ACHP 588 Women's Farts Smell worse Then Men's
Episode Summary
Episode 588 of A Cigar Hustler's Podcast has Mike "BDP" Palmer joined by co-host Triple G and engineer Phil McGuffey for a loose mid-week show that mixes odd news with a solid block of cigar industry releases. The opening stretch covers listener comments (including a good question about why cigar companies issue press releases for every tariff-driven price increase, which the crew answers by pointing out how uniquely involved and informed cigar consumers are compared to buyers of Coca-Cola or Nike), Phil's custom mask from David Hasselhoffman, and talk of casting Phil's face so future masks actually fit.
The news segment runs through a Mexican family court in Tabasco issuing what's believed to be the country's first pet support ruling after a divorce — an ex-husband ordered to pay roughly 650 pesos a month plus half the vet bills for a Siberian Husky, because animals are recognized as sentient beings there. From there the guys dig into research published in the journal Gut on why women's gas tends to smell worse (higher hydrogen sulfide concentrations, while men produce more odorless nitrogen, CO2, methane and hydrogen), and then Poland's new law limiting criminal liability for soldiers, police and border guards who use firearms defending the Belarus border.
Cigar news is the meat of the episode. Hooten Young's Operation Midnight Hammer limited edition — the AI-artwork cigar the show nicknamed "the Squid" for its shaggy foot — returns in October 2026 as the same 6x60 torpedo with a Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler, rolled at Tabacalera CM in Nicaragua, with a September retailer pre-sale per John Carney. Ferio Tego, co-owned by Michael Herklots and Brendan Scott, announces the Milestone, a 6x50 toro with Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed wrapper, Honduran binder and Dominican/Honduran/Nicaraguan filler made at Diadema Cigars de Honduras, honoring Miles Davis's 100th birthday at $18.50 in boxes of 10, limited to 1,600 boxes, each containing one of four reproduced Miles Davis sketches plus a link to a Herklots-curated playlist. Luciano Morales and Crowned Heads-adjacent partner Constella Group also begin shipping Luciano The Maker, a Habano Corojo 99-wrapped medium-to-full blend in Toro (6x52) and Sublime (6.5x54), the latest in the line that includes The Traveler, The Dreamer and The Persuader.
The show closes with "What's the Score?", using Charlie Minato's Half Wheel redux review of the RoMa Craft Tobac CroMag PA Timeline — a Pennsylvania broadleaf-wrapped 6.25x50 from Fábrica de Tabacos NicaSueño. Clues describe deep wood and earth, semi-sweet chocolate, starch, spice, leather and pepper, two touch-ups, and a thinning final third. Both the original and redux scored 89, with Minato advising smokers not to age broadleaf-wrapped CroMag PAs long term.
In This Episode
- 01Listener Comments & CHPod SwagThe crew reads YouTube and CH Pod Lounge comments, plugs the "You Went The Wrong Way" shirt, and debates Phil's custom mask from David Hasselhoffman.
- 02Why Cigar Brands Announce Tariff Price IncreasesA listener asks why cigar companies publicize every price hike when Coca-Cola and Nike don't, and the hosts argue the cigar consumer is far more involved in blends and brand owners.
- 03Mexico's First Pet Support RulingA Tabasco family court orders an ex-husband to pay monthly support and half the vet bills for a Siberian Husky after divorce, since Mexico treats animals as sentient beings.
- 04The Science of Why Women's Gas Smells WorseA study in the journal Gut found women produce higher concentrations of hydrogen sulfide while men produce more odorless nitrogen, methane and CO2.
- 05Poland's New Border Force LawLegislation limiting criminal liability for Polish soldiers, police and border guards using firearms along the Belarus border draws criticism from human rights groups.
- 06Hooten Young Midnight Hammer 2026The 6x60 San Andrés maduro torpedo with a shaggy foot — nicknamed "the Squid" — returns in October with a September retailer pre-sale.
- 07Ferio Tego Milestone Honors Miles DavisMichael Herklots releases a limited 6x50 toro at $18.50 with reproduced Miles Davis sketches and a curated playlist, made at Diadema Cigars de Honduras.
- 08Luciano The Maker ShipsLuciano Morales and Constella Group begin shipping the newest entry in the Luciano human-themes series in Toro and Sublime sizes.
- 09What's the Score: RoMa Craft CroMag PA TimelineThe guys guess the Half Wheel redux score on the Pennsylvania broadleaf CroMag PA Timeline and learn it landed at 89 both times.
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Transcript
Hello peoples, are you bright enough? I'm always bright, like a star. You know why that shit does make that mask sparkle? Ah, I hit the horn.
