A smooth, mild cigar with subtle notes of cedar, cream, and toast. Its light-brown USA Connecticut Shade wrapper surrounds a USA Connecticut Broadleaf binder, and a Nicaraguan filler. 
 
The premium cigar industry is overrun with tremendous stories about family and humble beginnings. One of these sensational tales has the J.C. Newman Cigar Company at the center of it. Founded in 1895, Julius Caesar Newman’s story begins in a barn just on the outskirts of Cleveland, Ohio. Yes, the oldest family-owned cigar maker’s beginning did not take place in Tampa, Miami, or even Connecticut, but in the heart of the American Midwest. In 1954, less than a decade before the Cuban Embargo would shake-up the American Cigar industry, Newman moved the company’s operation to historic Ybor City, Florida, to the Regensburg Cigar Factory.
 
Over the years, Newman bolstered his position in the premium cigar world with innovative strives that have now become industry standards. Cellophane tubes, now a staple for packaging and protecting cigars that go to market, were first done by J.C. Newman. The company is also responsible for being the first to introduce cigars using Cameroon tobacco to the market after the infamous embargo. And in 2001, the company joined forces with the Fuente family to establish the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation, which has raised millions to build schools, erect medical facilities, and establish farms to benefit the children of the Dominican Republic.
 
In 1937, Newman created the Brick House brand for his company. The name paid homage to his family’s home in Hungary. This spartan building housed the Newman family on the top floor, with a local pub, that the family ran on the bottom floor. Of course, in 1937 the original Brick House cigars were made with Cuban tobacco. The brand faded into history until 2009, when the Newman family resurrected it using Nicaraguan tobaccos in its updated release. Since this time, the brand has expanded with added vitolas, a new maduro variant, and in late 2017, the release of the Brick House Double Connecticut.
 
Specifications
 
Format: Churchill
Ring Gauge: 50”
Length: 7" ¼
Smoking Time: 70 Minutes
Wrapper: USA Connecticut Shade
Binder: USA Connecticut Broadleaf
Filler: Nicaragua
Strength: 3 out of 5