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by | June 24, 2019 · 9:29 pm

News: Southern Draw Announces Rose Of Sharon Desert Rose IPCPR Release

Once again, Southern Draw has another cigar being released at the IPCPR show, this time another line extension to the Rose of Sharon line. There’s only a few reasons I’m disappointed to be missing the show, and showing support for this company is one of them. Great people and great cigars.

 

A new Rose of Sharon – is DESERT bound.

Southern Draw Cigars’ blend with the iconic “pink band” will offer a perfect oasis in the scorching desert for the attendees of IPCPR 2019.  The DESERT ROSE is a hearty sun-loving cigar that thrives in these hot temperatures, a perfect addition to the Rose of Sharon premium cigar line.    

“Desert Rose, has a heartier wrapper and is a more robust version of our original blend, a symbol of the family as we stand our ground and confront the changing seasons and mounting challenges that we continue to encounter as we execute our mission of unity, charity and the service via this little brand,” per Sharon Holt – aka the boss lady.    The Desert Rose is covered in a velvety smooth Ecuadorian cloud-grown Claro wrapper, and integrity from a thick and flavorful Condega, Nicaraguan Habano binder and a new filler combination marrying both Corojo 99 and Piloto Cubano ligeros from Honduras and the Dominican Republic. The Desert Rose is an almost flawless medium bodied, medium flavored cigar that is as beautiful as the original blend while offering a buttery smooth yet spicy “burst of flavor” with each draw before yielding to a very clean palate.  We leave the rest of the images and unique flavor transitions to those that choose to make a purchase.

 

Southern Draw Cigars is honored to have Cigar Coop front and center in Booth #3061 on Saturday June 29th at approximately 11 a.m. for the LIVE unveiling of the Desert Rose.  Limited samples of the new release will be available to select media members and valued retail partners of Southern Draw Cigars.  Southern Draw Cigars will join Cigar Coop for Prime Time Special Edition #57 episode July 23, 9:15 EDT to smoke together and highlight this new release, offering a chance to win fabulous SWAG and cigars to the podcast audience.  

Rose of Sharon is the beautiful cigar blended to represent the beauty and personality of Sharon Holt, a founder of Southern Draw Cigars and the NEW release Desert Rose has been produced in Esteli, Nicaragua at the A.J. Fernandez Cigar Co. and will be made available in a single size, Belicoso Fino 5.5 x 52 (box pressed).  Total release for 2019 is 75,000 cigars (full production of 150,000 cigars is scheduled for 2020, 2021 etc.) and is scheduled to be released in equal amounts in July, September and November 2019. Shipping dates are subject to our stringent quality control process. MSRP pf $11.99 per cigar or $119.99.

The Desert Rose is only available to current valued retail partners of Southern Draw Cigars (account must be in good standing) and will be sold on a first come, first served basis beginning at the official unveiling.  Please direct all questions, comments to robert@southerndrawcigars.com.  A limited few IPCPR appointments for media or retail partners remain so please email shelly@southerndrawcigars.com ASAP. 

For general information about Southern Draw Cigars, a list of retail partners and reviews, please visit www.southerndrawcigars.com.   

Soli Deo Gloria!   

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by | June 20, 2019 · 5:16 pm

News: Southern Draw Cigars commemorates its LUSTRUM

Southern Draw has been loaded with news this year, this one highlights their 5 year anniversary cigar.  

 

Once every five years, Southern Draw Cigars plans to release a special onetime blend to celebrate the family’s commitment to the growing brand.  To be known as the LUSTRUM– meaning a five year period, the limited production offerings will be very small batches of 25,000 – 75,000 total cigars.  The first special blend is scheduled for release at IPCPR 2019.

The company has designated the initial release as the Kudzu LUSTRUM, celebrating the original Kudzu cigar blend offered by Southern Draw Cigars which was first produced by our exclusive factory partner A.J. Fernandez Cigar Co. in 2014.  The blend of this limited productionNicaraguan puro is comprised of a thick and oily Medio-Tiempo Habano wrapper with Nicaraguan Ometepe binder and vintage Nicaraguan long-leaf filler tobaccos delivering a harmonious balance of what the company characterizes as medium+ strength, flavor and aroma finished in an elegant box pressed format.  Medio Tiempo wrappers are rarely used and reserved for some of the most expensive and revered cigars in the industry. “If we were entering a BBQ cook-off this summer and only had a single cut of meat to submit to the judges, the LUSTRUM would be a consensus choice by the family.  Offering extravagant and rather pricey vintage tobaccos at a blue collar price, a thank you to those who have supported the brand over the last five years.  We think we have a cigar worthy of celebrating the first five years of Southern Draw – a family company that by the Grace of God and for the love and support of an industry – has made it longer and been more consistent than many expected. Enjoy the LUSTRUM and share your feedback and reviews.” Robert Holt – Founder.

