Just about a year ago, on Feb. 28, 2014, halfwheel published its second review of a cigar from a new cigar company called Epic Cigars, a cigar called the Epic Reserva Maduro. Just a few weeks earlier, the Epic Reserva Corojo was reviewed, and the company was preparing for its formal launch, with an appearance at the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show quickly approaching. Somewhere between 10-15 retailers took delivery of this second cigar in Epic’s portfolio, and then, the cigar changed. According to Dean Parsons, the man behind Epic Cigars, he had been working with other versions of the Maduro Reserva and made the decision to tweak the blend in March 2014, just weeks after the review was published and weeks after the first handful of cigars were shipped to stores. What was the tweak? A new binder, using a Cameroon leaf in place of the original Dominican olor, while the filler was tweaked to add a bit of Nicaraguan viso. The original blend was discontinued, and the new version was the one that was brought to IPCPR and the one that has been on shelves since. In addition, Parsons made a change to one size in the line, going ...
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