitola to the world in the form of the Liga Privada No. 9. It was limited to just 2,000 boxes and would set the stage for the T52 Flying Pig, Undercrown Flying Pig and Único Serie Feral Flying Pig. A few years ago, while on a tour at Drew Estate, we ventured into a normally closed-off area of the factory similar to Fuente’s Forbidden Alcove, a place where Drew Estate kept some of its prototypes and experiments. In there was a single bundle of what was labeled, “motherfucking pig.” The obvious idea was that it was some sort of stronger version of the Flying Pig, but it’s actually an important piece in the Flying Pig lineage. Nicholas Melillo, executive vice-president of international operations for Drew Estate and the blender behind Dirty Rat and many other Drew Estate products, explained: Based on the (No. 9) blend there are many ways to go in strength and body depending on how many leaves of each of the blend you put in. The pig blend contains both ligero from Estelí and Jalapa and also viso from Honduras. That particular blend had extra leaves of both making ...
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