Two. Don't break the horn. What? Welcome to a Cigar Hustler Podcast where the cigars are premium, the opinions are unfiltered, and the conversations have no boundaries.
P. Palmer, and back by popular demand, mostly from his mother, our co-host for the day, Triple G. Heya. Wow.
So excited. Yeah. Big words from the big guy. And horny as ever, our engineer, Phil McGuffey.
Horny as ever. Oh, that is awesome. Wow. Whether it's cigars, sports, business, current events, pop culture, or the craziest stories making headlines, if it's worth talking about, we're gonna talk about it.
No scripts, no safe spaces, just honest conversation, big laughs, and the kind of show that can go from premium cigars to absolute chaos in a matter of seconds. Every episode, every episode is real, every episode are real conversations, in every episode are real, I don't know what that is, different perspectives, and I gotta stop rewriting this daily, different perspectives and plenty of unexpected turns along the way, so settle in and welcome back to A Cigar Hustlers Podcast, Thank you very much. On today's show, you can get a divorce from your pet in Mexico. Uh-oh.
Yep. Yes, women do smell bad. In Poland, soldiers can shoot protesters now legally. Oh, I like that law.
That's a good law. And then in cigars, our old friend Luciano is back at it. Oh. Oh, boy.
Putin Young is bringing back the squid cigar. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. " That I'll win. I'm sorry.
But first, Phil, pay attention. I'm listening. How do we get some of that CHPod swag? Oh!
And Greg has the comments today. Oh, I can't read. You know that. Well, it'll be fun.
I read in like an eighth grade level. I couldn't figure out how to send them to you either, so we're both out. You want to see me just stumble with tough words like pizza? I mean, god damn it.
I like pizza. Pizza? Pizza? Pizza, ha, ta, he, the.
Wait, pizza has Z's, not S's? All right, Phil, tell us about that CHPod swag while I look up the comments. com. Right now, when you buy two shirts, you'll get 40% off the second one.
And if you spend over $100, you'll score the free shipping. Be sure to check out the brand new "You Went The Wrong Way" BDP shirt. It's available now and already getting a lot of attention. com, A Cigar Hustlers Podcast.
That's where we dive into the inside baseball of the cigar industry, talk about what's really going on behind the scenes, and cover the stories we can always fit into the regular show. Now, Triple G, let's see you stumble through the comments. Did you actually send them to me? No, I couldn't forget to send them to you.
Thank God. I had to screenshot them. They'd been really small. It wouldn't work.
All right. Beautiful. I don't have access to the CH Pod Lounge comments. Oh, the war board.
Yeah, but I understand there was a technical glitch today, and yesterday's show was not posted yet, so we're covered there. So, on the YouTube comments, from SmokinBangers, who wants to be in my top five friends on MySpace? Oh, I do. Yeah, and I thought it was eight.
Is it five, eight? I don't know. Yeah, I want you to. " with a question mark?
I don't know. So who posted that? That would have been your brother. The comments weren't working this morning.
They had been turned off. Oh, so that was like a test. Yeah, that was a test. Got it.
I didn't hit it at first. " So now we're reading the tests. CW6383, excellent mask, the best one to date. Let the new auction begin.
Let's begin. We're starting at $100. Let's go, baby. You had a comment about your mask you wanted to discuss?
Oh, yeah. You know, look, I love the mask. One more thing. We should fix the cheeky thing.
Look at the cheekies. I'm a big guy. All right. It's squeezing my cheeks.
No homo. We need to take a digital rendering of his face to appropriately design it or make some sort of a cast. I actually know how to do that if you want. We can make a cast in your face.
Oh, let's make a cast in his face. We can send it off to him. I actually legit know how to do that. We could do that.
We could do that. Oh, we could do that? And then we can auction off the cast. There you go.
Oh, well, I mean, Hasselhoffman will have to have it. Okay. But, I mean, we're not going to make him pay for the thing. Oh, no, no, no.
I mean, like, he could have it, and then he does. Right, he could continue to make them, and they'd be custom to your face. Yeah. He would have to keep it so every month he can, you know, make sure it fits.
Yeah. And when people actually receive the mask that they buy, it actually is legitimate, like, contoured to your face. That is, by the way, the prettiest princess mask I've ever seen. That's very nice.
Pull up your camera shot. Well, Greg, it is for sale. Look how it sparkles on the camera. Look over the monitor.
Oh, wow. Yeah, it is for sale, Greg. That is nice. You know, in your museum, on your walls, Greg, this could be in your museum.
