IPCPR 2019: Dissident Cigars

Dissident Cigars, with new owner Benjamin Holt, returns to the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show after being revived as a brand earlier this year.

The last time the brand had a booth it was 2015, but after falling off the radar for several years it is back with the three lines it is best known for: Bloc, Soapbox and HOME, all of which have gotten an updated look and a reworked blend courtesy of Fabrica Oveja Negra.

Dissident Bloc
Gone is the video-game design and the vitola names that were nods to cheat codes, as Bloc returns with a punk rock theme.

• Wrapper: Ecuador (Maduro)
• Binder: Ecuador
• Filler: Dominican Republic & Nicaragua

• Dissident Bloc BP Robusto (5 5/8 x 46) — $10.25 (Box of 20, $205)
• Dissident Bloc BP Toro (6 1/4 x 52) — $10.50 (Box of 20, $210)
• Dissident Bloc BP Lonsdale (7 x 42) — $10 (Box of 20, $200)

Production: Regular Production

Release Date: July 2019

Dissident HOME 2019
Like its predecessors, the 2019 version of HOME will be a limited edition, though Holt is not disclosing the production numbers. What was once a Honduran puro now gets tobaccos from Ecuador and Nicaragua, including a dual wrapper.

• Wrapper: Ecuador (Maduro & Corojo)
• Binder: Ecuador
• Filler: Nicaragua

• Dissident HOME 2019 (6 x 54) — $14 (Box of 20, $280)

Production: n/a

Release Date: Late July/Early Aug 2019

Dissident Soapbox
What was once a Nicaraguan puro now uses tobaccos from Brazil, Ecuador and Nicaragua as it becomes one of the two core lines, along with Bloc, in Dissident’s portfolio.

• Wrapper: Brazil
• Binder: Ecuador
• Filler: Nicaragua

• Soapbox Petite Corona (4 3/4 x 46) — $8 (Box of 20, $160)
• Soapbox Robusto (5 1/2 x 52) — $10 (Box of 20, $200)
• Soapbox Toro Gordo (6 3/4 x 54) — $11 (Box of 20, $220)

Production: Regular Production

Release Date: July 2019