October brought a wave of new cigars to humidors, from Veterans Day tributes and Halloween exclusives to anniversary blends and long-awaited returns. We covered a good number of them as they were announced, but a few more reached stores without a story of their own here.
Using the October 2026 cigar release list from Developing Palates as our starting point, we went back through the month and pulled together the releases we had not yet covered. Below you will find the key details for each one, including sizes, pricing, blends, factories and production numbers where the companies have shared them.
2 Sisters Sorella di Notte: Sister of the Night
Size: 6 1/8 x 42
Price: $10.90 per cigar, $272.50 per box of 25
Wrapper: Ecuador (Habano)
Binder: Honduras
Filler: Honduras & Nicaragua
Strength: Medium
Factory: Honduras; blended by Hamlet Paredes
Company: Fabrica 5 / Bond Roberts
Fabrica 5, the brand from Bond Roberts, launched its new 2 Sisters line in October with Sorella di Notte: Sister of the Night. The cigar measures 6 1/8 x 42 and pairs an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper with a Honduran binder and a filler of Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos. The blend was created by Hamlet Paredes, and the cigars are made in Honduras.
Rob Ayala developed the line as a tribute to Diana Ayala and Lisa Goreta, two women who share roughly 50 years of experience in the Cuban cigar trade, and more broadly to the women working throughout the cigar industry. The blend was inspired by the Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo des Dieux. Sorella di Notte is the first of four planned blends under the 2 Sisters name.
Details for this release come from reporting by Cigar Journal and Cigar Coop.
Black Works Studio Killer Bee Buzz Saw 2.0
Size: 5 1/4 x 54 (Box-Pressed Belicoso)
Price: $12 per cigar; 10-count boxes ($120) and five-packs ($60)
Wrapper: Ecuador (Maduro) & Connecticut, barber pole
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Factory: Fábrica Oveja Negra, Estelí, Nicaragua
Release: Smoke Inn exclusive, on sale Oct. 30
Black Works Studio and Smoke Inn have brought back the Killer Bee Buzz Saw in a new shape. The Buzz Saw 2.0 is a 5 1/4 x 54 box-pressed belicoso that keeps the original blend: a barber pole of Ecuadorian maduro and Connecticut wrappers over a Nicaraguan binder and filler. It is described as medium-full, with notes of earth, pepper, nutmeg and cocoa.
The Buzz Saw first appeared in 2021 as part of the Hive sampler, then became a standalone Smoke Inn exclusive in September 2024 as a 5 x 56 perfecto. That release was also the Florida retailer's first exclusive with Fábrica Oveja Negra. The new version went on sale Oct. 30 through Smoke Inn's stores and website. Production numbers were not disclosed.
Details for this release come from reporting by Halfwheel and Cigar Dojo.
Perez-Carrillo Battleborn 2026 Heroes
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Size: 6 x 52 (Toro)
Price: $21 per cigar, $441 per box of 21
Wrapper: Cameroon
Binder: Dominican Republic & Nicaragua
Filler: Dominican Republic & Nicaragua (aged)
Factory: Casa Carrillo, Dominican Republic
Production: 2,000 numbered boxes of 21 (42,000 cigars)
Release: Launch events Oct. 22-23 at Old Virginia Tobacco; nationwide ahead of Veterans Day
Casa Carrillo's Battleborn returned for 2026 with a new name and a new blend. Battleborn Heroes is a 6 x 52 toro with a Cameroon wrapper, Dominican and Nicaraguan binders and aged Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. It is packaged in 21-count boxes as a nod to the 21-gun salute, and each box includes a dog tag. Production is set at 2,000 numbered boxes.
Last year's Battleborn Warriors was a 6 x 56 with a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper, limited to 2,500 boxes of 20. The series was inspired by Lionel H. McKoy, a 20-year Navy veteran who works as Casa Carrillo's shipping manager, and it supports veteran, military family and first responder causes through Carrillo Cares. Heroes launched with events at Old Virginia Tobacco on Oct. 22 and 23, with wider distribution planned before Veterans Day on Nov. 11.
