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This week we welcome Rafael Nodal, the owner of Boutique Blends to the show where we will light up his new Gran Retorno that is set to debut at IPCPR in Las Vegas. We will find out what to expect from the maestro behind Aging Room this year. In the second hour we will dig into the Care Package and light up the Zino Z-Class while breaking down some of the insane amount of new blends set to debut this year with FDA regulations looming.

This week on The Cigar Authority we are joined by Steve Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. We will light up some new cigars including the Sobremesa Short Churchill and Mi Querida. We will discuss how the past 8 months have been for Steve as a brand owner and look into what the future may hold. Also we will name the winners of the #TCABOOM campaign and let you know who won a 5 pack of the SOLD-OUT CroMagnon Firecracker. All this and the usual madness on The Cigar Authority

Join us this week as we light up the SOLD OUT RoMaCraft Firecracker on The Cigar Authority. Will David Garofalo & Mr. Jonathan be able to make it through this explosive cigar or will they tap out? Tune in to find out how you can win a 5-pack! In the second hour Nick Perdomo from Perdomo Cigars makes it on the show as we reveal the winner of the $5,000 Perdomo Humidor Giveaway! Join us and light up for the madness know as The Cigar Authority.

This week on The Cigar Authority we welcome Michael Herklots of Nat Sherman as we light up a cigar from the Care Package… The Nat Sherman Panamericana Cervantes. We will also explore Cigar Journal magazine and light up a 97 rated cigar in the Davidoff Nicaragua Box Press. All this and more, on The Cigar Authority…

This week on The Cigar Authority we are joined by the Recluse Cigar Family…. Scott Weeks is in town with his father Nick and JR Dominguez is here with his father Jose Dominguez (Donuts Not Included). We will light up the cigar of the year in the first hour with Mr. Weeks. Following the Recluse Amadeus Habano we will light up the Jose Dominguez Gordito Maduro which was part of the care package in the second hour. All this and the usual madness on The Cigar Authority

This week The Cigar Authority welcomes to the show Roy Kirby of Perdomo Cigars as we light up the Perdomo 20th Anniversary. We'll find out what makes him the cigar rep of the year as we discuss all things Perdomo. Is everyone on the same side in the cigar industry with the FDA? You might be surprised by the answer and the flawed science of the whole process. All this and more on The Cigar Authority the #1 Cigar Podcast on the internet today....

This week we welcome live via remote Fabian Barrantes of Indian Head Cigars. They have a couple of hot new cigars that we believe are possible contenders for Cigar of the Year and we will hear from him first hand about this exciting new brand... Join us on The Cigar Authority for Cigar News, Humor and so much more live from Two Guys Smoke Shop at the La Flor Dominicana Studios for this weeks insanity.

This week on The Cigar Authority we light up a cigar from the care package, the Fleur de la Reine. In the first hour we smoke the Natural and in the second hour we fire up the Maduro… We will also take a look at some of the brands that have been around since before the predicate day of February 2007. All this and more on Memorial Day Weekend live from Seabrook, NH

Join us this week as we light up two very special cigars live from the La Flor Dominicana studios on The Cigar Authority. The first cigar will be the limited edition TAA 48 and in the second hour we will light up the even more limited Maduro version… We’ll talk about cigar charities, penile transplants and so much more on the #1 cigar podcast on the internet, The Cigar Authority.

Are you a Baller? Tune in with your Entourage as we welcome to the show Rob Weiss who is an actor, director, producer and writer for shows like Entourage and Ballers, not to mention the movie American Psycho. We’ll smoke the cigars he helped bring to market with Camacho in the best interview ever with Rob Weiss. In the first hour we will light up BG Meyer Standard Issue and in the second hour we will light up a Gigantes. We will also break down the FDA Regulations and help you make sense of them. All this and the usual madness known as The Cigar Authority.

