Stogie1020
Monday, April 10, 2023 11:38:25 PM
Anyone try the EPC Allegiance yet?
Sunoverbeach
Monday, April 10, 2023 11:55:04 PM
I have no allegiance to EPC
LeeBot
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 9:10:57 AM
Pledge? Allegiance?

Next is going to be a Flag.


No, I haven't tried.
KingoftheCove
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 10:41:57 AM
Haven’t visited any Ernesto cigars in a long while.
Are there any decent ones these days?
deadeyedick
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 5:32:36 PM

Anyone try the EPC Allegiance yet?

Stogie1020 wrote:




Take one for the team Stogie. He has made some good ones but none that compare to the original Short Run.
Stogie1020
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 5:58:18 PM
I love the Pledge. I will have to seek out an Allegiance next time I am at the Shpo. From descriptions online they are medium strength, so they may not be my cup of joe...
MACS
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 6:10:46 PM

I love the Pledge. I will have to seek out an Allegiance next time I am at the Shpo. From descriptions online they are medium strength, so they may not be my cup of lets go brandon...

Stogie1020 wrote:


clickbangdead
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 12:31:13 AM
I enjoy the Pledge, first EPC I've smoked in years that I've bought more of. Not sure if that is exactly a ringing endorsement of the brand as a whole though.
stogie30
Thursday, April 13, 2023 9:11:07 AM
Had a few Allegiance. Good smoke.
Stogie1020
Thursday, April 13, 2023 12:13:56 PM
^Thanks
24132413
Monday, May 22, 2023 9:21:00 AM
Smoked The Alligiance Box-Pressed Toro yesterday. Good, crisp flavor offering. But for the price it's not a better option than Oiliva Serie V Melanio, which still rates as the best Sumatra wrapped cigar I have yet to burn.
Stogie1020
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 5:34:29 PM

MACS wrote:


I just noticed this, too damn funny!

Fiver of Alleigance sitting at home waiting to be smoked.
Jakethesnake86
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 10:58:54 PM
@24132413 have you tried the cojonu 2012 Sumatra? It’s a tat maybe my favorite Sumatra. Very good cigar.

I’m smoking a melanio as I’m typing and I do like those also.

Stogie I haven’t tried just adding to small talk
Stogie1020
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 12:11:47 AM
OK, smoking one now. I broke my "let it rest for at least a month" rule for this one.

Is a very nice cigar. Band removal is good. It costs a few shekels more than the pledge, which I think I like better and buy boxes of.

There is a subtle sweetness to the Allegiance, likely from the Sumatra wrapper, but if it's this nice with a few weeks of rest, I am guessing it will be a tasty smoke in a few months.

I just don't know if it's worth the price when the pledge is so good.
JGKAMIN
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 7:34:38 AM

Pledge? Allegiance?

Next is going to be a Flag.


No, I haven't tried.

LeeBot wrote:


For its newest limited edition, E.P. Carrillo is leaning on a patriotic theme that gets its names from two of the company’s existing lines.

The cigar is called the E.P. Carrillo Pledge of Allegiance 2023 and it is a 6 x 54 toro that uses a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper, an Ecuadorian-grown Connecticut seed binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and the United States. This is the first time that the company is using two American-grown tobaccos as part of the filler in a blend.
stogie30
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 5:01:22 PM

Smoked The Alligiance Box-Pressed Toro yesterday. Good, crisp flavor offering. But for the price it's not a better option than Oiliva Serie V Melanio, which still rates as the best Sumatra wrapped cigar I have yet to burn.

24132413 wrote:




Yes Melanio is still one of favorites but the price has gone up on that as well. They're both good I've just had waaaay more melanio than allegiance so the change was nice