Tabac Trading Company has announced they will be having a release party for the Angry Rob cigar this Thursday February 10 for 7PM-10PM at El BArrio Mexican Restaurant in Scarsdale, NY. The Angry Rob was showcased at this year Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) in Las Vegas, Nevada in January.
Patrick Potter – Founder of Tabac Trading Co. states:
“You ever walk into a cigar shop and notice how patrons and friends of the leaf like to break each other’s chops? Well that was the case for Tabac Trading Company owner, Patrick Potter, when he walked into a cigar club in Westchester County NY. It was when Patrick met Robert Zullo, a short Italian New Yorker who Patrick describes as a man “small in stature yet fierce in demeanor.”
Robert is a member of the cigar club but because of his size, his fellow members liked to break his balls, in a way only the truly loved are treated in New York suburbs. Rob loves to drink and when he drinks, sometimes the friendly tormenting from his fellow cigar enthusiasts gets under his skin and Rob gets a little angry as one would expect. His friends decided to nick name him “Angry Rob”. The right of passage among men in NY is always rewarded with a nickname, and Rob has since been dubbed.“
As Patrick took note of this, he decided, to create a new cigar and call it the Angry Rob. Now that changed things for Rob, as he was now going to have a cigar named after him. Of course, the fellow members continued to break his balls and imply that Patrick may have been joking about producing such a cigar.
Patrick did not hesitate a moment and set off to develop a new blend. Over the next few month’s Patrick brought back prototypes to the club and Rob and Patrick picked the blend which was bold and aromatic, a strength that paired well with dark scotches and bourdons which Rob favors but didn’t over power a well made espresso
The Angry Rob, incorporates a dark Condega seco, a darker Estelí viso, and even darker San Andres ligero as fillers all bound together with a strong Habano oscuro binder and cloaked in a beautiful Lancaster, PA Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. Remarking it as a powder keg of power and complexity.
To keep with the small but fierce stature of Rob, it is expressed in a single (4.5 x 64) “Fat Belicos” vitola.
The Angry Rob is a limited release cigar with just 200 (20-count) boxes scheduled to be produced for 2022 and possibly each year thereafter.
The release party will be held at El Barrio Mexican Restaurant located at 185 Summerfield street Scarsdale, NY 10583. The event starts at 7PM and will run till 10PM this Thursday, February 10. The boxes will be on sale for $225.00/Box and Angry Rob will be in attendance signing boxes.