Bocock Brothers Cigars, a brand that began blending in 2012 and started expanding into the United States in 2019, enthusiastically participated in the 7th edition of Fuego & Barrica in Honduras, led by Bryant Bocock.
The brand’s distinctive hallmark is its partnership with American universities to create special edition cigars that celebrate each institution and its sports teams. Today, they work with ten universities and plan to expand to five more.
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Among other tobaccos, their blends use leaves from Nicaragua, Mexico, and the Danlí region. Examples of this diversity include the Mexican San Andrés Figurado in their Championship Box, released for the University of Florida, as well as a Habano for Texas A&M.
Bryant shares that his lineage is connected to Louisiana State University (LSU), where his father studied in 1958 and which his family has made a tradition. The edition celebrating their most recent baseball championship even allows a baseball to be placed in the center of the box. They also have versions for the Gators, Wake Forest, Tulane, Syracuse, and more, and as proof of the brand’s growth, many of these have already been exported.
The idea of collaborating with universities was born from his passion for American football, which he combines with Sundays full of grilling, hamburgers, and tobacco.
Their strategy is centered on connecting with alumni who are passionate about cigars. As a result, even though they have a presence in over 300 cigar lounges through their distributors in Texas, Florida, and Missouri, online sales are key, as graduates live in different states and can access their favorites regardless of distance.
Bocock Brothers Cigars’s participation in the event led to the Fuego & Barrica edition in Tela, created as a memento of a spectacular event. This seventh edition was another opportunity to celebrate the tradition, community, and passion that envelops every cigar, every university, and every story that Bryant and his team instill in their projects.
