This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… We discuss the story of a cigar company that went up in flames because of a war they were never part of. Additionally we share the winner of the 2022 Cigar Draft! This week we will light up two cigars from the care package… Hammer + Sickle Tradicion and Hermitage Toro. Join us for all of this and […]
This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…Sometime as consumers, we buy the Sizzle and not the Steak. It certainly happens in the cigar industry where sometime elaborate packaging takes priority over the cigar itself. The greatest cigar packaging of all time as we are joined live in studio by Erik Wentworth of Hammer + Sickle Cigars. In the first hour we will smoke the Trademark Maduro […]
This morning as I pulled into work the Executive Vice President of Hammer + Sickle, Erik Wentworth had just pulled in front of me. As we enjoyed our morning coffee he handed me today’s cigar which he delivered to 2GuysCigars.com after being out of stock for a short bit. Cigar Review: Hammer + Sickle Trademark Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Dominican Republic Length: 5″ Ring Gauge: 50 Size: Robusto The Look: The Hammer + Sickle Trademark gets a packaging change, gone are […]
Hammer + Sickle the maker of my favorite Vodka, produces a line of cigars that include Tradicion, Trademark, Hermitage, Moscow City and Berlin Wall. The company is releasing the Berlin Wall box pressed later this year, in 10 count boxes. Director of Sales Erik Wentworth showed us this new cigar which we’ve been lucky enough to sample and it has quickly become a favorite. As reported a few weeks earlier on The Cigar Authority podcast, […]
This morning I had no idea what I wanted to smoke when I came in to work. That dilemma was solved when Eric Wentworth the sales manager for Klin tobacco walked in the door. I opted at that point to light up the cigar that was featured at my wedding back in September. According to the Hammer + Sickle website, “Trademark series Connecticut is the quintessential mild cigar. Boasting a four-year aged golden Connecticut shade wrapper Trademark […]
At the 2015 IPCPR show down in Louisiana, Hammer & Sickle Cigars introduced a line extension of their Trademark Series. In place of the natural Connecticut shade wrapper the original is known for, the Hammer & Sickle Trademark Maduro features just that; a dark and toothy Mexican San Andreas maduro wrapper. This isn’t my first go around with this cigar, and I’m a fan for several reason, so let me tell you why. What am I […]
This week we are on the road in Goffstown, New Hampshire for Barry’s Wedding. Broadcasting live from the La Flor Dominicana studios, we will sit down and meet the bride that was crazy enough to accept his proposal. We will sit down with the official sponsor of the wedding Hammer + Sickle Cigars & Vodka as well as meet the Best Man. Join us as we light up the Hammer + Sickle Trademark Natural and […]
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 […]
While Hammer + Sickle received accolades for their Tradition line, the Trademark Natural is one of my favorite cigars from the New England. The company which also makes Vodka original released the Trademark under the name Icon. However, due to a copyright issue they were forced to change the name. That name is Trademark which is genius if you ask me. According to the Hammer + Sickle website, “Trademark series Connecticut is the quintessential mild […]
La Aurora and Padilla Cigars Reach Amicable Settlement Padilla will change their current logo to avoid any potential consumer confusion with logos used by La Aurora October 5, 2015 – La Aurora, the original factory in the Dominican Republic, and Padilla Cigars have finally signed an amicable agreement in which La Aurora will allow Padilla Cigars to use an alternate version of their current logo, “to reflect a sufficiently abstract version of a lion design […]