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Cigar of the year

Podcast: Dropping The Hammer With The Contenders

This week the Cigar Authority is broadcasting live from Two Guys Smoke Shop in Nashua, NH from the La Flor Dominicana Studios. We welcome to the show Eric Wentworth from Hammer + Sickle Cigars as we light up past Cigar of the Year winner, Hammer + Sickle Trademark. We will also unveil the seven cigars that are The Contenders for Cigar of the Year. In the second hour we will light up the La Galera […]

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Recluse Cigar Company To Release Recluse Amadeus Corojo

Recluse Cigar Company announces the release of Recluse Amadeus Corojo Reserva. This blend is an expansion of their very successful Recluse Amadeus series of blends, including the Recluse Amadeus Habano which The Cigar Authority named Cigar of the Year. This blend is the fifth expansion of our very successful Recluse Amadeus series of blends. Recluse Cigars President, Scott Weeks says, “This new blend features a very special Corojo wrapper that we have been holding on to for years waiting for […]

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Recluse Cigar Company To Release Recluse Amadeus Rosado

Recluse Cigar Company announces the release of Recluse Amadeus Rosado. This blend is an expansion of their very successful Recluse Amadeus series of blends, including the Recluse Amadeus Habano which The Cigar Authority named Cigar of the Year. This new blend features the finest Ecuadorian Rosado wrapper available on the market as well as a variety of Dominican, San Andreas and Pennsylvania fillers. This blend is meant stimulate the complexities of the palate. Recluse Cigars President, […]

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Podcast: It’s a Recluse Fathers Day

This week on The Cigar Authority we are joined by the Recluse Cigar Family…. Scott Weeks is in town with his father Nick and JR Dominguez is here with his father Jose Dominguez (Donuts Not Included). We will light up the cigar of the year in the first hour with Mr. Weeks. Following the Recluse Amadeus Habano we will light up the Jose Dominguez Gordito Maduro which was part of the care package in the […]

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Recluse Amadeus Habano Lancero Cigar Review

Yesterday, I got to sit down with Scott Weeks of Recluse Cigars who is in town with his father Nick Weeks for a Father/Son dinner hosted by Two Guys Smoke Shop. Also attending will be Scott Weeks’ partner JR Dominguez and his father Jose Dominguez. All four will be on The Cigar Authority this weekend and it is rumored that doughnuts will be the desert at the dinner, but I may of just made that […]

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B.G. Meyer Gigantes – Cigar Review

In 2014, The Cigar Authority announced the winner of our Cigar of the Year award. That cigar was the B.G. Meyer Standard Issue, a blend by Rob Weiss (whom you may know as the producer of TV shows such as Ballers and Entourage). After winning Cigar of the Year, he released a few more additions to the brand, the B.G. Meyer Slackers and today’s topic of discussion, the B.G. Meyer Gigantes. What am I smoking? […]

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Recluse Amadeus Habano Reserva Cigar Review

Since 1992, Two Guys Smoke Shop has announced the Cigar of the Year. In keeping with tradition the announcement of that cigar has come on the Saturday before the Super Bowl. This year Two Guys Smoke Shop and The Cigar Authority  was proud to announce that the honor goes to the Recluse Habano Reserve. I remember back to when we were putting together the contenders for Cigar of the Year and in my mind that cigar was […]

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The 2015 Cigar of the Year Is….

Two Guys Smoke Shop & The Cigar Authority Announce The Cigar of the Year February 6, 2015 – For the past 24 years Two Guys Smoke Shop has announced the Cigar of the Year. In keeping with tradition the announcement of that cigar has come on the Saturday before the Super Bowl. The contenders for Cigar of the Year were released in November and the competition was fierce. Consumers who purchased the pack had a […]

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Podcast: Naming The 2015 Cigar of Year

Since 1992 David Garofalo has been naming The Cigar of the Year, and for the 24th time, we will do so today; the day before Super Bowl Sunday in our time-honored tradition… We well smoke the 2014 COTY BG Meyer one last time and then light up the 2015 Cigar of the Year… Who will it be? Tune in and find out! [jetpack_subscription_form] Next Podcast: Cigar of the Year! [chatwing id=”423810″ width=”600″ height=”350″ enable_custom_login=”0″ custom_login_secret=”” ][/chatwing]

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My Father Le Bijou 1922 Box Pressed Torpedo Cigar Review

I am about to head down a road that could get me in some serious trouble. At times I have the ability to mean well and not properly string together the right words that could be taken as being negative. Today I review the cigar that Cigar Aficionado deemed The Cigar of the Year for 2015. The Le Bijou was released in 2009 at the IPCPR in New Orleans and came one year after the original My […]

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