The Cigar Authority

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... Every cigar brand has a story, but no story is as controversial as the Cohiba story. Lawsuits, Prices, and The Most Ripped-Off Brand in History. We discuss Cohiba as we are joined by the guy that took Dave on his first trip to Cuba; former Chief Editor of Cigar Journal, Cigar Researcher, Author, and Owner of Twin Engine Coffee, Colin Ganley! We will fire up a Cohiba Connecticut in the first hour which is part of the The Cigar Authority Care package and in the second hour we will fire up a Cohiba from Cuba. 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. #Cohiba #Cuba #TwinEngine

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... The next generation of cigar makers and cigar-lebrities. It’s the changing of the duards – Who are the next players in the Cigar Industry? We will fire up a the Adventura Queens Pearl from the care package in the first hour while in the second hour we will fire up Freud bother of which were made at the same factory that was recently destroyed by fire. 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. #ADVentura #CigarTrends #NextBigThing

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... A pairing that cannot be beaten in Dave's personal opinion – Pizza and Cigars. One followed by the other or even at the same time! Today we are talking Pizza & Cigars with Dave's guest Eduardo Fernandez, owner & Founder of Aganorsa Cigars… PLUS Barry recently rated the Alfonso Anejo #3 a whopping 102, but we have something to say about that and he might not like it! We will fire up a the Aganorsa Leaf Validacion Corojo Gran Robusto from the Care Package as we smoke the Alfonso Anejo #3 is 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. #AganorsaLeaf #Alfonso #EduardoFernandez

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... SURVEY SAYS! The TCA 2022 Survey is in – let's see how you match up with our other listeners and viewers. Plus we have the results from Round 1 of the Wrapper Battle! We will fire up a the Rocky Patel World Championship Robusto from the Care Package in the first hour while in the cigar second hour we will debut the 2022 Cigar Bar collaboration between Rocky Patel & United 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. #cigars #survey #wrappers

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... Q4 2022…. Where has the time gone? It is fall in New England but still hot in other places. WARNING: Let’s meet The Beetles – no, not John, Paul, George, or Ringo – but the Tobacco Beetles! Today we learn all about them, and what you can and should do to never invite them in your humidor. We will fire up a Kristoff Shade Grown Robusto in the first hour from The Cigar Authority care package while in the second hour we will light up an Elenor Rose Revolver. 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. #cigars #tobaccobeetles #beetles

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... We had a listener right an email a few months back suggesting that we try smoking a cigar with a breathe-right strip. This is the week we channel our inner spaz and see how it changes things if at all. We will fire up an AVO Caribe in the first hour and a yet to be determined cigar in the second hour as Barry returns from vacation. 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.

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... We just celebrated the 37th Anniversary of Two Guys Smoke Shop with 400 of our rowdiest friends and we will recap the event with Justo Eiroa from JRE Tobacco and Nick Miller from Cigar Pulpit. We will fire up an Aladino Classic in the first hour 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. 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.

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... What can I do with my cigar bands & a big announcement of the END of a CIGAR BAND & BRAND & an offer you can’t refuse! All this as we get ready for Two Guys 37th Anniversary Party! We will fire up two cigars from The Cigar Authority Care Package..... The Berlin Wall Box Pressed Robusto and Moscow City Toro. 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. #MoscowCity #BerlinWall #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... Lissette Perez-Carillo is the daughter of Ernesto Perez-Carrillo. She has been in the Cigar industry Her Whole Life! Lissette joins us, to talk about how she started and where EP Carillo is going. We will fire up a cigar from EPC in the first hour while in the second out we turn to The Cigar Authority Care Package and light up a Timeless Prestige from Ferio Tego. 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. #EPC #LaGloriaCubana #Timeless