Yeah, no, we're going to be moving, so we're downsizing, we're selling. Oh, you're moving? Yeah, yeah. Downsizing?
Yeah. Oh. Like to a tent? I know you guys like the camp.
Yeah, he's very outdoorsy. My wife does like the camp. To an RV. He's going to be one of those van lifers.
Right. Don't do it. All right, iHeart Boots. Welcome back, Mr.
McGuffey. You were missed. Oh, there's another iHeart Boots. Thank you.
Mike, there's no post created for this episode in the lounge yet. We've already discussed that. Oh, obviously, we know who iHeart Boots is. Wow.
How does that tell who it is? In the lounge? In the lounge is the chat room thing for CH Pod. Oh, they were talking about upstairs.
Oh, this is the type of things that you guys were telling me about. That's very funny. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes, he doesn't understand. Right. All right.
Ruckus Unchained. Sharon. Working now. The mask is perfect for Phil.
Possibly his best one yet. Love it. I guess he means that the comments are working. Oh, it's your mom, Greg.
She's nice. Very nice mask. Florida Man, 1888. Finally, I can post a comment.
I thought Mikey was doing it on purpose to force us to comment on the lounge. Congrats to Phil on the My Little Pony mask. Everybody likes a new mask. Yeah, thank you.
All right, and then Smokin' Bangers again. Why does the cigar industry feel the need to issue a press release every time tariffs are added? Our cigar prices increase. Companies like Coca-Cola, BMW, Nike, and countless others raise prices all the time without mankind.
Without mankind. A public announcement, I think they'd both be making. Making a public announcement about it, we understand that costs go up, just raise the price and move on, as consumers will decide whether the product is still worth buying it or higher cost means will pass. That's an interesting perspective.
What do you think about that, Phil? Well, I mean, I feel like they post it because, I mean, I don't know, the cigar industry is different, man. Like, I feel like they want to let their consumers know, like, hey, this is coming, before you know the prices raise um because i mean cigars are is an expensive thing you know it's not a it's not a need it's a luxury or correct you know um so maybe it's better that way you know but i i also agree like coca-cola is not a need it's a luxury as well yeah i i think the major difference here is that oh just palmer i have a comment go ahead sky industry seems different like you said than any other industry it's more inclusive to its consumers i mean i've been in I've known other industries before, like locks and stuff, I mean, I don't know anybody that ran a lock company, but I mean, how many brand owners can I name, just off the top of my head here, or there's phone numbers I happen to have, so I think they just let, everybody likes to feel more included here. I think that it's not only just the inclusive, but they're involved, right?
Well, I would use inclusive and involved. Yeah, the consumer, you use Coca-Cola as a reference, right? Sure. So everybody in this room has drank a Coca-Cola.
I had one this morning. But you could never, ever verbalize the blend of Coca-Cola, right? I couldn't even tell you what it comes. It's a secret.
You don't even know what's in it. What makes it brown? We don't know, right? But when it comes to the cigar industry, you know, people are deeply involved in this.
And that's why they want that information, for sure. Yeah. All right. We hope that answers your question.
Only here at Cigar Houses Podcast. Only here at Cigar Houses Podcast. Let's see if we have any more. We did I Heart Boots already.
We got the working, da-da-da-da-da-da, working now. Oh, here, we haven't done this one. Cheers to the comments, shout out. I'll be sure to keep up.
Oh, this is from Jared Harper. Cheers for the comments, shout out. I'll be sure to keep up with my weekday fix from now on. Lesson well learned.
Keep up the enjoyable content. The vibe feels very much like a conversation or bickering with friends. Michael Z Cigars. cigars i hate to say this but i'm not missing boots oh wow triple g is doing an amazing job i'm loving this setup wow that's very kind of him not see my friend boots yeah you know i like his i always like his posts on facebook all right well no you know what i always like his posts on facebook i'm not doing that i'm not smashing the thumbs up i'm not smashing the button anymore for that guy.
Show him. Let him know. I don't like Michael Z cigars. How do you like that?
All right, that's it with the comments. What does he say at the end? I have no idea. Thank you for your adjumentainment.
If you'd like to see your comments. If you'd like to see your comment, comment on the YouTube show or over at the legend or the CH pod, the lounge. Hopefully that'll get fixed today also. Oh, we're calling it the lounge.
" Yeah, that's what he was talking about five minutes ago. That's the chat room area. Oh, okay. More like a comment.
Not the lounge upstairs. The lounge is the chat. Oh. Eventually, it will be a live chat type thing.
I like the war board. The war board? Yeah. Yeah, nobody else does.
