AJ Q.

danielzreyes

Does anyone know the actual number of cigars he has made? I tried Googling it and nothing. I mean the MOW line itself is probably like what .... 8-9 diff cigars?

While on the topic, I wonder how many RP and Gurkha has made as well.

jgibv

There's a decent list on AJ Cigar wiki page, good place to start.
AJF cigar wiki list CLICK HERE
Not sure how "up to date" it is though.

And, because I admire your sock porn/stogie stand threads ;-) ...here's some more info
RP Cigar wiki list CLICK HERE
Gurkha Cigar wiki list CLICK HERE
Again, not sure how up to date these are but good "jumping off" point IMO.

(Ninja Edit, links are now clicky clickable)

danielzreyes

Awesome. Thanks John. Damn I suck at Googling. Btw, holy crap thats a lot of cigars!

jgibv

danielzreyes:

Awesome. Thanks John. Damn I suck at Googling. Btw, holy crap thats a lot of cigars!

You are welcome.... happy to help. And yes that is a whole bunch of brands...haven't counted them all yet but I want to.

(Also, - Pro tip: if your search term doesn't yield any results with a "regular" Google search; add the word "wiki" after your search term and Google will show Wikipedia results first.)

danielzreyes

I'm not gonna count every single one, but it looks like RP has them both beat with AJ in 2nd.

jgibv

danielzreyes:

I'm not gonna count every single one, but it looks like RP has them both beat with AJ in 2nd.

Yeah that's what I thought at first glance too....I was surprised there weren't more listed for Gurkha though.

danielzreyes

La Palina Goldie was AJ?

dennisking

This was posted a long time ago here in the forums AJ Fernandez Blends

1844

5 Vegas"AAA"

A. Fernandez Signature Series

Cigar.com House Blend Brazilian Label

Cigar.com Sungrown Label

Diesel---Unholy Cocktail,

Unlimited

Double Happiness

Esteban Carreras Habano

Graycliff G2 Turbo

Gurkha--- Park Avenue,Sherpa

Gurkha Microbatch--- S-2,C-10,TPB-1

ITC 10th Anniversary

La Cuna Bin No. 85

La Herencia Cubana Oscuro Fuerte

Man O' War--- Ruination,virtue,Armada,PURO Nica Libre

Padilla--- Achilles,Habano

Reposado 96

Rocky Patel--- Fusion,Double Maduro,Signature

Sol Cubano Cuban Cabinet

Indian Tabac Split Decision

Ave Maria

San Miguel

Moro Castle

San Lotano--- Connecticut,Habano,Maduro

danielzreyes

Alex Svenson:

AJ is an amazing guy. Truly the best in the trade in my opinion and that is saying a lot since he is only 30 years old. Below is the complete list:

Man O War
Man O War Ruination
La Herencia Cubana
La Herencia Cubana Oscuro Fuerte
Sol Cubano Cuban Cabinet
Graycliff Turbo
5 Vegas Triple A
Garo Unum
Estaban Carerras Habano Corojo and Maduro
ITC 10 Year
Rocky Patel Fusion
Rocky Patel Double Maduro
Rocky Patel Signature
Deisel
Reposado 96
Graycliff G2
A. Fernandez Signature Series
Sol Cubano Artisan
Cigar.com Brazilian Label
Gurkha Park Ave
Gurkha Sherpa
Gurkha Microbatch S-2
Gurkha Microbatch C-10
Gurkha Microbatch TPB-1
Padilla Achilles
La Cuna Bin 85
Rocky Patel Triple Fusion
Red Lion
Nica Libre
Tantra Flavors

Some of these have been discontinued or are being discontinued for various reasons. There are also a few in the works such as Man O War Virtue which will be a super high end connecticut and also a brand called San Lotano which is the brand Abdels grandfather used to make in Cuba which he has been working on resurrecting for the past 3 years. He finally nailed the blend a month or two ago and will be bringing it to market. Unlike most of his blends which are made for distributors, San Lotano will be sold nationwide to fine tobacconists and his own brand and line. I smoked both the maduro and the habano version. Maduro was just okay but the habano was killer.

Here's another list from Alex back in early 2010

jgibv

danielzreyes:

La Palina Goldie was AJ?

Hmm....interesting.
I couldn't find mentions of this anywhere else with a couple Google searches.

Maybe a typo/wrong info (it is wikipedia afterall) but I thought La Palina did everything "in house"....would love to see an official answer from someone "in the business".

Vulchor

Working his way into the Patel and Gurkha territory.

Bigshizza

Vulchor:

Working his way into the Patel and Gurkha territory.

