The Cigar Authority

Today, The After Show talks about customer service. Is the customer always right? 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 and as always you can find many of the cigars we discuss at http://www.2GuysCigars.com/.

LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast high above Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH. Today, we celebrate the Late, Great Winston Churchill’s 146th Birthday with The Late Hour  The Brand Ambassador to Davidoff, Shiah Goldberg as we discuss the fact that Davidoff was commissioned to put out a cigar in honor of the most celebrated cigar smoker of all time, Sir Winston Churchill.  How does something like that even happen? In the first hour we light up the Davidoff Winston Churchill Late Hour Toro. Also, Dave & Mr. Jonathan are at again pitching another commercial idea and grace us with their singing, yet again. In the second hour we light up a cigar from the Contenders Pack, Avo Maduro. We share our thoughts as we recap the Pro Palate tasting event the employees of Two Guys Smoke Shop took part in. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, E-Mail of the Week, Cigar News and a peek into the Asylum. The Cigar Authority is a member of the United Podc

Nick Cutro joins us as we talk about extending the flavor wheel. What kind of flavors can we detect in the Mi Querida firecracker? 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 and as always you can find many of the cigars we discuss at http://www.2GuysCigars.com/.

This Saturday LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast high above Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH. What makes the shape of a Premium cigar?  It is not the roller, it’s a mold that does it.  And what about how cigars taste?  Nick Cutro wrote the book on tasting cigars and he makes the molds for cigars. He joins us live in studio on The Cigar Authority and is here with us. In the first hour we light up the Mi Querida Tricqui Traca Firecracker which debuts on Tuesday, December 1st at 10am. We will offer a sneak peak before lighting up a Candela in the second hour and we tell you what green should taste like. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, E-Mail of the Week, 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. T As always you can find many of the cigars we smoke at https

You know which cigars made it to Contenders of the Year. On The After Show, we talk about the ones that didn’t make it into the pack. 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 and as always you can find many of the cigars we discuss at http://www.2GuysCigars.com/.

This Saturday LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast high above Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH we announced the Contenders for the Cigar of the Year. We count down the cigars that stood out the most in 2020 before putting them to a vote. As in past years the Contenders are put up for sale and we give you the listener a chance to vote for the cigar of the year. Those votes are tabulated and on December 26th we will announce the winner. In the first hour we use the Vertigo Hummer to light up the winner of the 2019 Cigar of the Year, Nestor Miranda Special Selection. In the second hour we go back to the 2018 winner as we light up the Aganorsa Leaf Connecticut. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, E-Mail of the Week, 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. Never

Today, you get a peek behind the scenes. Jonathan and Dave work on some new material for some potential Cigar Authority commercials. 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 and as always you can find many of the cigars we discuss at http://www.2GuysCigars.com/.

LIVE from the Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe above Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH, The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe in Salem, NH we welcome Oliver Nivaud of United Cigars who joins us live from the Dominican Republic. We get prepared for Black Friday, which is the day after-Thanksgiving. We will light up the 2020 release of The Black Friday by HVC cigars. In the second hour of the show we smoke the HVC/United Black Friday Firecracker which is based on the 2019 blend, although it is ramped up for the Firecracker release. How does it smoke? Will Dave tap out? Where does the Black Friday rank in comparison to the previous Firecrackers. We will feature Vertigo Attache as the lighter. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, E-Mail of the Week, 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 Po

The trivia continues on The After Show. Dave is still the MC, but will Mr. Jonathan, Barry or Ed have the most correct answers? 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 and as always you can find many of the cigars we discuss at http://www.2GuysCigars.com/.

LIVE from the Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe above Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH, The Cigar Authority brings to you our first ever game of Cigar Trivia. We have 20 questions and 20 prizes. In order to be eligible to win you must be watching the show on The Cigar Authority Facebook page, You Tube Live or TheCigarAuthority.com chat room. While we invite you to always share our show, we will only be monitoring these 3 chat spaces for winners. We will do this while we smoke 2 cigars from The Cigar Authority Care Package. In the first hour we will light up the  Don Lino Africa. In the second hour, we will light up the United Cigar collaboration with Hammer + Sickle; Series Unidas. Our lighter of choice for the day is the Vertigo Falcon. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, E-Mail of the Week, 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

Before Barry was on The Cigar Authority, he was a cigar blogger. How did Barry review the Rocky Patel cigars back in the day? 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 and as always you can find many of the cigars we discuss at http://www.2GuysCigars.com/.