It’s been a trying week in the cigar industry, and in the first hour of the show we are going to keep things light. We’ll talk about the history of Two Guys Smoke Shop and the upcoming 31st Anniversary before Mr. Jonathan takes us into his laboratory to look at a myth many cigar smokers believe. In the second hour, Glynn Loope will join us to help us make sense of the FD Regulations that were announced. We’ll break it down into understandable language and look at what the future may bring us…. Join us for all the crazy shenanigans on The Cigar Authority.

This week we all enjoy it in the can with Asylum. We will start out with the Asylum 13 that was included in The Cigar Authority care package. We will discuss the crazy antics from the Chicken Poop Party. We will catch up with John Toscano the rep for Asylum/CLE/Eiroa and find out if he ever had it in the can before... In the second hour of the show we will all try it in the can, the new VERY limited edition Asylum Experiment: Ten$ion. A cigar that was launched at Two Guys Smoke Shop (2guyscigars.com) that has flown off the shelves this weekend... Join us for tall the usual shenanigans on The Cigar Authority

This week we are joined by Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac and we smoke for the first time the CroMagnon Firecracker a limited edition release coming in late June. We will all bring you up to speed on FY17 and how Facebook tried to shut down some cigar groups…. All this and the usual madness known as The Cigar Authority

This week on The Cigar Authority we light up a cigar that received accolades many years ago, and we light up something that just hit the shelves this week. We will break down Agriculture Appropriations Bill FY17 and discuss what is new in the cigar world. All this and the usual Shenanigans known as The Cigar Authority

On today’s episode of The Cigar Authority we light up Room 101 while discussing Cigars 101. We’ll discuss the slobber cutter, how to taste, when to ash, and how to relight a cigar after it has gone out. In the second hour we will discuss the history of the Two Guys Smoke Shop Firecracker and reveal who will be making the 2016 edition and when you will be able to buy it… All this and the usual madness on the number 1 cigar podcast on the internet, The Cigar Authority

With a live studio audience at Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, New Hampshire The Cigar Authority celebrates 6 years of the crazy nonsense that makes up the #1 Cigar Podcast on the internet. We'll tell you the top 5 shows of the last year and it will also mark the first time Chuck Morrison is on camera. Join us for this celebration of cigars, friendship and insanity.

This week on The Cigar Authority podcast we celebrate Avo Uvezian’s 90th birthday by lighting up a cigar that was included in the care package. We also take a look at the industries copycats and light up a couple of Cuban cigars. We got our first cease and desist letter and bring you up to date on the latest news regarding the FDA deeming regulations.

This week on The Cigar Authority we discuss a recent ticket we got for smoking in a cigar store as the government goes to far in interpreting a law. We light up the new La Flor Dominicana TAA 2016 and reach int the care package to smoke El Baton. We also recap the latest issue of Cigar Journal magazine and jump into some mailbags…

This week on The Cigar Authority we prepare for St. Patrick’s Day while lighting up the Dos Hombres Candela and discuss the history of Candela cigars. Dave has returned from Cuba and we talk about the Habanos Festival as well as his time spent at the TAA. In the second hour we take a sneak peek at the CLE Azabache and discuss how American let David down… All this and the usual madness on the Internets #1 cigar related podcast!

With David Garofalo in Cuba at the Festival Del Habano the asylum is left to Mr. Jonathan, Chuck Morrison and yours truly, Barry Stein. But we have a special guest in the house and he will be bringing some food to the studio, Mr. Tommy Grella. In this educational edition of The Cigar Authority we will discuss different types of cutting techniques, cutters and lighters. In the second hour Barry will discuss with us how to properly taste a cigar. With a little bit of luck David will be calling in live from Cuba and we will discuss how Tommy Grella went financial advisor to being on the show the Next Top Chef… It’s going to be a wild ride, so be sure to tune in!

