Casa Carrillo Brings Back Pledge Of Allegiance For July 4
As Independence Day draws closer on the calendar, Casa Carrillo is preparing to release the fourth iteration of Pledge of Allegiance, a limited-edition, patriotic smoke meant to honor the United States.
Later this month, the Miami-based company will start shipping the 2026 Pledge of Allegiance Toro, a cigar made with a combination of dark, Connecticut Habano wrapper, Ecuadoran Connecticut binder and a blend of Nicaraguan filler tobaccos. The cigars measure 6 inches by 54 ring gauge, come in boxes of 10 and will retail for $22 apiece. The production run is limited to 1,776 boxes, in honor of the year when America declared its independence, and the bands are resplendent in red, white and blue, the colors of the American flag.
While this is the fourth year Casa Carrillo has released Pledge of Allegiance, this year’s Toro is made with a blend that’s quite different from the last version. The 2025 Pledge Toro was made using Connecticut broadleaf wrapper, with an Ecuadoran Habano binder.
Later in the year, Casa Carrillo will release a second size of Pledge of Allegiance called Rockets, a perfecto measuring 6 3/8 by 58, just as it did in 2025. The company had few details about this year’s version of Rockets—it’s limiting the release to 250 boxes, pegged to the age of the United States, but it wasn’t prepared to discuss blend or price information at this time.
Pledge of Allegiance combines the names of two popular Casa Carrillo cigar brands, the former made by the company at its Dominican Republic cigar factory, the latter rolled in Nicaragua by Oliva Cigar Co.
Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, founder of Casa Carrillo cigars, emigrated to the United States from Cuba as a boy and began making cigars in Miami decades ago. “I came to the United States with a dream and the belief that through hard work and perseverance, anything was possible. This country made that dream a reality. Pledge of Allegiance is my tribute to the American Dream and to the values that have inspired generations for 250 years.”
