While Asylum Cigars’ Asylum Ten was sold out prior to the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, attendees got an opportunity to see a sneak preview of the planned Asylum Eleven release in 2023. While the packaging for the Asylum Eleven was being showcased, the company said the blend for the project is still in […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Asylum Cigars showcased its tenth-anniversary cigar, the Asylum Ten. While the cigar was showcased, Asylum Cigars said all of the cigars were pre-sold prior to the Trade Show. It’s the fourth consecutive year Asylum Cigars has released an anniversary cigar. Previous iterations include Asylum Seven, Asylum […]
Hey everyone, Here is our edited version of our live review Roundtable No. 5 of the Eiroa PCA Exclusive 11/18 from the Smoking Syndicate Facebook page now available on The Smoking Syndicate YouTube channel. Enjoy! Tonight the Cigar Coop Coalition gets together and smokes the EIROA PCA Exclusive 11/18. Much like the Tobacconists Association […]
United Cigars has announced its Stadium Series II. This year, United Cigars will be teaming with CLE Cigar Company for the Stadium Series release. This year’s release features an 11/18 size of the CLE Corojo blend in packaging resembling a baseball stadium. This is the second year CLE Cigar Company has teamed with United Cigars […]
Tonight the Cigar Coop Coalition gets together and smokes the EIROA PCA Exclusive 11/18. Much like the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) has done, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) entered the world of exclusive cigars. The EIROA PCA Exclusive was offered to those retailers that attended the 2021 Trade Show. These are intended to be […]
If there is one thing that is guaranteed to get both people in the cigar industry or hard-core cigar enthusiasts excited, it is when they see a premium cigar product make it into mainstream channels. Look no further when a team wins a championship and is smoking a cigar – often the question on many […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
In 2020, CLE Cigar Company announced a cigar to commemorate owner Christian Eiroa’s 25 years in the cigar business. The cigar is called the CLE 25th Anniversary. One of the vitolas in the line would be made an exclusive cigar to the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) 2020 Exclusive Series. 11/18 is a size introduced […]
The Asylum Eight is a cigar line that celebrated the 8th anniversary of Asylum Cigars. It was back in 2012 when Christian Eiroa launched CLE Cigar Company after selling Camacho Cigars to Davidoff in 2008. CLE would be an umbrella for several brands, some directly run by Christian himself, and others where he would partner with […]
CLE Cigar Company is home to four main brands: CLE, EIROA, Wynwood Hills, and Asylum. When it comes to the CLE and Eiroa brands, the name of the game is “Cameroon de Jamastran.” This is a Cameroon seed wrapper grown on Julio R. Eiroa’s tobacco farm in the Jamastran Valley in Honduras. Last year, Julio […]