February 27th is National Cigar Day, and we celebrate the holiday Four Kicks, with Crowned Heads Four Kicks. We will discuss consolidation in the industry. We will discuss the Oscars and in the second hour smoke Leaf by Oscar as well as give our predictions for the winners. Lastly we came across a book this week called The Cigar; Moments of Pleasure and we take a look at that book and let you know where you can get it. All this and the usual madness known and The Cigar Authority.

This week on The Cigar Authority we celebrate International Pipe Smoking Day… Join the boys as they light up a pipe and smoke a bowl while discussing the history of this tradition. In the second third of the show we will light up a discontinued cigar that was part of The Cigar Authority Care Package… The Swag SoBe from Aging Room cigars… Join us for all the madness on The Cigar Authority…

This week on The Cigar Authority, David Garofalo returns from Washington DC with information on FDA as well as a whole bunch of rumors going around the cigar industry… Also Mr. Jonathan decides to do a little bit of science when it comes to cutting a cigar.. Join us for Mr. J the science guy and a whole lot of rumors that will surely lead to one of our most controversial cigars… All this and more on The Cigar Authority…

Since 1992 David Garofalo has been naming The Cigar of the Year, and for the 24th time, we will do so today; the day before Super Bowl Sunday in our time honored tradtion...We well smoke the 2014 COTY BG Meyer one last time and then light up the 2015 Cigar of the Year...Who will it be? Tune in and find out!

This week on The Cigar Authority we smoke a few rare cigars... The first one was included in the now sold out Cigar Authority Care Package... Made in 2012; 500 boxes of 50 are long gone.. So what does David do? He sends out the ones he had stashed away in his personal collection... In the second hour we light up a Cohiba XV550 Extra Vigoroso that was rolled by Dave on January 11, 2004. On top of all of that we take on the question that is asked often in a cigar shop, how come my lighter doesn't light? We will break down lighter filling, lighter repair and why certain cans of Butane work better than others... All this and more on The Cigar Authority...

We are joined by the Editor In Chief from Cigar Journal Magazine who weighs in on Dave’s article where he rated the cigar magazines… What will Reinhold Widmayer have to say? Also rumour has it that KILO is no more, and we will have the details about it and how you can get a special deal on the remaining inventory… Tune in and find out how you can get two boxes for the price of 1. All this and more on The Cigar Authority

This week on The Cigar Authority we smoke a couple of cigars that were not part of the Care Package; but that isn’t the big story… The Big Story this week is the Fallout from David Garofalo’s Editorial on rating Cigar Magazine.. Some people weren’t happy but then again some loved it! We will also talk Humidors including Fireproof humidors, refrigerated humidors and humidifiers. We will also discuss how to season it, and prep it for your cigars. All this and more with David Garofalo, Mr. Jonathan and Barry Stein!

This week on The Cigar Authority we smoke two cigars that were so good they got two #1’s. Coming in at #11 on the Cigar Aficionado list was Hammer + Sickle Tradition and #11 in Cigar Journal was La Boheme from Boutique Blends… We also hear from Old Fart Freddy for the last time and hear from Dave on Rating Cigar Magazine… Join us with special guest Eric Hanson of Hammer + Sickle

We smoke a Cuban in the first hour of the show, the Verueros Entretiempos and Dave gives us his state of the industry address. In the second hour we light up something from La Flor Dominicana as Jon Carney will join us for the duration of the show… Join us for the 300th episode of madness and mayhem on The Cigar Authority.

This week on The Cigar Authority we recap the Cigar Aficionado Top 25 and check our scorecards to see who had the best predictions. We also tell the story about how a Cigar Bar almost cost David his business…. It’s the last show of 2015 we got all the usual shenanigans.. So join us live or catch the podcast! Join us for all the madness known as The Cigar Authority!

This week on The Cigar Authority we light up another cigar from the December Care Package, the Nestor Miranda Connecticut Coffee Break. We discuss out the blend came to be and how it has ties a member of The Cigar Authority… We also break down the Winter 2015 issue of Cigar Journal which features Avo Uvezian on the cover. We discus there 2015 awards and maybe even mention their Top 25 countdown. In the second hour we take a look at how we are doing with our Top 25 predictions.. Cigars 2-10 were announced prior to our taping of the show on Thursday at 5pm. Lastly we each pick a cigar to smoke in the second hour, and discuss why we picked that cigar. Join us for all the madness known as The Cigar Authority!

