Almost four years after it first made its debut at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Drew Estate’s Liga Privada 10 Year Aniversario will now be regularly available as a monthly allocation for qualifying Drew Diplomat Program participants beginning this month. The Liga Privada 10 Year Aniversario is highlighted by a U.S. Connecticut Criollo wrapper. This […]
Drew Estate has announced it is shipping its signature limited production Flying Pig size for six of its brands. The Flying Pigs being shipped include the Liga Privada No. 9, Liga Privada T52, Undercrown (Maduro), Undercrown Shade, and Undercrown Sun Grown blends as well as the return of the Kentucky Fire Cured Flying Pig. The […]
Over the past few weeks, we have seen both the CAA and PCA open up portals to submit comments to the FDA on their proposed ban on flavored cigars. Now Swisher, one of the largest makers of flavored cigars has opened a portal of its own. Swisher is also the parent company of Drew Estate. […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only primarily used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or in some cases giving a score for the first time. It might […]
On the May 12, 2022 edition of Drew Estate’s Freestyle Live, it was announced that Drew Estate’s Liga Privada Unico Serie Year of the Rat is returning for a limited production run for Drew Diplomat retailers. Year of the Rat was originally launched in 2016 where it was a lounge exclusive at a Drew […]
On the May 12, 2022 edition of Drew Estate’s Freestyle Live show, the company announced a new 7 x 40 lancero-size line extension to its Liga Privada H99 Connecticut Corojo known as Phineas Gage. Phineas Gage will be an event-only cigar for Drew Diplomat retailers. The cigar features the Connecticut Corojo H99 hybrid wrapper that […]
A few weeks ago, Drew Estate announced it would soon be announcing a cigar. The cigar was soft-launched as an unbanded “mystery” cigar as a part of its latest Freestyle Live release. That cigar has turned out to be the Nica Rustica Adobe. The Nica Rustica brand is Drew Estate’s homage and tribute to Estelí, […]
Drew Estate announced the return of two limited edition lanceros under the Herrera Estelí line, the Herrera Estelí Habano Lancero, and the Herrera Estelí Connecticut Broadleaf Lancero for 2022. Both cigars will be exclusive to Drew Diplomat retailers and are scheduled to ship in July. The Herrera Estelí Habano Lancero made its debut in 2014, and […]
In 2018, Drew Estate celebrated the ten-year anniversary of the Liga Privada brand. Liga Privada is Drew Estate’s most premium traditional cigar brand, and it played a major role in Drew Estate transitioning to traditional cigar making. Liga Privada is a line that has ties to the State of Connecticut in that both the Liga […]
Today, Drew Estate issued the following statement in response to FDA’s announcement of a proposed ban on flavored cigars: [themify_box] The Food and Drug Administration is moving forward with a proposed product standard regarding characterizing flavors in cigars despite a near-vacuum of scientific evidence to support this decision. FDA’S announcement today is only a proposed […]
