OPK Fire, Havannah Coming From Battleground Cigars at IPCPR
Battleground Cigars has a pair of new releases that will be unveiled at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show: a new take on the popular Old Powder Keg line called OPK Fire, and a new line called Havannah.
The OPK Fire uses an Ecuadorian corojo wrapper and binder, with a filler blend of seco and ligero from Nicaragua’s Jalapa Valley and viso from Estelí, Nicaragua.
It’s being released in a pair of box-pressed vitolas, a Robusto (5 x 52) and Torpedo (6 1/2 x 52), both of which come in 25-count boxes. Pricing has not been released by the company yet. The cigars are being made at an undisclosed factory in Nicaragua.
Mike Tarnowicz of Battleground Cigar told halfwheel that it will be a regular production cigar and will be ready for shipment immediately following the trade show.
He also mentioned that the company hopes to have samples of its other new cigar, Havannah, available for retailers to try. It’s a 6 1/2 x 56 Honduran puro that is described as medium bodied and highly aromatic, and will have an MSRP of $8 per stick when it arrives in stores. A shipping date hasn’t been set yet, but it will be at least six to eight weeks after the trade show.
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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