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Bad News: No Privada Con This Year…
Good News: We’re Bringing You the Ultimate Cigar Festival
This year, we’re taking things even further with The LCA Hungry Herf, a nationwide cigar festival landing August 1, 2026, in Hubbard, Ohio.
Why You Can’t Miss This
🔥 Exclusive Cigars
Limited edition blends made specifically for this event and nowhere else
🔥 Whiskey and Bourbon Pairings
Hand selected pours built to elevate the cigars
🔥 Incredible Food
Pierogies, wings, BBQ, and Midwest classics done right
🔥 Main Street Takeover
A full scale cigar festival in a town that actually embraces the culture
🔥 Meet Fellow Aficionados
Cigar lovers traveling in from all over the country
🔥 Live Entertainment and Special Guests
Music, industry legends, and a few surprises
🔥 Support the Rust Belt Revival
Be part of something real and lasting
📍 Sigaro Cigar Lounge, Hubbard, Ohio
🎟 Spots are limited. Secure yours early.
This is not just another event.
It’s the next evolution of cigar culture.
Be there.
BOURBON GETS DELIVERED AT THE EVENT
HUNGRY HERF PART II
A Box That Could Never Be Made Again
Every now and then, we get to do something that reminds us why Privada exists.
Not to chase hype.
Not to release another cigar.
But to preserve moments.
This box is filled with cigars that were never meant to sit for years. They were prototypes, experiments, forgotten projects, and personal favorites that somehow survived while the rest disappeared. While the cigar world rushed to release the next thing, these quietly rested in coolers, aging into something they were never intended to become.
Some have seven years behind them.
Some four.
Some three.
All of them tell a story.
Thank you for being the kind of cigar smoker who values exploration over marketing, craftsmanship over trends, and memories over labels. That’s what built Privada Cigar Club and the Limited Cigar Association. Because of your support, we’re able to share experiences that simply don’t exist anywhere else.
Enjoy every one of these. There won’t be another chance.
LOU LIGA
This cigar almost became something else.
Years before the world knew Erik Espinosa’s famous Laranja, he was chasing the blend using a different wrapper while waiting on the tobacco he actually wanted. It wasn’t quite the cigar he envisioned, so the project was shelved.
A year or two later, I bought them directly from the La Zona factory.
I’ve always believed this cigar deserved a second life.
Today it’s aged well over seven years. Just look at the bronze patina on the cellophane. Time has done something special here.
I don’t know every detail of the blend. Erik never said much beyond the fact that it wasn’t the cigar he wanted it to be. My best guess is a Brazilian Habano wrapper over predominantly Nicaraguan tobaccos.
I had branded the Cigar for the Lou Liga cigar lounge in Fishtown Philadelphia, where it sold quite well, but this is the remaining batch and Lou wanted me to share them with all the smokers attending the Hungry Herf
Funny how history works.
What wasn’t good enough to become Laranja became one of my favorite Privada cigars of all time.
I saved just enough for everyone here.
LIL PURP
Before there was the Purple People Eater…
…there was this.
We called it Lil Purp, a 5 x 52 version of what would eventually become one of our most beloved blends.
The recipe never changed.
High-priming Mexican San Andrés wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and fillers.
Only the size did.
These have been sleeping for well over seven years.
Imagine filling coolers with 1,500 cigars, closing the lid, and waiting almost a decade.
Now imagine smoking some of the very last ones.
That’s what you’re holding.
SIGARO PROTO
Some cigars deserve a story before they’re ever lit.
This prototype immediately reminded me of an old-school natural Padron, so we leaned into the nostalgia with the band.
The face belongs to James Traficant, one of the most fascinating and controversial figures ever to come out of Youngstown, Ohio. Love him or hate him, his story is unforgettable. Go look him up after your smoke.
The tobacco has a story too.
These leaves came from farms sitting right beside the legendary Padron farms in Nicaragua.
Natural Habano wrapper.
Nicaraguan binder.
Nicaraguan filler.
A true Nicaraguan puro that’s been resting for roughly three years.
It’s one of those cigars that feels right at an event like this.
Simple.
Honest.
Timeless.
CHICKEN WING MADURO
Sometimes a cigar just waits for the right moment.
This one has been sitting banded in my coolers for more than four years.
I never knew when to release it.
Then last year, after Hungry Heath, I walked across the street for buffalo wings. They were some of the best I’ve ever had.
Halfway through the meal, I knew exactly which cigar belonged beside them.
This one.
The tobacco was cured differently than most. Higher temperatures created a naturally smoky character that you simply don’t find very often.
The wrapper is a thick hybrid grown in Nicaragua from Mexican seed.
Inside you’ll find tobaccos from the Dominican Republic’s Cibao Valley alongside Jalapa, Nicaragua.
It’s richer.
Sharper.
Fuller.
And after years of age, it’s become exactly what I hoped it would be.
BOURBON BARREL BROADLEAF
Every now and then we do something just because we want to see what happens.
This 6 x 54 Connecticut Broadleaf spent time resting inside the very bourbon barrels used to produce our bourbon.
When the barrel aging was complete, I transferred these cigars into cedar boxes to continue their journey.
I’ve pulled one out every so often over the years.
Each time they got a little softer.
A little richer.
A little more complete.
I knew eventually I’d find the right moment to share them.
That moment is today.
Thank you for making the trip to Hungry Heath Part II.
Thank you for the conversations, the friendships, the laughs, and the memories we’ve made together.
More than anything…
Thank you for making Privada Cigar Club and the Limited Cigar Association part of your own cigar journey.
Enjoy every draw.
You’ll never smoke this collection again.
