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This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire.. It’s the release of the 2021 Firecracker and this year we let Nick Melillo take a crack at it with The WiseMan Maduro Firecracker. Nick will join us LIVE in studio as we talk about the collaboration with United Cigars and so much more. In the first hour we will smoke something from The Cigar Authority Care Package, the Charter Oak Habano Rothschild as we talk about Nick's history in the cigar business. Then in the second hour we will light up the Wiseman Maduro Firecracker. Boom! We will share our thoughts on that is released every year around the 4th of July. We will have this and all 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. #NickMelillo #Firecracker #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire..we continue our yearly tradition of Father & Son Weekend. This week we welcome Jon & Steve Saka to show and we will sit down with Jon to ask him about life with a Cigar Father. Plus we might get a word or two out of Steve Saka as we try to coax him out of his shell. In the first hour we will smoke something from The Cigar Authority Care Package, the Sobremesa Brulee Toro and we hope to smoke something special in the second hour. We will have this and all 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. #SteveSaka #FatherDay #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire..In 2007 Dave thought of a cigar as as a gimmick, but in 2008 it turned into a thing and it’s still going. True Story! We will smoke it down to the Nub as we light up two cigars from the Care Package. IIn the first hour we light up the Dos Hombre Dominican 4 x 60 before following it up with the Nub Connecticut 358 We will have this and all 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. #Nub #DosHombres #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire.. We welcome to the show reality TV personality Bigtime Tommie who has launched a cigar with Asylum. We debut the new 6 x 60 and light it up in the first hour as we share our thoughts as we ask, "Could Your Cigar Lounge Be a Reality Show? In the second hour we continue to talk with Bigtime Tommie as we light up a Asylum 13 Connecticut from the June Care Package. We will have this and all 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. #BigtimeTommie #Asylum #RealityTV

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire.. Cigar Accessories you didn’t know you needed … Or is it all Cigarbage? That is the topic of discussion today, right here on The Cigar Authority! Join us this week as we fire up the Rocky Patel Special Edition from the Care Package as well as firing up the new limited edition Byron Habaneros. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, 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. #Accessories #Cigarbage #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire.. SURVEY SAYS! The Results are in for the 2021 TCA Listener Survey and we will share that information with you and you might be surprised by some of the answers, we know we were! We also discuss the proper way to light and re-light a cigar. You might think you know how, but there are some steps many of us overlook on a regular basis. Join us this week as we fire up the Trinidad Espiritu No. 2 along with a Plus 90 Cigar. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, 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. #Survey #Cigars #HowToLight

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe, for over a year now, the pandemic has caused all trade shows to close, and Las Vegas has not allowed a trade show to happen until now. TPE – The Tobacco Plus Expo just wrapped up and we will tell you how it went. Also, there is an all-out war against flavored cigar… they could be banned. How will that impact the premium cigar industry. In the first hour we will smoke the Artisan Triple Wrap Cigar from the care package and answer how much does the wrapper change the flavor of a cigar. In the second hour we will light up an Oliva Serie O Perfecto. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, 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 #TPE #TripleWrapper

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. Dave is back!HeI missed the show last week, but he had a good excuse as he became a Grandfather… an Abuelo… And we will smoke the soon to be released new Abuelo cigar made by JRE for United Cigars. We will smoke that as Dave gives us an update on Baby James and how life is living under one roof with four generations of Garofalo's. We also welcome to the show Kibathi Gaturu, a cigar smoker from Kenya as we look at cigar smoking in Kenya as we smoke a gift from Nick Perdomo who joins us briefly. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, 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 #Abuelo #Kenya

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe we welcome Justo Eiroa of Aladino Cigars to the show. He's the brand owner of JRE Tobacco along with his father Julio Eiroa, but the two of them are more than brand owners. They are the Kings of Honduran tobacco and we talk to Justo about everything tobacco from seed to cigar. In the first hour we light up the Aladino Corojo Reserva Corona No. 4 while in the second our we debut something new from the Aladino Vintage Selection line. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, 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 #Aladino #Tobacco

