The Brands I Smoke
If you see a brand on this list, it’s because I actually smoke it—and I mean smoke it often enough to stand behind it. If it’s here, it earned its place. No pay-to-play, no fake hype, no brand politics. If you don’t see your favorite, that’s on purpose. Either I haven’t smoked enough of their cigars to put my name on it, they didn’t make the cut, or I just haven’t updated the damn list yet. But here’s the bottom line—if I smoke it and list it, you already know it’s fucking good.
BAMF Cigars
BAMF Cigars is a veteran-owned, no-bullshit cigar brand built for warriors who crave strength, freedom, and flavor.
HDA Cigars
HDA Cigars veteran-born, fiercely bold, hand-crafted cigars built for souls who don’t back down.
Cigar Clowns
Cigar Clowns is a renegade cigar collective from Brooklyn crafting wild, bold smokes wrapped in dark humor and unapologetic intensity.
Patriot Cigars
My Patriot Cigars crafts bold, freedom-fueled smokes aged in Nicaragua and blended for those who live by strength and pride.
Family By Loyalty
Family by Loyalty delivers fierce, deep-rooted cigars—crafted with devotion, forged in loyalty, born to dominate.
Dissident Cigars
Dissident Cigars is a raw, rebellious brand burning bold, uncompromising sticks for those who reject conformity and demand flavor.
Silent Hero Cigars
Silent Hero Cigar doesn’t just smoke, it fights for veterans, turning every draw into currency for healing and remembrance.
Haze Gray Cigars
Haze Gray Cigars fuses veteran grit with bold luxury, every stick smokes hard, honors service, and demands respect.
Stolen Throne
Stolen Throne Cigars robs the throne, bold Nicaraguan blends built for rebels who demand flavor with a middle finger.
BLK WKS Cigars
BLK WKS by Oveja Negra is a dark, artisanal squad pushing small batches of bold, experimental cigars for those who crave flavor and edge.
Founders Cigars
Founders Cigar Company forges veteran-led, small-batch cigars rooted in American grit, bold flavor, and uncompromising craftsmanship.
Cavalier
Cavalier Cigars fuses Swiss precision with Honduran boldness, every stick hits with elegance, grit, and unapologetic character.
Angry Beaver
We’re a bold, woman-owned cigar brand delivering premium Dominican craftsmanship with passion, purpose, and unapologetic style.
Chef Cigars
KJD Cigars is built on the backbone of brotherhood and service—a 28-year fire chief’s creation blending grit, tradition, and unapologetic flavor in every draw.
GTO Cigars
GTO Dominican Cigar makes bold, boutique Dominican puros directly from their family farm, where Cuban-seed roots meet raw, unapologetic craftsmanship.
Lure Cigars
Lure Cigars reels you in with bold Nicaraguan blends wrapped in heritage, smoke great sticks, tell tall tales.
Rebellion Cigars
Rebellion Cigars is a UK-born firestorm brand, rock-fueled, unapologetic sticks made for rebels who smoke as loud as they live.
Fathom & Fury
Fathom & Fury cigars blaze with “No Quarter Given” ferocity — a global, veteran-built blend that demands respect and never apologizes.
Traficante Cigars
Traficante Cigars is a fierce boutique brand founded by a former narcotics agent, hand-suffused sticks that wear attitude and demand respect.
Black Bird Cigars
Blackbird Cigar flies fearless, boutique Dominican craftsmanship wrapped in audacity, flavor, and a refusal to conform.
Ironclad Cigars
Iron Clad Cigars is Texas-based and law enforcement-owned, brewing exotic tobacco blends that hit hard, bold, and unmistakably real.
Your Story Might Be Worth Lighting.
I’m always on the lookout for the next great boutique cigar. If you believe yours deserves that title, let’s talk. I don’t take free cigars — if your story resonates with me, I’ll buy a few to try. I respect the craft too much to do it any other way.