There are cigars made for just about every American holiday, including one for a shopping holiday.

HVC’s Black Friday has been released every year since 2015 and this year’s version will begin shipping next week. The HVC Black Friday 2021 is a 4 3/8 x 54 parejo vitola that will use a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper over a mixture of Nicaraguan tobaccos for the binder and fillers, including corojo 2012 and criollo 98.

It will have an MSRP of $9.50 per cigar and is limited to 600 boxes of 50 cigars. Like previous versions, it is being made at Tabacos Valle de Jalapa S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua.

  • HVC Black Friday 2015 (6 1/2 x 48) — 100 Boxes of 50 Cigars (5,000 Total Cigars) — $5.40 (Boxes of 50, $270)
  • HVC Black Friday 2016 (6 3/4 x 48) — 100 Boxes of 50 Cigars (5,000 Total Cigars) — $5.90 (Boxes of 50, $295)
  • HVC Black Friday 2017 (4 x 48) — 100 Boxes of 50 Cigars (5,000 Total Cigars) — $4.60 (Boxes of 50, $230)
  • HVC Black Friday 2018 (5 x 50) — 150 Boxes of 50 Cigars (7,500 Total Cigars) — $7.40 (Boxes of 50, $370)
  • HVC Black Friday 2019 (4 1/2 x 52) — 400 Boxes of 50 Cigars (20,000 Total Cigars) — $6.50 (Box of 50, $130)
  • HVC Black Friday Firecracker (3 1/2 x 50) — 500 Boxes of 20 Cigars (10,000 Total Cigars) — $7.50 (Box of 20, $150)
  • HVC Black Friday 2020 (5 5/8 x 46) — 500 Boxes of 50 Cigars (25,000 Total Cigars) — $7.50 (Box of 50, $375)
  • HVC Black Friday 2021 (4 3/8 x 54) — 600 Boxes of 50 Cigars (30,000 Total Cigars) — $8.50 (Box of 50, $475)

Reinier Lorenzo, founder of HVC, will be doing launch events at Two Guys Smoke Shop in New Hampshire next week to coincide with the release of Black Friday 2021.

Black Friday is an American shopping holiday that takes place the Friday after Thanksgiving. Traditionally, retailers offer large discounts to kick off the holiday shopping season.

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