This weekend on The Cigar Authority was our annual conspiracy theory show. It’s a show where we talk about where cigar companies could be sold and to whom. It’s entirely hypothetical although each year we manage to get one right. On the show we smoked two cigars from the Care Package. On Saturday we shared our review of the Aladino Maduro, today we offer up our Lunatic Review. Cigar Review: JFR Lunatic Wrapper: Ecuador Habano Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua […]
On today’s episode of The Cigar Authority we smoked the Aladino Maduro. As has become customary we follow up the episode with a more in-depth review of a cigar features on the show. Today that cigar is the Aladino Maduro Cigar Review: Aladino Maduro Wrapper: San Andres MaduroBinder: Honduras (100% Authentic Corojo)Filler: Honduras (100% Authentic Corojo)Length: 6″ Ring Gauge: 46Vitola: Cazador (Corona Gorda) The Look: Aladino Maduro comes packaged in 20 count boxes featuring inside lid artwork from an old Cuban magazine […]
It’s one of the most popular shows we do each year. It is also one of the most controversial shows we do. We will look into rumors, behind the scenes rumblings, and use our knowledge and connections to discuss the possible mergers and acquisitions in this 2018 edition of the conspiracy show. In the first hour we light up the JFR Lunatic Short Titan which is part of the Cigar Authority Care Package. It doesn’t […]
Rocky Patel Premium Cigars (RPPC) is expanding the popular Hamlet 25th Year line with a Salomon size that will be hitting store shelves late this month. The new vitola, on display at this summer’s IPCPR trade show, was crafted by renowned Cuban cigar blender and master roller, Hamlet Paredes. Hamlet 25th Year Salomon will join the brand’s Robusto, Toro and Sixty lineup that debuted in Q3 of 2017. Based on its ongoing success, Paredes decided in […]
At the 2018 IPCPR in Las Vegas, La Flor Dominicana offered two exclusive cigars for retailers who attended the trade show. Both those sizes have now landed at some of the shops that ordered them including 2GuysCigars.com. The cigars which are under the ligero umbrella feature a different wrapper from the regular line as well as Habana 2000 in the filler. Cigar Review: La Flor Dominicana IPCPR Exclusive Wrapper: Ecuador Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Dominican Republic (Inclusive Habana 2000) Length: 9.5″ […]
Today on the show we celebrated the 1 year anniversary of the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. As part of the celebration we smoked a cigar that shares the same name. It was part of the care package and today we share an in depth review of the cigar. Cigar Review: Studio 21 Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Dominican Republic Length: 7″ Ring Gauge: 50 Size: No. 4 (Churchill) The Look: The bright red band with white text almost looks like another […]
You’ve heard us talk about it over the last couple of weeks, and today we welcome Jason Land to the show where we pair cigars with guitars. How does a cigar note sound on a guitar? Jason will tell us, or better yet play it for us as we celebrate the one year anniversary of Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. In the first hour we light up the Connecticut version of the La Galera Shorts and […]
The AVO Limited Edition 2005 was as you guessed originally released in 2005. The cigar which debuted at a cigar dinner in Orlando was billed as the strongest Avo to date. In 2018 the cigar made a return. The original press release more than a decade ago billed the cigar as a 5 3/8 x 52. However, the press release from Davidoff, the parent company of AVO states the cigar is now 5 3/8 x […]
The name Atabey has ties to the Taino Indians and the cigar culture. It all began with Cohiba which referred to the circle the tribe would gather in to pray. They would offer their prayers to the leader known as Behike who in turn would deliver those prayers to the Goddess Atabey. Atabey Cigars comes to us from Nelson Alfonso and is made in Costa Rica where the blend is only known by a select few. […]
The success of OSOK Cigars has been bolstered by rave reviews of industry critics and patrons alike, but this did little to satisfy its founder Edgar Hoill. Happy, but not content, Mr. Hoill fell in love with the industry but had an unwavering desire to gain a deeper appreciation behind the process. “The growth of ‘boutique’ cigars has been incredible, but I wanted to up the game and the only way to do so was […]