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Review: Tatuaje Exclusive Series Federal Cigar 90th Anniversary 109 Redux

In 2011, Tatuaje released two separate blends to commemorate New Hampshire based Federal Cigar’s 90th anniversary: one with a Rosado wrapper and one with a Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper. Both releases were based off of the Cuban 109 vitola, a Double Robusto with a round cap and a favorite that is a favorite of Federal Cigar owner [...]

News: Federal Cigar Announces My Father Le Bijou 1922 Grand Corona

Federal Cigar in New Hampshire has announced that they are adding a new vitola of the My Father Le Bijou 1922 Connecticut Edition to their collection of exclusive cigars, a 5 5/8 x 55 Grand Robusto. The store made the announcement via an email to their customer mailing list that went out late Thursday evening [...]

Review: E.P. Carrillo Federal 92nd Anniversary Medalla D’ Oro

Today we’re looking at the E.P. Carrillo Federal 92nd Anniversary Medalla D’ Oro, the latest in the line of Federal Cigar Anniversary cigars. Back in February we wrote about the upcoming release. The cigar is based on the 2012 Short Run blend though the filler for the Medalla D’Oro is said to contain a little [...]

Press Release: Federal Cigar Announces My Father Special F

March 13, 2013 (Portsmouth, N.H.) – Federal Cigar is honored to announce the upcoming release of the My Father Cigar Company’s Special F to commemorate Federal’s 92nd Anniversary event on Saturday, March 16th 2013. Blended by the Pepin family, this cigar is a prime example of the history of excellence for which the My Father [...]

News: Tatuaje Federal 90th Gets Formal Redux

A post on Tatuaje’s Saints & Sinners message board this week announced plans for the Tatuaje Exclusive Series Federal Cigar 90th Anniversary Redux that will be arriving in mid March, and a post on Federal Cigar’s Facebook page Wednesday afternoon confirmed the news. The cigar is a new blend but comes in the same 7 [...]

News: Federal Cigar Adds My Father Federal Le Bijou Connecticut Edition

Federal Cigar has added to its collection of My Father exclusive by receiving an additional three sizes that are expected to remain an ongoing fixture at the New Hampshire store. One cigar is identical to the original My Father Le Bijou 1922 Federal Cigar 91 Cervantes Connecticut, which took the Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper from the [...]

Review: Tatuaje Limited Series Fausto FT114

Pete Johnson made no secret that his next size of Fausto, FT114, would debut under different livery prior to its national release. The thought was that it was going to debut at the fifth annual No Joke Smoke event in Hawaii that is put on as a collaboration between Shiroma’s Wine And More (SWAM), Havana [...]

News: My Father Shows Off Flor de las Antillas

Over the weekend, My Father show off its newest line, Flor de las Antillas, for the first time at Federal Cigar’s 91st Anniversary party. The line is being billed as more medium cigar from the García family, as well as being the first full line to be fully box-pressed with four expected sizes to debut [...]

News: Tatuaje Debuts Limited Series Fausto FT114

Pete Johnson of Tatuaje showed off the Tatuaje Limited Series at Federal Cigar’s 91st Anniversary celebration this past weekend. Originally announced as an April 1 debut at Hawaii’s No Joke Smoke, the Tatuaje Limited Series is Pete Johnson’s newest line. The first in the series is a prerelease version of the Fausto FT114 that is [...]

Weekly News (February 6, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This one is pretty simple. There are some technical issues plaguing the site currently. We know of two somewhat major issues. First and foremost, commenting from a computer seems to not be working, although commenting from mobile devices seems to be working fine. We are trying to resolve this issue and think we [...]