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... The cigar industry graveyard.Where cigars go to die - and the brands that has happened too. It’s the Ugly truth and we have it for you! Special guest William Cooper a.k.a. Cigar Coop will be joining us. We will fire up a cigar from The Cigar Authority care package in the first hour; Studio 21 #4 Churchill.In the second hour we will fire up the United Cigar/Foundation Cigar collaboration; Wiseman Maduro Firecracker. 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. #Graveyard #OldBrands #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... Today – we are going back in time – actually beginning 3 centuries ago… to The Cigars that Built America.Joining us is “The Cigar Historian” Eric Newman - President of J C Newman – America’s Oldest Cigar Factory. We will fire up a cigar from The Cigar Authority care package in the first hour; Brick House Double Connecticut Mighty Mighty. In the second hour we will fire up the re-release of the Black Diamond which is part of the Diamond Crown portfolio. 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. #History #JCNewman #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... 15 things or more - you didn’t know (and some didn’t need to know) about The Cigar Authority and its hosts! What will surprise you, what won't surprise you... Tune in to hear things about the hosts that will shock you!! We will fire up a cigar from The Cigar Authority care package in the first hour; All Saints St Francis Habano. In the second hour we will fire up a Las Calaveras from Crowned Heads... 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. #Secrets #TCA #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... What Side should I light? Lighting and Smoking a Torpedo Cigar frontwards and backwards. Let’s experiment and see what the difference really is. We light up two cigars from the Care Package (one is Prime), at the same time with a twist. We light them from opposite ends to see how and if they change the flavor profile. 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. #Frontwards #Backwards #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... Don’t be Afraid of the dark – Dark Cigars that are mild, smooth and sweet, like they are supposed to be! We share some our favorites and tell you why you shouldn't be afraid of the dark. In the first hour we light up the Avo Classic Maduro while in the second hour we light up the La Gianna Maduro. Both are in 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, 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. #Maduro #Dark #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... He came from outside the cigar industry, but Dan Thompson has found a home in our Industry. He serves as the President of Micallef Cigars and we discuss what makes the cigar industry unique along with all things Micallef! In the first hour we light up the Micallef Migdalia Toro from the Care Package as well as something unique 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, 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. #Micallef #Unique #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... Ed Sullivan and David Garofalo are back from PCA 2022 and they have a lot to talk about! It was Ed's first time there and he will let us know if it was everything he thought it was! In the first hour Dave throws down 4 cigars that he did not buy yetfrom the show. We choose a cigar and weigh in if he made the right decision or not!In the second hour we light up something that he brought in for the first time and we let him know if he made the right decision! 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. #PCA2022 #NewCigars #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... This week we look to redeem ourselves from the last time Dave left one of us in charge of the show. Dave will check in with Ed Sullivan and this week we dig into the history and flavor characteristics of specific tobaccos. In the first hour we light up the RoMaCraft Cromagnon Aquitaine Pestera Muierilar, from The Cigar Authority Care Package. In the second hour we light up the new Aladino Classic. 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. #Tobacco #Tasting #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... Its 4th of July Weekend so we will light up 4 different Firecrackers Cigars AND We are just days away from our Cigar Trade Show - so we will prepare for that. PLUS we have news on an upcoming Firecracker Release! In the first hour we light up the United Firecracker, from The Cigar Authority Care Package. Then on each half hour we will light up another Firecracker! It's going to be explosive! 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. #Firecracker #TCABoom #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... Dave decided to go through his humidors and catalog what's in them. He shares with us what rare and no longer made cigars he's held on to as well as some personal favorites. In the first hour we light up the Buffalo Ten Maduro and in the second hour Dave pulls something from his collection that we light up. 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. #BuffaloTen #Humidor #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... Its Father’s Day Weekend and our special guest is Nelson Alfonso from Selected Tobacco – Makers of Atabey, Byron and Bandolero along with his son Fabio. We launch the 2022 Firecracker – The Bandolero Firecracker and spill the beans of some of the new cigars from Nelson Alfonso. In the first hour we light up the Bandolero Firecracker which goes on sale Monday at 10am Eastern Time and in the second hour we get a sneak peak at the new Alfonso which is set to make its debut at PCA 2022. 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. #Cigars #Firecracker #NelsonAlfonso

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... We discuss cigar smoking etiquette... Whether you are new to cigar smoking or a pro… What to-do and what Not to-do… that is the question and we have an answer. In the first hour we light up the Montosa Maduro from the care package and in the second hour we fire the Terra Nova Dark Fired Kentucky... 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. #Cigars #Etiquette #Podcast

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire...Dissecting a cigar from outside-in. Most people never see this done because you must destroy a cigar to see what’s inside, but Dave does it all the time... How else can you see it inside? And when you do, what can you learn from looking from the inside-out. In the first hour we light up the Garofalo Family Legacy Connecticut Toro while in the second hour we take a look at The Lost Angel 2022 TAA Exclusive from Crowned Heads. 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. #Cigars #Dissecting #WhatsInside

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire...Its Trivia Day on The Cigar Authority. Questions, Answers and 22 Prizes to give away. To be eligible to win join on YouTube, Facebook, or our website.We will share details on the show so be sure to tune in... In the first hour we light up the LaMezcla Cubanafrom the care package and in the second hour we fire the new look Studio 21... 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. #Cigars #Trivia #TCA

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... Dave always says that he had a cigar named after him BUT as he looks closer, it was made for his family. Today we smoke cigars in honor of his family, and you will learn more than you ever wanted to know about The Garofalo’s…. Because today… it is The Interview he's been waiting for his whole career to do. In the first hour we light up the Garofalo Family Legacy Maduro from the care package and in the second hour we fire the Garofalo La Famiglia Maduro plus we might have a special offer you can't refuse on the show... 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. #Cigars #Garofalo #Interview

This week on The Cigar Authority broadcasting live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... Are We Really Cigar Media? Is there such a thing as “Cigar Media.” We hear the term Cigar Media thrown around but aren’t we all just opinions? It’s Time to debate the people who debate the most… the Bloggers! In the first hour we light up the Terra Nova Araperique Belicoso from the Care Package and in the second hour we light up an advance release of YaYa which will make it's debut at the 2022 PCA Trade show in July. 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. #Cigars #Media #Bloggers