All right, now I'm with the news. I wish the camera was on his face when he gave that hmm, because the look of disappointment was massive. All right, a family court in Belenomos, Tabasco, Mexico, has issued what is believed to be the country's first pet support order following a divorce. And where they make all the Tabasco sauce.
Yes, obviously. After 14 years of marriage, Dona Blanacuita, and her husband divorced, their Siberian Husky, Lucas, became the center of legal dispute after his husband said he did not want to keep The dog are remain responsible for him. Siberian Husky, long way away from home, huh? Down in Mexico.
Uh, Dona took the case to court. Attorney, what is his name? Miguel. Andrea Hernandez, I can't pronounce her first name, represented her at no cost.
Ooh. Whoa. Pro bono. Yeah.
Arguing that because animals are recognized in Mexico as sentient beings, they should receive legal protection when family relationships end. Wait, she was representing the dog? She's representing the dog. Oh, my God.
In Mexico, they're recognized as beings that can feel and make decisions and stuff, I guess? Oh, my God. They're not considered property? I mean, they do make their own decisions, but...
Yeah, lick the paw, lick the butt, I mean... " Right. You ever been by a short bus? A short bus?
Yeah. Wait, this just seems like it's going bad. I don't, I don't think I want that. All right, let's just move on.
Oh my God. Yeah, I don't like where that was going, so we'll just cut that off. Good call, Palmer. Good call.
After a legal process, it lasted 10 months. Oh, this is just misappropriation of funds at this point. There's no funds. There's no funds.
The court system. The court system. I paid the court fees. A family court judge ruled that in Dona's favor, The court ordered the ex-husband to pay approximately 650 Mexican Pesos per month.
Quickly, somebody look that up in the freedom. Yeah, it's $5. Oh, here it is. About $35 US dollars towards Lucas's care.
He also ordered to pay half of the dog's veterinary expenses. According to the reports, the monthly payment covers only about half of the dog's actual care costs, but the ruling is considered a legal milestone. Hmm. So now this guy's stuck paying dog support.
$35 a month. Yeah. Not right. Would you pay dog support, Greg?
No. What if she takes you to Cory? She takes half your food. I mean, here in the United States, they're property, right?
So basically, like, you can be awarded it in a divorce, but you can't be responsible for it after the fact. If she tries to talk you into moving to Mexico, don't go. Yeah, no Mexico. It's a long scam just to get the child support for the dog.
Yeah. Legal experts say the decision could set a precedent for a few Future divorce cases in Mexico involving pets adopted during a marriage. Potentially, you think when they say adopted, they actually mean like the adoption like a child? I mean, the paperwork is similar?
I mean, we adopt pets here, but it's really just going to give them 20 bucks and you leave with a dog. I think like to adjust to, to adopt, right? Involving pets adopted during a marriage. Say it again?
Involving pets adopted during a marriage. Oh, maybe. Yeah, adopted. I mean, if they're sentient beings, you've got to have adoption.
Does a dog get to decide it? Don't you adopt a dog here in the United States, though? Well, yeah, but you're going to give them 20 bucks and say you won't ever leave it alone, and then they hand it to you. Yeah, that's more like buying the dog.
Is that one of the questions? Yeah. I mean, they word it so it sounds all nice and foo-foo-y, but basically it's like you won't give this thing back. You will not leave them in the car with the windows up, right?
Right, that's a thing. Potentially allowing courts to require financial support for ongoing care. This just seems ridiculous. But we had a story a couple weeks ago, Mike, you wouldn't let me do because two goldfish were in a sushi restaurant in a tank, and the tank was getting heated up in the afternoon by the sun, and this one guy had a fit that it wasn't fair to the fish.
So they went to court and they made him move the fish out of the window. That guy's got a lot of money. The fish tank was in the window. " Who's the one guy, like a customer?
Yeah. You have the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason. Apparently not in Mexico. That guy is never allowed back in that restaurant.
Well, they moved the fish. No, but you had to move the fish. They moved the fish. Insanity.
Because, you know, fish have feelings like the dog, apparently. No, they have like a memory span of like five seconds. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't you remember the SeaWorld thing?
You talk bad about these fish. I'm talking about goldfish. You're gonna get sued. So like, this is the way that it would work.
Oh my God, I'm really hot. Where am I? Oh my God, I'm really hot. Where am I?
I'm gonna swim way over there. Let me go over here. You know what? Still hot, but I forgot about it.
It's not fair. It's confusing them, Greg. See? It's confusing the fish.
They gotta move them out of the heat. And they gave them a nicer tank, I believe. Yeah. No sushi.
No sushi. Research is... Okay, then we're on to a new story. Researchers have actually studied this question, and the answer may surprise you.
