A while back, Casper Johnson sat down with us for the first installment of the short-lived HALFWHEEL X, he did tell us about one new product, small cigars packaged in soft five-packs for the L’Atelier Imports’ portfolio. At the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show last year, we got our first look at what Johnson was talking about. Each of the company’s four brands—L’Atelier, Surrogates, El Suelo and Trocadéro—received a new cigar in a 4 1/2 x 38 size. They were packed in soft-packs of five, sold in sleeves of 10 five-packs. As for the Surrogates rendition, it’s called Cracker Crumbs and it is predictably a scaled down version of the company’s Animal Cracker (6 x 60). The cigars began shipping last month. Cigar Reviewed: Surrogates Cracker Crumbs Country of Origin: Nicaragua Factory: My Father Cigars S.A. Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Size: 4 1/2 Inches Ring Gauge: 38 Vitola: Petites MSRP: $2.90 (Packs of 5, $14.50; Sleeves of 50, $145) Date Released: Jan. 23 2015 Number of Cigars Released: 250 Kegs of 21 Cigars (5,250 Total Cigars) Number of Cigars Smoked for Review: 3 While the outside packaging is fantastic, once out of the soft packs I feel a bit left ...
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