LIVE from the Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe above Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH. The Cigar Authority ends October 2020 with the legendary Rocky Patel. We will look back on 25 years as we celebrate the milestone by smoking the Rocky Patel Quarter Century. If you’re on Facebook you might have noticed both David Garofalo and Mr. Jonathan have been deleted from the social media powerhouse. What was the reason? Will they come back? Have they found a better platform to take their message to? We will find out as we light up the Rocky Patel Winter Collection 2020 with the Vertigo Sputnik. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, E-Mail of the Week, 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. As always the cigars we smoke and discuss can be found at https://www.2guyscigars.com Nev

Welcome to a very special Thursday night edition of The Cigar Authority live from above Two Guys Smoke Shop at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. On this special episode we host the inaugural event of La Flor Dominicana Gourmet Smoke Sessions with the No Bull Podcast. We will be  joined by Litto Gomez & Jonathan Carney from La Flor Dominicana we smoke an Andalusian Bull, learn how to cook a Tomahawk Steak and we debut the LFD Tomahawk with details on how to get this new release. Join us where Cigars & Meat Meet on this special edition of The Cigar Authority. We have teamed up with 2GuysCigars.com to offer you ways to get the LFD Tomahawk. Just click https://www.2guyscigars.com/lfd-gourmet-smoke-sessions to find out how! Never miss an episode by subscribing to the show via Apple Podcasts and Podbean.

Are there any rules to follow when posting to cigar social media sites? Dave covers 10 rules to avoid being annoying on social media. 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 and as always you can find many of the cigars we discuss at http://www.2GuysCigars.com/.

LIVE from the Toscano Sound Stage at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe above Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH, The Cigar Authority welcomes comedian Tony V to the show as we uncover the truth about machine made cigars. We will do this while smoking and dissecting a Boomtown Churchill. In the second hour we look at the movies Tony V has been in and discuss his podcast which also happens to be a movie. We do this while smoking a JFR Lunatic Perfecto Gran Loco. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, E-Mail of the Week, 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. As always many of the cigars we smoke on the air can be found at https://www.2GuysCigars.com. Never miss an episode by subscribing to the show via Apple Podcasts and Podbean.

Jim Collison is a host on Ask the Podcast Coach. He continues his feedback on our podcasting skills. Can he help us improve? 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 and as always you can find many of the cigars we discuss at http://www.2GuysCigars.com/.

LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… This week The Cigar Authority welcomes the podcast coach, Jim Collison as he picks apart our podcast that we have been doing since 2010. What are we doing wrong? Are we doing anything right? Who is the weakest link? How can we improve? What should we change? We will address all of this as we smoke the All Saints Dedicacion Berkey from the care package. In the second hour will someone be voted off the show? Jim Collison tells us if we have too many members and if we should downsize and if we have too many commercials. We will address this as we smoke the Byron Mesolongis. We will have this and all the usual suspects including Versus, Offer of the Day, E-Mail of the Week, 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. https://www.2GuysCigars.com. Never miss an episode by subscribing to the show

New York is raising their cigar tax to 75%. How does this affect store and sales? Is there a better approach for states to take? 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 and as always you can find many of the cigars we discuss at http://www.2GuysCigars.com/.

LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… We are just coming off smoking cigars blind, without knowing what they were.  Band or no band, I think you know your smoking a Toscano Cigar when you see it or smoke it! Today we celebrate 200 Years of Toscano Cigars and light up the Duecento which was included in the care package. We celebrate this special occasions with Brand Ambassador, Michael Capellini who joins us in the Toscano Cigar Studio. In the second hour we light up the Davidoff Robusto Intenso Limited Edition as Mr. Jonathan fills us in on the nominees for the email of the 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 and as always you can find many of the cigars we discuss at http://www.2GuysCigars.com. Never miss an episode by subscribing t

This week, we talk about whether people are less likely to date a cigar smoker. Do potential partners avoid cigar smokers? 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 and as always you can find many of the cigars we discuss at http://www.2GuysCigars.com/.