Our winner of the Dunhill cigar draw for October 2015 is Arvind. He won a box of Dunhill 1907 Churchills.

Last Friday, October 16th we unveiled the Project X – Latakia infused Beer at Beer Revolution.  The concept was brought to life by Brewsters Brewmaster Gunther Trageser and enjoyed by a small contingent of Burlington enthusiasts on the night in question.  While there is little hope that there is any left after that night we can assure you it was a unique and heady experience.  Project X Beer is set to return with the relaunch of the incredible Project X cigars, so stay posted, and stay thirsty my friends.

Project X – A Hit!

        We would like to thank everyone who has tried our exclusive line of cigars – The Burlington Project X Robusto.

          The crazy idea behind this cigar occurred to me in 2008 while smoking one of the Erik Nording Cigars with Erik himself.  I am not sure if it was the beer, the camaraderie or something in the Danish air, but putting Latakia in a cigar suddenly struck both of us as something that needed to be tried.

          Fast forward several experimental years, looking for the right partner to bring our pipe dream to fruition, and (after testing many prototypes) a few hundred of our lucky customers were able to try one of the first batch. We started with an initial run of 500 cigars, which due to unforeseen enthusiasm has now sadly sold out.  We received this first batch in July 2015 and by the end of that month we knew we had something special.  Naturally we then released production of another 2000 of these unique cigars.  We expect to have the new Project X in country by the year’s end, so starting in 2016 they will become a permanent addition to our humidor, and hopefully yours.

          In addition to the Robusto we will be launching a trial of the Project X 6×60, a vitola utilizing the same dynamic blend we have come to love.  Late in 2016 we are considering developing the blend in a smaller Petite Corona format for days when time is a factor.

          The feedback on Project X has vastly exceeded our expectations.  Again many thanks to those of you who were prepared to “think outside the box” and follow us in this crazy experiment.  We will let you know as soon as they are back in stock.

          Meanwhile, Smoke and Enjoy!

Chris & The Burlington Boys

PS Check out the Project X beer (Yes, it uses Latakia as well) on tap at Beer Revolution this Friday (Oct. 16).

Our winner for the month of September is R. Hadley. Congratulations on winning a box of the Dunhill 1907 Churchill.

You can now enter October’s draw by purchasing 3 or more Dunhill cigars!

 

Tyler won 4 ounces of his choice (Limited Edition Festival Blend 2015) for being Burlington on Whyte BEST PIPE carving champion.  As such he went on to be a National Finalist and was awarded a lovely pipe ashtray from Brigham (National Pipe Carving Competition Sponsor) for his participation.  Be sure to enter next year’s competition beginning on International Pipe Smoking Day, February 20th 2016.

We have our first two winners of the monthly draw for a box of Dunhill cigars. Our winner for July is J. Olsen (no picture available).

Our winner for August is S. Roth

Congratulations to both of our winners so far. You still have plenty of time to enter September’s draw by buying 3 or more Dunhill cigars.

Finally we are pleased to announce that we now have a house cigar! This is a particularly special blend that we have worked on for several years in conjunction with the rollers & blenders at Tabacalera A.Turrent in Mexico. These robusto-sized cigars consist of the following:

Wrapper: San Andres Banda Oscura
Binder: San Andres Banda Oscura
Filler: -San Andres Cuarta (made from hijos, the small leaves that grow in between the longer tobacco leaves)
-San Andres Morron Oscuro
-San Andres Morron Claro
-Latakia

Each month until the end of 2015, you have the chance to enter to win a box of your favourite Dunhill cigars by buying 3 or more Dunhill cigars. We just drew for the first winner, and it was Jason! He won a box of the Dunhill Signature Series. Congratulations!