Category: Cigar Reviews

Casa Carrillo Pledge of Allegiance 2026 Toro (Photo Credit: Casa Carrillo) This month, Casa Carrillo will begin shipping the Perez-Carrillo Pledge of Allegiance 2026 Toro. It’s the first of two sizes being released in the 2026 installment of the Casa Carrillo Pledge of Allegiance series for the America 250 celebrations. Casa Carrillo first released Pledge of Allegiance as an annual limited-edition offering beginning in 2023. The 2026 installment marks the

Casa Carrillo has announced the fourth annual release in its Pledge of Allegiance series, a limited-edition cigar created to coincide with America’s upcoming 250th anniversary. Unlike previous versions, the 2026 Pledge of Allegiance features an entirely new blend and will be offered in a single Toro size measuring 6 x 54. The cigar uses a Connecticut Habano wrapper over an Ecuadorian Connecticut binder and Nicaraguan fillers from Condega, Jalapa, ASP,

Kristoff Cigars is adding a milder twist to one of its best-known blends. During the June 12 episode of Smoke Night LIVE, Glen Case, owner of Kristoff Cigars, revealed the upcoming Mildly Pistoff Kristoff, a new Connecticut-wrapped version of the company’s Pistoff Kristoff cigar. Case said the cigar had gone into production earlier that week while he was visiting the factory in the Dominican Republic. The original Pistoff Kristoff

Aaron Sigmond has announced a new book, CIGARS: A Culture, which is scheduled for release in October 2026 through Mad/Dash Press in partnership with the Premium Cigar Association. The upcoming volume serves as a companion to Sigmond’s 2025 book, CIGARS: A Biography. According to the author, the new project grew from material that was originally intended to be included in the earlier publication but was ultimately removed as the book

Aaron Sigmond and book designer Liliana Guia have teamed up to release a new book, CIGARS: A Culture. Sigmond and Guia had previously teamed up for CIGARS: A Biography. CIGARS: A Culture picks up where A Biography left off. Mad/Dash Press is publishing the book, and the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) is presenting it to the industry. When Sigmond and Guia set out to create CIGARS: A Biography, they organized the

New York State Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) has introduced a Generational Tobacco Ban bill (A11509). Under this proposed legislation, the sale of tobacco and nicotine products would be prohibited to anyone born after December 31, 2007. Generational Tobacco bans permanently prohibit future generations from purchasing tobacco and nicotine products throughout their lives. In terms of the products this bill could apply to, it includes premium handmade cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco,

Today, we review The Vow 7.05 from Avowed Cigars. The Vow is one of the two inaugural regular production lines from Avowed Cigars. Avowed Cigars is a company founded by Andrew Considine and Dave West. Both Considine and West have a long-standing association with Small Batch Cigars, an online retailer based in California. Inspired by their retail experience, they decided to venture into manufacturing. In February 2025, the duo officially

The Cigar Industry Report (Edition 693) is a one-stop place to read about Cigar Coop’s activity over the past week. It combines the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we provide throughout the week. Ordinarily, this report is published every Saturday at 8 a.m. Eastern Time. The Headlines 23 SKUs Across General and Forged Brands Discontinued This week, Scandinavian Tobacco Group announced it was discontinuing 23 SKUs across its

General Cigar Company has announced the return of the CAO Amazon Basin Daggers for 2026. Introduced in 2025, the Amazon Basin Dagger is a limited-edition that brings the brand’s popular Amazon Basin blend into a compact 4 x 38 format. The blend uses an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper and a Nicaraguan binder. The fillers consist of Dominican, Colombian, and the signature low-yield Brazilian Bragança tobaccos found on the full-size Amazon Basin.