The Cigar Authority

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Today - 50 YES or NO Questions for Cigar Manufacturers – and we happen to have 2 manufacturers right here. Joining us today – all the way from the Dominican Republic is Jose Dominguez from Jose Dominguez Cigars AND Carlos Guillermo Gonzalez (Guille) from YaYa Cigars. In the first hour we light up a YaYa Gordo from The Cigar Authority Care Package and in the second hour we light up a Jose Dominguez cigar. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, the email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. #Cigars #YAYA #JoseDominguez

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem,NewHampshire…What do cigar manufacturers talk to each other about? We are joined byMike Rosales & Skip Martin who make up RoMa Craft Cigars as we launch their new cigar.... In the first hour we light up Aquitaine EMH from The Cigar Authority Care Package while in the second hour we unveil and smoke the Volstead 1920. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, the email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. #Cigars #RoMaCraft #Volstead

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem,NewHampshire… We have a new cigar to launch, As we plan the succession plan for all the companies and even our show. What does the future hold for all of us? In the first hour we fire up a new cigar set to be released on April 24, the Rojas Elote (Street Corn) Firecracker. While in the second hour we light up the Abuelo Padre from The Cigar Authority Care Package. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, the email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. #Cigars #Elote #Firecracker

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem,NewHampshire… It’s the Cigar Draft 2023..Cigar vs Cigar to create the best damn team of cigars voted by the listeners.... This year Dave vows to win it all, will he? Did he learn from last year what makes our listeners tick? Our draft pool contains 50 cigars, who will have the best team? In the first hour we fire up the an Aging Room Nicaragua from the care package while in the second hour we have a sneak peak of the new Ozgener Aramas cigar which should be released to cigar shops soon. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, the email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. #Cigars #CigarDraft #Fantasy

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… HVC is Havana City Cigars, but they are NOT made in Havana City, or even Cuba… but Reinier Lorenzo was. Reinier joins us, and since the last time we had him on the show has his own factory. In the first hour we fire up a HVC Seleccion No. 1 from the care package while in the second hour we spoke a yet to be decided cigar.... Will Reinier bring us something special? Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, the email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. #Cigars #HVC #HavanaCity

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… When it comes to a cigar - what is a Figurado? What is that different than a Perfecto or a Torpedo.Todaywereveal the top10 figurados cigars in the world! In the first hour we fire up a Perdomo 10th Anniversary Champagne Torpedo while in the second hour we light up a CLE Corojo 11/18. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, the email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. #Cigars #Figurado #Perfecto

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… There are chocolate notes in my cigar! We’ve tasted it – and some of you have too. You like chocolate... How can you begin to taste it too! We will light up the perfect pair! Plus, How to have Congressional victory for Cigars... YES, you can and MUST fight City Hall We smoke two cigars from the care package with the first being Juarez which was available for prime members while the second cigar of the day will be Elenor Rose. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, the email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. #Cigars #Chocolate #Congress

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… What did they used to do before Cigars? Joining us is Micky Pegg from All Saints Cigars as we light the Explosive Saint Patrick’s Firecracker Cigar. In the first hour we smoke the All Saints St. Patrick's Firecracker followed by the Nestor Miranda Special Selection Connecticut from the Care Package in the second hour. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, the email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. #Cigars #Firecrackers #MickyPegg

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Are you looking for just the right cigar for that Special Occasion? What about a not so social Occasion? Then you tuned in to the right episode of The Cigar Authority... For those of you that are members of the care package.... We will be smoking the DBL Amarillo Belicoso in the first hour... Funny story, in true Dominican fashion DBL waited until the last minute to send us the cigars. We discussed size with them and they said they would send the Toro, so we fired off the post card in the Care Package to the printers and in the meantime, they sent the Belicoso. Will Dave lose his mind? Tune in to find out... Meanwhile for those of you who get the prime we will smoke a Jose Dominguez Gordito in the second hour. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, the email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. Join us for our regular The Cigar Authority broadcasts live on Saturday at 12noon or on our website,TheCigarAuthority.comas well as Facebook Live, YouTube and is available on your favorite podcast catcher. #Cigarillos #Cigars #QuickSmokes

