Brick House

Brick House, also known as Brick House Cigars, is a cigar brand made in Nicaragua and owned by the J.C. Newman Cigar Company. The brand was established in 1937 by Julius Caesar Newman, the founder of J.C. Newman, and takes its name from the Newman family home in the Hungarian countryside. That building was described as a brick house in which the family lived upstairs while operating a tavern on the ground floor. The name therefore reflects the Newman family's personal history rather than a place of manufacture or a claim about the cigar's construction. The original Brick House cigars were made with Cuban tobacco. Over time, however, the brand lost popularity and became dormant or less prominent. In 2009, third-generation members of the Newman family, Eric Newman and Bobby Newman, revived Brick House using Nicaraguan tobaccos. The relaunch repositioned the brand around Nicaraguan production and a value-oriented offering while retaining the historical Brick House identity. The cigar's reported construction uses a Nicaraguan Havana Subido wrapper, a Nicaraguan binder, and Nicaraguan filler. This all-Nicaraguan tobacco profile distinguishes the modern version from the Cuban-tobacco cigars associated with the brand's earliest period. Production is handmade in Nicaragua, while the brand remains part of the J.C. Newman cigar portfolio. Brick House received recognition from Cigar Aficionado as its Best Bargain Cigar of 2009. That award followed the revival and helped establish the modern Brick House as an accessible premium cigar rather than positioning it solely as a heritage label. Publicly available reference material identifies the brand's historical origin, ownership, manufacturing country, tobacco construction, and 2009 revival, but does not provide a full current catalogue, detailed corporate financial information, executive roster, or official website address. Accordingly, the available record supports describing Brick House as an active J.C. Newman cigar brand with a historic American origin and contemporary Nicaraguan manufacture.

Brick House was created in 1937 by Julius Caesar Newman, who also founded the J.C. Newman Cigar Company. The name was inspired by the Newman family's home in the Hungarian countryside. The residence occupied the upper floor of a brick building, while the family operated a tavern below. By naming a cigar after that home, Newman connected the product to his family's immigrant and entrepreneurial history. The earliest Brick House cigars used Cuban tobacco. The brand subsequently declined in popularity and was no longer as prominent in the company's portfolio. Its later revival reflected a change in both ownership generation and tobacco sourcing. In 2009, Eric Newman and Bobby Newman, members of the third Newman family generation, brought Brick House back using Nicaraguan tobaccos. The modern Brick House cigar is handmade in Nicaragua. Its listed construction consists of a Nicaraguan Havana Subido wrapper, a Nicaraguan binder, and Nicaraguan filler. The shift from the original Cuban-tobacco formulation to an all-Nicaraguan construction is the key documented product change in the brand's history. It also places Brick House within the broader category of premium cigars produced in Nicaragua while preserving the brand's historical name and family association. The revival gained external recognition in 2009, when Cigar Aficionado named Brick House its Best Bargain Cigar of the year. This accolade supported a positioning based on value within the premium cigar category. The available reference material does not document additional dated product launches, advertising campaigns, controversies, lawsuits, acquisitions, financial results, or current corporate leadership beyond the Newman family figures associated with the brand's creation and revival. Current product breadth, distribution footprint, and detailed ownership structure beyond J.C. Newman Cigar Company are also not specified in the cited material.

• 2009

  Brand revival with Nicaraguan tobaccos

  [1]Brick House (cigar)en.wikipedia.org

  Eric Newman and Bobby Newman revive Brick House using Nicaraguan tobacco after the brand's earlier popularity had declined.

• 2009

  Best Bargain Cigar recognition

  [1]Brick House (cigar)en.wikipedia.org

  Cigar Aficionado recognizes Brick House as its Best Bargain Cigar of 2009.

• 1937

  Brick House brand is created

  [1]Brick House (cigar)en.wikipedia.org

  Julius Caesar Newman creates the Brick House cigar brand and names it after the Newman family's brick home in the Hungarian countryside.

A heritage cigar brand offering handmade Nicaraguan cigars with a value-oriented premium positioning.

• Handmade cigars · 2009

  Brick House cigars

  The modern Brick House line is handmade in Nicaragua and uses a Nicaraguan Havana Subido wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan filler. It represents the brand's post-2009 formulation and forms the core documented offering associated with the Brick House name. The product is positioned as a value-conscious premium cigar, supported by its Best Bargain Cigar of 2009 recognition from Cigar Aficionado.

• 2009

  Revival under third-generation Newman ownershipGeneration change

  Background

  Brick House had declined in popularity after its earlier period using Cuban tobacco.

  Action taken

  Eric Newman and Bobby Newman revived the brand and changed its documented tobacco sourcing to Nicaraguan tobaccos.

  Aftermath

  The revived cigar received Cigar Aficionado's Best Bargain Cigar of 2009 recognition.

  Source

1. 1Brick House (cigar)en.wikipedia.org