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Press Release: Table 36 Cigars Debuts Second Boutique Cigar Line…“Integrity”

May 17, 2013 (St. Louis, Mo.) — Premium cigar maker Table 36 Cigars, has just debuted “Integrity,” their second boutique cigar. In 2012, Table 36 Cigars introduced the first product in what they call their “Core Values” lineup, a boutique premium cigar named “Fellowship.” Integrity is provided by Alec Bradley Cigars, creator of some of [...]

News: Alec Bradley Adds Tempus Maduro Magnus & Connecticut Gordo

Alec Bradley is expanding two of its lines adding bigger sizes to both the Tempus Maduro and Connecticut lines. The 6 x 58 Magnus size will now be offered in both Tempus and Tempus Maduro form, previously it was only available in the former. Pricing is set at $11.00 per cigar or $220.00 per box [...]

Review: Alec Bradley Filthy Hooligan

In January of 2013, Alec Bradley announced a new release for St. Patrick’s Day, the Dirty Hooligan. Based on the popular Black Market blend, it uses a Candela wrapper from Nicaragua and limited to only 2,000 boxes of 22 cigars. We gave the information in a news story: Alec Bradley has informed retailers of the newest [...]

News: Alec Bradley to Increase Prices April 1

Alec Bradley has begun informing retailers that its prices will Increase April 1. In a move described as “essentially across the board,” Alec Bradley will raise prices on most of its SKUs with the exception of the newly-launched Alec Bradley Connecticut and the soon-to-be-released Alec Bradley Nica Puro. Sam Phillips, vp of marketing, told halfwheel [...]

News: Alec Bradley Plans to Ship Nica Puro by Early April

Alec Bradley has informed retailers that they are getting ready to ship their new Nica Puro, a cigar that debuted at the 2012 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show but has been delayed for unspecified reasons. The cigar was originally slated to ship in late October or early November of 2012. As the name implies, the [...]

News: Alec Bradley Adding Black Market Punk

Alec Bradley is adding a new vitola to their Black Market line, a 4 1/2 x 42 Petit Corona called ‘Punk’ that becomes the smallest size in the series. According to a report by Cigar Aficionado, the Alec Bradley Black Market Punk is slated to hit retailers’ shelves between March 10 – 15 and will come [...]

Weekly News (January 28, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This week, the 2013 list of new releases will be updated, it’s a task and one that we’ve been a bit relaxed on launching, but by Friday a pretty good synopsis of what we know about will be out. It’s been a quiet January in terms of shipped releases, more so than the [...]

News: Alec Bradley Renaming Dirty Hooligan Project

The recently announced Alec Bradley Black Market Dirty Hooligan cigar is getting a new name just weeks before its March 5th release date, as the original name used a word that has become increasingly pre-empted by another manufacturer. Now known as the Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan, the name was changed as a “gesture [...]

Weekly News (January 21, 2013)

Editor’s Note: We’ve started covering price increases over the weekend and I made some reference to this on Twitter, but there will be a lot less January increases than last year. I’m not sure that 2013 will be without them, I honestly do think a portion of the companies indicating there won’t be any at [...]

News: Alec Bradley Black Market Dirty Hooligan Coming in March

Alec Bradley has informed retailers of the newest edition of its Black Market series, the Black Market Dirty Hooligan, a Candela cigar created for St. Patrick’s Day. The cigar, which retails for $8.00 or $176.00 for a box of 22 cigars. While certain details remain unknown, the Dirty Hooligan will be a limited edition Toro [...]