Veterans Day is coming up, and Hermanos de Armas is commemorating the holiday with Eleven Eleven, a new limited edition cigar that has begun shipping to retailers, halfwheel reported on November 7. It is a 6 x 52 toro with a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler, produced at the La Tabacaria Cigars factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. Production is limited to 450 boxes of 22 cigars — 9,900 cigars in total — with pricing set at $16.50 per cigar and $363 per box.
Zack Van Ginkel, co-founder of Hermanos de Armas and himself a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, said the company will donate 11 percent of the gross sales of the project to Team SAPO, an organization dedicated to the mental health of veterans. Team SAPO supports veterans from Tier One and Special Operations communities with integrative, evidence-based healing, addressing trauma, identity loss and wellness through a veteran-led, community-powered approach. Images courtesy of Hermanos de Armas, via halfwheel.
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