The Cigar Authority

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/.

LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage… It’s the great reveal of Blind Taste Test 2020. What cigars were they? How did the voting go?  Did the more expensive cigar win? Was it the strongest or mildest? How about country of origin, was it Dominican, Honduran, Nicaragua or something else? We will have all the details as we smoke the Perdomo Epicure Connecticut in the first hour before smoking the winner in the second hour. 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 to the show via Apple Podcasts and Podbean.

This week, we talk about Trump banning cigar import from Cuba. What do we think about this? 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… It’s the finals in the blind Taste Test 2020, E vs F and all the flavors are about to come together. So grab your flavor wheels and smoke along with us on the #1 cigar show in the world. In the first hour we fire up cigar E, while in the second hour we will light up cigar F. Those of you smoking along with us in the care package then can cast your vote for the winner which will be announced on October 3rd. 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 to the show via Apple Podcasts and Podbean.

This week, Justo Eiroa joins The After Show. Justo tells us about some new products arriving in the Aladino line from JRE Cigars. 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/.

Two brothers, two different companies, competing head-to-head against each other… The Eiroa Brothers are here, It’s Christian Eiroa from CLE with the brands CLE, Eiroa and Asylum and its Justo Eiroa with Aladino. In the first hour we fire up a cigar from The Cigar Authority Care Package as we smoke the Aladino Cameroon Robusto from Justo Eiroa’s JRE Tobacco. In the second hour we fire up an Eiroa from CLE Cigars as we find out about these two great companies. 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 to the show via Apple Podcasts and Podbean.

We are all on the Cigar Journal taste test panel. This week, we look at the current issue of the magazine and discuss some of the stories that caught our interest. 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/.

Broadcasting LIVE from the Toscano Cigar Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… It was 10 years ago when Nick Perdomo showed up in Dave’s office with a gift… It was a box of cigars with his name on it… It was the Beginning of Garofalo Cigars and joining us today to talk about them is be the man himself, Nick Perdomo. In the first hour we fire up a cigar from The Cigar Authority Care Package as we smoke the Garofalo Connecticut Toro from the Perdomo cigar factory. In the second hour we fire up the Garofalo Perdomo Torpedo as we look at a flavor wheel and tell you how to get one. 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 to the

This week, we talk about whether cigar ratings really affect sales. Does a good or bad rating change the sales of a cigar? 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/.