Details for this release come from reporting by Halfwheel, Cigar Dojo and Cigar Coop.
Casdagli Brothers of the Sabre Custodian & Flamboyant
Sizes: Custodian: 6 x 52 (Toro), $20; Flamboyant: 6 x 49 (Piramide), $24
Packaging: Cedar piano-top boxes of 20
Custodian blend: Ecuador wrapper; Dominican binder; Dominican, U.S. & Zimbabwe filler
Flamboyant blend: Ecuador wrapper; Dominican binder and filler
Factory: Kelner Boutique Factory, Dominican Republic; blended by Hendrik Kelner Jr.
Release: Shipped to U.S. retailers Oct. 15
Casdagli added two more generals to its Brothers of the Sabre series, which was previously known as The Napoleonic Collection when it debuted in 2023. Custodian is a 6 x 52 toro and Flamboyant is a 6 x 49 piramide, both made at the Kelner Boutique Factory in the Dominican Republic with blends by Hendrik Kelner Jr. Each comes in a 20-count cedar box with a piano top.
Flamboyant honors Joachim Murat, the cavalry commander remembered for bluffing his way across the Tabor Bridge in 1805, while Custodian honors Sir Hudson Lowe, the governor of St Helena during Napoleon's exile. The pair debuted at InterTabac in September before shipping to U.S. stores on Oct. 15. The series now includes six generals, with the final two blends expected in 2028.
Details for this release come from reporting by Halfwheel and Cigar Coop.
Crowned Heads Belgian Blue LE 2026
Size: 5 1/4 x 54 (Box-Pressed Robusto Extra)
Price: $12.50 per cigar, $150 per box of 12
Wrapper: Mexico (San Andrés)
Binder: Ecuador (Habano)
Filler: Nicaragua & Dominican Republic (75% ligero)
Factory: D'Hatuey Tabacos S.A., Estelí, Nicaragua
Production: 2,500 boxes of 12 (30,000 cigars)
Release: Shipping late October
Crowned Heads' Belgian Blue returned for a third year as a 5 1/4 x 54 box-pressed robusto extra. The blend uses a dark Mexican San Andrés wrapper over an Ecuadorian Habano binder, with a filler of Nicaraguan and Dominican tobaccos that is about 75 percent ligero. It is produced at D'Hatuey Tabacos S.A. in Estelí, the factory overseen by Eradio Pichardo.
The name comes from the heavily muscled Belgian Blue cattle breed, a fitting reference for a cigar built around so much ligero. The 2024 edition was a 6 x 54 and the 2025 edition a 5 1/2 x 56. This year's run is 2,500 boxes of 12, and the cigars began shipping to retailers in late October.
Details for this release come from reporting by Halfwheel, Cigar Dojo and Cigar Coop.
Crowned Heads Blood Medicine Edición Limitada #744
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Size: 7 x 44 (Lonsdale)
Price: $14.95 per cigar, $299 per box of 20
Wrapper: Ecuador (Habano)
Binder: Ecuador (Connecticut-seed)
Filler: Nicaragua
Factory: D'Hatuey Tabacos S.A., Estelí, Nicaragua
Production: 4,000 cigars
Release: Kings Cigar Club exclusive, on sale Oct. 30
Kings Cigar Club in Woodinville, Washington, received its own Blood Medicine in October. Edición Limitada #744 is a 7 x 44 lonsdale that uses the original Blood Medicine blend from 2015: an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper over an Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed binder and Nicaraguan filler. Production is limited to 4,000 cigars in 20-count boxes.
According to Halfwheel, Kings Cigar Club founder Vince An first explored a 38-ring lancero before settling on the 44 ring gauge. Blood Medicine traces back to a cigar originally called Snake Oil that was renamed over a trademark issue. It later returned as a 2022 event cigar, reached regular retail in 2024 and expanded in 2025 with new vitolas and the B-Positive offshoot. The #744 went on sale Oct. 30.
