Each week on The Cigar Authority podcast we a full review of a cigars featured on the show. This week we showcase a cigar that was part of the Care Package, Smoking Jacket. You can tune in every Saturday at Noon to watch live, or listen anytime via iTunes, Podbean, Google Play, Spotify, iHeart Radio among others. Cigar: Smoking Jacket Wrapper: Brazil Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican, Nicaragua, Peru (Pelo de Oro) Size: Robusto Imperial (5 x 52) The Look: The KBF […]
Gran Habano is one of those brands that have been around a forever but perhaps the are most famous for rolling the largest cigar ever made. Based in Honduras with offices in Calle Ocho, Miami, Florida the company headed by George Rico has become a mainstay and today we take a look at one of there core lines, the Corojo #5. Cigar: Gran Habano Corojo #5 Wrapper: Honduras Corojo Binder: Nicaragua Filler: : Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua […]
I was putting together some show notes for The Cigar Authority Podcast this weekend when I scribbled down the Padron 1926 80 Years Maduro. I got to thinking it’s been a long time since I smoked one of these cigars so I opted to fire one up. The perfecto Padron cigar is made with some of the oldest tobacco the company owns and it is made by only one buncher and one roller who are […]
It is rather sad that Avo Uvezian didn’t live to see the 30th Anniversary of AVO Cigars. But when you lived a life as special as his that sadness quickly changes to admiration. To kick off the AVO 30th Anniversary the company has released the Improvisation Series Limited Edition of which only 2,400 boxes were made. It is the first of the three limited edition releases to celebrate the anniversary of the brand. In June […]
With the new Avo 30th Limited Edition review due this week I was hesitant to review today’s cigar because I don’t like to pile up multiple reviews from the same manufacturer. However, I was walking through the store when I was asked by someone, “Hey B, I noticed you reviewed the Robusto and the Churchill, but what is your favorite Late Hour size.” The answer is the Toro, and the customer asked for me to […]
It’s St. Patrick’s Day and as we do after every broadcast of The Cigar Authority we share a full in-depth review of one of the cigars we smoked on the show. Today it is the Camacho Ecuador which was part of The Cigar Authority Care Package. Cigar: Camacho Ecuador Size: 6 x 50 (Toro) Wrapper: Ecuador Habano Binder: Brazilian Mata Fina Filler: Honduras (High Priming), Dominican Republic (Pelo de Oro) Strength: Full Source: Two Guys Smoke Shop The Look: The Camacho Ecuador comes in […]
It’s the day before St. Patrick’s Day and the cliche thing to review is a Candela cigar. This year I wanted to be different, so I was think what has a green band? Then I thought about Java Mint. Mint is associated with green and my favorite cookie is the Girl Scout Thin Mint so I said to myself, “Self, this is a cigar to review today.” It was introduced at the 2017 trade show […]
Umbagog comes to us from Steve Saka’s Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. The cigar gets its name from one of the most pristine wilderness lakes in all of the United States. It is on this lake that Steve Saka takes part in something he loves almost as much as cigars, fishing. As a result, he wanted to create a durable cigar for time spent on the lake where the beauty is nature, not the cigar itself. […]
On Monday we reviewed the Atabey Spiritus which we gave a perfect one-hundred rating. It was such an amazing cigar that we had to light up one of the other new sizes today, Atabey Duendes. What better way to come back to work after a 27″ snow storm then to light up a cigar from Nelson Alfonso’s Selected Tobacco. The Duendes was chosen for review when a few people asked me for my thoughts, so […]
If you ask our own David Garofalo what his favorite cigar is, without hesitation he will say Atabey. If you ask him what his least favorite size is, he will answer just as fast, Lancero. Talk about the conundrum this cigar created. Now on the other hand if you ask me those same questions this would be the dream cigar in theory. However, does that theory hold up? Today we put the theory to the […]