Kudzu LUSTRUM has been expertly constructed inEsteli, Nicaragua at the A.J. Fernandez Cigar Co. and will be made available in a single size, Belicoso Fino 5.5 x 52 (box pressed) with a total of 2,500, 10 count paper mazos (bundles) featuring hand drawn art depicting the family’s prior military service and the history of our little cigar brand.  Priced at ONLY $11.89 each or $118.99 per 10 count mazo.

Southern Draw Cigars will be joined by Cigar Dojo in Booth #3061 on Saturday June 28th at approximately 10 a.m. A LIVE unveiling of the Kudzu LUSTRUM, making it available to select media members and valued retail partners of Southern Draw Cigars.  Southern Draw Cigars will then join Cigar Dojo for an episode of Smoke Night Live in July (TBA) to celebrate our 1st LUSTRUM where we will offer fabulous SWAG and cigars to Dojo Nation.

A one-time retail exclusive release of 220, 20 count boxes of the Kudzu LUSTRUM Toro 6.0 x 52 were released at Smokin’ in the Carolinas, JR Cigar Burlington, NC on June 8, 2019 and will soon be available at select Case de Montecristo and JR Cigar retail locations.  

Please direct all questions, comments and requests about our new releases, line extensions and distribution channels to robert@southerndrawcigars.com or for general information about Southern Draw Cigars, a list of retail partners and reviews, please visit us at our new and improved website at www.southerndrawcigars.com. Please LIKE us, FOLLOW us & TWEET us – Facebook/Southern Draw, Instagram/@SDCIGARS and Twitter/@SDCIGARS.

Soli Deo Gloria!

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by | June 17, 2019 · 7:28 am

News: Southern Draw Cigars adds 300 HANDS Connecticut

Starting the week off with some more news out of Southern Draw. the 3oo Hands line is getting a Connecticut line extension. Read on: 

 

Southern Draw Cigars adds 300 HANDS CONNECTICUT at IPCPR 2019

The company is adding the 300 HANDS Connecticut blend and has updated its rustic display to best share all three blends and “story cards” with the faces, names, roles and charitable needs of the 300 HANDS featured staff. “This is their story.”

Announced a year ago we are reminded that that 300 HANDS, is an all too real story of collaboration told through a value line of premium cigars from Southern Draw Cigars. The result of approximately 300 small steps and those hands producing nearly identical handmade rolled bundles of our patiently aged and naturally fermented tobaccos that we know as premium cigars. The process of hand making a premium cigar is a deliberate marriage of art and skill that has been passed down from generation to generation and our beloved Nicaragua, with its complex tobaccos and dedicated people, is now the most prominent supplier of this unique art form to the United States and the company is honored to share this charitable project with our retail partners and consumers.  For the entire story please visit us at https://www.southerndrawcigars.com/300-hands

 

300 HANDS Connecticut

Country of Origin: Nicaragua

Factory: AJ Fernandez Cigar Co.

Wrapper: Connecticut, USA

Binder: Peru

Filler: Nicaragua & Dominican Republic

Notes:  a smooth and mellow tasting high-grade Connecticut wrapper, velvety smoke with a slight zest of citrus and bright spicy notes from the Peruvian binder and just a touch of spice from the Corojo 99 and complimentary filler tobaccos.  

 

300 HANDS Connecticut joins the 300 HANDS Maduro and 300 MANOS Habano as all three blends are offered in five classic sizes, each sold in 10 count bundles (each retail order will include a FREE vertical display tray that is just 12”w x 10”d x 12”h and holds three blends and 10 cigars of each size with easy to use refill bundles)

    • Petit Edmundo 4.75 x 52 – $5.99 (Bundles of 10, $59.99)
    • Coloniales 5.25 x 44 – $6.19 (Bundles of 10, $61.99)
    • Corona Gorda 5.625 x 46 – $6.29 (Bundles of 10, $62.99)
    • Piramides 6.125 x 52 – $6.39 (Bundles of 10, $63.99)
    • Churchill 7.0 x 48 – $6.49 (Bundles of 10, $64.99)

 

  • Release Date – June 28 – July 2, available during tradeshow hours at Booth #3061 IPCPR 201
  • Number of Cigars Released – 150 display trays, 50,000 cigars per sizes for 2019, 250,000 cigars
  • Ship Date(s) – August & October 2019

 

To make an appointment for IPCPR 2019, please email shelly@southerndrawcigars.com as 300 HANDS is available to our valued retail partners who are in good standing and will be first come, first served.  

 

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by | June 10, 2019 · 7:40 am

News: Southern Draw Cigars Expands the CEDRUS Line

We start off Monday with more news from Southern Draw, with even more news rumored to come!  As I said in yesterday’s post, it’s going to be a busy next couple of weeks for cigar news!

 

The award winning CEDRUS – THE HOGAN, Belicoso Fino 5.5 x 52 will now have shelf mates in humidors across the country as the Southern Draw Cigars family announces three NEW line extensions for IPCPR 2019.  Each release is part of the Anniversary releases the company will share throughout 2019.