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe we welcome Terence Reilly from Aganorsa Leaf as we smoke the new Aganorsa Rare Leaf in the first hour. We will also look at the science of smoking a cigar in a car. What is the best way to prevent ash from getting everywhere and how can you reduce the odor. Plus what is the optimal way to remove smoke from the car as you drive to your destination. In the second hour we fire up a Perdomo 10th Anniversary Sungrown and continue the conversation on The Cigar Authority. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News 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 #Cars #AganorsaLeaf

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe with our Mascot BRUNO the BELL - we get smaller as we discuss cigarillo style cigars and ask if they are premium cigars? We will smoke a Dom Hombre from a cigar tin and a United Pencil Maduro. Plus we will be joined byJosh Habursky who is the head of Government Affairs for the Premium Cigar Association. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News 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 #PCA #JoshHabursky

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe with our Mascot BRUNO the BELL -Dave has another coin story, but this is one every cigar smoke should know. In the first hour we smoke a cigar that shows the skills of the cigar roller as we fire up a Serino Artisan Cigar from the Care Package. In the second hour we follow up the Regius Red from last weeks which was incredibly well received with the Regius Black and discuss weights; both Barry's and Cigars. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News 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 #CoinStory #Regius

The week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe with our Mascot BRUNO the BELL - It is the annual Cigar Survey. We will take a look at the 2021 survey and let you know what we want to know about you… and why! We will do this while smoking an Arturo Fuente 858 and a Regius Red Label both of which were in the care package. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News 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 #Survey #Regius

The week on The Cigar Authority marks 11 full years of The Cigar Authority!It all began on April Fool’s Day 2010 and we said we will keep going till we get it right!So… the good news is… the show continues. We celebrate in the first hour by lighting up an Atabey Idolos which was part of the care package as we look back on the history of the show live from the Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. In the second hour we fire up a Culebra from JC Newman as we name the cowbell and talk about when to pull the plug on the show. Freddie Mercury once asked in song, Who wants to live forever? And to be honest, do we want to do this forever? We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News 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. #Anniversary #CigarAuthority #Atabey

This week live from the Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe… The Cigar Authority has been working on the New Flavor Wheel for Cigar Tasting… It's done and we have it for you here with details on how you can get one for FREE. In the first hour we will smoke a cigar from the Care Package in C.O. Jones. In the second hour we planned to smoke a cigar that ties into baseball season, but instead we will make call to the bullpen and call in a reliever. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News 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. #FlavorWheel #CigarTasting #UnitedCigars

This week live from the Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe… People talk shit about Dave's vocabulary and pronunciation - but this time we will discuss Cigar Vocabulary –let us see who knows and who doesn't know. In the first hour we will smoke a Studio 21 from the care package. A cigar that will go through a rebranding process in the near future and we discuss other brands that probably could benefit from a face lift. In the second hour we will smoke an Intemperance BA Envy as we debut the flavor wheel 2.0 and we have news about the Two Guys Smoke Shop 36th Anniversary. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News 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 #Terminolgy #Vocabulary

This week live from the Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe… It’s new, its green and it’s the Bomb! Today we drink and light up the same thing… a cigar that should pair perfectly – The Irish Car Bomb. In the first hour we will drink an Irish Car Bomb and light up the latest offering from United Cigars of the same name that is part of The Cigar Authority Care Package. We will talk cigar pairings including some odd ball pairings. In the second hour we will have a sneak peak of something new from JC Newman. We fire a pre-release of the Perla Del Mar Corojo as we are joined by a former rep who is now a member of the Two Guys Smoke Shop staff. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News 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. #IrishCarBomb #UnitedCigar #JCNewman

This week on The Cigar Authority LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… It's the Prediction Show!What will the Cigar World look like tomorrow or years from now? Who will buy, merge, or go out of business? We peer into the crystal ball and share with you what may or may not happen in one of our most popular episodes! In the first hour we will fire up the 2020 Cigar of the Year, Perdomo 10th Anniversary Maduro from the Care Package. In the second hour, if a Cigar Brand was a stock would you buy -sell or hold it. Has it seen better days or about is it about to pop! Should someone be buying it? We will dig in as we smoke a Diamond Crown from JC Newman. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News and a peek into the Asylum. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News 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. #Predictions #Conspiracy #Cigars

