Wednesday 26th June 2013

[sheppsea]

Hey Stevie,

To be honest I didn't really get the chance to look out for regional/special editions, I was sick for a fair chunk of the holiday so didn't have as much time to explore and smoke cigars as I would have liked. They seemed to have quite a few of these Punches in the LCdH.

Enjoy Berlin, I had forgotten what a great city it is!

[AlexG]

I've heard from mates on other forums that the German Boli is the greatest cigar ever to be released. Research will need to be conducted though, I think ill be in Germany in oct!

[SteveGriff]

Hey Shep.... are these still quite easy to find then? Any other REs out there ? I'm in Berlin in October so I'm hoping to find some nice stuff. I'm sure the RA and JLs are already sold out as my regular Deutsche supplier is long sold out.... Ever hopeful a B&M might still have some kicking around though

I was over in Dusseldorf a few weeks back - the Punch Sir John are really easy to get your hands on, as well as the Bolivar RE (the long slim ones). The Sancho Panzas are easy too. I think the JL and RA's are gone I think... Dont think the JL had as big as production as the Sir Johnny boy

[SteveGriff]

I was surprised by how many boxes of the Bolivar Especiales No.2 they had in stock... much have been more than thirty boxes. We hear about people wanting slimmer smokes.... but when gets released... they're stuck on the shelves

[Stevieboy]

I was surprised by how many boxes of the Bolivar Especiales No.2 they had in stock... much have been more than thirty boxes. We hear about people wanting slimmer smokes.... but when gets released... they're stuck on the shelves

Yep.... baffling tbh. I bought a box of both the German Boli REs, and the skinny little Especiales is by far the more interesting. IMO it's the best RE I've smoked thus far

Looking at the German website I often use, all the REs are sold out except the Punch and the skinny Boli and it's been around for 4 years or so.