Devil's Weed

"Same old story....fight for love and glory....it’s a case of do or die....."

As I approach 2 decades in the "bidness" I’ve seen some version of this same saga unfold about a thousand times:

- Dude thinks cigar industry looks like a piece of cake.
- Dude drops life savings into startup company.
- Dude magnanimously claims he supports brick and mortar stores only, refusing to sell to "scumbag catalog discount house."
- Financial suffering for Dude begins.
- Hat in hand, Dude seeks warm embrace of CI and accompanying bailout plan.
- CI rides in on white horse with checkbook and pen ablaze, staving off personal financial armageddon for Dude at 11th hour.
- Discounting commences, and common man can enjoy a nice product for dirt cheap.
- Retail stores who only nominally supported Dude’s brand get panties in knot and yell at Dude for "selling out."
- Repeat as needed.

Devil’s Weed. Quite a name. Unlike most new and unknown brands that emerge from the swampy borderlands of the cigar industry, I was a little intrigued by Devil’s Weed. It’s a handsome, um, devil, and it smokes great - hailing not from parts unknown but the Dominican Republic. The wrapper is a dark Connecticut-seed leaf grown in the natural cloud-covered valleys of Ecuador, which conceals an aged mixture of Cuban-seed Dominican long-fillers from four different plantations. The smoke is balanced with a creamy core and mild to medium-bodied profile. Sweet tobacco notes mingle with toasty nuances just before a crisp finish completes each puff. Mellow, yes - but eventful throughout.

With deeply discounted (read: realistic) pricing, Devil’s Weed is now a steal. As low as $29.99 per mazo? Nutty.