Photo Credit: Alec Bradley Facebook As a part of our 2/1/14 Cigar Industry Report, we noted an appearance that Alec Bradley President Alan Rubin made on Kiss My Ashio Radio. During that segment we noted that Rubin had mentioned that there was a new Family Blend in the works. This past week, the company has […]
Cigar News: New Jersey Cigar Festival Announced
David Mallow, owner of Barrister Cigars in Union, NJ, today announced the 3rd edition of the New Jersey Cigar Festival scheduled for Sunday, May 4th, 2014 from 11am through 4pm at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park, NJ According to a press release, there will be festival exclusive cigars handed out to attendees. Last […]
Assessment Update: Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan (First Edition – 2013)
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we re-assess the […]
Cigar News: Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan Second Edition (Cigar Preview)
Packaging of Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan Second Edition (Photo provided by Alec Bradley) The Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan is returning for a second run. Earlier today, the company made the initial announcement to Cigar Aficionado. The Filthy Hooligan represents the company’s first candela wrapper offering. According to the company, the blend […]
2013 Cigar of the Year Countdown: #10: Alec Bradley Mundial (Part 21 of Epic Encounters 2013)
“It’s kind of ironic that Alec Bradley literally launched these cigars into the stratosphere because figuratively that is exactly what I felt after smoking this blend – namely this is an excellent cigar.” #10 – Alec Bradley Mundial Today we start the Top 10 on the 2013 Cigar of the Year Countdown. Coming in at […]
Cigar Review: Alec Bradley Mundial
Alec Bradley Mundial The Alec Bradley Mundial was one of two new lines launched by Alec Bradley Cigars at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show. It was just prior to the trade show that the company announced this new project. According to a story by Cigar Aficionado this past July, the Mundial was a project that […]
2013 Cigar of the Year Countdown: #30: Alec Bradley Nica Puro (Part 1 of Epic Encounters 2013)
“This cigar is truly a testament to everything good about Nicaraguan tobacco” #30 – Alec Bradley Nica Puro Coming in at #30 – and kicking off the 2013 Cigar of the Year Countdown is the Alec Bradley Nica Puro. The Alec Bradley Nica Puro gives Alec Bradley a spot in the Cigar of the Year countdown […]
Cigar Review: Raices Cubanas 1941 by Alec Bradley
Alec Bradley Raices Cubanas 1941 The Raices Cubanas 1941 is an eponymous cigar for the famed cigar factory in Danli, Honduras. The cigar is a collaboration with Alec Bradley Cigars and was one of the two showcase releases by Alec Bradley at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show. Since Alec Bradley has a long working relationship […]
Assessment Update: Alec Bradley Fine and Rare HJ10-i Second Issue (Alec Bradley Fine and Rare 2013)
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) A re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide an […]
News: Alec Bradley Launches Royal Monkey Society Cigar Club
For the past few weeks, Alec Bradley has had teasers on the launch of something called the Royal Monkey Cigar Club. On September 11th, the details of this project were officially announced. The Royal Monkey Society is an online cigar club that will offer its member exclusive blends and vitolas as well as pre-release and […]