Hooten Young’s limited edition, named after a U.S. military operation involving B-2 stealth bombers, is returning this fall. The Midnight Hammer 2026 will be the same cigar as last year’s debut release: a 6 x 60 torpedo made with a Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper covering a binder and filler blend of Nicaraguan tobacco. It has an unfinished, “shaggy” foot, and the cigars are being rolled at the Tabacalera CM
Casa Carrillo is bringing its limited edition La Historia Silk line back to the market, and this time it has a charitable aspect to it. It’s the same cigar as the one released in August 2025, a 6 x 52 toro with an Ecuadorian habano wrapper from the Quevedo region, aged and fermented for more than 18 months, according to the company. The company has also disclosed the rest of the
Casa Carrillo proudly announces the release of Encore Noir II and Encore Edición Única II. Encore Noir II Following the success of its predecessor, Encore Noir II returns as a new expression of the Encore line. Rather than recreating the original, Noir II has been developed as its own distinctive release, showcasing a blend composed entirely of Nicaraguan tobaccos. The cigar is presented in the elegant Celestial No.
BOX 1 – Confidenciaal Cigars Zehn Zigarren in unterschiedlicher Verpackung / Ten cigars in different packaging: Fiftytwo (Halbschachtel mit 10 und 20 Zigarren / half-box of 10 and 20 cigars) – Pigtail Fiftyfour (Halbschachtel mit 10 und 20 Zigarren / half-box of 10 and 20 cigars) – Pigtail Fiftysix (Halbschachtel mit 10 und 20 Zigarren / half-box of 10 and 20 cigars) – Pigtail Fiftyseven (Halbschachtel mit 10 Zigarren /
J.C. Newman is proud to introduce the newest addition to the Yagua family: the Yagua Robusto (5″ x 56). The Yagua cigar was inspired by the unique cigars that Lazaro Lopez, general manager of our PENSA factory in Nicaragua, remembers his grandfather crafting on his family’s tobacco farm in 1940s Cuba. Rolled without molds or presses, each cigar is uniquely shaped and bundled together while still wet using
In mid-April, just as the industry was gearing up for the annual 2026 PCA Convention & Trade Show and all of the new product launches that happened in New Orleans, Smokingpipes.com, a South Carolina retailer owned by the same company that also owns Caldwell Cigar Co., began selling an exclusive vitola of the ADVentura Blue Eyed Jack’s Revenge. While I’m sure the retailer sent out marketing emails at the time,
In late 2009, Prometheus launched a new cigar named Angelenos, created to honor its home city of Los Angeles. The line debuted in a single 6 1/2 x 44 Lonsdale that was blended by Carlos Fuente Sr. The next year, the company added four different vitolas to the line. Three years later, Prometheus discontinued the Lonsdale vitola, while the Gran Toro and Toro sizes were discontinued in 2016. However, last
Lampert’s annual Limited Edition series is expected to return to shelves soon, potentially this month. The new Lampert Limitada 2026 is a box-pressed 6 x 54 toro extra. While the company posted an image of the cigar, it has not yet disclosed most other details. The cigar is said to use a Connecticut-seed wrapper. Previously, Stefan Lampert, the company’s founder, told halfwheel he was targeting the release for August. That’s not
Quality Importers Trading Company, has begun shipping the new XIKAR Allume 2 (double-jet) and Allume 3 (triple jet) cigar lighters. Announced at the 2026 PCA Show, the new XIKAR Allume cigar lighters are a redesigned and re-engineered update of the series of three lighters (single, double and triple jets) delivering performance at a lower cost. The XIKAR Allume 3 table lighter lights small to very large ring gauge
On Monday, Aug. 3, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG)’s two U.S. handmade cigar divisions—Forged Cigar Co. and General Cigar Co.—will increase prices for the cigars they sell. STG’s American portfolio—headlined by brands such as Alec Bradley, CAO, Macanudo and the non-Cuban Cohiba—has nearly 750 SKUs between the two divisions. Forged Cigar Co. General Cigar Co. Alec Bradley CAO Bolivar Don Tomas Chillin’ Moose El Titan de Bronze Cohiba Excalibur Diesel Hoyo