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Alec Bradley Lineage: flavour profile and cigars like it

Alec Bradley Lineage is a handmade cigar made in Honduras. Its published strength is medium. It has a wrapper grown in Honduras and filler from Honduras and Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to earth, pepper, cedar, fruit and herbs.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Foyle Classic Natural/Criollo and Macanudo Inspirado Orange.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Independently fact-checked · How we built this

Alec Bradley Lineage cigar
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What does Alec Bradley Lineage taste like?

CreamCedarEarthPepperCocoaSweetFruitHerbal
Our flavour map: the eight flavour families named in the tasting notes we cite.
  • earth and leather
  • pepper and spice
  • cedar and wood
  • fruit and floral
  • hay and herbs

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperHonduran
BinderNicaraguan
FillerHonduran and Nicaraguan
StrengthMedium as published by klarocigars.com
BodyMedium
Made inHonduras
Made byAlec Bradley.
FactoryFabrica de Tabacos Raices Cubanas, Danli, Honduras.
SizesRobusto 5.25×52 · Toro 6×54 · Gordo 6×60 · 665 6.5×65 · 770 7×70

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

What reviewers say

Scores as published by the magazine or retailer, for the size named. Notes are our summary of the review, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

About Alec Bradley Lineage

The line. Released in 2014 for Alec and Bradley Rubin reaching legal smoking age. cigaraficionado.com

The brand. Alan Rubin founded Alec Bradley in 1996. The brand takes its name from his sons. STG acquired the Alec Bradley cigar business in March 2023. The official site identifies Forged Cigar Co. alecbradley.com

Cigars like Alec Bradley Lineage

  1. Foyle Classic Natural/CriolloClosest matchCriollo wrapper · MediumAlso made in Honduras, more cedar and wood, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
  2. Macanudo Inspirado OrangeAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Honduras, more cream and nuts, less hay and herbs, about the same strength.
  3. Leaf by Oscar 10th AnniversaryAlso fitsCriollo wrapper · MediumAlso made in Honduras, more cocoa and coffee, about the same strength.
  4. La Gloria Cubana Criollo De OroAlso fitsCriollo wrapper · MediumMore natural sweetness, less earth and leather, about the same strength.
  5. Gurkha Cellar Reserve 12 Year PlatinumOne step furtherHabano wrapper · MediumMore fruit and floral, less cedar and wood, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Alec Bradley Lineage as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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