Details for this release come from reporting by Halfwheel.
Liga Privada Único Serie UF-4 Feral Flying Pig
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Size: 5 3/8 x 60 (Feral Flying Pig)
Price: $29.50 per cigar, $295 per box of 10
Wrapper: Habano/Corojo hybrid
Binder: Brazil (Mata Fina), expected
Filler: Nicaragua, expected
Factory: La Gran Fábrica Drew Estate, Estelí, Nicaragua
Production: About 300 boxes
Release: Casa de Montecristo Chicago (Countryside, Ill.) exclusive; in-store event Oct. 29
Casa de Montecristo Chicago in Countryside, Illinois, marked the 15th anniversary of its Liga Privada Único Serie UF-4 with a new shape. The UF-4 has been a 6 x 52 store exclusive since 2010, and this release puts it in Drew Estate's 5 3/8 x 60 Feral Flying Pig format for the first time. It is also the first store exclusive to use the Feral Flying Pig shape.
The wrapper has changed from the original's Connecticut River Valley stalk-cut leaf to a Habano/Corojo hybrid, while the binder and filler are expected to follow the familiar Brazilian Mata Fina and Nicaraguan recipe. Around 300 boxes of 10 were made, and the cigars debuted at a ticketed in-store event on Oct. 29.
Details for this release come from reporting by Halfwheel.
Espinosa Nosferatwo
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Size: 6 x 56 (Parejo Toro)
Price: $11.99 per cigar
Wrapper: Mexico (San Andrés Maduro)
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Blender: Hector Alfonso
Release: Oak Glen Tobacconist exclusive, on sale Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. ET
Oak Glen Tobacconist's annual Halloween exclusive came from Espinosa this year. Nosferatwo is a 6 x 56 parejo toro with a Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and fillers, blended by Espinosa master blender Hector Alfonso. The retailer describes it as opening with black pepper before moving into earth, leather, dark chocolate, star anise and espresso with a touch of sweetness.
The name is intentional. It is a sequel to Nosferatu, the store's first Halloween exclusive in 2022, which was followed by Renfield, Soul Collector and Renfield Remastered. Nosferatwo is OGT's fifth Halloween release and its first with Espinosa, and Andrew Drazin returned to redraw the Count Orlok artwork. The cigar was also included in the October OGT Cigar Society box. Production numbers and the factory were not disclosed.
Details for this release come from reporting by Oak Glen Tobacconist and Cigar Dojo.
Hooten Young Gothic Serpent Culebra
Format: Three 6 x 38 cigars braided into a culebra
Price: $25 per culebra; sold to stores in sets of three ($75)
Wrappers: Ecuador (Connecticut-seed, Candela) & Mexico (San Andrés), varies by cigar
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Factory: Córdoba & Morales, Nicaragua
Production: 1,000 culebras (3,000 cigars)
Release: Shipped to retailers mid-October
Hooten Young, the veteran-owned cigar and whiskey company, released the Gothic Serpent Culebra in October. It braids together three thin cigars, each with its own wrapper treatment over a shared Nicaraguan binder and filler. One uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed wrapper with a Mexican San Andrés accent shaped like a snake's head, while the other two are barber poles that pair San Andrés with either Ecuadorian Candela or Connecticut-seed leaf.
The name comes from Operation Gothic Serpent, the 1993 mission that included the Battle of Mogadishu depicted in Black Hawk Down. Co-founder Norm Hooten is a former Delta Force operator who took part in the operation. The cigars are made by Córdoba & Morales in Nicaragua and are meant to be unbraided and smoked individually. Production is 1,000 culebras.
Details for this release come from reporting by Halfwheel and Cigar Aficionado.
