I can’t say that I remember where I was when most cigars debuted, but there is one memory I distinctly remember. It was March 2012 at the Federal Cigar 91st anniversary and it was the first time the Flor de las Antillas was being handed out for sampling amongst U.S. consumers. There’s no way that anyone in the room that Friday night could have imagined the success the cigar would go on to have. It’s not because the cigar wasn’t good, but it certainly wasn’t the earth shattering cigar one would think would be needed to win Cigar Aficionado’s cigar of the year. Shortly after winning that award less than year later, My Father ramped up the amount of sizes it produced under the Flor de las Antillas line, which now includes 12 releases for the regular line and now two maduro cigars, both of which have been exclusive releases for New Hampshire-based Federal Cigar. That maduro debuted last year at another Federal Cigar anniversary event, this time the store’s 94th. It was offered in a Petit Robusto size of 4 1/2 x 50, limited to just 100 boxes of 10 cigars. This past year, as Federal celebrated its 95th ...
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