Shortly before the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Warped Cigars announced its second release, La Colmena. At its heart, La Colmena was supposed to be a play on custom roll cigars that are prominent in the Cuban cigar world. Each of the two vitolas, No. 36 and No. 44, would be rolled at El Titan de Bronze, each by a single roller. They were finished off with pigtail caps and covered foot, another common feature of custom roll cigars in Cuba. Those cigars would be limited in production, but not a limited edition. At that time, it was known that Warped also had a release in the works that would be exclusive to retailers who showed up at the company’s booth at the trade show and placed an order. As it turns out, that cigar would be the La Colmena Unico Especial, a 5 x 48 belicoso that also features a covered foot, with a literal twist—the rollers would take the excess tobacco and twist it into essentially a tail. La Colmena Amado No. 36 (6 x 46) — $12.50 (Boxes of 10, $125) — Regular Production La Colmena Amado No. 44 (5 1/2 x 44) — $14.50 (Boxes of ...
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