2014年，翘曲雪茄公司的凯尔·盖利斯（Kyle Gellis）推出了三个系列：熊（El Oso）、唐·雷纳尔多（Don Reynaldo）、蜂巢（La Colmena）。这三个系列是在美国迈阿密小哈瓦那社区的青铜泰坦雪茄厂（ El Titan de Bronze）卷制的。为了纪念创建十周年，凯尔·盖利斯准备推出三款限量版雪茄，每个系列出一款。第一款限量版是熊十周年纪念版，2月20日已经开始向零售商发货。
在西班牙语里，El Oso是“熊”的意思，这款雪茄有一些金发女孩和三只熊的风格。烟标上印有熊的图案，而且产品线里的三款尺寸，依环径粗细依次称为小熊（dubbed Cub）、熊妈妈（Mama）、熊爸爸（Papa）。推出的十周年限量版取名为熊爷爷（ Grand Papa），50环径，6英寸，体积比常规产品线里的三个尺寸都要大，大过了48环径粗的熊爸爸。凯尔·盖利斯说，青铜雪茄厂专门安排了一名卷茄师生产这款限量版，每天可以卷100支。
这款限量版的烟叶混合和常规系列有一些区别，茄衣是厄瓜多尔哈瓦那奥斯库罗烟叶，茄芯是多米尼加、尼加拉瓜的混合烟叶，但茄套从厄瓜多尔烟叶换成尼加拉瓜烟叶。凯尔·盖利斯告诉记者，因为限量版尺寸更粗，为了保证口味强度，烟叶成份做了一些调整。限量版的口味强度定义为中等到浓郁程度。
这款熊十周年是每盒10支装盒，预计发行1500盒，在美国的售价是每支25美元。
另外两个系列的限量版将会参展3月份的美国PCA贸易展。
A decade ago, Kyle Gellis of Warped Cigars debuted three cigar brands: El Oso, Don Reynaldo, and La Colmena, which all had the unique characteristic of not only being made in the United States, but at El Titan de Bronze, a small factory in the heart of the Little Havana district of Miami. To mark this anniversary, the cigarmaker is releasing a trio of limited-edition cigars to commemorate each brand. The first, El Oso 10th Anniversary, began shipping to retailers on Monday.
El Oso is Spanish for “the bear,” and the cigar has a playful “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” spirit. Its cigar bands not only feature the image of a bear, the sizes in the regular line are dubbed Cub, Mama and Papa as they increase in size. El Oso 10th Anniversary is the biggest cigar in that line yet, a toro measuring 6 inches by 50 ring gauge called Grand Papa, (fatter than the El Oso Papa, which is a belicoso measuring 6 by 48). Gellis says that a single roller at the factory is dedicated to producing Grand Papa and is capable of rolling up to 100 cigars in a day.
The anniversary cigar has a slightly different blend than the original El Oso. Like the core line, El Oso 10th Anniversary features an Ecuador Habano oscuro wrapper with a mix of Dominican and Nicaraguan filler, but the Ecuador binder has been replaced by a Nicaraguan leaf. Gellis told Cigar Aficionado this change was made to maintain the blend’s strength to accommodate the new cigar’s thicker ring gauge. According to the company, the new cigar is medium-to full-bodied.
Production is limited to just 1,500 boxes, each containing 10 cigars. The new smoke has a suggested retail price of $25 each.
The other two anniversary releases for La Colmena and Don Reynaldo are expected to appear at next month’s PCA trade show.
