This week we welcomed the artists from URNY who created the remake of Zino Platinum. They are also the brand ambassadors for Back 2 Back cigars. It was a cigar that was part of The Cigar Authority Care package and it was the second cigar we smoked on the April 11th show. As has become customary here is a featured review of said cigar. Cigar Review: Back 2 Back Nicaragua Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 60 Size: 60 […]
In 2016 Davidoff hired street artists Mike Baca & Fernando Romero to serve as brand ambassador for “The Remake” of Zino Platinum. In April of 2019 the duo who collectively make up URNY completed their artwork on the outside of Two Guys Smoke Shop in New Hampshire during a series of events. Now, that artwork makes it to the box of this highly collectible and exclusive limited edition of 250 boxes Cigar Review: Zino Platinum Exclusive New […]
Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… The Cigar Authority debuts the Zino Platinum Exclusive Series New Hampshire which is exclusive to Two Guys Smoke Shop. We catch up with URNY, the artists of the project. They were scheduled to be in studio as part of a big event, but with COVID-19 things change. Mike Baca (2ESAE) joins us from Puerto Rico and Fernando Romero (Ski) from New Jersey for […]
In a world where we are looking for a sense of normalcy, it’s nice as a cigar smoker to see TAA releases still coming too retail. Earlier this year the TAA postponed their annual convention before canceling the event due to COVID-19. Limited to 500 boxes, the Kristoff TAA Exclusive has the honor of being the first TAA I have smoked from this years batch of releases. Cigar Review: Kristoff San Andres 2020 TAA Exclusive Wrapper: San […]
This week, Jonathan found an old interview with Skip Martin and Mike Rosales of RoMaCraft Tobac from 2011. In the interview in Las Vegas, Dave talks to them during the early stages of their brand. The Cigar Authority is a member of the United Podcast Network and is recorded live in front of a studio audience at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe upstairs at Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH and as always you can […]
In 2016 Davidoff hired street artists Mike Baca & Fernando Romero to serve as brand ambassador for “The Remake” of Zino Platinum. In April of 2019 the duo who collectively make up URNY completed their artwork on the outside of Two Guys Smoke Shop in New Hampshire during a series of events. Now, that artwork makes it to the box of this highly collectible and exclusive limited edition available beginning on Thursday at 10am, April […]
Micky Pegg was first introduced to cigars in the Spring of 1989 while playing college not and interning on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. Back in the day, if the Senator you worked for liked you and you did a good job he would send you down to the local tobacconist for cigar. When you returned you got to light up with the leadership staff. It was at that point, Micky was hooked. He would […]
This week on The Cigar Authority we smoked the Whiskey Rebellion by RoMaCraft Tobac which was part of the The Cigar Authority Care Package. The cigars take their name from the protest known as the Whiskey Rebellion, which began in 1791 under George Washington’s presidency. Washington’s Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton, introduced a tax on all distilled spirits in an attempt to lower the nation’s debt without raising the nation’s already-high import taxes; the Whiskey Tax […]
LLIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It’s The Cigar Authority 10th Anniversary. This week we take a victory lap and look back at 10 Years of memories. In the first hour we look back at the early years, as we light up an Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion from The Care Package. In the second hour we look at some stats as we light up a cigar from Dave’s personal stash. It’s […]
Two Guys Smoke Shop of Salem, Nashua, and Seabrook, New Hampshire will be celebrating it’s 35th Anniversary on September 16, 2020 by giving away up to $35,000. Two Guys Smoke Shop, a very popular New England Cigar Shop, has not only become known for being the highest volume independently owned and operated retail cigar shop in America, but also for it’s elaborate Anniversary events which have included everything from giving away Harley Davidson Motorcycles, Hummer […]