Video review HERE. (Description provided by Forged Cigar Co.) The redux of Room101 Hit & Run Redux new blend is created by the dynamic duo of Matt Booth and Robert Caldwell. Matt Booth said, “I’m thrilled to bring another Room101 sub-brand back to life with this expression of Hit & Run. The brand was born of a collaborative seed between myself and Robert Caldwell. It’s about our creative process as much as it is about two-like minded psychopaths who’ve stuck together over the years. This cigar is the physical and combustible manifestation of an intergalactic connection which pro ..read more

  Video review HERE. (Description provided by Alec Bradley) Alec Bradley Filthy Hooligan and Filthy Hooligan Shamrock are now available, marking the twelfth and sixth release of the annual, limited edition take on the brand’s popular Black Market blend, respectively. For 2024, 5,000 boxes of each blend will be released. Bradley Rubin, brand ambassador for Alec Bradley cigars said, “Anticipation continues to build each year for the release of Filthy Hooligan and Filthy Hooligan Shamrock. With their bright green wrappers and fresh herbal notes, these candela smokes offer a great ..read more

Video review HERE. (Description provided by Alec Bradley) Alec Bradley Filthy Hooligan and Filthy Hooligan Shamrock are now available, marking the twelfth and sixth release of the annual, limited edition take on the brand’s popular Black Market blend, respectively. For 2024, 5,000 boxes of each blend will be released. Bradley Rubin, brand ambassador for Alec Bradley cigars said, “Anticipation continues to build each year for the release of Filthy Hooligan and Filthy Hooligan Shamrock. With their bright green wrappers and fresh herbal notes, these candela smokes offer a great change of ..read more

  Alec Bradley will release an exceptional Uncut Series pairing in partnership with EverNorth Spirits. The single barrel and cigar pairing will launch on April 22 when 126 collectible sets will be available for sale exclusively on Bourbon Outfitters. The one-of-a-kind pairing represents the fourth iteration of the Uncut Series and is “expected to sell out shortly after its release” at 10:00 AM Eastern according to a spokesperson for the respected online bourbon retailer. Alec Rubin, Alec Bradley’s brand manager of strategic partnerships said, “This single barrel pick shows how we’ve com ..read more

Last night, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. and Corona Cigar Co. opened a new Diamond Crown Cigar Lounge at Corona’s Tampa cigar store at a grand opening celebration attended by 250 people, including local politicians and local celebrities. This is the 36th Diamond Crown Cigar Lounge currently open in the United States.  This new Diamond Crown Cigar Lounge is also the second one at a Corona store; the Diamond Crown Cigar Lounge at Corona’s downtown Orlando store opened in 2008. Florida Representatives Susan Valdés and Dianne Hart joined the Newman and Borysiewicz families at the grand ope ..read more

A new episode of the Discovery Channel show, Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America, profiles J.C. Newman’s restoration of the Sanchez y Haya Real Estate Company building in Tampa’s Ybor City historic cigar district.  The episode can be streamed for free here (J.C. Newman’s segment begins at 22:30). A few months after J.C. Newman’s iconic El Reloj cigar factory opened in 1910, Sanchez y Haya constructed a two-story building across the street to serve the factory and its cigar workers, visitors, and neighbors. A century ago, the second floor was a small hotel, and a restaurant an ..read more

Video review HERE. (Description taken from Cigar-coop.com website) At the 2024 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Oveja Negra Brands introduced the Black Works Studio Paper Crane. Paper Crane is a small batch release produced out of Fabrica Oveja Negra in Estelí, Nicaragua. Plans are for Paper Crane to ship to retailers by the end of the month. The Black Works Studio Paper Crane is highlighted by a Connecticut Florado wrapper. The remainder of the blend consists of an Ecuadorian Habano binder and fillers from Nicaragua. The line is offered in a Corona Gorda box-press and Toro ..read more

Since 2009, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. has been Tampa’s last operational cigar factory. Recently, the 129-year-old business located inside Ybor City’s El Regensburg Cigar Factory learned they have an even more notable distinction. They now run the last operational cigar factory in the nation. Throughout the country, there still exist small operations, like the storefront businesses rolling cigars along Ybor’s Seventh Avenue. “However, these are essentially tourist stops, a cigar retailer with a couple of rollers, very different from (ours), which rolls 60,000 cigars per day,” said Drew Newman, f ..read more

Video review HERE. (Description taken from Cigar-coop.com website) Once dubbed the “Cab Driver’s Cigar,” this new Te Amo is branded “The Original San Andrés Valley Cigar”. Altadis U.S.A. will be working with the Turrent family to produce this cigar. The Turrents not only produce the cigar but are also the leading grower of tobacco in Mexico. Altadis U.S.A. says Alejandro Turrent will be supporting them in an event series this spring. The Te Amo is a Mexican puro featuring a Mexican San Andres wrapper over Mexican binder and filler tobaccos. Te Amo is being offered in three sizes, each p ..read more

Video review HERE. (Description taken from cigar-coop.com website) Protocol Cigars has announced the long-awaited fourth installment to its Lawman Series, Protocol Phoebe Couzins. Keeping with the tradition of the three prior installments, there are both Natural and Maduro offerings for Protocol Phoebe Couzins. The Lawman Series pays homage to prominent figures in law enforcement history. The series is meant to deliver a premium offering in terms of blend and packaging. Phoebe Couzins was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She became the first woman in United States history to graduate f ..read more