Alec Bradley

Safe Keepings

Strength: Medium-FullIn stock

About this cigar

Alec Bradley's Safe Keepings is a Nicaraguan-made line built around a previously unreleased blend preserved in the company's blend book. Its Nicaraguan Habano wrapper covers Nicaraguan binder and filler tobaccos, producing a medium-full smoke with earthy, peppery and cocoa-rich character.

Tasting notes

earthblack peppercocoacedar

Available sizes

4 options3 in stock1 backordered
Selected size
Corona
5.6" × 46 · Box of 24
In stock
$219.00$9.13 / cigarTax & shipping includedAdd

Pairs well with

bourbonaged rumespressoporter
At a glance
Made in
Nicaragua
Strength
Medium-Full
Sizes
4 available
In plain English

What to expect

Smoothness
Balanced
Strength
Medium-Full

Richer and more assertive, but still approachable.

Flavour
earth · black pepper · cocoa · cedar
Tasting profile

How it tastes

Primary

earthblack peppercocoacedar

Secondary

espressoleatherbaking spicecoffeenatural sweetness

What each note tastes like

Sweetness4/5

Cocoa, dried fruit, molasses

Spice5/5

Pepper and warmth on the finish

Creaminess1/5

Soft, smooth, milky texture

Earthiness5/5

Soil, leather, forest floor

Wood3/5

Cedar, oak, toasted timber

Read from this cigar's own tasting notes, strength and wrapper — not a published score.

Earth & leatherearth · leather

Dry, savoury depth — the backbone most aged tobacco is built on.

Wood & cedarcedar

Clean, resinous notes that come forward as the cigar warms up.

Pepper & spiceblack pepper · baking spice

The tingle on the retrohale; usually strongest in the first third.

Cocoa & coffeecocoa · espresso · coffee

Roasted, faintly bitter sweetness that builds through the middle.

Sweetnessnatural sweetness

Sugars from the wrapper and long-leaf filler; often on the lips.

Blend & origin

How it is built

Made in
Nicaragua
Released
2024
Sizes (length × ring)
5–6" × 46–60
Explore this blend

Where it sits in the collection

made in Nicaragua · medium-full in strength · pairs with bourbon, aged rum, espresso

Compare sizes

Every size side by side

SizeLength × ringPackPer cigarPricevs retail
Corona5.6" × 46Box of 24$9.13$219
Robusto5" × 52Box of 24$10.63$255
Toro6" × 52Box of 24$11.88$285
Gordo6" × 60Box of 24$12.92$310
Aging & storage · Guidance

How to keep it

General humidor guidance for this cigar, based on its wrapper, strength, ring gauge and packaging.

Storage

Hold the box at 65–70% relative humidity at 65–70°F (18–21°C). Steady humidity matters far more than the exact number — swings are what crack wrappers.

Rest after delivery

Thicker ring gauges hold shipping moisture longest — give these boxes three to four weeks in the humidor before the first one.

Aging window

Full-bodied blends reward patience: a year or two of quiet aging typically trades raw power for depth.

In the box

Age them in their own box where possible — the cedar keeps the cigars marrying together instead of taking on the flavour of everything else in the humidor.

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