While men generally produce a greater volume of intestinal gas because they tend to eat more food on average, several scientific studies have found that women's farts often have a stronger odor. - They do. - What's the scale? Like, how are you measuring odor?
- Their farts versus our farts? - They have machines that measure smell. - Really? - Yeah, there's people whose job it is just to smell.
There's like, there's an old lady that just smells armpits and see if deodorant works. Yeah. Okay. So somebody's putting their nose in female...
Well, I guess, well, let's see if it explains, let's, let's read it. Oh, let's, let's. The reason comes down to chemistry. The smell of gas is largely caused by sulfur-containing compounds, especially hydrogen sulfide.
It's the same chemical that gives rotten eggs their distinctive smell. And one widely cited study published in the journal GUT, in the journal GUT, that's, um, I was waiting on more of a word, more of a name, uh, researchers collected gas samples from healthy men and women and found that while both sexes produce similar amounts of gas overall, so we produce the same quantity, Right, but they're saying the female fart smells more, but isn't that, like, subjective? Like, women had significantly higher concentrations of hydrogen sulfide. So they're measuring the hydrogen sulfite in the fire.
They're measuring the sulfite, of course. Right. Men, on the other hand, tend to produce more odorless gas, such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide, methane, and hydrogen. I like to think that this was like government dollars spent to figure this out.
Oh, you know, it had to be. This was a cool half a milli, maybe a milli for them to figure this out. Oh, it's probably an even milli. The snuff parts.
Oh, beautiful. How do you collect them? In a jar. Lay down.
scientists aren't completely certain why we lay down they put a tube in your butt and wait on you to fart yeah just fart it well it'll be fine turn it quick pull the tube scientists aren't completely certain why women produce more sulfur-containing gases one theory is that the difference in gut bacteria play a role another possibility is that hormones may influence how food is broken down in the digestive tract diet also so there's several reasons oh yeah they don't know another half a Millie, we've got to figure this out. Moons rich in sulfur, such as eggs, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, garlic, and red meat can make anyone's gas smell much stronger. That's basically your diet. Yeah, pretty much.
Broccoli, red meat, onions. Doctors point out that passing gas is completely normal. It's fine. Everybody does it.
Most healthy adults pass gas anywhere from 10 to 20 times a day. Really? Women lie about that. Yeah, they say they don't.
I've also met some that say they don't poop, but we all know that don't. Yeah, it's too funny. 10 to 20 times. Okay, has anybody farted yet today?
Oh, I'm sure I have. A million times. A million times. We can count them for the day.
When I get up in the morning time, that's definitely the symphony. Well, you've been laying there all night. Your stomach's been gargling. So you get up with a little pressure.
There you go. A little symphony. A little Star Wars symphony. What is it?
Star Wars symphony. I almost let that go. What does that mean? Sorry.
Suddenly the thumbnail for this show just writes itself. TIE fighters and X-Wing fighters flying out of Phil's butt. New movie, Ballad of My Asshole. While the smell can vary from person to person, persistent foul smelling gas accompanied by pain, weight loss, or digestive changes.
Pain causes gas? Hell yeah. Could signal an underlying condition and should be evaluated by a healthcare provider. Oh no, if you have pain while farting, you should go to the doctor.
So while men may produce more gas overall, the available research suggests that women, on average, may produce gas with a stronger odor because of higher concentrations of sulfur. All right, we've already read all this. Where'd you find that story? It was on Facebook.
Oh. So you get toward the middle of the week, the news slows down a little bit. this story was sent to me by uh by shoeless joe ben roland shoeless joe he likes to not wear shoes like shirtless mike and his yeah but the two of them get together they both kicked out of ihop but uh his feet are tattooed oh okay like a shoe or no no it's uh some uh sailor thing you wouldn't understand you you know he was in the navy oh because he's a merchant marine okay all right All right, Poland has approved legislation that expands legal protection for soldiers, police officers, and border guard personnel who use firearms while defending the country's borders. Say that again.
Your home country now has passed a law that border patrols, soldiers, policemen, anybody who's protecting the border can shoot people. Can shoot protestors. Well, okay, if you want to get specific. Well, that's, that is, he has to be specific.
Protesting seems like a frame of reference, you know. He gave me the finger, he had a sign, you know, all sorts of things. He looked like he was upset at the government. Right, he's upset.
If you don't say the word "protestor", Palmer, kind of repeat some history that's not good for us. The Polish people? Yeah. Well, they had problems with the Nazis, is that the problem?
