This weekend on The Cigar Authority was our annual conspiracy theory show. It’s a show where we talk about where cigar companies could be sold and to whom. It’s entirely hypothetical although each year we manage to get one right. On the show we smoked two cigars from the Care Package. On Saturday we shared our review of the Aladino Maduro, today we offer up our Lunatic Review. Cigar Review: JFR Lunatic Wrapper: Ecuador Habano Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua […]
On today’s episode of The Cigar Authority we smoked the Aladino Maduro. As has become customary we follow up the episode with a more in-depth review of a cigar features on the show. Today that cigar is the Aladino Maduro Cigar Review: Aladino Maduro Wrapper: San Andres MaduroBinder: Honduras (100% Authentic Corojo)Filler: Honduras (100% Authentic Corojo)Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 46Vitola: Cazador (Corona Gorda) The Look: Aladino Maduro comes packaged in 20 count boxes featuring inside lid artwork from an old Cuban magazine […]
At the 2018 IPCPR in Las Vegas, La Flor Dominicana offered two exclusive cigars for retailers who attended the trade show. Both those sizes have now landed at some of the shops that ordered them including 2GuysCigars.com. The cigars which are under the ligero umbrella feature a different wrapper from the regular line as well as Habana 2000 in the filler. Cigar Review: La Flor Dominicana IPCPR Exclusive Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Dominican Republic (Inclusive Habana 2000) Length: 9.5″ […]
Today on the show we celebrated the 1 year anniversary of the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. As part of the celebration we smoked a cigar that shares the same name. It was part of the care package and today we share an in depth review of the cigar. Cigar Review: Studio 21 Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Dominican Republic Length: 7″ Ring Gauge: 50 Size: No. 4 (Churchill) The Look: The bright red band with white text almost looks like another […]
The AVO Limited Edition 2005 was as you guessed originally released in 2005. The cigar which debuted at a cigar dinner in Orlando was billed as the strongest Avo to date. In 2018 the cigar made a return. The original press release more than a decade ago billed the cigar as a 5 3/8 x 52. However, the press release from Davidoff, the parent company of AVO states the cigar is now 5 3/8 x […]
The name Atabey has ties to the Taino Indians and the cigar culture. It all began with Cohiba which referred to the circle the tribe would gather in to pray. They would offer their prayers to the leader known as Behike who in turn would deliver those prayers to the Goddess Atabey. Atabey Cigars comes to us from Nelson Alfonso and is made in Costa Rica where the blend is only known by a select few. […]
When it comes to cigars, there is only one company that can pull off a name like Nasty Fritas. The latest Unico series release from Drew Estate is described as a conical vitola. The name translates as, Nasty to Fry which doesn’t sound inviting from a purist stand point. But then again, Drew Estate isn’t a purist type of company. Cigar Review: Liga Privada Unico Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Brazilian Mata Fina Filler: Nicaragua Length: 4″ Ring Gauge: 52 Size: Nasty Fritas (Pyramid) The Look: Packaged in […]
In 2018, Rafael Nodal made the decision to streamline and simplify his cigar lines and this guy is thankful. F59, F55 it got confusing keeping track of which is which. Now Aging Room Quattro is known by Connecticut, Maduro and Original. While the names remain musical it is much easier to find the cigar you want on the shelves of a brick & mortar. Cigar Review: Aging Room Quattro Maduro Wrapper: San Andres (Mexico) Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Dominican […]
If you follow Social Media or are a fan of Steve Saka’s Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust you’ve heard of the Unicorn. According to Saka, “It is a very very very small project I undertook after having experienced smoking some of those $250 – $2,000 cigars that have been proliferated into the marketplace in recent years. Some by legit makers, others by not so legit.” Saka hand sorted 6,000 pounds of Broadleaf wrapper and Nicaraguan fillers […]
When you mention Ernesto Perez Carrillo today, the first thing you thing of is big ring cigars like INCH. For those who have been smoking as long as I have, EPC is The Godfather of cigars. It was his company, El Credito in Miami that created the Dominican version La Gloria Cubana before it was sold to General Cigar. Today EPC continues to do his thing with a company based in Miami and cigars made in […]