It’s that time of year again when Cigar Aficionado comes out with their list of Top 25 cigars.. We will share with you our predictions of what we believe their list will be… Also we will be smoking the Aging Room 356 which was part of The Cigar Authority Care Package for the month of December. All this and more on The Cigar Authority

This weekend we welcome our friend Jack Torano back to The Cigar Authority as we smoke the first cigar in the December Care Package... The Roberto Duran Signature... We will catch up with Jack find out how 2015 was for Duran Cigars and what 2016 will hold...Also Dave returns from Art Basel in Miami and lets us know about that event and his rubbing elbows with various manufactures in the 305...All that and the usual shennanigans on The Cigar Authority...

This week we start off by smoking the last cigar from the November Care Package… It was Cigar of the Year for Two Guys Smoke Shop and The Cigar Authority.. BG Meyer Standard Issue. We also welcome the Chairman of Operations of Cigars For Warriors, Storm Boen and we will let him now how many cigars have been raised so far for his amazing charity. Lastly, we disclose the Contenders for Cigar of the Year.. Will your favorites make the cut? Tune in and find out… All this and the usual shenanigans on The Cigar Authority!

This week on The Cigar Authority we welcome the man who has been a guest more than anyone else, Victor Vitale and we talk Tortuga which was part of November Care Package... We also have a studio audience full of Freemasons and we talk to one of them to find out more about this secret society. Who knows we might just find out who killer Kennedy and where Hoffa is actually buried... Join us for all of the shenanigans know as The Cigar Authority on the United Cigar Radio Network!

This week we take a look at a couple of cigars from 2003 that were part of The Cigar Authority Care Package and find out why David hung on to them for so long and why he decided to share them with everyone…. We also go through The Cigar Authority mailbags that have been growing to epic proportions… All this and more on the madness known as The Cigar Authority.

This week we welcome to the studio Steve Saka; the owner of Dumbarton Tobacco & Trust as well as the creator of the much-anticipated release Sobremesa. We will smoke the first blend of the cigar that was not chosen while in the second hour we will smoke the official release and share with you our thoughts. We also welcome Derek “Acey” Stewart who is one of the founders of the hottest Facebook group devoted to the cigar lifestyle, “Cigar Cartel”. All this and more on the madness known as The Cigar Authority.

First there was Bruins vs Canadiens, then there was Lakes vs Celtics and Yankees vs Red Sox... Now with the Cuban embargo getting closer to its demise the next great rivalry could be Cohiba vs Cohiba... We light up the Cohiba Red Dot from the Dominican Republic along side the Cuban Cohiba and tell you which one we think is better.. We will also address FDA and OMB and what we know so far and the responsibility we have in reporting the news and why it is so important that facts need to be verified before we put something in print. In the second our we smoke the 4th cigar from The Cigar Authority Care Package, Classic Cuban a cigar that was blended to taste like a Cuban... Did it perform as expected?All this and more on the craziness known as The Cigar Authority...

This week we dig deep into David’s humidor and smoke a couple of cigars that have a collective 34 years worth of age on them. Barry picked one, and Dave picked the other. You will be surprised what they chose that will serve as a testament to how much the cigar industry has changed. We will also define what it means now that the FDA Deeming Regulations are in the hands of the OMB; address some emails, and enjoy all the shenanigans known as The Cigar Authority…

This week we welcome Scott Kolesaire; the brand manager for Avo and Zino via remote. We’ll sit down and talk with Scott about the rebranding, Syncro and the upcoming 90th birthday of the man himself Avo Uvezian. All this and the usual shenanigans known as The Cigar Authority.