This week on The Cigar Authority LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… We ask what should you be smoking instead of Cuban cigars? In the first hour we smoke a cigar that some say is Cubanesque from the Care Package, the Bandolero Barbaros. In the second hour of the cigar we fire up a Cuban Cohiba Siglo VI and compare it to cigars available in the American market that we feel are better and in some cases less expensive. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News 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. #Cubans #Cigars #Bandolero

This week on The Cigar Authority LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… Monday is Presidents Day and although we do not like to get into Politics on the show… you might be amazed at which President smoked cigars and which did not, and what does it mean? We will be joined by Jim Price from CLE as we smoked the Eiroa First 20 in the first hour. In the second hour of the cigar we have heard from countless individuals who want to be a cigar rep, but many do not know what this entails. It's not a walk in the park and we will talk to Jim about the day in the life of a cigar rep. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News 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. #Presidents #Cigars #Podcast

The week LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… Although the Groundhog saw his shadow meaning there are 6 more weeks of winter, It is The Chinese New Year and that means it is over! With lots of snow this week… We will be the judge of that! Stand by for an explosive show. In the first hour we smoke the Black Bomb which was included in the Care Package as we look at the Chinese New Year and the many traditions around it. We also look at the many cigars that have been made in celebration of the holiday. In the second hour we talk about the Super Bowl. It's the Kid vs the GOAT. We talk about the cigars we are going to smoke during the game, what we will eat, and who will win while we smoke another cigar from the Care Package, Don Rafael. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News 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. #BlackBomb #DonRafael #Cigars

The week LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… The Meatball Event is over, and we have Steve Saka with us to give you his take on the event and we may learn some breaking news of what he has planned in the cigar world in the near future. Then again, we may not! In the first hour we smoke Mi Querida from The Cigar Authority Care Package. In the second hour we see if we can get Steve to open about the current state of affairs in the cigar industry with companies creating new sales forces and others getting rid of theirs. Will he have anything to say about it? Will we be able to get him to stop? We will smoke a Umbagog as we go fishing with Steve Saka. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News 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. #SteveSaka #DunbartonTobacco #Cigars

For the last three years The Meatball Event at Two Guys Smoke Shop has been synonymous with Steve Saka & Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. This year he looks to defend his title versus four competitors. Can Steve Saka hang on? The challengers are Mr. Jonathan (The Cigar Authority), Oliver Nivaud (United Cigars), Jim Price (CLE Cigars) and Ed Santamaria (Two Guys Smoke Shop). Can one of them defeat the King of Balls? Will Mr. Jonathan once again come in last place? Tune in and find out how it all unfolds live from Studio 21 Podcast Cafe on the Toscano Sound Stage. . #Meatballs #Polpetta #CigarEvent

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire...There have been lots of Sports Stars that came out with a cigar brand over the years, most don’t last, But this one has! He is a 10-time All-Star,3-time World Series Champion,The Greatest Clutch-Hitter of All Time and… without a doubt future Hall of Famer. David Ortiz (Big Papi) is in the cigar business and joins us today via remote. In the first hour we will smoke Big Papi as we talk to Big Papi David Ortiz and in the second hour we look at athletes who have had their own brans or cigars made specifically for them. We will do this as we smoke Karl Malone Barrel Aged from La Aurora We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News 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. #DavidOrtiz #BigPapi #Sports

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire... 2020 was an interesting year for the cigar industry with a whole bunch of, ups & downs. Today, it's The State of the Cigar Industry Address. Where are we and where are we headed? During the first hour we smoke the Victor Sinclair Serie 55. In the second hour we get into a discussion about retail, manufacturers, reps and brokers as we smoke the Wiseman Maduro which was just recently named the 2021 Firecracker from United Cigars. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, Cigar News 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. #CigarIndustry #YearInReview #CigarFuture