WR 1794
The first major test of federal authority and the redress of grievances in our young Republic.
Long before the Volstead Act, farmers and distillers in Western Pennsylvania rose up against an unfair whiskey tax. WR 1794 celebrates the brave Americans of the Whiskey Rebellion who dared to push back against federal government overreach, and won the effort to force its repeal. The blend features a dark Ecuador Habano Hybrid wrapper, an Indonesian Besuki binder and a filler blend that contains a criollo Jalapa base, a corojo viso from Jalapa, and ligeros from Estelí and the Dominican Republic (Peñuela).
| Vitola | Description |
|---|---|
| Hamilton Petite Corona, 4 x 46 | Alexander Hamilton, who as Treasury Secretary imposed the whiskey excise that triggered the rebellion. |
| Jefferson Short Robusto, 4½ x 52 | Thomas Jefferson, whose Republican opposition to Hamilton's economic program shaped the political ground on which the rebellion was fought. |
| Husband Petite Gordo, 4½ x 60 | Hermon Husband, the lieutenant who carried the rebellion's organization through the western counties. |
| McFarlane Short Perfecto, 5 x 50 | Major James McFarlane, killed at the Battle of Bower Hill in July 1794. The shot that turned a tax protest into an uprising. |
| Bradford Robusto Extra, 5 x 56 | David Bradford, the rebellion's leader, who fled when Washington marched 13,000 federalized militia west. |
| Tully Gran Toro, 6 x 54 | The pseudonym Hamilton himself used in newspaper essays defending federal authority during the rebellion, named here for the rhetoric the federal side relied on to justify suppression. |
Limited Editions
| Vitola | Description |
|---|---|
| Collective Sovereign Robusto, 5 x 50 | The rebels' political claim: that the people of the western counties were sovereign over the question of the tax, not the federal government. |
| Tarred & Feathered Gran Robusto Prensado, 5 x 56P | The customary punishment Western Pennsylvanians inflicted on excise collectors. The rebellion in physical form. |
| Lee III Gran Corona, 5¾ x 46 | Major General Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee III, who led the federalized militia that ended the rebellion. Father of Robert E. Lee. |
| Gran Perfecto Gran Perfecto, 5 5/8 x 60 | The figurado tapered at both ends, the most demanding shape in any roller's repertoire. The portfolio's recurring LE expression of each blend's outer limits. |
| Pennsatucky Lonsdale, 6¼ x 44 | The slang name for the rural counties of Western Pennsylvania where the rebellion took root. Where the cigar's geography meets its history. |