William Cooper is a Owner of Indian Trail Media LLC, and the founder of the Cigar Coop brand, the cigar industry's true 365 a year periodical. He is also the host of the Cigar Coop Prime Time Show, Cigar Coop Prime Time Special Edition, and Prime Time Jukebox.
Alec Bradley Cigar Company has announced that the Black Market Filthy Hooligan and Black Market Filthy Hooligan Shamrock, two annual seasonal releases, are now heading to retailers. The Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan made its debut in 2013 as a Candela-wrapped offering. In 2016, the Filthy Hooligan was switched to a barber pole featuring […]
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On November 5, 2022, Micky Pegg of All Saints Cigars was our special guest. Catch the full show below (Note: […]
In 2022, online and catalog retailer JR Cigars would launch a new limited edition line of cigars known as JR Pure Origin. For many years, JR Cigars has produced its own cigars under the JR name with most of these being valued-priced and bundled offerings. When JR Cigars celebrated its 50th anniversary a couple of […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning at […]
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On October 29, 2022, we continue our new format where Honest Abe, Alex, Paul, and Coop discuss cigars. Catch the […]
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On October 22, 2022, we began a new format where Honest Abe, Alex, Paul, and Coop discuss cigars. Catch the […]
Next month, Forged Cigar Company will begin rolling out the second release of its limited edition Fool’s Errand Trilogy – Simple Fool. The Diesel Fool’s Errand Simple Fool was developed by AJ Fernandez and Justin Andrews. It features an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper over a blend of proprietary Nicaraguan Habano tobaccos cultivated on AJ Fernandez’s farms. […]
In 2022, Protocol Cigars would do a single-store exclusive release for Breaker Cigars known as the Protocol Hard Coal Detective. Breaker Cigars is located in Shamokin, Pennsylvania and the Hard Coal Detective ties in with the shop itself and the history of the region. Breaker Cigars is named after a coal breaker, which is a […]
At the Total Products Expo (TPE) 2023 in Las Vegas Nevada, Aganorsa Leaf will release its latest fresh pack – an offering of its products under the JFR brand. The JFR Fresh Pack includes four JFR Super Toros, each measuring 6 1/2 x 52. The offerings include two JFR Corojos, one JFR Maduro, and one […]
At the 2023 Total Products Expo (TPE) 2023, Aganorsa Leaf will introduce two new vitolas to its JFR Lunatic Maduro line in the form of a 6 1/2 x 60 and a 7 x 70. The Aganorsa Leaf JFR Lunatic Maduro line features a San Andres Mexican wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler grown on […]