Chunky Smokes, Stogie Origins & This Weeks Big Drops

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Andres Sanchez
July 16, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes

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From wagon drivers to walk-in humidors, cigars are all about history, craft, and evolution.

This week, Alec Bradley expands its Chunk line with a new Connecticut-wrapped release, Drew Estate drops a quirky exclusive for Wild Bill’s, and My Father sends its Honduran Blue to stores. In industry news, Florida ditches its cigar wholesaler permits, championship teams score branded cigars, and leadership shifts continue at Forged.

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Plus: do you call it a “cigar” or a “stogie”? This week’s fact traces the nickname back to America’s dusty roads and hardworking wagon drivers.

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  • Alec Bradley Adds Connecticut-Wrapped “Chunk Shade” to Chunk Series (Read More Here)

  • Drew Estate Debuts “ACID Long Legs” Exclusive for Wild Bill’s at Great Lakes Cigar Festival (Read More Here)

  • Honduran My Father Blue Now Shipping (Read More Here)

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Weekly Interesting Cigar Facts

Why Cigars Are Called “Stogies”

Ever wondered where the nickname “stogie” comes from? It all traces back to the Conestoga wagons used by settlers and traders in the 1800s. These large, covered wagons — kind of the 18-wheelers of their time — were built in Conestoga, Pennsylvania, and the men who drove them became known as “stogies.”

These wagon drivers were known for smoking cheap, long, rugged cigars during their long hauls across the country. Over time, people started calling those thick, no-frills cigars “stogies” — a nickname borrowed from the wagon drivers themselves.

Eventually, the term stuck, and today “stogie” is used as a casual nickname for cigars of all kinds, not just the rustic, affordable ones those early drivers smoked.

So the next time you call your cigar a stogie, you’re tipping your hat to a piece of American frontier history — a time when cigars were a companion on dusty roads and long journeys.

🔥 Do you prefer calling it a cigar or a stogie? Let us know your favorite term!

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Steals Of The Week

Oliva 135th Perfecto (Click Here To Buy 48% OFF)

The Oliva 135th Perfecto is a beautifully crafted limited-edition cigar honoring Oliva’s 135-year heritage. Measuring 5.5" x 54 with a unique tapered shape, it features a silky Ecuadorian Habano Sun Grown wrapper over aged Nicaraguan ligero tobaccos. Expect bold, complex flavors of cocoa, espresso, leather, spice, and a hint of sweetness throughout its smooth, slow burn.

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The HDA Cataclysm is a bold, medium‑to‑full-bodied toro (6″×54) crafted in Nicaragua under an oily Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. A fusion of Nicaraguan fillers from Ometepe and Condega packs a complex punch—think earthy depth, dark chocolate, espresso, pepper, and a hint of fiery intensity.

Punch Mr. Punch's Wieners Toro Limited Edition (Click Here To Buy)

This limited-edition double-headed 6″ × 50 toro delivers two cigars in one—light from either end for distinct flavor paths. One side features rare Dominican Andullo tobacco aged in palm pods, while the other offers a rich Dominican-Honduras-Nicaragua blend. It’s wrapped in dark Ecuador Sumatra with a U.S. Broadleaf binder, offering a medium to full-bodied profile with sweet, spicy, and dark-wood notes.

Menace by Black Crown Gordo (Click Here To Buy 55% OFF)

The Menace by Black Crown Gordo is a medium-full-bodied powerhouse packed into a hefty 6" × 60 format. Rolled in a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper over Dominican binder and a blend of Dominican, Nicaraguan, and African fillers, it delivers bold notes of earth, chocolate, espresso, and pepper with a smooth, even burn and satisfying depth.

Cohiba Macassar Gigante (Buy Here 54% OFF)

The Cohiba Macassar is a medium-to-full-bodied cigar crafted in the Dominican Republic, featuring an aged Connecticut Habano wrapper over a Connecticut Broadleaf binder and fine Dominican–Nicaraguan fillers. The tobaccos are aged 4–6 years—including time in rum barrels—resulting in rich, layered flavors of dark roast coffee, cedar, white pepper, and wood with a lingering sweetness.

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