Today, we continue the reveal of the 2024 Smoke Inn Hanukkah Box with the cigar for day 1 of the Festival of Lights. Warning: spoiler alert.
Similar to Smoke Inn’s Advent Calendar, a different cigar will be revealed each day for the eight days of Hanukkah. Much like lighting a candle on the menorah for each night of Hanukkah, each “candle” box inside the large Hanukkah box will contain a cigar. The ninth candle of the menorah, known as the Shamash, is used to light the other candles on the menorah. Following that pattern, Smoke Inn’s Hanukkah box contains nine candle boxes – eight representing the eight nights of Hanukkah and one for the Shamash.
Notably, there is one big difference between the Smoke Inn Hanukkah Box and the Smoke Inn Advent Calendar. The Advent Calendar focuses on more commercially available cigars. The Hanukkah Box focuses on rare cigars with limited production.
Today’s reveal is the Black Label Trading Company (BLTC) Royalty Black Special. While Royalty is one of BLTC’s regular production lines, this was the first time I heard of the Black Special. The vitola is an offshoot of Royalty that replaces the Ecuadorian Corojo wrapper with an Ecuadorian Maduro wrapper. In addition, this blend is presented in a box-pressed format. I’ve been told that it has been used as an event-only cigar.
SPECIFICATIONS
Smoke Inn has provided the following specifications:
- Wrapper: Ecuadorian Maduro
- Binder: Honduran
- Filler: Nicaraguan
- Country of Origin: Nicaragua
- Factory: Fabrica Oveja Negra
- Box Pressed Robusto: 5 x 52
- Price: $12.00
Coverage
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Photo Credits: Cigar Coop