Yeah, they just shot people. Maybe they should have shot them as they came in. Yeah, but the difference here is the Poles are now shooting people. That's what I'm saying, like roles are reversed.
you know yeah yeah okay you see what i'm saying uh yeah no not really not really but okay okay the law was introduced after a sharp increase in violent incidents along poland's border with belarus including attacks on officers and the fatal stabbing of a polish soldier in 2024 very sorry for your loss wait they got taxed attack oh they were attacked it's not like you They sent a tax. Including taxes on officers for fatal stabbing. It was a fatal, they taxed a stabbing? Yeah, I'm like, wait, what do they do over there?
Well, you know, they're Polish, they don't understand. Aww. That's not nice. That's not nice.
Despite claims circulating on social media, the law does not authorize border guards to automatically shoot anyone. Oh, just if they happen to shoot them, they're protected. Oh, I like that. Yeah.
Can't automatically shoot people. You're not authorized, but if accidentally you should blow his head off, don't worry about it. Don't worry about it. Instead, it limits criminal liability for officers who use force in specific circumstances, such as responding to an immediate threat to life, which again is subjective, repelling a violent attempt to breach the border, again subjective.
Well, breaching the border is not subjective. Either you are attempting to cross. It's a violent attempt. Oh, violent.
Violent attempt. Are you hitting it with a hammer? I don't know. Yelling something in German.
Yeah. They're always violent when they're talking. I don't like that. You know, you know, only in America is a subjective bomber and these other countries.
Like there is no opinion. Yeah, there's no black and white. You know, you're coming over the wall. That was violent.
The use of force must still meet legal conditions outlined in the legislation. Legislation receive overwhelming support in Poland's parliament. Will government officials argue it provides a legal certainty for officers operating in dangerous conditions along the Belarus border where Poland says migrants have to be involved. They have, at times, been encouraged by Belarus and Russia as part of the broader effort to destabilize the European Union.
You guys are having problems, huh? I feel like they're fixing the problem. Yeah, but I mean, there had to be a problem to get fixed. Apparently, they don't like Belarus at all.
Poland isn't real big on immigration, bud. They don't like foreigners coming into their lands. Well, there was... There's just cause for this.
Yeah, there is a piece of history that happened. Well, there were multiple pieces of history with this, actually. They have a reason to be disgruntled at this point. No, no, no, no, you're not doing this again.
No, no, no, no. We fell for this last time. That little man with the mustache, he's acting all nice to us. He said he liked it, next thing you know, we're throwing rocks, throwing rocks.
Human rights organizations and the Council of Europe have criticized the measure nobody else likes that you guys are shooting people. sometimes you got to shoot a person right whoa like in russia like if somebody steals some and they run away they're shooting them is that a thing yeah that's a thing what's the difference and the basically what they're saying in poland is if you did something wrong and i accidentally shoot you accidentally i'm not in trouble i'm not in trouble a lot of accidental shootings this is just at the border yeah right this isn't like you know random guy steals a loaf of bread No, no, no, I know, but I'm saying, like, if they breached the border, right, they did something wrong. Right. And I'm sure the first option is not, I'm going to shoot you.
Apparently, that's legal now. But if they do shoot you, you're not in trouble. Ah, so it's not encouraged, but it is accepted. Correct.
Gotcha. Yeah. Right. That's how Tom Cruise would put it in A Few Good Men.
Your sign is slid down. You can't read it. On your microphone? Maybe we zip tie it or something.
There you go. You can't read it. What does that say? Phil McGuffey, a household name.
'Cause he wants to be a household name. Because he wants to be a household name. David Hasselhoffman made that. He's a great guy.
As long as he gets your cheeks right now. Yeah, no homo. What? No, hold on, what?
Said no homo. Oh, no homo. Oh, no homo. Oh.
Yeah. Argueing that it could make the use of deadly force more difficult to investigate and could weaken protections for migrants. Yeah, they just want to strengthen their borders. That's what this is about.
If people coming across the border illegally, they're going to shoot you. So don't do that. Yeah. Don't do that.
Yeah. The law reflects Poland's tougher approach to border security, but does not create a blanket policy allowing officers to open fire solely because somebody's crossing the border illegally. Well, you know. All right, Greg, do you have a video?
No, we don't do videos anymore. I have these graphics, I saved it on the computer from the video. I have one from his, let's call a shop and hear bad stories, these things that just didn't take off. Well, it's not that it didn't take off.
It's because every time you would ask him, he didn't have one, and he didn't like that fact. Oh, well, I mean, yeah, it wasn't fun enough for him to produce it all the time. He has 75 chats with Claude every day. He goes up there, he's talking.
