News — Brand: Alec Bradley
Alec Bradley Cigars Vice Press
Vice Press cigars are the ideal mixture of spice, cocoa, and peppercorn and rated 92 for a reason!
Alec Bradley Prensado Churchill
Brand: Alec Bradley Cigar Reviews
The Alec Bradley Prensado Churchill was declared the Top Cigar of the Year (for 2011) by Cigar Aficionado magazine—so naturally I was pretty stoked that I got to try one! The cigar debuted at IPCPR back in ’09 and comes in four other sizes: Corona Gorda, Robusto, Gran Toro, and Torpedo. The silky smooth Honduran ’06 Corojo wrapper encloses Nicaraguan and Honduran binder and filler leaves. This potent, full strength cigar has a sweet pre-light aroma and has a slightly firm but good draw. The cigar produces a good amount of dense smoke. Burn is a little uneven at first...
Alec Bradley New York Empire
Brand: Alec Bradley Cigar Reviews
Alec Bradley got started in 1996 at the tail end of the cigar boom, but it’s only been since 2000 that cigar connoisseurs worldwide have recognized the great talent of this manufacturer at crafting excellent mild, medium, and strong cigars. A couple of years ago Alec Bradley released the “New York” cigar—a homage to one of the biggest, boldest, most exciting and unique cities in the world. The cigar was released in five formats, Six Two (Robusto), Empire (Toro), Liberty (Churchill), Gotham (Torpedo) and Declaration (Gran Toro). I had a chance to try the Empire format of the New York...
Alec Bradley American Classic Torpedo
Brand: Alec Bradley Cigar Reviews
Alec Bradley is not a newcomer in the premium cigar scene; this brand got its start toward the end of the cigar boom in 1996. Alan Rubin, the company’s founder, named the company for his children, and stunned the world a few years ago with the release of the lauded Tempus series of cigars. Since then Alec Bradley cigars have become more and more popular, one of them even being recognized as Top Cigar of the Year (the Prensado) by Cigar Aficionado. The Prensado is a strong smoke, but that’s hardly the only thing which Alec Bradley excels at. The...