 

“The CEDRUS blend once again showcases a powerful “late harvest” Besuki wrapper that was grown in the fertile soils of the Jember Region of Java, the finishing touches on a unique blend that we believe is in a class all by itself.  Our family was blessed to source this rarely available, top-quality wrapper, with its’ rich brown color, distinct “green chili” spice flavors and herbal aromas that are attributed from being expertly air-cured followed by a multi-stage fermentation process,” offered Robert Holt – Founder of Southern Draw Cigars.  “The new line extensions embrace the uniqueness of the entire blend, including the use of an aromatic Habano 2000 grownunder cloth in Esteli and the bold Habana 92 (a hybrid originating from the Corojo of Cuban origin) grown in isolated Quilalí, a high mountain region about 160 miles north of Managua.  This “alphabet soup” of distinct tobaccos, form an artful composition known as C-E-D-R-U-S”, added Holt.  

 

The Southern Draw Cigars family will celebrate the NEW releases during a National Launch Event with long time valued retail partner Club Humidor of San Antonio, Texas on August 2, 2019. (Event time is TBD).  The CEDRUS boxes and bundles will be on display for the very first time in Booth #3061 during IPCPR 2019 – Las Vegas, NVfrom June 28 – July 2.  There will be a limited number of samples made only available to select media members that have supported the brand and current valued retail partners of Southern Draw Cigars, whose accounts are also in good standing.  

Country of Origin:  Nicaragua

Factory:   AJ Fernandez Cigar Co., Esteli, Nicaragua

Wrapper:  Besuki TBN – Indonesia

Binder:      Habano 2000- Esteli, Nicaragua

Viso:          Piloto Cubano – Dominican Republic

                 Criollo 98 – Esteli, Nicaragua

Seco:        Habana 92 – Quilali, Nicaragua

Ligero:     Corojo 99 – Jalapa, Nicaragua

 

Sizes:

Robusto 5.5 x 54 (box pressed)

Toro 6.0 x 52 (box pressed)

Gordo 6.5 x 60 (box pressed)

 

Number of Cigars – 50,000 per size released for 2019, full production of 100,000+ cigars in all subsequent years 

 

Packaging:  20 count boxes (standard SDC boxes) and 20 count refill bundles (standard Southern Draw Cigars boxes apply)

 

Price – $11.99 – $12.99 each MSRP 

 

Release Date – August 2, 2019 – National Launch Event – Club Humidor (San Pedro), San Antonio, Texas

 

Ship Date – August 15 & October 15 & December 15, 2019 – for all IPCPR 2019 orders

Soli Deo Gloria – 

 

 

 

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by | June 3, 2019 · 9:31 pm

News: Southern Draw Announces Jacob’s Ladder Brimstone

More news tonight, this one is another  upcoming release from Southern Draw debuting at the upcoming IPCPR show. Jacob’s Ladder is my favorite in their lineup, I’m sure this amped up version will be another winner! 

 

Southern Draw Cigars’ boldest blend will rain down its vivid interpretation of wrath with the Jacobs Ladder –hail, fire and brimstone – the names applied to each of its triple ligero filler tobaccos.  

Brimstone, a moniker referencing the Bibles’ passages about fiery torment, is the fifth size of the Jacobs Ladder and uses a patiently aged Pennsylvania Broadleaf USA wrapper, a Maduro USA binder and a potent new filler combination consisting of three different ligeros from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.  The Brimstone is a very full bodied, full flavored bomb that burns uniformly and yields a beautiful white ash.  The company believes this new size of Jacobs Ladder remains#boldbutapproachable and it is hand-made by AJ Fernandez Cigar Co. in Esteli, Nicaragua.  

 

 

Jacobs Ladder is the popular cigar blend named in part for Ethan Jacob, the son of Founders, Robert & Sharon Holt.  A limited number of samples of the new 6.0×56 perfecto will ideally be available from the hands of Ethan Jacob who has plans to share this line extension with media members and current valued retailer partners of Southern Draw Cigars.  The unveiling of the Jacobs Ladder – Brimstone (the name was shortened to fit on the secondary bands and boxes) is scheduled for June 30, 11 a.m. in Booth #3061. The company is keeping images of the new releases under wraps to further benefit those that attend IPCPR.  

The Jacobs Ladder – Brimstone will be available in the 6.0×56 perfecto size and will be priced at $11.99 MSRP, available in 20 count boxes and 20 count refill bundles.  Total production for 2019 is 75,000 cigars and is scheduled to be released in equal amounts in July, September and November. Shipping dates are subject to our stringent quality control process.  

The Brimstone is only available to current valued retail partners of Southern Draw Cigars (account must be in good standing) and will be sold on a first come, first served basis beginning at the official unveiling.  

Please direct all questions, comments to robert@southerndrawcigars.com.  To set IPCPR appointments for media or retail partners please email shelly@southerndrawcigars.com

For general information about Southern Draw Cigars, a list of retail partners and reviews, please visit us at www.southerndrawcigars.com.  

Soli Deo Gloria!

 

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