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avalon_cigars

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Clarksdale/Jackson, Mississippi
I just wanted to drop in and say hello from Avalon Cigars. We're diong some things just a little different and would love to get your feedback. As I figure out how all of this works, I'll include some of our sticks in a pass.

Best regards,

Tom
 
Why not send a few out to guys for a coordinated review? We've got members here who could most definitely give you excellent feedback. For example Mark Twain, Cuppajack, Marcos, MiamiCubano, and tkoepp just to name a few.

Wilkey
 
I look forward to reading the reviews. I hope to be able to help out a few folk form back home.



Seth
 
avalon_cigars said:
Ginseng said:
Why not send a few out to guys for a coordinated review? We've got members here who could most definitely give you excellent feedback. For example Mark Twain, Cuppajack, Marcos, MiamiCubano, and tkoepp just to name a few.

Wilkey
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just send me the addresses and we'll send out the sticks. we'd love to get the feedback.
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KNowing Wilkey, he will. He does great reviews on cigars and I'd be more than happy to give up his address. :D
 
Mr Peat said:
avalon_cigars said:
Ginseng said:
Why not send a few out to guys for a coordinated review? We've got members here who could most definitely give you excellent feedback. For example Mark Twain, Cuppajack, Marcos, MiamiCubano, and tkoepp just to name a few.

Wilkey
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just send me the addresses and we'll send out the sticks. we'd love to get the feedback.
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KNowing Wilkey, he will. He does great reviews on cigars and I'd be more than happy to give up his address. :D
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Loren,

I'd love to participate but honestly I just don't have the time. I will, however, send a group PM to those members I identified above as ones that have caught my eye in terms of the consistent competence and artistry of their reviews. The list is not exhaustive and I do apologize to the other excellent reviewers I might have inadvertently left off.

While I will volunteer to get this started, I hope that one of the guys will step up and coordinate the collection and presentation of the results. I am confident that they will do a good job for you and our members.

BTW, your website is quite stylish. Nicely done!

Wilkey
 
avalon_cigars said:
I just wanted to drop in and say hello from Avalon Cigars. We're diong some things just a little different and would love to get your feedback. As I figure out how all of this works, I'll include some of our sticks in a pass.

Best regards,

Tom
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Welcome to the site.

Nice to see a vendor that looks like they spent some time here before posting.

From their website:

"Our proprietary aging process that uses pecan wood instead of Spanish cedar gives our smokes just the slightest of hint of nutty aroma"

I amassuming this is what is different, but not sure what the results are.

Good Luck. This place can be a great resource for you.

Al
 
CigarAl said:
avalon_cigars said:
I just wanted to drop in and say hello from Avalon Cigars. We're diong some things just a little different and would love to get your feedback. As I figure out how all of this works, I'll include some of our sticks in a pass.

Best regards,

Tom
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Welcome to the site.

Nice to see a vendor that looks like they spent some time here before posting.

From their website:

"Our proprietary aging process that uses pecan wood instead of Spanish cedar gives our smokes just the slightest of hint of nutty aroma"

I amassuming this is what is different, but not sure what the results are.

Good Luck. This place can be a great resource for you.

Al
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Perhaps they read the Freccia, Jacobsen, and Kilby paper from 2003 that investigated price-characteristics-ratings relationships in premium hand-rolled cigars. In that report, they found that the taste "nuttiness" was strongly and positively associated with a higher rating. In other words, reviewers like "nuttiness" as a flavor and they were likely to rate a cigar higher if this flavor was detected.

Personally, pecans are my favorite nut but that's beside the point. :D

Wilkey
 
Ginseng said:
Why not send a few out to guys for a coordinated review? We've got members here who could most definitely give you excellent feedback. For example Mark Twain, Cuppajack, Marcos, MiamiCubano, and tkoepp just to name a few.

Wilkey
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Wow, I'm honored to be mentioned in the same breath as those BOTLs!

I'd be very happy to participate in any review-type-thing that goes on but I'm not 100% confidant in my ability to coordinate this as my coming few months are going to be rough at the office...

Address is in the profile tho ;)
 
Ginseng said:
Why not send a few out to guys for a coordinated review? We've got members here who could most definitely give you excellent feedback. For example Mark Twain, Cuppajack, Marcos, MiamiCubano, and tkoepp just to name a few.

Wilkey
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Much appreciated compliment Wilkey.

As far as undertaking a coordinated effort with respect to a tasting, I'll be heading out of the country for a bit this Wednesday, so can't really take it on at this time. However, upon my return, I'd be willing to sample and give a review of any product(s) you are willing to send out.
 
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MrJerry said:
Nice looking site! Did I miss something, I didn't see prices on any of your product.
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we don't list the prices on the web site because we don't sell directly to consumers. the retailers set their own prices but we suggest that the Juke Series prices be between $5-7 and the Masters between $9-14.
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Just curious...if you don't sell to consumers, how do you expect feedback (mentioned in your first post in this thread) on this product unless you send out samples? I might have missed it, but I couldn't find a list of retailers on your website referencing where these sticks are available. So, if one doesn't get sent a sample...how, where, etc. are they able to look for and try your sticks?

Nice looking site by the way. And props on getting a quote from Jimbo. :thumbs:
 
MiamiCubano said:
avalon_cigars said:
MrJerry said:
Nice looking site! Did I miss something, I didn't see prices on any of your product.
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we don't list the prices on the web site because we don't sell directly to consumers. the retailers set their own prices but we suggest that the Juke Series prices be between $5-7 and the Masters between $9-14.
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Just curious...if you don't sell to consumers, how do you expect feedback (mentioned in your first post in this thread) on this product unless you send out samples? I might have missed it, but I couldn't find a list of retailers on your website referencing where these sticks are available. So, if one doesn't get sent a sample...how, where, etc. are they able to look for and try your sticks?

Nice looking site by the way. And props on getting a quote from Jimbo. :thumbs:
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the list of retailers will be on the new web site coming out in a couple of weeks. we just shipped out our first order to a very small number of retailers last week. the number of retailers will ramp up quickly...we hope.
 
cuppajack said:
Ginseng said:
Why not send a few out to guys for a coordinated review? We've got members here who could most definitely give you excellent feedback. For example Mark Twain, Cuppajack, Marcos, MiamiCubano, and tkoepp just to name a few.

Wilkey
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Wow, I'm honored to be mentioned in the same breath as those BOTLs!

I'd be very happy to participate in any review-type-thing that goes on but I'm not 100% confidant in my ability to coordinate this as my coming few months are going to be rough at the office...

Address is in the profile tho ;)
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Right and the good looking guy doesn't get a mention - thanks a lot Wilkey ???
:sign:

Brian
 
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Perhaps they read the Freccia, Jacobsen, and Kilby paper from 2003 that investigated price-characteristics-ratings relationships in premium hand-rolled cigars. In that report, they found that the taste "nuttiness" was strongly and positively associated with a higher rating. In other words, reviewers like "nuttiness" as a flavor and they were likely to rate a cigar higher if this flavor was detected.

Personally, pecans are my favorite nut but that's beside the point. :D

Wilkey
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wow! you make us sound much smarter than we really are. I haven't read the Freccia, Jacobsen, and Kilby paper from 2003, but perhaps I shold. Actually we just wanted to impart some "Southern" chararistics to the cigars and pecan is a very southern wood. I went out in the back yard, cut down a pecan limb, chopped it up and put it in a big tupperware box with some of our sticks. The result was positive, but not overbearing so we went with it.
 
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