On this week of The Cigar Authority we welcome into the studio Nick Melillo aka Nick R Agua as we smoke El Gueguense and discuss his career from cigar shop owner to running the Drew Estate factory before starting his own Foundation Cigar Company. Also, Dave discusses the history of geek sticks, we catch up on the mail bags and all the usual madness known as The Cigar Authority.

The October Care Package is now in the hands of our faithful listeners and you can order next months package now.. The first cigar from October is the Byron Cigar which we will smoke with Nelson Alfonso. Nelson Alfonso is the creative force behind Behike as well as his own brands Atabey, Byron and Bandolero. We will also recap the Two Guys 30th Anniversary event which happened on Wednesday night and Mr. Jonathan may join us via remote from JC Newman in Tampa, FL. All this and the usual madness known as The Cigar Authority.

In perhaps one of our most anticipated shows, we smoke cigar #4 of the September Care Package and reveal who made the cigar. What we can tell you in advance is that the cigar was part of our 25th Anniversary celebration and has 5 years of age on it.. As for the rest be sure to tune in. We also have some cigar news and we will discuss the future of mail order with the announcement this week that FedEx will no longer ship tobacco products in 2016 as well as looking into the results of the Cigar Journal Awards. In the second hour we light up the Padilla La Pilar No. 4. So Tune In, Light Up, and Join us for The Cigar Authority!

It’s a busy week on The Cigar Authority as we welcome Eric Hanson of Hammer + Sickle the maker of the cigar once known as Icon. We will light up the Trademark Maduro which is part of the The Cigar Authority care package. In addition to cigars Eric Hanson will tell us about their line of vodka and we will smoke a cigar from the vault called Second Growth. We will take a look at why Poker and Cigar Stores don’t mix with a preview of the upcoming David Garofalo editorial. All this and the usual shenanigans known as The Cigar Authority.

This week we take a cigar from The Cigar Authority Care Package, the Davidoff Escurio Robusto as our first cigar. We talk with Chuck Morrison and see if he got his super bowl ring....We are also joined by The Cigar Authority version of Regis Philbin and David Brenner as Victor Vitale joins us.We also break down the new issue of Cigar Journal and all the usual shenanigans known as The Cigar Authority

It's been a crazy week at The Cigar Authority and we welcome Omar de Frias of Fratello Cigars into the studio where he will join us live as we recaps the Dance Off between him and his wife vs Mr. Jonathan and his wife...Then we will dig into Dave's latest editorial called Remembering the Cigar Boom where we will look back to the 1990s and the cigar craze that led many of us down this path of enjoyment...Join us for the all the madness on The Cigar Authority...

This week on The Cigar Authority we are joined by Stephen Adib of Cuba Rica Tabacalera who makes brands Via Havana, Testarosso, Spirt of Art, Barabbas and the Cuba Rica Limitada. Also with football season right around the corner we talk a little football with Chuck Morrison who works for the New England Patriots. We also discuss the new releases coming in from IPCPR and what it means for some brands with shelf space being so tight at many retailers around the country....All this and more on The Cigar Authority.

Eric Newman of JC Newman joins us. JC Newman is the company behind Diamond Crown and Brick House. They are also the distributor of Arturo Fuente in the USA. We will talk to JC Newman and find out about new Opus X, Diamond Crown and more on The Cigar Authority. Today we smoke the Julius Caesar 1895 Perfecto that was part of the care package.

The Camacho American Barrel Aged Tour rolls through Nashua, New Hampshire and we broadcast live from the event at Two Guys Smoke Shop. We will vertically taste the new Camacho American Barrel Aged, talk live with Old Fart Freddy and find out what is new since the last time the Camacho event rolled through Seabrook in 2014.

We welcome back to the show Steve Castro to discuss Sea Knights a cigar that was made to honor his career in the Navy. We also take a look at Boutique Cigars before we smoke the new La Flor Dominicana La Nox in the second half of the show. All this and the usual craziness known as The Cigar Authority.