When the U.S. Rolled More Cigars Than Cuba (Feat. Big Sky)
Did you know that cigars, a lot of cigars, were once made in the U.S.? Learn your U.S. history of cigars in America’s West in this Box Press episode with Big Sky Cigar Company and Boveda’s Rob Gagner at 2021 Tobacco Plus Expo in Las Vegas.
Jess Coleman and Brandon Marsh rejuvenated the Montana boutique cigar scene building on the state’s rich cigar heritage. Did you know that in the early 1900s, Montana was home to over 107 cigar factories? Today’s Big Sky Cigars are designed locally and created with the highest quality Nicaraguan tobaccos.
This cigar podcast digs into:
2:06 Big Sky Cigar’s Yellowstone River Box which was featured in Fly Fishermen Magazine’s 2021 Father's Day Gift Guide
5:50 Montana’s little-known but rich cigar history
9:48 Antiquing for cigar boxes and cigar tokens like American Pickers
13:04 How to learn more about cigars in Little Haven
15:59 Reworking a tobacco blend based on customer input—the Bighorn 2.0
30:23 Why a dark wrapper doesn’t mean it’s a strong cigar
30:48 How to cut a torpedo cigar
35:08 Legacy cigars versus boutique cigars
Big Sky protects the cigars it ships to smokers with Boveda to preserve the sugars and oils of the tobacco. You can protect your cigars just like cigars makers, too. Preserve your passion with Boveda, makers of 2-way humidity control for cigars, easy seasoning for wood humidors, humidor bags and one-step hygrometer calibration kits.
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