Brick House

Brick House is a J.C. Newman brand named for the house in Hungary where founder Julius Caesar Newman was born. It was the only brick house in his small village, and family, friends and neighbors gathered there every night. Newman introduced Brick House cigars in 1937. His grandsons, Eric and Bobby Newman, reintroduced the brand in 2009 as a Nicaraguan cigar.

The relaunched Brick House was first made at the San Rafael factory owned by Fidel Olivas, which made El Baton and Brick House for J.C. Newman until the company moved them to its own factory. A.J. Fernández later bought that building and reopened it in 2017 as the San Lotano factory. Brick House is now rolled at J.C. Newman PENSA (Puros de Estelí Nicaragua S.A.), which J.C. Newman calls the second-largest cigar factory in Nicaragua. It has more than 800 employees and also makes Quorum and Perla del Mar.

Brick House Classic uses an Ecuadorian Havana wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. Maduro uses a Brazilian Arapiraca wrapper. Double Connecticut pairs a Connecticut Shade wrapper with a Connecticut Broadleaf binder, and Bricktoberfest is a limited release. J.C. Newman's ultra-premium Diamond Crown is a different story: it is made in the Dominican Republic at Tabacalera A. Fuente.