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It's the coldest day of the year where the wind chill was minus 40 degrees when we left for the studio this morning. We take a look at Cigarillos and discuss these Quick Smokes aka Quick Hitters. We light up a cigar from The Cigar Authority Care Package in the first hour. A Dos Hombre Cigarillo from the tin that our members got. We fie up both the Natural and Maduro. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, the email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. Join us for our regular The Cigar Authority broadcasts live on Saturday at 12noon or on our website,TheCigarAuthority.comas well as Facebook Live, YouTube and is available on your favorite podcast catcher. #Cigarillos #Cigars #QuickSmokes

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… The Urban Dictionary of Cigar Smoking, and some unrelated terms you might not know or wish you never heard! We light up a cigar from The Cigar Authority Care Package that is experimental consisting of one type of tobacco while in the second hour we fire up a cigar that has become one of the favorites for Barry & Ed; West Tampa Attic Series. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, the email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. Join us for our regular The Cigar Authority broadcasts live on Saturday at 12noon or on our website,TheCigarAuthority.comas well as Facebook Live, YouTube and is available on your favorite podcast catcher. #UrbanDictionary #Cigars #Peru

A very special live broadcast of The Cigar Authority from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It's the 2023 Meatball... For the last two years Oliver Nivaud of United Cigars has won the event and for the 6th year Mr. Jonathan is trying to escape from the bottom. For those joining this for the 1st time… It is a Meatball Competition (6th Annual) 5 Contestants make 50 Meatballs each. 50 People try All-5 Without knowing who made which one. The people who purchased tickets ONLY Vote for their Favorite. The most votes - Win the Trophy. – It’s That Simple – or is it? Join us for our regular The Cigar Authority broadcasts live on Saturday at 12noon or on our website,TheCigarAuthority.comas well as Facebook Live, YouTube and is available on your favorite podcast catcher. #Meatball #UnitedCigars #TwoGuysSmokeShop

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It’s Episode #666 – The number of the beast –666 has become one of the most widely recognized symbols for the Antichrist or the devil– OR – is it just misunderstood? This week we light up a cigar from The Cigar Authority Care Package that measures 6 x 66 in the form of Gran Habano Corojo #5 Czar while in the second hour we light up a cigar usually known for its large ring gauge in a more traditional size, Asylum Connecticut 5 x 50. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, The email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. The Cigar Authority broadcasts live on Saturday at 12noon on our website,TheCigarAuthority.comas well as Facebook Live, YouTube and is available on your favorite podcast catcher. #Beast #666 #cigar

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Today, let’s keep cigar smoking happening by inventing ways to smoke in the winter. Dave has the top10 ways, and maybe the boys will have other ideas to share as well. This week we light up two cigars from The Cigar Authority Care Package asenjoy the Mad Minnow in the first hour and Regius Black in the second hour. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, The email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. The Cigar Authority broadcasts live on Saturday at 12noon on our website,TheCigarAuthority.comas well as Facebook Live, YouTube and is available on your favorite podcast catcher. #Regius #MadMinnow #ColdWeather

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It’s Another Year in the Cigar Industry, BUT where are we, and where are we headed? It’s the 2023 State of The Cigar Industry Address. On this weeks show we will light up the Oliva Serie O Robusto from the Care Package in the first hour while in the second hour we smoke the Topper 125th Anniversary cigar.... Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, The email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. The Cigar Authority broadcasts live on Saturday at 12noon on our website,TheCigarAuthority.comas well as Facebook Live, YouTube and is available on your favorite podcast catcher. #Oliva #Topper #TheCigarAuthority

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Happy New Year! And what a year it was…. Today we cap off 2022 with the naming of the Cigar of the Year. On this weeks show we will light up the 2021 COTY All Saints St. Francis Toro before unveiling and smoking the 2022 Cigar of the Year! Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Ask the Don, the Email of the Week and a peek into the Asylum. 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.

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... It’s Christmas Eve and it’s time to spread a little holiday cheer from the office of the cigar guy as Barry brings The Liquor of the Year from his side project The Liquor Authority. On this weeks show we will light up the Aladino Corojo Reserva from the The Cigar Authority Care Package in the first hour while in the second hour we will light up the Stillwell Star Holiday Edition. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Ask the Don, the Email of the Week and a peek into the Asylum. 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.

