Vitola: Cazadores- 6.375” x 43 ring gauge
- MSRP $90, set of 10 cigars
- Purchased at Burns Tobacconist
Background
In 2016, Tatuaje released the first Skinny Monsters collection, 10 Petite Lanceros in the blends released in the full-size Monsters that had come out to that point, plus the two that had debuted in the Pudgy Monster collection. The set included Frank, Drac, Face, Wolf, Mummy, Jason, Jekyll, Hyde, Chuck and Tiff. 2017 saw the release of two new sets of the same blends, a Lancero Edition that featured full-size Lanceros, and a Cazadores edition, featuring the Lonsdale vitola made popular in the original Brown Label release.
While the original Little Monsters and Pudgy Monsters collections had a set number made and were discontinued after those numbers were sold, Skinny Monsters seem to be a limited production, regular release in all three versions.
I picked up a box of the Skinny Monsters Cazadores Edition and decided to evaluate it a couple cigars at a time here on these pages—backwards, because…why not? And also, I believe the Frank will probably be the best stick in the bunch, so I want to save it for last.
Both Small Batch Cigars and Cigar and Pipes have the collection listed on their pages, though they are both out of stock as of this writing.
Chuck
Chuck and Tiff go together. These two blends debuted in the Pudgy Monsters box set and were later retconned to be part of the 13 blends in the Tatuaje Monster Series. The names come from the Child’s Play movie series, featuring Chucky, the murderous doll-come-to-life, and his Bride from a later movie, Tiffany.
I was pleased with the Skinny Cazadores Chuck, finding it the best size that I’ve had so far. I liked the Pudgy version and the Skinny Petite Lancero version of Chuck, but the Skinny Caz was far more pleasing. I found to have an earthy core, accented by a nice bittersweet chocolate note along with pepper and cinnamon and a strange fruit sweetness that I described as “mango.” This is the first Chuck that I called “fantastic.”
Tiff
The Tiff has probably been my least favorite off all the Monster blends, not because of the Connecticut Shade wrapper, but just because I never care for the flavor.
The Skinny Cazadores version of Tiff was creamy and smooth with a little sweetness and a tiny bit of citrus along with some earth. The problem was that I still got the dry papery—almost parchment—note that I disliked in the other vitolas of this blend. In the end, I liked this size better than the other sizes I’ve had before, but it’s still my least favorite of the Monster Series. In the end, the Skinny Caz size of Chuck made me think very differently about that blend, but the Skinny Caz Tiff didn’t do the same.
