Pepin Whores Unite!

[oldforge]

Originally Posted by longknocker

I don't think that will happen! Never had a bad Pepin, although I've only smoked the Blue & JJ. Could anyone rate the Pepins as to increasing strength? Thanks so much!
Greg

I haven't smoked _all_ of them. (Has anybody? ;-) ) But I will take a stab at the ones I have smoked.

Killer strong

Tat brown Cojonus

Very strong

The rest of the Tat browns, Old Henry

Medium Strong

Havana VI Verocus
La Riqueza
Cabaiguan Guapos
Tat blues
Tat black labels from CI (I haven't tried _the_ Tat blacks)
Tat Ps
Holts Fundadores

Medium

Havana VI line except the Verocus
JJs

Mild

regular Cabaiguan line

Perhaps some other folks can comments on the many lines I have not tried (or critique my rating :-) )

[NCRadioMan]

Along with My Father, another new one by Pepin is Tobacos Baez. To be produced in Nicauragua. Baez is the small town Don Pepin grew up in. Only two sizes: Monarcas 6 x 52 Toro Grande and Favoritos 5 x 52 belicoso. They will feature a golden connecticut wrapper with delicious Nic filler.

BTW, Don Pepin and his family now have the largest cigar complex in Nicauragua. The newest factory is almost on-line and will produce double what the current Tabacalera Cubana factory produces. Also, his first tobacco fields were planted back in Feb.

[longknocker]

Originally Posted by oldforge

I haven't smoked _all_ of them. (Has anybody? ;-) ) But I will take a stab at the ones I have smoked.

Killer strong

Tat brown Cojonus

Very strong

The rest of the Tat browns, Old Henry

Medium Strong

Havana VI Verocus
La Riqueza
Cabaiguan Guapos
Tat blues
Tat black labels from CI (I haven't tried _the_ Tat blacks)
Tat Ps
Holts Fundadores

Medium

Havana VI line except the Verocus
JJs

Mild

regular Cabaiguan line

Perhaps some other folks can comments on the many lines I have not tried (or critique my rating :-) )

Thanks, OF! That helps!

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Along with My Father, another new one by Pepin is Tobacos Baez. To be produced in Nicauragua. Baez is the small town Don Pepin grew up in. Only two sizes: Monarcas 6 x 52 Toro Grande and Favoritos 5 x 52 belicoso. They will feature a golden connecticut wrapper with delicious Nic filler.

BTW, Don Pepin and his family now have the largest cigar complex in Nicauragua. The newest factory is almost on-line and will produce double what the current Tabacalera Cubana factory produces. Also, his first tobacco fields were planted back in Feb.

I appreciate the update, NCR!

[tedrodgerscpa]

Originally Posted by oldforge

I haven't smoked _all_ of them. (Has anybody? ;-) ) But I will take a stab at the ones I have smoked.

Killer strong

Tat brown Cojonus
Habana Leon
DPG Blue Firecracker


Very strong

The rest of the Tat browns
Old Henry
Tat Black
CI Legends Yellow
601 Green


Medium Strong

Havana VI Verocus
La Riqueza
Cabaiguan Guapos
Tat blues
Tat black labels from CI (I haven't tried _the_ Tat blacks)
Tat Ps
Holts Fundadores
San Cristobal
601 Red
601 Blue
Troya Clasico
Hirsh y Garcia


Medium

Havana VI line except the Verocus
JJs
Vegas Cubanas
Benchmades
Padilla Achilles ORIGINAL RELEASE
Casa Royale


Mild

regular Cabaiguan line



Perhaps some other folks can comments on the many lines I have not tried (or critique my rating :-) )

That's a pretty accurate listing, IMHO... Just some 'off the top of my head' additions in bold

[Mr. Ed]

Originally Posted by tedrodgerscpa

That's a pretty accurate listing, IMHO... Just some 'off the top of my head' additions in bold

I wouldn't say the Cabaiguan is mild, it is much closer to the lite side of medium IMO, close to the Casa Royale.

[tedrodgerscpa]

I can now add La Riqueza to my list of 'have tried' and 'liked a lot'

A very very complex cigar. Passed one at the S.H.I.T. herf tonight. Several strength and flavor profiles. No where near as strong as the Brown Label Tats overall, and one I'm looking forward to having more of!

I'd put the first 1/3 as Medium to full, the middle 1/3 at medium, and the last 1/3 at Medium to full.

Nubbed it!

[RicoPuro]

Add my name to the hords of DPG whores. The guy is a genius, he is making some of the best smokes on the face of this planet. I am biased towards the black label but I also have San Cristobal and Padilla 1932 in my dor'. I recently ordered a box of Benchmandes and look forward to try them. After smoking Pepins, I feel like sprinkling pepper to any other non-DPG smoke.

Jorge

[BigCat]

I'm way late to the discussion, but I just read the first post and it says that JFRs are thought to be Pepin blends. I picked up a couple at a local B&M last year and they were great smokes. I would say they lacked the pepper more commonly associated with Pepin's blends, but they were very creamy and flavorful. I went back a couple months after smoking them and was disappointed to find out that the B&M was out of them. The owner had told me that they come in boxes of 50.

As an aside, I love the tatuajes. My buddy bought me a box of the Regios for my bachelor party last year and I consider them special occasion smokes. Those definitely have the pepper in them.

[Smokin Gator]

Wow... what a thread. It took my parts of two days to read it all!!. The only Pepin blend I have smoke so far is the CI Legend. I liked them, but I will have to try some others to see what all the fuss is about.

[hdroadking]

Originally Posted by Smokin Gator

Wow... what a thread. It took my parts of two days to read it all!!. The only Pepin blend I have smoke so far is the CI Legend. I liked them, but I will have to try some others to see what all the fuss is about.

you have many miles to travel.............

[txmatt]

Originally Posted by hdroadking

you have many miles to travel.............

Ain't that the truth! I apologize for slacking in updating my list. I know 2 or 3 new fontmarks need to be added but life has been very busy for me the past 2 months. I am glad this thread is still proving to be useful to you gorillas.

I haven't had a cigar in at least a week, so tomorrow I am going to fire up a La Riqueza. It amazes me how rich the cigar is considering there is no ligero in it.

[Smokin Gator]

For all you Pepin whores.... Joe's Daily Deal for 10-2-08

5 Vegas Miami Robusto - 10 sticks - $27.50

[BagfullofPings]

Pepin Whores start smoking at 6 AM...

[RicoPuro]

Check out today's joecigar deal...pretty sweet!

[Rev2010]

Originally Posted by RicoPuro

Check out today's joecigar deal...pretty sweet!

Wow, I actually got that pack but without the CI Legends. I had gotten CI's catalog and they have the two 5 packs for $39.99 so I chose the Rockey Patel pack and the Pepin pack due to all the praise I read on here about Pepin. Never tried one yet but I am psyched to try them!

I totally had to jump on the $39.99 for two 5 packs cause some of the cigars in these packs are like $12.50 each when bought singly!! And some others are $10.50 or so each singly. So it was too good of a deal to pass up Hey guys, which one of the Pepins in that pack would you recommend having first? I was thinking one of the JJ's?


Rev.