Top Super Bowl Cigars
It’s almost game time, folks! Make sure you’ve got chips, dip, and a flat screen as wide as a Mack truck. And of course, cigars. Smoking premium cigars with your buddies is the best way to watch the Big Game. While you’re prepping the man cave, we’ve put together the top Super Bowl cigars you should smoke. We recommend bigger sizes that will burn for a solid half of the game or longer. Our Super Bowl cigars feature mild, medium, and full-bodied blends, so that you can choose your level of intensity. Order a box before kickoff.
1. Ashton Classic Churchill (7.5 x 52)
Like a lot of guys, you want something creamy and mild that tastes great and lasts for most of the game without becoming bitter or too intense. Ashton Classic Churchill is our first suggestion. At 7.5 inches with a 52-ring gauge, this cigar actually sports the bigger dimensions of a Double Corona, as opposed to a traditional Churchill. That means you’ve got well over an hour to enjoy a mellow, top-shelf Dominican cigar. A golden-blond Connecticut Shade wrapper leaf embraces premium aged Dominican long-fillers in a 92-rated profile blended by world-renowned cigarmaker Carlito Fuente. Notes of cashew, coffee bean, almond, and cedar bless the palate with luscious texture from beginning to end.
2. La Aroma de Cuba El Jefe (7 x 58)
La Aroma de Cuba is handcrafted in a generous 7-by-58 El Jefe that promises plenty of burn time while your buddies divide up the pizza. A dark and oily Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper encapsulates a medium-bodied recipe of premium aged binder and filler tobaccos from Nicaragua. Award-winning father-and-son cigarmakers Pepin and Jaime Garcia have been producing this iconic Cuban-legacy label for years, and it’s been a top-selling premium brand ever since. Complex notes of cocoa, cedar, molasses, and earth mingle with succulent spices in a 94-rated Nicaraguan classic for a fantastic value.
3. Arturo Fuente Hemingway Masterpiece (9 x 52)
Arturo Fuente Hemingway Masterpiece has long been a benchmark for longer cigars. Carlito Fuente blends a marvelous combination of premium Dominican binder and filler tobaccos beneath a glistening Cameroon wrapper leaf. This exceptional Perfecto-shaped beauty furnishes a medium-bodied profile of chestnut, cedar, black pepper, cocoa, and baking spices. Only the most skilled rollers at the Fuente factory assemble Hemingway cigars due to their meticulously tapered sizes. The Masterpiece is a cigar that grows in flavor and complexity from the first puff right through the nub.
4. Padrón 1964 Anniversary ‘A’ (8.25 x 50)
Prep your palate for an extended epicurean feast with a 97-rated Padrón 1964 Anniversary in a long, mouthwatering classic called the ‘A’—over 8 inches long with a 50-ring gauge. When you really love a blend, the ‘A’ is a superb size to smoke because it lasts all afternoon. Since the smoke is traveling a longer distance to reach your palate, the first half is mellow and approachable, while the cigar slowly builds in intensity throughout the second half. Savor a classic Padrón profile of cocoa, cinnamon, cedar, cayenne, and nuts. And if you prefer a bigger ring size, consider a Padrón 1964 Anniversary No. 4. The No. 4 is a chunky, soft box-pressed 60-ring cigar drawn from the same blend of well-aged Nicaraguan long-fillers tucked under an oily Nicaraguan wrapper leaf.
5. Oliva Serie V Churchill Extra (7 x 52)
Fans of premium, full-bodied Nicaraguan cigars consider the 95-rated Oliva Serie V an absolute jewel. An oily Cuban-seed wrapper conceals a hearty blend of Nicaraguan binder and filler tobaccos in an excellent collection of shapes, including the extended 7-by-52 Churchill Extra. Not only does this monumental format burn for well over an hour, but its spicy taste is crafted from a meaty blend of premium Ligero tobaccos that deliver ample intensity. Tasting notes of cayenne, leather, mesquite, hickory, and black pepper pulse throughout a cigar blended to ease your nerves during the Big Game. Eat something first.
6. San Cristobal Revelation Leviathan (6.5 x 64)
One of our best Super Bowl recommendations is a big-ring gem called the Leviathan in the San Cristobal Revelation blend. At 6.5 inches with a 64 ring, this chunky, balanced smoke delivers a superlative profile of smoked almond, cedar, cinnamon, and cocoa, with hints of black pepper. A caramel-hued Ecuador Sumatra wrapper covers a complex core of Nicaraguan binder and filler tobaccos assembled by legendary cigarmaker Jose ‘Pepin’ Garcia. The Leviathan burns coolly and slowly from start to finish, with an exquisite 93-rated profile. And if you prefer a fuller-bodied, spicier cigar, you can also consider the original San Cristobal blend in the Coloso, which is finished with a potent Cuban-seed Oscuro wrapper.
7. Perdomo Inmenso Seventy Maduro 770 (7 x 70)
At a whopping 7 inches long with a whopping 70-ring thickness, Perdomo Inmenso Maduro 770 could outlast the big game if you smoke it slow. Brand founder Nick Perdomo blends a dark-brown Cuban-seed Nicaraguan wrapper leaf over a chunky core of Cuban-seed Nicaraguan long-fillers, all aged for five years. Malty notes of dark cocoa, espresso, and wood layer the palate over big, slow smoke that should easily burn for hours. Savor a succulent smoke from Perdomo, a pioneer in the craze for fat cigars.
8. Plasencia 1865 Alma Fuerte Generacion V (7 x 58)
Plasencia cigars continue to grow in popularity, and Generacion V, a 7-by-58 Perfecto in the 1865 Alma Fuerte blend, offers a thorough opportunity to get acquainted with one of the Plasencia family’s most popular blends. An oily Nicaraguan wrapper leaf surrounds a potent blend of long-filler tobaccos grown on Plasencia estates in Estelí, Condega, Jalapa, and Ometepe. Captivating notes of leather, cocoa, earth, and toast resonate throughout a bold, peppery finish.
9. Rocky Patel Mulligans Snowman (6 x 80)
The Snowman from Rocky Patel’s beloved Mulligans franchise is designed for folks who want to smoke a cigar as fat as a football. This extra-wide 6-by-80 smoke is wrapped in an Ecuador Habano wrapper leaf and features a chunky interior of premium Dominican long-filler tobaccos. Hearty notes of coffee bean, Turkish fig, pepper, and leather develop in voluminous clouds of creamy, white smoke. The Snowman isn’t as long as other cigars on this list, but its girth easily eclipses the rest and guarantees a slow-burning smoke with a copious draw. Stretch your lips around a Rocky Patel Mulligans Snowman and savor it for well over an hour.