You think he's talking to you. You sort of respond. He goes, I'm not talking to you. Talking to Claude Day.
Nobody else here. All right, moving on to Cigar News. Wow, that was quick. Yeah, well, we transitioned.
I mean, the Poles can shoot people. Women's farts smell. And if you have a dog, don't take them to Mexico, because you got to pay child support. Good summary.
Just to catch everybody up on the first step of the show. You know, there's people that they probably wouldn't have to pay to snuff those farts. You're probably right. Yeah.
Anyways, let's move on. Hooten Young Midnight Hammer return in October. S. military operation involving a B-2 stealth bomber is returning this fall.
This is the one with the AI image with all the little tentacles at the bottom of the cigar, so that's why he called it the Squid. When they first put this cigar out, he made an AI image, and it has what looks like shag carpet at the bottom of it, but some of them have moved, and it looks like little squid legs. We call it the Squid here on the show. The Midnight Hammer 2026 will be the same cigar as last year's release, a 6x60 Torpedo.
Made with a Mexican San Andreas Maduro wrapper covering a binder and filler blend of Nicaraguan tobacco. It has an unfinished shaggy foot. Shaggy. And the cigars are being rolled at the Tablicalera CM factory in Nicaragua.
Oh. Pricing production numbers have not yet been announced. I guess it doesn't have to be the same price as last year. While the cigars are staying the same, at least one thing is changing.
The original release of the Midnight Hammer was sold exclusively in four count bags. According to John Carney, there will be a pre-sale of the Midnight Hammer 2026 on the Hooten Young website for retailers sometime in September, and the cigars are scheduled to ship in stores in October. So it's changed into a four count bag? Well, it sounds like it was a four count bag before, and now it seems like maybe it's going to be singles and boxes, it didn't really say.
Okay. But if it's for retailers, I imagine you have to buy it by the box, you don't have to buy it by the four count bag. Yeah. Or as singles.
Limited edition line is named after Operation Midnight Hammer. We already talked about that. Blahdy, blahdy, blah. You keep messing around.
Oh, there might be another hammer. What? Oh, us. Gotcha.
Yeah. All right, Fiero Teigo Milestone pays tribute, Milestones, Milestones pays tribute to a hundred years of Miles Davis. Oh, Miles Davis. Miles Davis will play on words there.
During his time at Berklee College of Music, Michael Herklots played in the Miles Davis Ensemble. Now the Berklee alum who graduated in 2002 with a degree in drum set performance, is getting to combine his time at college with his professional life today. Fierro Tego, the cigar company Herklots, co-owns with Brendan Scott, is releasing a cigar that celebrates the 100th birthday the late Miles Davis called the Fierro Tego Milestone. Cigar is a 6x50 Toro that uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut seed ramper over a Honduran binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Can you read that number again? 6x50 Toro? Is 6x50 a Toro? It can be if you wanted to.
Oh, okay. I'm sorry. Usually I thought the ring gauge is like a 52. 52?
Well, there's a standard Toro 652, but nowadays you can do whatever you want and call it. They call it whatever they want. Yeah. Okay.
You could call it a giant Robusto. 7x48 Robusto. Right. A 7x70 Petite.
Corona Gordo. Corona Gordo. Petite Corona Gordo. It's made it.
Diadema Cigars de Honduras SA, the Davidoff-owned factory in Honduras, best known for making, come on, Miquel Camacho. Each cigar is an MSRP of? How much is this cigar, Gregory? $16.
The standard answer. Hmm. Ferio Tego. Let's go $18.
50. Dang! It's sold in boxes of 10. Production is limited to 1,600 boxes.
Now, here's the good part. Inside each box is one of four 5x7 reproductions of a sketch by Miles Davis. Oh, that's cool. Fair Otego is selling the boxes to retailers in four box sets that include one of each of the sketches.
So you've got to buy four at a time. Each box is one of the original sketches. It's like a lottery ticket. Well, you get one of each.
Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you said there was one sketch in one of the four boxes. Oh, one sketch in four boxes. That would make more sense.
Then they buy more boxes. Here's your odds. One out of four. The outside of the boxes are labeled sketch one, sketch two, et cetera, et cetera, sketch three, sketch four.
So you know which one it is. In addition, the boxes include a link to a playlist created by Herklots. Oh! Oh, he's very creative.
Yes. Reservoir Media in the Miles Davis Estate. Well, that's kind of neat. I mean, I thought the little drawings were cool, but now you get a Michael Herklots playlist.
Yeah, I've seen him talking a lot lately on the shorts about, you know, how the cigar is an experience and, like, music or food. Right. So this kind of all just makes sense. All ties in together?
