Pete Johnson at Silo Cigars April 24th

Yep my good friend Pete from Tatuaje cigars will be at Silo Cigars April 24th from 4-9pm. This is his only stop in Tennessee so be sure to come visit. We have a ton of new release stuff coming in for the event and Pete is bringing a killer package of swag for everyone that purchases a box of his smokes. The swag includes a Custom Hat, Patch, Pin, Cutter and 3 pack of Black Robustos (only available at the event). Depending on how busy we are some substitutions on the swag may occur. Pete will be signing all items purchased from the Tatuaje Family of products so if you have never met Pete or have talked to him before this is the only chance this year you will get to see him in TN.

I consider Pete to be one of the pioneers in the new full-bodied trend of cigars, his vision to team up with a unheard-of manufacturer (at the time) and to keep things true to the Cuban Cigars really sparked Don Pepins fame and led to his first Highly Rated cigar with national acclaim. Everyone knows Don Pepins name now but back in the day everyone knew Tatuaje (even though they couldn't pronounce it) before they knew who made the Tatuaje brand of products.

I will update this post with more details soon.
kp

J. Fuego Event Pictures and Shout Outs

I would like to give a shout out to following people for making this event happen.

Jesus Fuego

Ekert Cordon

David Purvis

B&T Distributing

Seasons Cafe

and all the customers that showed up for the event. We had around 50 people come to event plus the 25 person Scotch Tasting. Below are some pictures with names of some of the people involved.

Kevin (Me), Jesus, Ekert, David, Bill

The Set-up

Random Shot

I have a ton of other photos that I will upload later. Thanks to all for making this a killer event.

kp

New Cigars and Events

Ok guys/gals I have been working hard on getting some new cigars on the site and as I am making some progress new stuff keeps showing up. So once again I am behind on updating the website, I have been able to get Tempus and La Flor Dominicana Cigars online. We also just got in the Illusione ECCJ Cigars as well as the Culebra 2/3. Oh I shouldn't forget the Coronado by LFD because I am really digging the Corona Extra size right now. In store we just got in the new Esteban Carrera Habano Maduros and the Esteban Carrera 10 Anos both of which are excellent smokes, I hope to have those online soon.

Now for the events, we have some great stuff coming up. Jesus Fuego will be in store March 27th and we are doing a combo Scotch Tasting (limit of 25 people, sold out already) and a regular cigar tasting. Buy 3 cigars get 1 free, buy a box get 7 free and 15% off everyone that buys a box will also get a raffle ticket and will have a chance to win a Xikar Amboina Humidor. Or just stop in and chat with Jesus Fuego, since he has blended and made some of the highest recently rated cigars including the Defiance.

On tap for the next few months we have the following events ( I will post time and dates later):

Viaje
Pinar del Rio
Avo
Tatuaje
Esteban Carrera
Gurkha

I am sure we will have more events scheduled soon. enjoy

kp

More Items to be posted online

Sup everyone? I have been working hard on trying to get some new stuff online. We have expanded our in store cigar brands and I almost have them ready to go online. I have been working with a couple of different cigar companies to get a new blend ready for Sudeste Cubano Cigars. We will keep the current blend but I want to tweak things a little and see if what I am thinking will work.

Also if your on twitter, please do stop by and say hello.
twitter.com/silocigars I am on there all the time posting random thoughts and a few pics of the store and such.

New Cigar Arrivals

It has been awhile since I last posted but we do have some great events coming up and some new cigars on the way. In store currently we just added Avo cigars along with Alec Bradley Tempus, Maxx and Occidental cigars. Also in the last few days we have gotten a huge selection of La Flor Dominicana Cigars. Expected in this week is the New cigar from Tatuaje called Ambos Mundos ( I did confirm they are in transit) these cigars are getting great reviews and are priced very well. With two different wrapper variants the habano and sumatra it will be interesting to see which one tastes and sales better.

On the accessory side we just picked up some really nice single torch lighters for $12.00-$15.00 these lighters work and look great. Hope to see you soon, if not stop by and visit us on facebook, myspace and twitter they all are silocigars btw/ftw!!

kp

Schip is Signed. Cigars will be going up in Price

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama sees expansion of government health insurance to millions of lower-income children as a first step of several to come in providing coverage for all Americans.

Ending a two-year effort by Democrats, Obama signed legislation Wednesday that will allow about 7 million children to continue coverage through the State Children's Health Insurance Program and allow an additional 4 million to sign up.

Now what they don't say is how it is funded, with your cigar/tobacco buying dollars!!!

February 4, 2009- Following a long, drawn-out political fight started in 2007, President Obama signed into law the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) renewal and expansion bill. In order to avoid further delay, the House of Representatives voted to accept the Senate's amendment to the SCHIP bill.

SCHIP Signed into Law by President

Large Cigars Capped at 40.26 cents per cigar

Legislation Takes Effect April 1, 2009

The new federal excise tax rates to take affect April 1, 2009 are as follows:

cigarettes $1.0066/pack
Large cigars 52.75% (capped at 40.26 cents per cigar)
Snuff $1.51/lb.
Chew $.5033 cents/lb.
Pipe tobacco $2.8311/lb.
RYO $24.78/lb.
Little cigars $50.00/1,000

Please remember: the cigar tax cap remains in this legislation! 40.26 cents per stick!

Important: This is a federal, manufacturer's and importers excise tax on tobacco.

Also there is a floor tax on little cigars and other tobacco products such as RYO. So retailers that have inventory of these will have to pay taxes on it. This is such bs, the tax increase on these tobacco products can not even come close to funding the bill. With their own numbers they admit we would need 2.2 million more smokers the first year to completely fund this piece of crap, I mean legislation. Get ready for more taxes on everything and socialized health care. Good God I need a smoke.
kp

Super Bowl Sunday!!!

Well I am sitting at home trying to get ready for the big game, and smoking a 5lb. boston butt for pulled pork bbq.My number 2 favorite team made it in (Steelers) however my favorite team fell apart at the end of the season (Buccaneers). Thanks UT for making that happen, anyway I hope everyone has plans to spend some time with friends and watch the game. Some may ask what the Super Bowl has to do with Cigars or why I am blogging about this. Well simply put some of my favorite customers/friends will be coming to the store to share in food, drinks, cigars and a great time. Everyone knows we are only open Noon-6:00 on Sunday but when the clock strikes 6 we are locking the doors and watching the game with 15-20 of our friends. I am sure we will eat a ton of food and drink our fair share of different things but what I look forward to the most is watching a great game and smoking cigars with a great group of guys and gals.

Kick back relax watch the game or commercials and enjoy a killer smoke!!