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Originally Posted by Don Fernando
Guess most of you already saw what I brought back from my trip to Florida
today my order from the Oliva Cigar Lounge (shop in The Netherlands) came in:
Dirty Rats and Oliva V Maduro short robusto edicion Europe
several singles
this is something special. Ilja van Horssen was one of the 3 people that founded the Longfiller Company, which is now the European Oliva distributer and distributer for Drew Estate, Fuente, Ashton, Tatuaje, Don Pepin, Padron, Casa Magna and a few more brands in The Netherlands. Ilja was also the owner of the famous G. de Graaff and Cuesta Rey shops in The Hague. A few years ago he died of cancer at the early age of 36. Since then, his brother Sasja, CEO of The Longfiller Company and also one of the founders, releases 36 boxes of hard to find sigars with a special band for Ilja and the proceeds go to charity. Last sunday he released the Ilja 4, this years release is the Padron 1926 80th anniversary maduro, and due to my surgery I couldn't make the release party. Sasja was kind enough to send me one with my order. |
NICE Haul!
2 Quick questions:
1. Do those Dirty Rats have a second band? And if so, what does it say?
2. I have an Opus Ilja Edition I was going to review, is that one of the releases you mentioned (36 boxes) from a year in the past?
Thanks
~brooks