The Digger from La Flor Dominicana

David Savona
Posted: August 30, 2011

Imagine you're in a dark alley, smoking a cigar. You're approached by a mugger. What do you do? If you're smoking the new La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero The Digger, you have the option of taking the cigar from your mouth and using it to club your attacker into submission.

We joke, of course, but if the Digger isn't big enough to knock a person out, it's certainly larger than just about any other cigar you've seen. It measures 8 1/2 inches long with a 60 ring gauge, which is simply huge.

Cigarmaker Litto Gomez, known for his power smokes, makes the Digger in two varieties, one with an Ecuadoran wrapper and a maduro with a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper. Both are strong. They're certainly not for everyone (such a big cigar can be very hard to smoke) but some people love them.

They've been a hit since their initial release in April and response at the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailer trade show was extremely strong.

The Digger retails for $10.

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Comments 6 comment(s)

Aljenard Ross — September 3, 2011 3:13pm ET

Could someone please tell me how the prices for the cigars you preview are figured and where can i buy cigars at these prices?...i frequent quite a few shops and find the single cigar prices to be much higher.

Dana Nielsen — Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA, — September 16, 2011 5:16pm ET

We sell them at Olde Towne Tobacconist, "The Home of The Digger." They're $10.50 plus tax.

tharmon9@comcast.net — December 5, 2011 10:53pm ET

At Old Havana in West Chester, PA these sell for $10 before tax...I will be smoking this New Years Eve.

Barry Stein — December 10, 2011 7:50pm ET

The thing to remember is the $10.00 that CA lists is the MSRP. Almost every state has a tobacco tax of some sort. In NY these are over $14.00 where in CT they would be $10.50 and NJ around $12.00

marrese1@hotmail.com — January 14, 2012 9:29pm ET

Are there no tasting notes for this cigar?

Jim Jamesson — Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States, — March 27, 2012 8:38pm ET

I'm getting ready to cut my Digger and smoke it all night. No mugger is dumb enough to mug someone smoking this baseball bat. This is one bad ass bastard.

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