Protocol cigars announces new lawmen
Protocol cigars announces new lawmen. The third installment of the lawmen series will de ut at the 2021 PCA Convention & Trade Show, which will take place in a few weeks. It is the third installment of the Lawmen series. The Lawmen Series is the company’s concept where they pay homage to the men and women of law enforcement who spend hours working tirelessly to catch the bad guys.
Inspiration
Each blend gets the name of a legendary lawman. The first release was named after Sir Robert Peele, the founder of Scotland Yard. The second release is the Elliot Ness, the lawman that took down one of the iconic criminals in American history, Al Capone. The new release is the Protocol Bass Reeves. That name might not be as well known as Sir Robert Peele and Elliot Ness, but his legacy and importance are.
Bass Reeves was one of the first Black Deputy U.S. Marshals in history. During his long career in Arkansas and the Oklahoma Territory, Bass Reeves arrested more than 3,000 dangerous criminals. In 1875 he was sworn in as a U.S. Deputy Marshal. “Bass Reeves was the inspiration for The Lone Ranger and we tried to incorporate that into the design of the packaging. We added a white horse and incorporated silver into the design on the vista and band because The Lone Ranger’s horse was named Silver. We can not think of a more deserving historical law enforcement figure to get a cigar in their honor!” Says Kevin Keithan, co-owner of Protocol Cigars.
Bass Reeves
“Bass Reeves was blended with tobacco leaves from the different growing regions of Nicaragua. Both were blended to have incredible taste and balance. The Maduro is a dark Habano with sweet subtleness. The natural is a nutty Sumatra with a delicious underlying spice note,” says Hector Alfonso Sr. Espinosa’s Master Blender. Juan Cancel adds, “We are proud to feature Bass Reeves as the newest addition to the Lawmen Series. I feel it truly shows the diversity of the law enforcement community as a whole, that men and women from all races and ethnicities come together to serve the public at large.”
All Protocol cigars have a link with law enforcement as founders Juan Cancel & Bill Ives both were police officers in New York. Ives left Protocol Cigars, but the new co-owner Kevin Keithan works in cybersecurity. And master blender Hector Alfonso Sr. has been serving the Miami Police Department for decades.
Maduro and Natural
There will be a Maduro version and a natural version, just like with the other Protocol Lawmen series. The cigars are only available in a 6×52 box-pressed toro vitola and come in boxes of ten cigars. As with any other Protocol cigars, Erik Espinosa and Hector Alfonso Sr. from Tabacalera La Zona are involved. But the cigars are rolled at A.J. Fernandez’s San Lotano Factory in Ocotal, Nicaragua. Erik Espinosa oversees the production.
Both blends have filler and binder from Nicaragua. The real difference is in the wrapper. The Natural sports an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper. The Maduro wrapper is a Nicaraguan Dark Habano.
