Alec Bradley Cigars Chunk Shade

Alec Bradley Chunk Shade XL (4 x 60)

Tiny Tim's Cigar Blog · Nov 23, 2025

4.00″ × 60

Alec Bradley Chunk Shade Xl Miscellaneous

Cigar Aficionado · Jun 1, 2026

A short, fat cigar that draws and burns evenly. Bright notes of citrus and cedar also carry hints of bitter wood, but the cigar becomes sweeter and nutty, leaving a peanut brittle finish.

Miscellaneous · 4.00″ × 60 · Mild-Medium · Honduras

Alec Bradley Chunk Shade XL

CigarCzars · Jan 11, 2026

Alec Bradley Chunk Shade cigars are made in Honduras with a Honduran Connecticut wrapper, U.S. Broadleaf binder, and a blend of filler tobaccos from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Dominican Republic. These cigars became available in July 2025 in three short and stout sizes:XL   (4 x 60) - $5.993XL (4 x 66) - $7.694XL (4 x 80) - $8.49This is a review of the XL size. For more information about these cigars, please check out thepress release. Although I am not a big fan of short stubby cigars, I did enjoy theChunk Maduro Cigarsthat were released back in October 2024, only because I really liked their flavor. Unfortunately, the Shade version in this review failed to measure up. For having such a large ring gauge, the first sample Alec Bradley Chunk Shade XL cigar was relatively easy to light with my four jet flame torch lighter. However, the cigar began with a tangy sour flavor that remained predominant throughout the smoking session. After 15 minutes, I ashed the cigar for the first time, and although the taste became slightly less tangy and sour by this point, any other flavors that might have been present were completely subjugated. I continued smoking the sample for another 15 minutes, then the ash fell off by itself. Five minutes later, the cigar then went out by itself. As far as construction, the sample cigar was well made and had a very good draw that delivered a nice volume of smoke. The burn was mostly even and no relights nor touch-ups were needed. It took me 35 minutes to smoke down to 1½ inches remaining. The sample Alec Bradley Chunk Shade XL cigars spent 2½ weeks in my humidor before the first one was smoked for this review. Apparently they needed more time. Therefore, no rating will be given until additional cigars are sampled. Please revisit this review later, after it has beenupdated. This time around, the sample Alec Bradley Chunk Shade cigar took me 40 minutes to smoke down to 1½ inches remaining when it went out by itself. The cigar had a very good draw, maintained an even burn and held a long ash. No relights were needed, but a minor touch-up was applied at the 25-minute mark when I also removed the band and ashed the cigar for the first and only time. In conclusion and only after more aging, the Alec Bradley Chunk Shade cigar now deserves a decent and near-average rating of 3.25 points on a 5-point scale.

4.00″ × 60