Back in December, Aganorsa announced they would be releasing a cigar at Tobacco Plus Expo called Supreme Leaf. According to Terence Reilly, “We believe our Leaf is our strength and so we wanted the presentation clearly to reflect that confidence in the quality of our cigars. The packaging has a bold and assertive look and feel that demands the consumer’s attention on the shelf. You don’t use colors like this unless you are confident in the […]
Reviews
This week on The Cigar Authority in the second hour we fired up the La Aurora Barrel Aged by Karl Malone. Karl Malone a former power forward for the Utah Jazz has teamed up with the first cigar factory of the Dominican Republic for this exquisite cigar that sees the binder and filler aged in rum barrels for 6 months. Once rolled with a Ecuador wrapper the finished cigar is placed back into the rum […]
This past weekend on The Cigar Authority we spoke to the owner of Gran Habano, George Rico as we smoked the Gran Habano Corojo #5 from the care package. According to the Gran Habano Corojo website, “The strongest blend in the Gran Habano profile, the filler consists of Nicaraguan and Costa Rican long‑leaf tobacco with a Habano binder, all held together by a noticeably dark, flawless sun grown Nicaraguan wrapper. Cigar Review: Gran Habano Corojo #5 […]
Continuing the theme of The Cigar Authority podcast we take a look at another bundle cigar. This time we turn to a cigar from the care package, Classic Cuban. The Classic line is available in four different blends; Connecticut, Cameroon, Cuban and Maduro. Today’s cigar review is said to be blended to be reminiscent of Classic Cuban smokes. Cigar Review: Classic Cuban Wrapper: Habano Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Dominican Republic Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 60 Size: Gordo The Look: The Classic Cuban comes in […]
Bundle cigars. Two words that make a lot of cigar smokers cringe. However, this past weekend on The Cigar Authority we talked about bundle cigars as we asked, are they cheap or a value smoke? The answer depends who you ask, but these brands have a place in our industry and today we review one of the cigars we smoked on the show, Perdomo Fresco. Cigar Review: Perdomo Fresco Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 50 […]
Since 2011, Davidoff has celebrated the birthday of Avo Uvezian with a Limited Edition release in March. This continues to this day even after his passing in 2017. Like last year, the cigar is limited to 2,500 boxes to the US Market. According to Oettinger Davidoff AG Chief Marketing Officer Edward Simon “The AVO Improvisation 2020 is the eighth rendition of the highly anticipated annual series. Avo Uvezian believed that life is to be enjoyed fully […]
On Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 we were joined on The After Show by Micky Pegg who has returned to the cigar industry as one of the owners of All Saints Cigars. His partners include a restauranteur and an Air Force Veteran. Micky who worked for Davidoff and CAO in separate stints returns to the industry with the limited edition Solamente which is only made in one size at TAVICUSA in Nicaragua. Cigar Review: All Saints Cigars […]
On the Cigar Authority this week we fired up a cigar from the Care Package, Acid Amigos. The cigar was relaunched as an exclusive to Two Guys Smoke Shop in 2018. We included a flavored cigar in the care package to coincide with the war on flavored cigars episode. Cigar Review: ACID Amigos Wrapper: Connecticut Shade Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Length: 5″ Ring Gauge: 38 Size: Amigos (Petit Corona x 2) The Look: Packaged in the classic flip top ACID box, the Amigos are […]
Late in 2019 Pete Johnson released the Tatuaje Mexican Experiment II as a follow-up to his critically acclaimed release in 2012. Like the original release the cigar features the same core components of Mexican and Nicaraguan tobaccos and it is available in four sizes as part of an ongoing release whereas the original was a limited production with sizes limited to a specific region. Today we fire up the Belicoso which is our personal favorite […]
When it comes to RoMaCraft Cigars you need to be patient especially if you are in a high-volume cigar shop such as Two Guys Smoke Shop. The CroMagnon has been unavailable since the fall of 2019 and before that Neanderthal had its fair share of back orders before shipping on a regular basis again, though some will argue the cigar isn’t the same while others like me will argue it’s even better then ever. Well, […]