MBombay Kesara Pyramid 2020 & MQBA Mayura Pyramid 2019
Size: 6 x 54 (Pyramid), both
Kesara: Ecuador Connecticut wrapper; Ecuador H-2000 binder; Dominican & Peru Mejorado filler; $29.95; 834 numbered boxes of 10
Mayura: Ecuador Habano HVA (Colorado Claro) wrapper; Ecuador binder; Paraguay, Peru & Nicaragua filler; $39.95; 826 numbered boxes of 10
Factory: Costa Rica
Production: 16,600 cigars combined
Release: In stores now
MBombay is releasing two long-rested pyramids from its Palm Springs-based company. The Kesara Pyramid 2020 and the MQBA Mayura Pyramid 2019 are both 6 x 54 and made in Costa Rica, and each was produced in a single run by one roller using a single lot of tobacco. The cigars have been resting since they were rolled, with the year in each name marking when they were made.
Kesara, which means saffron, pairs an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper with an Ecuadorian H-2000 binder and Dominican and Peruvian Mejorado fillers. Mayura, meaning peacock, uses an Ecuadorian Habano HVA wrapper in a colorado claro shade, an Ecuadorian binder and fillers from Paraguay, Peru and Nicaragua. Kesara is limited to 834 numbered boxes of 10 and Mayura to 826.
Details for this release come from reporting by The Cigar Guys.
Plasencia Alma Fuerte Colorado Claro Torpedo Semi-Boxpress
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Size: 6 x 54 (Box-Pressed Torpedo)
Price: $26.49 per cigar, $264.90 per box of 10
Wrapper: Nicaragua (Jalapa, Colorado Claro)
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Factory: Plasencia Cigars S.A., Nicaragua
Release: Corona Cigar Co. exclusive; five Florida stores and online
Corona Cigar Co. received its second Plasencia exclusive in October with a new size for the Alma Fuerte Colorado Claro line. The Torpedo Semi-Boxpress is a 6 x 54 box-pressed torpedo that uses the same Nicaraguan puro blend as the rest of the line, finished with a colorado claro wrapper.
The cigar is sold through Corona's five Florida stores and its website. Corona already carries the Plasencia Alma del Cielo Robusto Gordo, a 5 1/4 x 54 exclusive that is getting updated packaging along with the rest of the Plasencia portfolio.
Details for this release come from reporting by Halfwheel.
Quesada Don Manolo 79
Size: 6 x 52 (Toro)
Price: $21.99 per cigar, $219.90 per box of 10
Wrapper: Honduras
Binder: Dominican Republic
Filler: Dominican Republic & Nicaragua
Factory: Tabacos de Exportación, Dominican Republic
Production: 1,000 boxes of 10 (700 for the U.S.)
Release: Shipped to stores Oct. 15
Quesada created Don Manolo 79 to celebrate Manuel "Manolo" Quesada Jr.'s 79th birthday. The 6 x 52 toro uses a Honduran wrapper, a Dominican binder and Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers, including tobacco that Manolo set aside in the late 1990s. It is made at Tabacos de Exportación in the Dominican Republic.
This is the third Quesada birthday release, following the Manuel Quesada 70 in 2017 and the Manolo Quesada 75th Anniversary in 2022, and the first that does not fall on a five-year milestone. It is also the first one blended by his daughters, Raquel and Patricia Quesada, rather than by Manolo himself. The box and band artwork features six commemorative coins tied to moments in the family's history. Of the 1,000 boxes made, 700 are headed to U.S. retailers through SAG Imports.
Details for this release come from reporting by Halfwheel.
Moe by Sanj Patel
Size: 6 x 50 (Toro)
Price: $13 per cigar, $130 per box of 10
Wrapper: Ecuador (Connecticut-seed)
Binder: Undisclosed
Filler: Undisclosed
Factory: Fábrica de Cigarros de Sanj Patel, Nicaragua
Production: 500 boxes of 10 per year
Release: Launched Oct. 12
Sanj Patel named his newest cigar after a close friend. Moe by Sanj Patel is a 6 x 50 toro with an Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed wrapper over an undisclosed binder and filler. The company rates it light to medium in strength, with a creamy, buttery profile built around cashew and hints of nutmeg.
