Punch Nectares No. 50. Exclusivo Irlanda

[Ryan]

Yes, the launch will be June 22nd. These things usually start about 3 pm. We'll be kicked out of the venue at 11 pm.
The venue is House on Leeson Street. Dublin 2. About 10 minute walk from JJ Fox Grafton Street, Dublin
No dress code. But there will be pictures on social media.

There's a decent video on the homepage here which shows the smoking area at the back. Space for 200.

https://www.housedublin.ie/

There'll be a meeting today or tomorrow where I'll have more details.
To be honest accommodation in June in Dublin is not cheap these days, but this trip can be done from the UK by flying in on a Sunday morning and out on the Monday. Though I know from experience, door to door from an address in London to any address in Dublin is 5-6 hours, even though the flight is only an hour. On a Sunday morning, Dublin city centre is 15 mins from the airport by taxi, 30 mins by bus. There is no train. Spring for a taxi (about 30 euros) if more than one of you.


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[Ryan]

Also, nearly forgot. For rugby fans. Lions vs Argentina in the Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road, about 20 min walk from venue) at 8 pm on Friday 20th. Good news : "kill two birds", bad news: this will probably have affected hotel rates.

[liles]

Any ideas on ticket price?

[Ryan]

Any ideas on ticket price?

To be decided. But around 80 euros. That will get you some whiskey, food, and either two singles of the Irish regional or one Irish regional and one or two other cigars. Depends how many cigars have landed in the country by then! I'm not shilling for Fox (honestly!) but I do know the event will make a loss. As a launch event should.

[liles]

Well I have provisionally booked some accommodation - so I'm in

[Simon Bolivar]

Sounds a grand event, sure it'll be a blast!

[NorthernPuro]

Sounds fab. The Sunday date has I think made it hard for me to get there. Enjoy if you go

[Stevieboy]

Will these come with plain bands and plain boxes?!? I looked at JJ's Dublin site and the cigars are all in plain bands

[Ryan]

Will these come with plain bands and plain boxes?!? I looked at JJ's Dublin site and the cigars are all in plain bands

Cigars for export outside of Ireland are not be plain packaged. These will go on sale in the UK too. As part of the deal, Hunters are reserving some for the UK market but UK sale will be delayed until later in the year. Also they'll be cheaper in Ireland given the tax differences. The price difference on a box of 50 could buy a cheap weekend in Dublin..

[Ryan]

It's looking like tickets for the event will be 100 euros but some drinks included, food (BBQ), cigars and band. Event starts at 3 pm and the venue will kick us out at 11 pm. I'll post a link here for the ticket purchase when it goes up in a week or so.

[liles]

It's looking like tickets for the event will be 100 euros but some drinks included, food (BBQ), cigars and band. Event starts at 3 pm and the venue will kick us out at 11 pm. I'll post a link here for the ticket purchase when it goes up in a week or so.

Do we know what the cigars will be?

[Stevieboy]

Cheers Andy

Does that mean Eire will be plain boxes and the UK will be bonny boxes? Apologies if I'm not understanding.
My plan is to reserve some and come to Dublin and collect. Plain boxes might dull my collector's excitement though....

[Ryan]

Cheers Andy

Does that mean Eire will be plain boxes and the UK will be bonny boxes? Apologies if I'm not understanding.
My plan is to reserve some and come to Dublin and collect. Plain boxes might dull my collector's excitement though....

There are no plain boxes here. There aren't the logistics for doing that. The cigars have their bands covered with plain bands. If you come from the UK to buy cigars here, to bring them back to the UK, you'll be able to leave the shop with cigars and original boxes. There may be the usual health warning stickers on the boxes. We're aiming to design an insert for the boxes sold in Ireland describing the history of the Punch Nectares sub-brand.

[Ryan]

Do we know what the cigars will be?

I'm afraid it's looking like one Nectares No. 50 and one Punch 48. That's a retail value of about 100 euros. I would have preferred two Nectares No. 50 but not sure if the stock will be in Ireland for that.

[Stevieboy]

There are no plain boxes here. There aren't the logistics for doing that. The cigars have their bands covered with plain bands. If you come from the UK to buy cigars here, to bring them back to the UK, you'll be able to leave the shop with cigars and original boxes. There may be the usual health warning stickers on the boxes. We're aiming to design an insert for the boxes sold in Ireland describing the history of the Punch Nectares sub-brand.

Cheers pal. Thanks for clearing that up