On Saturday, the Powstanie SBC 22 launched at an event at Smoke on the Water in Weston, Fla. Now, it’s arriving at other stores.
SBC is an acronym for Surrounded by Champions. It debuted in 2016 and seems targeted to be an every-other-year release for the company, though the SBC 20 shipped in 2022 and SBC 22 is shipping in 2023. All four releases have been a 5 1/2 x 46 corona gorda that has used a barber pole wrapper, albeit in a way where one wrapper is much more visible than the other.
The company is not disclosing the blend info for the SBC 22, but like all other Powstanie cigars, it is made at Fábrica de Tabacos Nica Sueño S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua.
Pricing has been set at $17 per cigar and production is limited to 500 boxes of 20 cigars.
Note: The following shows the various Powstanie SBC vitolas. Some of these cigars may have been released after this post was originally published. The list was last updated on May 8, 2023.
*Not pictured.
Since the original release in 2016, every SBC box has had the same message—updated for the year and production numbers—that explains the meaning behind SBC. The SBC 22’s box reads as follows:
This truly limited cigar has a production of only 500 boxes. It’s important to recognize that great accomplishments require the team to be successful. Too often we see success only as a face of a single man. Surrounded by Champions 22 is a cigar that pays homage to the people that made Powstanie possible. The main ingredient of greatness is the rest of the team.
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