As has become customary on The Cigar Authority the Saturday following the podcast we feature an in-depth review of the cigar we smoked on the episode. We try to feature a cigar from the care package which is currently available for purchase via 2GuysCigars.com on behalf of show. Cigar Review: Guardian of the Farm Wrapper: Nicaragua Corojo ’99 (Jalapa) Binder: Nicaragua Corojo ’99 Filler: Nicaraguan Criollo ’98 and Nicaraguan Corojo ’99 Length: 5.25″ Ring Gauge: 50 Size: JJ (Robusto) The […]
Today’s review is of a cigar introduced back in 2007. That’s a big statement that a cigar 11 years later still demands attention. According to the Oliva website, “Serie V is a complex blend of Nicaraguan long filler tobaccos. Blended with specially fermented Jalapa Valley ligero, and finished with a high priming Habano Sun Grown Wrapper.” Let’s see how it reviews here on The Cigar Authority Cigar Review: Oliva V Size: 6 x 60 (Special V Figurado) […]
Yesterday I got to sit down for a bit with Dylan Austin from Davidoff Cigars where he showed off some new promotional material from Davidoff that showcases a rating from The Cigar Authority. When he left, part of the team we sat with left behind a 4 pack of Davidoff Special R 702 and I decided to take one out and light ie up. After all, bloggers will be bloggers. Cigar Review: Davidoff 702 Series Special […]
At the end of 2017 we named the original Aladino Cigar of the Year. So the obvious question is how do you follow that up? JRE Tobacco believes the answer is the Aladino Maduro, which got it’s official global release this past weekend on The Cigar Authority podcast. JRE Tobacco is the company owned by the father and son team of Julio and Justo Eiroa, and the cigars are made in Honduras. The cigar is […]
The La Galera Habano comes to us from Tabacalera Palma. While that company might not be known outside the cigar geek community it is a company that has origins back to the mid 19th century when a Spanish citiizen named Jose Manuel Blanco Lozada moved to the Dominican Republic to specialize in the trade of tropical fruits and tobacco. In 1936 one of his children Jose Arnaldo Blanco II founded Tabacalera Palma. By 1960, Las Palma […]
A friend last night asked me what I think about Kristoff Cigars, and for the most part I am a fan. I love the Pistoff Kristoff (93 Rated) and the Kristoff Connecticut (95 Rated), but I have never reviewed today’s cigar, Kristoff Criollo. According to the Kristoff website, “Kristoff Criollo is made in the spirit of an elite Cuban cigar, the Kristoff embodies the taste and richness a true aficionado is looking for. With a rich oily […]
Just before the August 8th, 2016 deadline imposed by the FDA, Philip Zanghi’s Debonaire Cigars & Rum released the Daybreak. The Connecticut shade cigar would not get a full release until 2017 and it is sold and distributed via Drew Estate who took over distribution of the cigar brand in March of 2016. Today we review the Debonaire Daybreak which was sent to The Cigar Authority via Drew Estate. Cigar: Debonaire Daybreak Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut Binder: Dominican Republic […]
Earlier today we celebrated our 8th Anniversary of The Cigar Authority. As is each Saturday after the live broadcast of the longest running Cigar show on the internet, we serve up a more in-depth review of a cigar we featured. Today, that cigar is the Davidoff 702 Series Aniversario No. 3. Cigar: Davidoff 702 Series Wrapper: Ecuadorian 702 Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Dominican Republic Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 50 Size: Toro (No. 3) The Look: […]
When I got into cigars back in the late 90’s the cigar game began to change. Long before there was craft beers cigar companies emerged making small batch cigars. For me the first brand that was like that was Tatuaje. Over the years Tatuaje lost the small batch craft beer edge as they’ve become more mainstream and newer craft companies have emerged. I remember living in New York, and my associate at the time was […]
This weekend we finalized an event at my job where Terence Reilly will be on hand April 25th to do a blending seminar featuring Aganorsa tobacco. The day will start with him as a guest on The Ash Holes, a podcast that is part of the United Podcast Network. The show airs every Wednesday at 4pm. So in honor of that event, today I fire up the Campeon size of Guardian of the Farm Cigar […]