General Cigar Company has announced it is adding the Punch Knuckle Buster Maduro, a maduro counterpart to the original Punch Knuckle Buster Habano released in February 2020. The Punch Knuckle Buster line is a value-priced offering under the Punch brand. The Knuckle Buster Maduro consists of a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, Indonesian binder, and all Nicaraguan […]
Forged Cigar Company has said it has added the La Gloria Cubana Serie R Natural No. 8, a 7 x 70 offering – the largest cigar in the line to date. The La Gloria Cubana Serie R Natural consists of an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, Nicaraguan binders, and a combination of Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. The […]
This month, General Cigar Company will have its annual launch of the Punch Rare Corojo. For 2022, a special 6 1/8 x 40/54 figurado size will be a part of the collection known as the Aristocrat. The Aristocrat is a size that goes back to a size produced by Punch Cigar founder Frank Llaneza at […]
Forged Cigar Company has a new release under its Bolivar line. It’s a collaboration being done with Robert Caldwell known as Bolivar Cofradia Lost & Found. It’s the second release since Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) very quietly relaunched the Bolivar brand back in 2020. Bolivar Cofradia Lost & Found also marks a major change for […]
This past week, Forged Cigar Company announced the third installment of the Diesel Sunday Gravy Series – Rosamarino. Sunday Gravy is a full-time line under Diesel and will feature seasonally-released, Nicaraguan-forward smokes developed by AJ Fernandez and Justin Andrews. Plans are for blends to be released quarterly and sold until their limited supply is depleted. […]
With the upcoming Chinese New Year, General Cigar Company has released its fourth annual limited edition cigar to commemorate the occasion, the Punch Fu Manchu. “Punch is keeping its Chinese New Year tradition alive. For the 2022 release, we went old school, replicating a maniacal kung fu master’s white hair and long goatee with a […]
General Cigar will launch a fourth frontmark in its Macanudo Inspirado Green line in the form of a 6 x 60 vitola known as Gigante. This new size is scheduled to ship to retailers on February 15th. The Macanudo Inspirado Green was first introduced in 2020. The cigar is highlighted by a Brazilian Arapiraca wrapper. […]
General Cigar Company has announced that the CAO Amazon Basin, a limited edition cigar first released in 2014, is making a return. The cigar has been one of the most popular limited edition cigars released by General. The Amazon Basin blend incorporates a rare/low yield of tobacco called Brazilian Braganca. Back when we initially reported […]
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 […]
Earlier this year, General Cigar released a new Hoyo De Monterrey cigar under its Excalibur sub-brand known as the Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Black. For a period from 2016 to 2019, much of the focus of the Hoyo brand was around the Hoyo La Amistad sub-brand, a line of contemporary-looking cigars produced in Nicaragua by […]
