General Cigar Company has announced that it will be teaming up with Cigar CityBrewing to create “Cigar City Brewing Maduro by Punch.” It’s a release that will be available at select liquor chains across the U.S. starting this month, with a larger rollout scheduled for early 2022. The Cigar City Brewing Maduro by Punch is […]
Cigar Review: Macanudo Inspirado Brazilian Shade Toro
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Earlier this year, General Cigar Company released the seventh installment under its Macanudo Inspirado Series, the Macanudo Inspirado Brazilian Shade. The Macanudo Inspirado Series is a series of cigars under General Cigar Company’s Macanudo brand that brings a contemporary look and feel. It’s also served as an innovation platform for the Macanudo brand – incorporating […]
Cigar News: Punch Bento Box Announced
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General Cigar Company has announced a new limited edition, brick and mortar exclusive offering known as the Punch Bento Box. This will contain the three Punch “Year of the Zodiac” releases from 2019, 2020, and 2021. Punch Bento Box includes: 20 Punch Egg Roll Cigars (2019 release) 12 Punch Chop Suey Cigars (2020 release) 10 […]
Summer of ’21 Report: General Cigar Company
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Earlier this year, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) spun several of its premium cigar brands under General Cigar Company into a new distribution company known as Forged Cigar Company. This year, what is still called General Cigar Company includes five very strong brands: Macanudo, CAO, Cohiba, Hoyo de Monterrey, and Punch. These brands have all […]
Cigar Review: CAO Arcana Mortal Coil (Toro)
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At the start of 2021, General Cigar Company announced the launch of a new limited edition series under its CAO brand known as Arcana. The Arcana series is described as one that features unique tobacco forms and techniques from various regions around the world. The first cigar of this series is called the Mortal Coil. […]
Cigar News: La Gloria Cubana Criollo de Oro Scheduled for October
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There is a new limited edition La Gloria Cubana coming from Forged Cigar Company. It’s called Criollo de Oro and it’s named after a hybrid varietal used for its wrapper developed by crossing two Cuban seed tobaccos: the Criollo ’98 and the rare Cuban seed Pelo de Oro. The cigar is expected to arrive at retailers […]
Cigar News: Partagas Cortado Arrives at Retailers.
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A new release from Forged Cigar Company’s Partagas brand has begun to show up at retailers. It’s called the Partagas Cortado and it’s the first Connecticut Shade-wrapped offering as well as the first Nicaraguan-made Partagas to be released. Partagas Cortado features an Ecuadorian-grown Connecticut Shade wrapper over an Indonesian binder and fillers consisting of Honduran […]
Cigar News: General Cigar Company Announces Punch Aniversario
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While it’s slightly late, General Cigar has announced a cigar to commemorate the 180th anniversary of the Punch brand. The cigar is appropriately called the Punch Aniversario. The Punch brand was created in 1840 as a cigar for export to the United Kingdom. Today, the U.S. version of the brand is produced primarily in Honduras. […]
Cigar News: Diesel to Launch Sunday Gravy Collection
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Diesel Cigars has announced a new seasonal series of cigars known as Sunday Gravy. It’s a collection that has been inspired by one of the great debates of all time – gravy vs. sauce. Sunday Gravy is a full-time line under Diesel and will feature seasonally-released, Nicaraguan-forward smokes developed by AJ Fernandez and Justin Andrews. […]
Cigar News: General Cigar Announces M by Macanudo Espresso
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General Cigar has announced the third blend under its M by Macanudo portfolio called M by Macanudo Espresso. It is a cigar that also features the Macanudo brand’s first barber pole offering. M by Macanudo is a line under the Macanudo brand of infused offerings. The line was introduced in 2018 with the original M […]