In mid-2014, I reviewed Standard Issue, the first cigar from the newfound partnership between Oettinger Davidoff AG’s Camacho brand and Rob Weiss, the writer and producer. Weiss, along with jewelry designer Matt Booth and the NFL legend Mike Ditka is part of Camacho’s Board of the Bold, the company’s ambassadors. All three have their own brands through Camacho/Oettinger Davidoff AG with Weiss’ named after his dog, B.G. Meyer Co. Standard Issue was the debut release from the company, a Nicaraguan puro made in Honduras. I was impressed with it when it first shipped, finding a fair bit of sweetness throughout the cigar. While I would not say this is a freshman release in the truest sense, in some ways it is—and a highly impressive one at that. Standard Issue was not anything standard. And now that the obvious pun is out of the way, there’s the positives to focus on: a sold unique flavor, decent construction and perhaps most importantly, a cigar that keeps you thoroughly engaged from start to finish. There will inevitably be lots of comparisons with this cigar: the recently launched Room101 The Big Payback, another Nicaraguan puro from the factory, perhaps even anything that Camacho, Room101 and ...
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