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News: Crowned Heads Adding J.D. Howard Reserve

Crowned Heads is preparing to launch a third line of cigars, dubbed the J.D. Howard Reserve, they they expect to have ready for the IPCPR Convention and Trade Show in July. Slated to be a five-vitola release, it will use a blend consisting of a Brazilian Arapiraca wrapper, Ecuadoran Sumatra binder and filler from Nicaragua. [...]

Review: Four Kicks Mule Kick

By now the brand Crowned Heads and their Four Kicks line are a well known among boutique cigar lovers. However if you’re unfamiliar with them let’s take a look back at what Brooks had to say about them in his Four Kicks prerelease reviewlast year: In November of 2010, C.A.O. Director of Lifestyle Marketing Jon Huber decided to [...]

News: Crowned Heads Faces Legal Challenge Over Headley Grange

Having just landed at retail stores, the new Headley Grange cigar from Crowned Heads is the subject of a legal challenge by a 145-year old association of farmers. The Tennessean is reporting that the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry has taken issue with the name of the company’s Headley Grange cigar, which [...]

News: Crowned Heads to Release Limited Edition ‘Mule Kick’

Following up on a tweet sent on August 30th, Crowned Heads has announced plans for a new limited edition cigar that they are calling the ‘Mule Kick’ to be released in early November. Details of this new release were first discussed in this interview on RobbyRasReviews/CigarChat. According to an article by David Savona, the line [...]

Weekly News (September 3, 2012)

Editor’s Note: And so begins the news. Things that shipped this week: Viaje’s IPCPR releases, Jameson Santos de Miami Haven Parejo, Rocky Patel Freedom. Much-needed updates to the 2012 list coming shortly. Don Pepin Garcia 10th Anniversary — As was mentioned in our IPCPR 2012 coverage, both José Ortega of My Father and Pete Johnson [...]

IPCPR 2012: Crowned Heads

Perhaps it was the theme of IPCPR—old faces, new booth. There was Christian Eiroa and CLE, José Blanco and Joya de Nicaragua, Eddie Ortega and Erik Espinosa each in their own booths and even José Seijas with Litto Gomez. Also in that category were Jon Huber, Mike Conder, Michael Trebing and Nancy Heathman—formerly of CAO—who brought [...]

Review: Headley Grange Estupendos (Prerelease)

Way back in February of this year murmurs started flying about the followup to Crowned Heads’ popular debut, Four Kicks. Jon Huber announced the cigar, which was then known as “Project HG”  in an email and gave a few details about the release—which he also announced would be available for the first time at the [...]

News: Crowned Heads Plans Five Sizes of Headley Grange

Headley Grange, the second release from Crowned Heads, will have five sizes as part of its full 2013 release according to Jon Huber. The cigar will debut at IPCPR in the Estupendos size (5 1/2 x 52) and will be limited to 1,000 boxes. Although not a limited edition, production will be limited for 2012. Joining [...]

News: Crowned Heads to Add Sixth Vitola to Four Kicks

Crowned Heads, the Nashville-based cigar company formed by four former CAO employees in early 2011, has announced its sixth size to its debut Four Kicks line, a 5 1/2 x 56 Robusto Extra. The news comes only a few months after the addition of the Four Kicks Selección No. 5 and means the company will [...]

Review: Four Kicks Selección No.5 (Prerelease)

In late 2011, the long-awaited and much-anticipated Four Kicks debuted from Crowned Heads, the Nashville-based company formed by Mike Conder, Nancy Heathman, Jon Huber and Michael Trebing, all former CAO employees. Four Kicks would be their first line, made by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr., and originally debuted in four sizes. Huber told Brooks back in November: It [...]