In 2022, online and catalog retailer JR Cigars would launch a new limited edition line of cigars known as JR Pure Origin. For many years, JR Cigars has produced its own cigars under the JR name with most of these being valued-priced and bundled offerings. When JR Cigars celebrated its 50th anniversary a couple of […]
JR Cigar has announced a new private label brand, JR Pure Origin. In the past JR Cigar has done budget friendly releases such as JR Alternatives and JR Ultimate. The JR Pure Origin cigar is intended to compete with the luxury cigar market. The first release is a a limited edition cigar known as JR […]
On January 21st, I was a guest on Cigar Dojo’s Smoke Night Live Show. It’s always fun being on Smoke Night Live. That night’s topic was entitled “2022 Crystal Ball Show.” On this show, I once again teamed up Nick Libretti of JR Cigar and the Cigar Dojo crew as we made 2022 predictions […]
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 used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
JR Cigar has announced a sampler containing the twelve cigars that were released in 2021 to commemorate its 50th Anniversary. In addition to containing one of each of the 50th anniversary JR Cigars, a gold-plated JR 50th anniversary lighter is included. The cigars in the sampler come in a custom box featuring a magnetic logo […]
JR Cigar has announced that the 11th installment of its 50th-anniversary series will come from Drew Estate with Herrera Estelí by Drew Estate JR 50th. It’s a blend blended by the namesake of the Herrera Estelí brand, Drew Estate Master Blender Willy Herrera. “Fifty years is an unbelievable achievement and one we are proud to […]
JR Cigar has announced that Rocky Patel Premium Cigars will be the latest company to collaborate on the JR 50th Anniversary Series. For this eleventh installment of the JR 50th series, Rocky Patel is setting aside a limited amount of Rocky Patel ALR Second Edition Toros. The ALR (which stands for Aged, Limited, and Rare) […]
JR Cigars has announced the tenth installment of its 50th Anniversary Series. The Oliva Serie V Melanio JR 50th will introduce a rounded version of the famed Oliva Serie V Melanio blend for the first time in the U.S. market. Up until this point, all of the Melanio releases for the U.S. have been box-pressed. […]
Back in 1971, Jack Rothman opened his first cigar store in New York City. That cigar store would grow and become JR Cigar. A year after opening his first store, Jack’s son Lew Rothman was approached by a customer asking if he could have cigars mailed back to his home state, leading to the […]
JR Cigars has announced the latest installment of its 50th Anniversary series will come from Foundation Cigar Company. The cigar is called the El Güegüense JR 50th Collector’s Edition. It’s a cigar based on Foundation’s El Güegüense 5 Year Aniversario blend. El Güegüense translates to “The Wise Man.” El Güegüense is the name of a literary work […]