The cigar is made at Patel's relatively new Fábrica de Cigarros de Sanj Patel in Nicaragua, which also produces the Super Industry Killer Hawaii Exclusive. Moe is a regular production release, but output is capped at 500 boxes of 10 per year.
Details for this release come from reporting by Halfwheel.
Selected Tobacco Bandolero Premium Atrevidos & Nelson Hidalgos
Sizes: Bandolero Premium Atrevidos 5 x 52; Nelson Hidalgos 5 x 50
Availability: Robusto Edition Set, five tubed cigars, $200
Bandolero blend: Ecuador (Habano 2000) wrapper; Nicaragua binder; Nicaragua & Peru filler
Nelson blend: Ecuador (Habano 2000) wrapper; Ecuador binder; Dominican Republic & Peru filler
Factory: Tabacos de Costa Rica
Aging: Four to five years in Selected Tobacco's cedar-lined rooms in Spain
Selected Tobacco celebrated the opening of its new factory and aging facility in Madrid with a Robusto Edition Set that includes two new sizes. The Bandolero Premium Atrevidos is a 5 x 52 and the Nelson Hidalgos is a 5 x 50, joining existing robustos from Atabey, Alfonso and Byron in the five-cigar, individually tubed sampler.
The cigars are rolled in Costa Rica and then aged in Spain for four to five years in rooms lined with five different types of cedar. The set carries an MSRP of $200 and is only available through retailers who attended the Madrid event.
Details for this release come from reporting by Halfwheel.
Tatuaje Skinny Monster Krueger & Michael
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Size: 6 x 38 (Petite Lancero)
Price: $9.50 per cigar, $237.50 per box of 25
Skinny Krueger: Mexico (San Andrés) wrapper; Nicaragua binder and filler
Skinny Michael: Ecuador (Habano) wrapper; Nicaragua binder and filler
Factory: My Father Cigars S.A., Nicaragua
Release: Shipped the week of Oct. 19
Tatuaje finally gave The Krueger and The Michael their own Skinny Monster boxes. Both were released after the original Skinny Monsters sampler came out in 2016, so neither had been made in the 6 x 38 petite lancero format until now. As with the other Skinny Monsters, each uses its corresponding Monster Series blend, and The Krueger loses its original box-pressed belicoso shape in favor of a round parejo.
The Skinny Krueger uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper and the Skinny Michael an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, both over Nicaraguan binders and fillers from My Father Cigars. That leaves The Bride as the only one of the original 13 Monster Series cigars without a Skinny version. Tatuaje also shipped a limited coffin-shaped silicone ashtray alongside the cigars.
Details for this release come from reporting by Halfwheel.
Viaje Full Moon 13th Anniversary
Size: 6 x 60 (Gordo)
Versions: Natural, Maduro, Natural Limited and Maduro Limited (Limited versions box-pressed)
Price: $17.91 per cigar ($429.84 per box of 24); Limited $22.08 ($529.92 per box of 24)
Blend: Undisclosed
Release: Shipping the week of Oct. 19
Viaje's Halloween-season Full Moon returned for its 13th anniversary in four versions, all 6 x 60 gordos. There are Natural and Maduro editions, plus box-pressed Natural Limited and Maduro Limited versions that were sent to stores in smaller quantities.
Full Moon debuted in 2013 in a round box decorated with a large pumpkin and has been a near-annual release ever since, though this appears to be the first time it has been made in a 6 x 60 size. Viaje did not share blend details or production numbers.
Details for this release come from reporting by Halfwheel.
Sources
This roundup is based on the Developing Palates October 2026 cigar release list and on information originally published by Halfwheel, Cigar Dojo, Cigar Coop, Cigar Journal, Cigar Aficionado, The Cigar Guys and Oak Glen Tobacconist
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