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Warfighter Tobacco Company

.50 Cal Field Maduro

923 sessions
Medium-Full
Medium-Full🇳🇮 NicaraguaNew WorldToroUSD 12

Part of the Field line — named after calibers. The .50 Cal is the maduro variant, featuring a San Andrés Negro wrapper for extra sweetness and depth. A step up in body from the 5.56 Connecticut.

Tasting notes: Dark chocolate, espresso, leather, earth, black pepper, cedar. Rich and full-flavoured.

Warfighter Tobacco Company .50 Cal Field Maduro
92

3 sessions

Vitals

Origin

🇳🇮 Nicaragua

Strength

Medium-Full

Vitola

Toro

Length

6"

Ring Gauge

54

MSRP

USD 12.00

Made in

🇳🇮 Nicaragua

Construction

Handmade, Long filler

New World

Grown and blended outside Cuba — Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Ecuador and beyond. New World makers have redefined premium cigar-making with bold innovation and diverse microclimates.

Leaf Composition

Wrapper

San Andrés Negro

Maduro

🇲🇽 Mexico

Binder

🇳🇮 Nicaragua

Filler

🇳🇮 Nicaragua

Growing Region — Estelí

Elevation2,800ftSoilVolcanic, clay-rich with good drainageClimateTropical highland; consistent rainfall; defined dry season produces concentrated ligero

Bold, peppery ligero; the engine-room of Nicaraguan premium production

The heart of Nicaraguan premium cigar production. Produces bold, peppery ligero that forms the strength backbone of most major Nicaraguan blends. Home to more major cigar factories than any other single city outside Havana: AJ Fernandez, My Father, Drew Estate, Padrón, Rocky Patel, Foundation, and Warfighter's Tabacalera Carreras.

Flavour Profile

3 community sessions
Producer baselineCommunity (3 sessions)
Flavour axisProducer baseline (0–5)Community average (0–5)
Body0.04.0
Dark Fruit0.02.0
Bright Fruit0.00.0
Herbal0.00.0
Spice3.02.7
Sweet3.00.0
Vanilla0.02.0
Caramel0.02.0
Cocoa4.53.0
Nutty0.01.7
Cedar1.54.0
Earth1.53.0
Leather1.53.0
Finish0.03.5

The Brand

Warfighter Tobacco Company logo
Est.2016HQSan Antonio, Texas, USAFactoryTabacalera Carreras, Estelí, Nicaragua

Veteran-owned. Founded 2016 by Army infantry veterans Scott Jansen and Jon Simons. Designed for military, law enforcement, and first responders. Donates to Heroes Sports and Warfighter Scuba.

2016

LLC papers signed in a Nebraska farmhouse

Jansen and Simons sign the Warfighter Tobacco Company LLC papers in a Nebraska farmhouse in February 2016. First cigars released in August 2016. The brand is one of very few veteran-owned premium cigar companies in the USA.

2003

Both deployed to Iraq

Jansen and Simons both deploy to Iraq in 2003. The cigars they smoked together in the field are part of the personal story behind the brand — 'We're not heroes, but we served with them.'

2001

Scott Jansen and Jon Simons meet at Fort Campbell

US Army infantry veterans Scott Jansen and Jon Simons meet at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Their shared love of cigars and military service forms the foundation of what would become Warfighter Tobacco.

Community Sessions

3 logged
Anonymous18 Mar 202692 pts
BodyCoffee & CocoaLeather

Strong and not for the weak

Anonymous18 Mar 202692 pts
BodyCedar/WoodPepper/Spice

Lots of body, is a something that takes you on a journey

Anonymous18 Mar 202692 pts
BodyLeatherFinish

was a nice draw, was pretty heavy but not over powering. i would have this in the afternoon