Whether it is your birthday or the birthday of somebody special, a box of handmade premium cigars makes an excellent birthday present.  To celebrate JR Cigars’ 50^th birthday, we put together a list of some of the best cigars for a birthday gift that will delight the palate on their special day.

Cigars make an amazingly good gift for a seasoned smoker as well as for somebody who is barely getting started on their journey into the world of cigars.  These artisanal products are crafted by hand with meticulous and passionate care, and your regard for that person is reflected in such a luxury gift.

Cigars are also an exceptionally great gift because they can be quite expensive, so the recipient of the cigars will be able to indulge in some extra helpings following their special day.  Especially on a birthday, cigars are excellent celebratory items, akin to a bottle of top-shelf champagne.  A gifted box is also great for sharing, that is if whoever is receiving the cigars is feeling extra generous!

Presented here is a list of five of the best “happy birthday cigars” to get as a gift.  Since this year we are celebrating our 50^th birthday here at JR Cigars, we also have a couple of extra special and top-quality offerings from popular brands that they will certainly enjoy.

Made exclusively for JR Cigars’ 50^th birthday by Crowned Heads, Mother Church is named after the legendary Ryman Auditorium, nicknamed “the Mother Church of Country Music”, and fits the theme of Crowned Heads and their homage to country music.

Available in a 7×48 size so they can enjoy this delicious smoke for hours, Mother Church is blended with a vintage Ecuadorian Corojo ’99 wrapper over a hearty Connecticut Broadleaf binder and stuffed with expertly aged Nicaraguan long-fillers.  They will enter the palate with a medium-full bodied smoke that sings complex notes of roasted nuts and hickory along with cocoa, spice, and sweet tobacco flavors.

Coming from one of the most luxurious brands on the market, Davidoff Winston Churchill The Late Hour Robusto cigars are certain to impress whoever is lucky enough to get these gems as a gift.  One of the strongest blends in the Davidoff portfolio, they are made with Dominican and Nicaraguan long-fillers that are packed in a Mexican binder and finished with a top-quality Ecuadorian Habano wrapper leaf.

With the tobaccos having been aged in whiskey casks, these 5×52 gems pack a medium-full bodied smoke that is loaded with rich notes of dark tobacco, spice, earth, chocolate, and a caramel sweetness imparted by the casks.

Made just for us, and you, by arguably the most famous cigar brand in the world, the Montecristo Cincuenta JR 50^th Anniversary Limited Edition Torpedo is undoubtedly an excellent gift for the humidor of that special person making another lap around the sun.

Rolled with Montecristo’s signature top-notch construction in a tapered 6×50 size, these luxury smokes are blended with aged Dominican and Nicaraguan long-filler tobaccos bunched in a rich Dominican binder and a premium Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper leaf.  Notes of vanilla, coffee, sweet honey, and cedar will dance on the palate in a complex symphony, a welcome addition to any humidor.

The Plasencia family has been growing and rolling top-shelf tobaccos for a variety of popular brands for generations, Alma Fuerte, one of their first regular releases, first hit the market in 2016 and has been a favorite in the humidors of serious connoisseurs ever since.

A Nicaraguan puro that uses vintage tobaccos grown on their very own farms, this 6.25×54 ultra-premium gem provides a full-bodied bevy of tangy spice, dark chocolate, leather, and earth that inundate the palate in a maelstrom of flavor, followed by a sweet, creamy finish.

The brand that put top-notch Dominican cigars on the map during the cigar boom of the 90s, Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Belicoso cigars pay homage to company founder Carlos Fuente Sr.  Using tobaccos that have been aged for over 10 years, this blend of Dominican long-filler and binder tobaccos and Cameroon binder is a favorite among aficionados all over the world.

The perfect birthday gift, provide that person with a rich medium-full-bodied smoking experience, with notes of cocoa and nuts coating the palate among some spice and a woodsy cedar aroma.  A top-rated cigar worthy of its name, a box of these for the humidor is a gift they will not soon forget!

While a cigar can be an amazing birthday gift, every cigar smoker needs some accessories to get the most out of their smoking experience.  Whether it be a cutter, lighter, travel case, or ashtray, a cigar accessory makes an amazingly good birthday gift for any cigar smoker in your life.  Here are a couple of suggestions for finding the best accessory for them!

Emblazoned with the JR Cigars logo and our 50th-anniversary design, the Xikar JR 50^th Anniversary XO Cigar Cutter is a top-notch cutter that will effortlessly cut through their favorite handmade premium cigars.  Made with incredibly sharp stainless-steel blades arranged in a patent-pending planetary gear system, this cigar cutter may be the last cutter they will ever need.

What good is any cigar without a way to spark it up?  With the Xikar Xidris Single Torch Lighter, that cigar smoker in your life can ignite their favorite sticks in any weather conditions.  With a sleek and ergonomic design along with a wind-proof jet torch flame, they will be able to light their luxury sticks with precise placement and heat distribution in any setting.

If a handmade premium cigar or a top-notch accessory do not appeal to you as gift ideas but still wants to do something cigar-oriented, you can purchase a JR Cigars Gift Card for them to use toward whatever they would like!

You can also gift them a subscription to JR Plus Membership, where they can enjoy free shipping on every order, no minimums or exclusions, as well as exclusive deals and early access!  Or you can provide them with a subscription to Cigar of the Month, where they can get exclusive deals and curated samplers sent right to their door each month!