The name E.P. Carrillo should be a familiar one for most cigar smokers and for good reason; Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, Jr. has been in the cigar business for close to 40-years between El Credito, General Cigar Co. and his eponymous company which produces cigars under its own E.P. Carrillo brand and for Crowned Heads.

Which seems to make the E.P. Carrillo 5 Year Anniversary in need of a small bit of explanation as to its name. While Perez-Carrillo has been in the cigar business since the late 1970s, it was in 2009 when he launched EPC Cigar Co. along with his children, Lissette and Ernesto III. That year the company released the E.P. Carrillo Edición Inaugural 2009, a limited edition that was followed by…

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