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, NewHampshire... We invite our listeners to ask us anything. We've invited you to submit. email via our website, join in the live chat or reach out on social media. Will our listeners ask the questions to make this a fun show or will y'all get shy. On this weeks show we will light up the RoMaCraft Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion Jefferson from the The Cigar Authority Care Package in the first hour while in the second how we will light up the West Tampa Attic Series 1. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, The email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. The Cigar Authority broadcasts live on Saturday at 12noon on our website,TheCigarAuthority.comas well as Facebook Live, YouTube and is available on your favorite podcast catcher. #AskUsAnything #Cigars #TheCigarAuthority

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, NewHampshire... Toscano cigars are made in Italy, and today will go through The New - MASTER AGED Toscano, with Michael Capellini from Toscano Cigars. Plus we have the feast of the Seven Fishes, TCA Style! The power of the care package as turned a lot of people on to Toscano Cigars and today we smoke the Toscano Master Aged Series 1, 2 & 3! Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, The email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. The Cigar Authority broadcasts live on Saturday at 12noon on our website,TheCigarAuthority.comas well as Facebook Live, YouTube and is available on your favorite podcast catcher. #Toscano #Cigars #FeastOfTheSevenFishes

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, NewHampshire... are we really The Cigar Authority? If you listened last week Dave fired everyone after show (not really) and we share our resume's and list of accomplishments. Are we good enough to be re-hired? Are we really The Cigar Authority? It's December and we dig into The Cigar Authority Care Package as we light up the Leaf by Oscar Corojo in the first hour while in the second hour we fire up a Byron 1850 #2. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, The email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. The Cigar Authority broadcasts live on Saturday at 12noon on our website,TheCigarAuthority.comas well as Facebook Live, YouTube and is available on your favorite podcast catcher. #TheCigarAuthority #Cigars #TCA

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... Does size matter? We take a look at various cigar brands and tell you what the best size in each line is. We will fire up an ExPat by Serino Cigars from The Care Package with a HVC Black Friday 2022 in the second hour. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, The email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. The Cigar Authority broadcasts live on Saturday at 12noon on our website,TheCigarAuthority.comas well as Facebook Live, YouTube and is available on your favorite podcast catcher. #BestSize #Cigars #TCA

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... Davehas beendoing it since 1992 and its time to do it all over again, It’s the 2022 Contenders for Cigar of the Year. It is the31st Edition of The Contenders. We will name our 7 cigars for Contenders for Cigar of the Year and the criteria surrounding their nomination. Plus we will share how your vote matters. We will fire up a Fleur de la Reine Cinq Maduroin the first hour while in the second hour we will fire up Black Friday 2021. Both cigars are part of The Cigar Authority Care Package. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, The email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. The Cigar Authority broadcasts live on Saturday at 12noon on our website,TheCigarAuthority.comas well as Facebook Live, YouTube and is available on your favorite podcast catcher. #contenders #2022 #cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... Competition for our LIVE viewers…. Tune in to YouTube if you want to play, it's the only way to be eligible to win! Have you been paying attention – if you have, you might win. We got prizes to give away. We will fire up a YaYa Short Robusto in the first hour which is part of the The Cigar Authority Care package and in the second hour we will fire up Pi Synesthesia from Ozgener Cigars. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, The email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. The Cigar Authority broadcasts live on Saturday at 12noon on our website,TheCigarAuthority.comas well as Facebook Live, YouTube and is available on your favorite podcast catcher. #trueorfalse #Trivia #cigars

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This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... We are joined by Rick Rodriguez who you may know from his days at CAO. These days he owns West Tampa Tobacco Company and we discuss his road from corporate to independent. We will fire up a West Tampa Blackin the first hour which is part of the The Cigar Authority Care package and in the second hour we will fire up El Baton from JC Newman Cigar Company. Join us for all of this and the usual suspects including the VS Question of the Week, Offer of the Day, Cigar News, The email of the week and a peek into the Asylum. 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. The Cigar Authority broadcasts live on Saturday at 12noon on our website,TheCigarAuthority.comas well as Facebook Live, YouTube and is available on your favorite podcast catcher. #WestTampa #CAO #RickRodriguez