Yes, that was a great time and that cigar shop is fantastic! I’ll keep my eye on the cigar events calendar so we can meet again the next time you’re in town! (Either that, or I’ll swing by at the next IPCPR.)

Thanks for taking the time to speak with me at the event!

It was great to see you at the opening of the Diamond Crown Cigar Lounge at the Cigar Shoppe. Tim and Keith did an awesome job in making their Cumming, Georgia, one of our nicest Dianond Crown Cigar Lounges. Thank you for the nice write-up. Hope to see you soon.

Eric

It was great to have you at our event. The Diamond Crown Lounge is something that is very important to The Cigar Shoppe and we hope to do it well. There has been a lot of time and effort put into creating the atmosphere that you saw. Please join us when the wine room is finished. You will be blown away. For all others, feel free to make the drive up to Cumming as the leaves change and enjoy a smoke with us.

Now that the cat is out of the bag, I may as well divulge the details. The new Nub will be the “Gummy Bear Maduro” that will feature a great Connecticut wrapper absolutely soaked in Apple Pectin (cigar rolling glue).

Sam and I talked about it, and we determined that the problem with most cigars these days is you gotta really drool hard on your cigar to get it properly soggy. This new soggy-capped cigar will ease the burden on cigar smokers saliva glands.

An unintended, but happily accepted side effect of so much glue is that smokers will also find their cigars far less likely to accidentally fall out of their mouths. (In some cases, there is a risk of trouble with cigars being firmly affixed to the lip, but that’s a risk we’re willing to take.)