Perez-Carrillo Pledge Firecracker Begins Shipping

United Cigars has announced that it has begun shipping the newest version of its long-running Firecracker Series.

This time, it’s the Perez-Carrillo Pledge Firecracker from E.P. Carrillo. Like other Firecracker releases before it, the Pledge Firecracker is a 3 1/2 x 50 parejo with a long pigtail made to mimic the fuse of a firework. It uses a habano-seed wrapper grown in Connecticut over an Ecuadorian binder and fillers from Nicaragua.

The MSRP is set at $7 per cigar; it is limited to 1,000 boxes of 20 cigars.

“Our Pledge is a fantastic blend for the United Firecracker collaboration,” said Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr., founder of E.P. Carrillo, in a press release. “We have seen the United Firecracker and their limited releases grow in the marketplace so when we first discussed the project, we all knew it would perfect.”

Like the rest of the Firecracker cigars, it will be sold by United Cigars to stores nationwide, though the roots of the line date back to 2007 and Two Guys Smoke Shop, a New Hampshire-based chain of retailers owned by Dave Garofalo, who also owns United Cigars. The Firecracker cigars are typically a 3 1/2 x 50 petit robusto that features a long pigtail. Over the years, various manufacturers have made Firecracker Series, including All Saints, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, El Artista, Fratello, Kristoff, La Flor Dominicana, My Father, Perdomo, RoMa Craft Tobac, Rojas Cigars, Selected Tobacco and Tatuaje.