Alec Bradley Cigars Black Market

Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligans Shamrock 2024

Kohnhed · Mar 25, 2024

Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano, Nicaraguan Maduro, Honduran Candela Binder: Sumatran Filler: Panamanian, Honduran Size: 6 x 50 Toro Strength: Medium Price: $15.00 My cigars are the 2023 release and hav…

Toro · 6.00″ × 50 · Medium

Alec Bradley Black Market Churchill

Cigar Aficionado · Jan 1, 2023

There is certainly a black market that exists in the cigar trade, but it usually has to do with tax evasion, contraband material or stolen goods. In the case of the Alec Bradley Black Market brand, the sinister-sounding name is more to get your attention. To hold your attention, brand owner Alan Rubin put together an unusual, but memorable blend. This dark cigar is made in Honduras by the Plasencias and covered in a Nicaraguan wrapper. A Sumatra-seed binder from Ecuador holds together a filler that’s mostly Honduran, but there’s another tobacco from one country that Rubin believes defines the cigar—Panama. While there’s nothing illegal or illicit about Panamanian tobacco, it is unusual in the premium cigar world and brings a unique element to this Churchill that kept us interested and made it shine in this Top 25 contest. Like a good cocktail, however, the blend is balanced and no single tobacco speaks too loudly, though all do indeed get their say. Accents of dried herbs and smoked hickory highlight the rich, nutty smoke, which saturates the palate with every puff. Spice plays its appropriate part as well, occasionally bursting in the right places for a medium-to-full-bodied cigar that brings together the familiar with the exotic.

Churchill · 7.00″ × 50 · Medium-Full · Honduras

Assessment Update: Alec Bradley Black Market

Cigar Coop · Jan 14, 2013

Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide a […]

5.25″ × 52

Alec Bradley Black Market Toro

Tiny Tim's Cigar Blog · Jan 29, 2012

6.00″ × 50

Alec Bradley Black Market Gordo

Cigar Journal · Mar 12, 2024 · Cigar Journal’s Best Buy Cigars Of The Year 2023

Gordo · 6.00″ × 60 · HON.

Alec Bradley Black Market

Holt's Staff Reviews · Aug 28, 2019

When it’s time to fire up a cigar and I have a craving for a medium-bodied blend in mind, one of my top picks is Alec Bradley Black Market. I have found that Alec Bradley cigars deliver a consistent, well-made smoke that can be incredibly enjoyable in almost any setting and situation. Alan Rubin, the founder of Alec Bradley Cigar Company, has stated that the main reason he was getting started in the cigar game over 20 years ago was to “give you, the cigar smoker, an unforgettable experience.” Well, I believe he has been successful in that regard.

Alec Bradley Black Market Bootlegger

Halfwheel · Jan 28, 2018 · Dec. 2, 2017

I have smoked a number of the Black Market releases over the years and have found them to be an enjoyable—albeit fairly linear—blend. While the Bootlegger shares some similarities in both profile and flavors compared to what I remember of the original blend, there is a noticeable increase in spice on the finish, as well as more sweetness on the retrohale. Although I did have to touch up two of the samples a couple of times, construction overall was quite good and if you like cigar that put out a lot of smoke, there are very few releases that can beat it in that regard. In the end, I found the Alec Bradley Black Market Bootlegger to be very nice cigar in just about every aspect, although people in the U.S. may not find it different enough compared to the more readily available Black Market releases to warrant the larger price and having to have it shipped from our friends to the north.

Robusto Gordo · 5.25″ × 54 · Honduras

Alec Bradley Black Market

Kaplowitz · Jan 18, 2021

Cuban coffee | Chocolate | Spiced rum Flavors start out w/ a bang then muffle all to heck. *spoiler-alert* a one-pot meal simmered too long, melange'd all-together. Watered down on the re-heat. Between that gate-to-wire run (turned staggering walk) some promise is shown, however. Italian-roasted beans become Cuban coffee. Chocolate approaches "Death by" status. Spiced rum. Spiced rum holds the longest & most alluringly. The saddest to see go. Vanilla bean, orange peel, cinnamon stick. Clove, nut

Gordo · Medium · Honduras