The Cigar Authority

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…t's the Padron Showdown. We discuss the brand that has the most loyal following & consistently has the highest industry ratings. We look at their different lines as we ask, how different are they? Which is better? We dig deep into Padron on The Cigar Authority! We light up two Padron cigars, both of which are in the Care Package. In the first hour we smoke the Padron Delicias and in the second hour we fire up the Padron 1926 #35. 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.

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire we welcome Jim Price from CLE/Eiroa Cigars as we take a look at the worst cigar brand names to grace a cigar band. In the first hour we fire up a cigar from the Care Package, CLE Corojo in the 11/18 size. In the second hour, we continue the discussion as we take a look at the email of the week and we fill you in on our game go Cigar Bingo. Not sure what we are talking about? Those who get the Care Package do, and you should be a member for the next time!w perception and reality in the cigar market aren’t always the same. We will do this as we smoke the Asylum Pandemonium. 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. 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.

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Is it a Boutique Cigar, A Sell-Out or a Success? We will dig deep into Perception VS Reality in the Cigar Market AND Its time to get United, The 4th of July Weekend is here & Joining us is the Director of Sales and Marketing for United Cigars, Oliver Nivaud. In the first hour we will fire up a United Cigar as we talk to Oliver about how COVID has affected his ability to get on the road. In the second hour of the show we fire up the United Firecracker which was a the prime selection for July as we continue the discussion on boutique cigars and how perception and reality in the cigar market aren’t always the same. 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. 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

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… We got the stats on cigars. The brands, the sizes, the trends and the 2020 Cigar Authority survey. In the first hour we light up the Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real from the care package as we look at the top companiesin brands and the top selling SKU's with the companies themselves. In the second hour of the show we fire up the Pistoff Kristoff which was a the prime selection for June as we go over the survey results from The Cigar Authority. Some of the answers were surprising to us.... 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.

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It is Father’s Day weekend and with us is the Father & Son team of Nick and Nicholas Perdomo from Perdomo Cigars. We have an explosive show today as we talk to the Perdomo Family and launch the 2020 Perdomo Firecracker which we will smoke in the first hour. In the second hour of the show we smoke the new Perdomo Reserve which is scheduled to be released in July and on retailer shelves by August. 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.

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…. This week on The Cigar Authority we ask the question, what does aging do to cigars? We smoke Aladino Corojo Reserva Robusto in the first hour. One of them just arrived, the other has been aging for one year. How do they compare? In the second hour of the show we light up the Avo Classic Robusto from the Care Package as we continue to look at aging cigars and Mr. Jonathan offers some tips and advice from experience. 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.

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…. This week The Cigar Authority... Does the burn of the cigar affect the taste? What does a bad burn mean? How does it happened? We will answer what you can do to stop it from happening. We will do this while smoking a cigar from the Care Package, the Great Pretenders Bold & Spicy. In the second hour of the show we will fire up the new JFR Lunatic Torch while we discuss who should be nominated for the 2020 Cigar Journal awards. We look at the categories and chime in with our picks. We also continue the burn questions as we look at big ring gauge vs small ring gauge. 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.

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…. This week The Cigar Authority looks at 12 Ways to Cut a Cigar. Which is the best, and which is the worst? Why should you use one over the other and how does it change how your cigar tastes and smokes. In the first hour we light up the Aganorsa Leaf Signature. In the second hour we light up the Aladino Cameroon as we discuss tobacco's that are grown in different regions than their name implies. 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.

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…. The Cigar Smoking World Championship Event was supposed to be in New Hampshire this weekend, BUT we are going to have our own championship today and we have 1,000 people joining us doing the same thing. In the first hour we light up the Rocky Patel Cigar World Championship Cigar in its official competition size to see who will be the winner. In the second hour we continue to smoke the cigar (hopefully), as we we talk about Retail Cigar Shops opening up again. Last week we told you what consumers should be doing, this week we tell the retailers what needs to be done to become a World Champion Cigar Shop. 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.

