Black Works Studio Killer Bee Shaolin and Rorschach Short Robusto Shipping Next Week
A pair of cigars that Black Label Trading Co. showed off at this summer’s PCA Convention & Trade Show will be heading to stores just after the Labor Day holiday on Monday, as the company has announced it will begin shipping the Black Works Studio Killer Bee Shaolin and the Black Works Studio Rorschach.
The Black Works Studio Killer Bee Shaolin is a slightly tweaked version of the Killer Bee blend that was offered as an exclusive to retailers who attended the trade show. It uses three leaves to create the wrapper, a Mexican San Andrés along with Ecuadorian Connecticut and candela. Underneath that is a Honduran habano binder and Nicaraguan filler, a combination that James Brown, creator of Black Label Trading Co. and Black Works Studio describes as being bold but elegant, with layers of complexity.
It is offered in a 5 1/2 x 46 belicoso vitola and priced at $13.50 per cigar. Production is limited to 1,000 boxes of 24 cigars, a total run of 24,000 cigars.
The Black Works Studio Rorschach is adding a short robusto as a regular production vitola, measuring 4 1/2 x 48 and priced at $7. It uses an Ecuadorian habano wrapper, Nicaraguan habano binder and Nicaraguan filler, and comes offered in 50-count boxes.
The Rorschach was one of the first three releases for Black Works Studio, debuting at the end of 2015 in a 5 x 38 petite panetela vitola. “Rorschach has become one of our most popular cigars and fans of this cigar will enjoy it in a short robusto,” said Brown in a press release.
Both cigars are produced at Fabrica Oveja Negra in Estelí, Nicaragua. Black Works Studio was launchd as a project designed to release small batch projects that shows off the blending and rolling capabilities of the factory.
Images courtesy of Black Label Trading Co.
Patrick Lagreid
I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, the G-League's Valley Suns, and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.
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