LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… It’s the finals in the blind Taste Test 2020, E vs F and all the flavors are about to come together. So grab your flavor wheels and smoke along with us on the #1 cigar show in the world. In the first hour we fire up cigar E, while in the second hour we will light up cigar F. Those of you smoking along with us in the […]
This week, Justo Eiroa joins The After Show as we talk with him about some exciting new products arriving in the Aladino line from JRE Cigars. 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 find many of the cigars we discuss at https://www.2GuysCigars.com.
Coming off the critically acclaimed E. P. Carillo La Historia and Encore lines, the Pledge is a little bit different than anything Ernesto has done before, and this is arguably his most full bodied and full-flavored cigar ever. The Inaugural first edition of the Pledge was supposed to be introduced in March of 2020 but due to the coronavirus is was delayed over 6 months (resting) but it is no available at only 100 shops in […]
Two brothers, two different companies, competing head-to-head against each other… The Eiroa Brothers are here, It’s Christian Eiroa from CLE with the brands CLE, Eiroa and Asylum and its Justo Eiroa with Aladino. In the first hour we fire up a cigar from The Cigar Authority Care Package as we smoke the Aladino Cameroon Robusto from Justo Eiroa’s JRE Tobacco. In the second hour we fire up an Eiroa from CLE Cigars as we find […]
Originally released in 2005, Davidoff has brought back the critically acclaimed Robusto Intenso. According to a Davidoff Press Release, “In the year 2005 Davidoff’s Master Blenders delivered on a pioneering challenge true to our founder Zino Davidoff: to create a cigar experience that is intense and complex, yet also exhilarant and smooth. For this task, they had masterfully achieved to blend tobaccos from five different regions of the Dominican Republic with an Ecuadorian wrapper and […]
The entire team at The Cigar Authority are members of the blind tasting panel for Cigar Journal magazine. This week on the After Show, we look at the current issue of the magazine and discuss some of the stories that caught our interest. 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 […]
Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It was 10 years ago when Nick Perdomo showed up in Dave’s office with a gift… It was a box of cigars with his name on it… It was the Beginning of Garofalo Cigars and joining us today to talk about them is be the man himself, Nick Perdomo. In the first hour we fire up a cigar from The Cigar Authority Care […]
The highest volume independent online cigar company is, yet again, expected to be sold to a cigar manufacturer as direct to consumer sales continue in the cigar industry. Famous Smoke Shop was formed in 1939 by David and Rose Zaretsky in New York City. In the year 2000, after increased taxes in NY, Arthur Zaretsky, son of the founders of the company and then owner, moved its operations to Pennsylvania. Famous Smoke Shop was a […]
This week, we talk about whether cigar ratings really affect sales. Does a good or bad rating change the sales of a cigar? 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 find many of the cigars we discuss at https://www.2GuysCigars.com/.
An homage to the world-class soil and the storied cigar brands of Foundation Cigar Company’s and its founder Nicholas Melillo’s native state. The Charter Oak cigars, currently offered in a silky Connecticut Shade and rustic Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, have been highly regarded since their release. Now, Foundation is proud to announce a new edition to this highly popular line. Coming late September the Charter Oak will now be offered as well in a rich Habano. The […]