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire…. Cigar shops are beginning to open up again during the coronavirus pandemic and some cigar smokers might have forgotten how to behave in cigar shop. Today with help from La Flor Dominicana's Mr. Jonathan "The Carnivore" Carney, we will dig into it, and maybe a little something else! In the first hour we light up the La Flor Dominicana 2019 TAA Oro Maduro and in the second hour we see if we can make Dave tap out with the Tatuaje 10th Anniversary TAA 2020. 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

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Today, tickets are on sale for Two Guys Smoke Shops 35th Anniversary. 35 Years of a cigar shop Dave founded in 1985. Today he will share the questions & answers people always ask and some that nobody thought to ask. We will do this while lighting up the Diamond Crown No. 4 from the Care Package. In the second hour we look at the history of JC Newman Cigar Company who is celebrating their 125th Anniversary. We will smoke a special cigar during this hour, the Diamond Crown Cameroon Select No. 10. 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

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… How has the Coronavirus impacted the Cigar Industry? Who are the winners and who are the losers? Who will survive and who won’t? We will break it down as we light up Abuelo from The Cigar Authority Care Package in the first hour. In the second hour smoke a Juarez from Crowned Heads that is also from the Care Package as we continue the discussion in the second hour as we welcome Michael Cappellini from Toscano Cigars as he updates us on our friends from Italy. You've also heard us joke around about Dave getting a hair cut from a Flowbee. Well he's going to prove it is no joke by giving himself a haircut during one of the breaks. 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

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… He had his 1st ever Interview on this show 8 years ago. Now he is a married man and leads the sales for Perdomo cigars, he is Nicolas Perdomo, son of Nick Perdomo, 4th Generation cigar guy and we welcome him on The Cigar Authority. In the first hour of the show we fire up a Perdomo 20th Anniversary as catch up with Nicholas III and find out about his role at Perdomo Cigars. Will Nick or Janine make an appearance as well? Tune in and find out. In the second hour we light up a cigar from the Care Package, Fleur de la Reine as we catch up on a few mail bags and Dave shares a news story from Colorado. 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

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… His name is known throughout the cigar industry and throughout the halls of the Senate and Congress. He has been working on cigar blends and our cigar rights like no other Today we are joined by Rocky Patel from Rocky Patel Cigars in the first hour as we smoke the Rocky Patel Sun Grown Maduro. In the second hour of the show we discuss the art of retrohaling a cigar as Ed & Barry take us through the steps on how to retrohale your cigar. It's been said by many that you are missing out on a lot of flavors if you don't do this and this week they teach us how while we smoke the La Galera Connecticut from 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

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… The Cigar Authority debuts the Zino Platinum Exclusive Series New Hampshire which is exclusive to Two Guys Smoke Shop. We catch up with URNY, the artists of the project. They were scheduled to be in studio as part of a big event, but with COVID-19 things change. Mike Baca (2ESAE) joins us from Puerto Rico and Fernando Romero (Ski) from New Jersey for the first half-hour as we smoke the cigar that was part of The Cigar Authority Prime. During the course of the show we discuss what cigar we wish we could put away and smoke 25 years later. We received a lot of feedback about last weeks cigar and one of the common questions is what cigars would you like to put away. Dave, Mr. J, Barry & Ed Sullivan share their thoughts as we smoke a Back 2 Back Nicaragua which was also part of 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

LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It’s The Cigar Authority 10th Anniversary. This week we take a victory lap and look back at 10 Years of memories. In the first hour we look back at the early years, as we light ups an Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion from The Care Package. In the second hour we look at some stats as we light up a cigar from Dave's personal stash. It's a cigar that he mentioned a few weeks ago, Partagas 150 Don Ramon. 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 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

LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… We welcome owner and founder of Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust – Steve Saka as we get uncomfortable with some tough Questions & Answers as we put him on the hot seat. We fire up a cigar from the care package prime in the first hour; Aging Room Pura Cepa. In the second hour we are joined via remote by Michael Cappelini of Toscano Cigars as we find out what's going on in Italy. Plus he shares with us an incredible deal that we will have the details on during his interview. We will light up an unbanded cigar, what will it be? 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

LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… Spring is in the Air… it’s the 1st show of the spring season and it’s time to go outside here in New England and light up cigars. In the first hour, we welcome George Rico of Gran Habano to the show. He was scheduled to be here in the studio but due to travel restrictions he joins us live via remote in Miami, Florida as we smoke the Gran Habano #5 Imperial. In the second hour, with sports being canceled we dig deep and discuss outdoor games and sports that go great with cigar smoking. We do this as we light up the La Aurora Barrel Aged by Karl Malone. 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