I wonder if that's his goal?

ckrddsmke

Apparently you can add the Outlaw Gunslinger Drifter as one of his collaborative blends.

jsnake

I got to meet him and he is a great guy. I really enjoy his cigars that I have tried. He is young so it will be nice to see what he keeps doing.

danielzreyes

Well I did the count. Wiki list

RP 56
Gurkha 52
AJ 50

Vulchor

danielzreyes:

Well I did the count. Wiki list

RP 56
Gurkha 52
AJ 50

May I give the "Vulchor List" of each of their blends worth keeping? lol

Gray4lines

I am very surprised that Gurkha has less than AJ! Maybe since gurkha has the same band on each cigar (almost) it's just more confusing and overwhelming, lol!

danielzreyes

Vulchor:

danielzreyes:

Well I did the count. Wiki list

RP 56
Gurkha 52
AJ 50

May I give the "Vulchor List" of each of their blends worth keeping? lol

readyyyy go!

ddubridge

Does Rp and Gurkha actuay blend/make cigars? Do they have factories? Lets not forget in counting you are aso counting the cigars he makes for others? ie Gurkha and RP. I feel like there is a difference here. Am I the only one?

Gray4lines

ddubridge:

Does Rp and Gurkha actuay blend/make cigars? Do they have factories? Lets not forget in counting you are aso counting the cigars he makes for others? ie Gurkha and RP. I feel like there is a difference here. Am I the only one?

Good point. I'd agree with that

YankeeMan

jgibv:

danielzreyes:

Awesome. Thanks John. Damn I suck at Googling. Btw, holy crap thats a lot of cigars!

You are welcome.... happy to help. And yes that is a whole bunch of brands...haven't counted them all yet but I want to.

(Also, - Pro tip: if your search term doesn't yield any results with a "regular" Google search; add the word "wiki" after your search term and Google will show Wikipedia results first.)

That's OK for research that doesn't matter. Never use Wiki for anything that you need good information for. Anyone can put something on Wiki and they do not check the source. A lot of what appears on that site is fabrication mixed with a little fact to make it look good.

I don't allow my students to use Wikipedia as a source.

Ken_Light

YankeeMan:

jgibv:

danielzreyes:

Awesome. Thanks John. Damn I suck at Googling. Btw, holy crap thats a lot of cigars!

You are welcome.... happy to help. And yes that is a whole bunch of brands...haven't counted them all yet but I want to.

(Also, - Pro tip: if your search term doesn't yield any results with a "regular" Google search; add the word "wiki" after your search term and Google will show Wikipedia results first.)

That's OK for research that doesn't matter. Never use Wiki for anything that you need good information for. Anyone can put something on Wiki and they do not check the source. A lot of what appears on that site is fabrication mixed with a little fact to make it look good.

I don't allow my students to use Wikipedia as a source.

There was a study done to look at this, comparing Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Brittanica. They had a statistically similar number of errors. Does that mean Wiki is OK? No, it means always check primary sources regardless of how reputable the secondary source is. But, it does mean Wiki is fine as a secondary source.

ckrddsmke

I thought everything on the internet was real? Speaking of which totally off topic and no offense intended we have never found downtown Tarboro on our way back from Beaufort County. Always end up in Rocky Mount.

YankeeMan

ckrddsmke:

I thought everything on the internet was real? Speaking of which totally off topic and no offense intended we have never found downtown Tarboro on our way back from Beaufort County. Always end up in Rocky Mount.

Take Exit 285 off 64, brings you right there, don't blink! Actually, we love it here. Small place, quiet, green and within a short time, you can be in several cool cities, the outer banks or the mountains. Not the place to come if you're looking for excitement!

kuzi16

Gray4lines:

I am very surprised that Gurkha has less than AJ! Maybe since gurkha has the same band on each cigar (almost) it's just more confusing and overwhelming, lol!

Gurkha has less blends than just about everybody.
Gurkha does not blend cigars.
in fact AJ has blended for Gurkha.


gurkha is a strange kind of "middle man" when it comes to tobacco.
Gurkha finds tobacco that is in limited quantity, rare, an overstock, etc.
they then take this tobacco and hire another company to blend and manufacture the cigars and try to get it done as inexpensively as they can. Gurkha then distributes the cigars under their own name.
so it is not a very cost effective way of making cigars. it is not a consistent way of making cigars. there are few long term blends because of this. the tobacco just doesnt exist. they are a huge small batch company.


the company has over 90 blends that they have/do sell. that wiki list is not up to date. i think my 90 number may be low as well.

