General Cigar has announced that the CAO Arcana Mortal Coil, a limited edition cigar incorporating Andullo tobacco into the blend, is returning. The cigar was last released in 2021 as a limited edition cigar when it debuted. Andullo tobacco undergoes a very different curing process than traditional cigar tobacco leaves. This involves putting tobacco leaves […]
Cigar News: CAO Pilón Añejo Returns as Regular Production Line
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General Cigar has announced that the CAO Pilón Añejo, introduced as a limited edition cigar in 2022, has joined the CAO lineup as a regular production offering. CAO Pilón is a cigar containing tobaccos aged in circular pilons introduced in 2015. The CAO Pilón Añejo takes it a step further by aging the cigars further […]
PCA 2023: Alec Bradley
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All eyes would be on Alec Bradley regarding the Forged Cigar Booth at the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. This would be the most significant stage Alec Bradley would be on since Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) acquired it almost five months prior. Since then, Alec Bradley Cigar Company became the Alec Bradley brand […]
PCA 2023: Diesel
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One of the more remarkable stories in the cigar industry over the past six years has been the Diesel brand of cigars. Diesel is a brand that was initially a catalog brand developed in collaboration with AJ Fernandez. In 2017, the decision was made to transition Diesel to a brick-and-mortar line under the General Cigar […]
Cigar News: La Gloria Cubana Eighth Street Corona Grande Launched at PCA 2023
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At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Forged Cigar Company showcased a new size of its limited edition La Gloria Cubana Eighth Street line in the form of a Corona Grande. La Gloria Cubana Eight Street is a project that was developed in collaboration with Justin Andrews and blended by the team at El […]
PCA 2023: Los Statos Deluxe
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In 2022, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) resurrected a brand it had the trademarks to called Los Statos Deluxe. The brand traces its roots back to Cuba in 1940, where it was termed “Los Statos De Luxe.” STG decided to add the brand to the Forged Cigar Portfolio. To resurrect the brand, the team of Justin […]
Cigar Review: Alec Bradley Double Broadleaf Gran Corona
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Back in 2019, Alec Bradley launched a series known as the Experimental Series, a series of cigars that would see the company “experiment” or work with tobaccos they have not worked with all that much. 2022 would see Alec Bradley introduce a line to the market known as the Alec Bradley Double Broadleaf. The name […]
Cigar News: Forged Cigar Company Debuts Chillin’ Moose Bull Moose Maduro at PCA 2023
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At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Forged Cigar Company showed off the Bull Moose Maduro. It’s a Maduro counterpart to the original Bull Moose line, a large ring gauge offshoot of Chillin’ Moose, a value-priced brand. Bull Moose Maduro features 100% Nicaraguan tobaccos, including a Nicaraguan Maduro wrapper and Nicaraguan Habano. The cigars […]
Cigar News: Forged Cigar Company Introduces Los Status Deluxe Maduro at PCA 2023
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One year ago, Forged Cigar Company resurrected and reimagined the Los Status Deluxe brand. In fact, the new Los Status Deluxe made a surprise appearance at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show at the Room101 Cigars booth. At the 2023 edition of PCA, Forged Cigar Company was in full force and unveiled a […]
Cigar News: Alec Bradley Magic Toast Fifth Anniversary Launched at PCA 2023
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At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Forged Cigar Company unveiled the Alec Bradley Magic Toast Fifth Anniversary. This is a limited edition perfecto commemorating the fifth anniversary of one of the most successful brands in the Alec Bradley portfolio, the Magic Toast. In a press release, Bradley Rubin, brand ambassador for Alec Bradley […]