When the Edicion de Silvio first came out I was a shop owner in Brooklyn, NY and these cigars came in beautiful chests. I remember the cigar selling north of $20.00 and not being able to get enough of them. I relayed the story to the local sales representative Roy Kirby of Perdomo and he quickly gifted me a couple of samples. Made to honor Nick Perdomo’s grandfather. Silvio the cigar is rolled only by […]
This morning on the way to work, I was called by a customer of Two Guys Smoke Shop to ask me if the news was true. Not knowing what he was talking about I asked him to fill me in and I found out that Adam Weeks from Two Guys Smoke Shop Seabrook had passed away. For those of you who listened to The Cigar Authority whenever we broadcasted from Seabrook, Adam was there working. […]
A few weeks ago on The Cigar Authority we spoke about cigars that come in under $5.00 and the Perla P does just that. However, today I opted to review the Toro, which is also known as the Perla G. I first became aware of these cigars in Miami, however this is my first time smoking one. We will label this cigar review, First Impressions. According to the Perla Del Mar website the Perla G is […]
I first met Fred Rewey I believe at the Chattanooga Tweetup, and it was also my first introduction to the Nomad line. Perhaps one of the hardest working individuals in the industry he has built his cigar brand by pounding the pavement and hitting up store after to store. He is also one of the funniest twitter and Facebook accounts to follow as his don’t take anything to serious persona always has a wiseass comment […]
Originally slated to come in a cereal box, the innovative packaging could have been a nightmare for the cigar industry if it ws released that way. Thankfully the packaging was changed and the cigars saw their release in late 2014. The cigar is a tribute to Matt Booth’s, Uncle Lee who introduced him to cigars. Needless to say, the rest is history, however, is the cigar a worthy tribute? Cigar: Room 101 Uncle Lee Size: 6.5 […]
Last week Lauren Ferraro stopped by with Tom Lazuka after a series of events in Rhode Island. We got to shoot the shit for a while and discusses some of the new releases. Part of the reason for the stop over was Lauren wanted to drop off a couple of Asylum Insidious Maduro smokes for review. In the past we smoked the original release of the Insidious and were presently surprised. This time around it is […]
Last week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ernesto Perez Carrillo who after the rumors we reported you might think he had an axe to grind. However when we asked about those rumours he shrugged it off saying the rumors have been persistent since him and Michael Gianini worked on a project in 2014. I asked him, if he wanted to dismiss the rumour officially on the record and he just smiled as he […]
The other day in a Facebook conversation about box-press Cigars on the Two Guys Smoke Shop page, Mr. Jonathan mentioned the Hermitage being one of his favorite box-pressed cigars. As luck would have it Erik Wentworth from Hammer + Sickle cigars stopped by and handed me the cigar that will be used for today’s review. According the their website, “A medium to full body cigar Hermitage No.1 delivers distinct complexity, and is truly a smoke that […]
The Avo line underwent a transformation earlier this year with a redesign of the box and label. The blends are said to have remain the same, but having not smoked them in a while they come off as new and worthy of a review. According to the Avo website where they write about the XO, “Avo’s legacy captured in every format, with tobacco aged for at least six years, artistically woven into each cigar. A […]
When a press release came out last week about the Viva Republica Edition Limitada Culebra I literally smacked my head. No one buys these types of cigars or do they? Sure, they may be nice to have one in your humidor as a conversation piece but to smoke a mangled cigar that is under-filled (hey, they have to bend/twist them right?), is crazy. For a history of the Culebra, our friend Doc Stogie Fresh, has a […]