1. Gurkha Ancient Reserve
Gurkha Ancient Warrior
Gurkha Archive 1887
Gurkha Assassin
Gurkha Avenger G5
Gurkha Black Dragon
Gurkha Evil
Gurkha G3
Gurkha Grand Age
Gurkha Havana Legend
Gurkha Master Select
Gurkha Master Select Maduro
Gurkha Master Select Dos Capos
Gurkha Monogram
Gurkha Nautilus
Gurkha Regent
Gurkha Signature Black 1887
Gurkha Signature Red 1887
Gurkha Vintage Shaggy
Gurkha Warlord
Gurkha Art Deco
Gurkha Beast
Gurkha Beauty
Gurkha Black Dragon Tubo
25. Gurkha Blendmaster’s Vintage 1991
Gurkha Chancellor
Gurkha Crest
Gurkha Crest L’Grand
Gurkha Dragonfire
Gurkha Dragon Fury
Gurkha Elegance
Gurkha Elite Maduro
Gurkha Factum
Gurkha Legend
Gurkha Ninja
Gurkha NY Para la Gente
Gurkha Rare Breed
Gurkha Red Dragon
Gurkha Seduction
Gurkha Special Ops
Gurkha Status
Gurkha Status Maduro
Gurkha Titan
Gurkha Triad
Gurkha Triad Platinum
Gurkha Viper
Gurkha Warrior’s Legacy 1995
Gurkha Aged Cameroon
Gurkha Ancient Warrior LTD
50. Gurkha Black Puro
Gurkha Blue Steel
Gurkha Boer
Gurkha Centurian
Gurkha Colorado
Gurkha Connecticut Reserve
Gurkha Empire Series I - VI
Gurkha Expedition 1887
Gurkha Doble Maduro
Gurkha Enigma
Gurkha European Selection
Gurkha Fuerte
Gurkha Gold
Gurkha Grand Envoy
Gurkha Grand Master Dos Capas
Gurkha Green Dragon
Gurkha Havana Selection
Gurkha Havana Selection Maduro
Gurkha Holy Grail
Gurkha Legend Anniversario
Gurkha Marqueza
Gurkha Micro-Batch C-10
Gurkha Micro-Batch TPB-1
Gurkha Micro-Batch S-2
Gurkha Micro-Batch VH-7
75. Gurkha Pre-Embargo
Gurkha Raider
Gurkha Regent Nepalese Warrior
Gurkha Royal Brigade
Gurkha Royal Reserve Corniche
Gurkha Signature ’101' Maduro
Gurkha Special Edition Connecticut
Gurkha Special Edition Maduro
Gurkha Symphony
Gurkha Titan II
Gurkha Triple Ligero
Gurkha Turk
91. Gurkha Vintage





none of these blends include any of their infused stuff or the cigars that are made by the Gurkha comany but have a different name like the Castle Hall line or the K. Hansotia lines witch are around 20 more blends. i also made the entire empire series one blend even though they are really 6. so... 97...

brianetz1

yeah, some are missing.....well at least 1 in the warpig. I am sure you are missing a few that are floating out there that are blended for the various sites

kuzi16

brianetz1:

yeah, some are missing.....well at least 1 in the warpig. I am sure you are missing a few that are floating out there that are blended for the various sites

yeah... honestly there are far to many to really keep up on. these are just the ones i could find. i know there are more.

catfishbluezz

Kaizad Hansotia blends cigars in his line... He may not blend all of the garbage they contract out, but he has a hand in blending several of the lines.

catfishbluezz

danielzreyes:

La Palina Goldie was AJ?

El Titan de Bronze, not AJ...

catfishbluezz

ddubridge:

Does Rp and Gurkha actuay blend/make cigars? Do they have factories? Lets not forget in counting you are aso counting the cigars he makes for others? ie Gurkha and RP. I feel like there is a difference here. Am I the only one?

RP does, and has his own factory. Gurkha blends several consistent cigars as well in their line, but they do not own a factory. RP and AJ are basically the same in that regard. Only difference being RP had the shelf space, lost some of it when he went online, then started to get it back. AJ never had shelf space. Gurkha has all sorts of folks producing for them.

kuzi16

catfishbluezz:

ddubridge:

Does Rp and Gurkha actuay blend/make cigars? Do they have factories? Lets not forget in counting you are aso counting the cigars he makes for others? ie Gurkha and RP. I feel like there is a difference here. Am I the only one?

RP does, and has his own factory. Gurkha blends several consistent cigars as well in their line, but they do not own a factory. RP and AJ are basically the same in that regard. Only difference being RP had the shelf space, lost some of it when he went online, then started to get it back. AJ never had shelf space. Gurkha has all sorts of folks producing for them.

AJ did blend for RP a few times. but RP is much more contained and independent as a company. they have fewer issues overall. my problem with RP is that im just not a fan of the blending style many of his cigars have.