This year, the brands of Forged Cigar Company took center stage for Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) at the 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. Since STG returned to the PCA Trade Show in 2023, they have alternated between exhibiting the brands of Forged and General. This year was Forged’s turn. Similar to when Forged was at the 2023 PCA Trade Show, they have focused on a value-priced brand. Six products were unveiled at the Trade Show. Five of the six lines had offerings under $10.00, and the one brand that didn’t (Room101) still had an offering of $11.99.
PCA 2025: Alec Bradley
It was old and new for Alec Bradley. This year, Alec Bradley added a couple of new offerings under its longtime Black Market line. Additionally, it introduced an all-new line called Do Not Disturb.
- Alec Bradley Black Markets Smalls
- Alec Bradley Black Market Tubos
- Alec Bradley Do Not Disturb
PCA 2025: Diesel
Diesel is a brand that focuses on bold smokes with a variety of different lifestyle themes. This year, Diesel entered PCA 2025 with two new limited-edition cigars. The themes would be the Kentucky Derby (Founder’s Collection Raceking and barbecue (Pulled Pork).
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- Diesel Founder’s Collection Raceking
- Diesel Pulled Pork
- Diesel Vintage Maduro Gigante
- Diesel Vintage Natural Gigante
PCA 2025: El Rey Del Mundo
El Rey De Mundo’s new release, Appointment, was one of the big revelations of the show. It’s a more premium (but still under $10) line that is highlighted by the JRE Tobacco Farm’s Cameroon wrapper.
PCA 2025: La Gloria Cubana
This year, La Gloria Cubana went back to its roots by bringing back Ernesto Perez-Carrillo to produce Los Gloriosos. It’s the third release Ernesto has done with STG at his factory, but this one is intended to be regular production.
PCA 2025: Partagas
Y Nada Mas Santiago marks the beginning of a new line, Y Nada Mas, under the Partagas brand. This line is meant to appeal to more contemporary smokers. At the same time, Partagas still wanted to preserve some of its traditional qualities, for which the brand is known.
PCA 2025: Room101
Room101 focused on two anniversary milestones: the tenth anniversary of Johnny Tobacconaut and the 15th anniversary of the cigar brand. There were special cigar releases for both, as well as a limited-edition humidor to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the brand.
Photo Credits: Erron Nielsen for Cigar Coop