You can’t smoke the box. This week on The Cigar Authority live from Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe we take a look at Bundles. We look at the history of bundles from the early days to the current marketplace while we smoke Perdomo Fresco from the Care Package. In the second hour we light a second cigar from the Care Package as we continue the discussion. This time it’s the sponsor of our this date in history segment, Classic Cuban Gordo. 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

The Cigar Authority comes to you live from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage and this week we ask the question, is this the end of flavored cigars in the United States. Cigars are under fire (pun intended) and flavored cigars even more so. Law makers are trying to kill it and the fight has divided the cigar industry. How did this happen and what is the future? Is it good or is it bad? Tune in and light up as we fire up Acid Amigos from the Care Package in the first hour. In the second hour we fire up another flavored cigar, Rocky Patel Java as we continue the discussion and look at when the law on flavors began and ask if this segment of the cigar industry can be saved. 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.

The Cigar Authority broadcasts live from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stag and today is The Leap Year Edition of The Cigar Authority – Its Feb 29 and it only comes around every 4 years, and as for a Saturday, its been 28 years since this has happened. We smoke a cigar from The Care Package, the Camacho Corojo as we count down the 10 strongest cigars in the marketplace. We will kick back and share our thoughts on cigars that Mr. Jonathan will never be able to retrohale. From number 10 down to number 2, which we will light up as our second cigar before letting you know what cigar comes in as number one as the strongest cigar according to the authority on cigars, TCA. 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.

Every year it is the most talked about and anticipated episode, the Cigar Industry Predictions show so grab your tinfoil hat and join in on the conspiracy happening within the cigar industry. Sure, some of it educated guesses along with some uneducated guesses but we find it fun and according to listener feedback you do too. It also happens to be Dos Hombres Day at Two Guys Smoke Shop as they celebrate 30 years of the brand Dos Hombre which is the best value in the cigar industry. In the first hour we fire up a cigar from the care package, Dos Hombre Dominican Natural and in the cigar hour the boys pick another from the Dos Hombre line. 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

This week The Cigar Authority welcomes to the show Steve Zengel from Los Caidos Cigars. Los Caidos is Spanish for The Fallen and it is made at the Aganorsa factory in Nicragua. The cigar comes as a red band for the Fire Department, and a blue band for the Police Department with the blend being the same for both. For each cigar sold, $1 is donated by Los Caidos to family members of fallen police and firefighters. We will discuss this phenomenonal project with the mastermind behind it. In the second hour we light up a cigar on the blind. Dave, Mr. Jonathan, Barry and Ed are all members of the Cigar Journal tasting panel and we will fire up a cigar that we only know by the number. We will put our sleuthing caps on and try to figure out what this cigar as we review it on air. 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

This week Dave returned from Tobacco Plus Expo and on The Cigar Authority this week he will spill the beans and let us know what he saw and what he heard in Las Vegas. We know one thing, the show was packed. But what was the buzz? What was being discussed in hush tones? You won't want to miss out on the show as Dave pulls back the curtains. We will fire up Kristoff Criollo as we discuss that and more in the first hour. In the second hour we smoking something we picked up at the show from Crowned Heads as we smoke Juarez. The cigar is named after a town mentioned in Cocaine Blues which was made famous by Johnny Cash. Also a listener chimes in about not being happy about the performance of Barry & Mr. J last week. 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

With Dave on his way to Miami for the Super Bowl after spending a week in Las Vegas at TPE, the boys take charge of the show. Will they be stooges or musketeers? In the first hour Mr. Jonathan is in charge of the show we fire up one of his favorite cigars that happens to be part of the February Care Package. We smoke 22N / 83W as we address your burning cigar questions that we've asked you to send in over the past few weeks. In the second hour Barry takes over as we smoke Southern Drawn Jacobs Ladder which features Pennsylvania Broadleaf tobacco. We will look into the history of the wrapper and discuss the differences between it in its Broadleaf cousin from Connecticut. In addition we will take a look at the big game and some of the crazy prop bets that are available. We will have this along with Easy-Going Ed 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