I've heard him give that little speech before. Is that in every box? What, the link? The playlist, yeah.
Well, yeah, there's a link to the playlist. Man, he should have done it like a Willy Wonka. Dude, this kid loves the golden ticket idea. He does love it.
He really does. I can't believe nobody has done this yet in the cigar industry. I'm sure. Well, they have.
Espinosa did it with a... With the coin. Yeah, well, with the coin, those little weighted bomb coins. Yeah.
Yeah, the green one was the one that you had, and if you won the green one, you went into a drawing for... I don't know, a trip to the factory or something, I forget what it was. Did they ever, did anybody ever, I don't know. I don't think anybody found the coin.
Interesting. See, I think the Willy Wonka thing is definitely a thing. Maybe Pustani should do that. You get a trip to Greg's house.
Before he sells it. Before he sells it. Yeah. You get to go have dinner with Triple G and his wife at his house.
Yes. And the chickens. Well, you can eat the chickens, eat one of the chickens. You don't eat the chicken.
No, you can't eat the chicken. Well, maybe you can do a breakfast, and you can make omelets. The chickens are a part of the divorce. The family, yes.
The experience. So when you downsize, are you downsizing the chickens? Probably not. Ooh.
So you're going to have to make sure the new home is in a chicken-friendly area. Not really, because we're not in a chicken-friendly area. We live in an HOA. It's wild.
Well, maybe your HOA allows chickens. They don't. Then how do you get away with the chickens? We just keep them quiet.
How do you keep chickens going? We beat them regularly. You can't beat them? Allegedly.
Allegedly. No animal cruelty people. We beat them. And we're not going to Mexico so he can get sued for the mistreatment of the chickens.
They have feelings too. What did you call them? Symbiote animals? Sentient.
Sentient animals. The chickens. So you have a lot of stuff. Well, that's what we're doing.
We're getting rid of a lot of stuff. That's what I mean by downsizing. We're anticipating a move sometime mid next year, so for that we're getting rid of a lot of things. We got rid of tons of stuff when we downsized two years ago.
It's a lot easier to move $100 bills than it is a couch. Yeah, right, right. She's still going through stuff. She did it this past weekend and got a whole other load to go to goodwill of stuff she just hasn't touched in two years.
Our big problem is going to be moving all the plants because she's not downsizing any of that. That's what I was saying. That by itself is a two-day ordeal to move. Yeah, because you got one of those big, the chained up one.
You're talking about the... Groot. What's the Groot? Do I have a chained up Groot?
I don't sound like it's where it was going. " Oh, Groot? God, I can't think of the name of it. Yeah.
Come on, you're close. I can't think of it. I just, I hung up one for Tara. Yeah.
You just did. Yeah, yeah. Can't think of it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You can't think of it either, can you? I can't, but I don't have one of them, there's actually three. When Tara tells a story about the plant that fell down, we'll know which one it was. No, it'll be good.
Staghorn fern. Staghorn, yeah. Oh, staghorn fern. Yes.
It's like a prehistoric point. It's a big ball of vegetation. Yes. It's pretty cool, actually.
All right. Thanks for the plant info, gentlemen. Now we're on to Luciano the Maker is heading to stores. The Maker now is what his name is?
No, no, this is a cigar. Oh. This is a cigar he's made before. I thought he was the Dreamer.
Luciano the Maker, he's done the Dreamer too, yes, if we can read on please, we have this information. Luciano the Maker, the newest line from Luciano Morales and Constella Group has begun shipping to retailers. I like how now he lists the other group too. It used to just be Luciano Morales and the Constella Group.
Well, they bought, they bought, uh, well, they gave him money, in any field, there is a clear separation between those who think about doing something and those who actually do it, he said in a press release. That distinction is often overlooked, but it defines outcomes. The maker was developed with that idea in mind. The blend uses a Habano Corojo 99 wrapper and from an undisclosed country, because he's not saying who we got it from.
Ecuadorian Sumatra seed and Mexican Santa Dress binders and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua, Morales calls it a medium to full-bodied cigar. Cigars are made at Luciano Tabaco SA in Nicaragua, you know, his factory. Wasn't he, he was opening one in the Dominican Republic too, I wonder what happened to that one. He wasn't able to acquire it, or take it, or whatever he wanted.
And they're offered in two sizes: the Luciano, the Maker, Toro, and a 6x52, which is the size that Phil likes Toros to be. Yes. 5x54. Hmm, big cigar.
Big cigar. He calls it a Petite Corona. It's a Petite Corona Grande. Right.
Petite my cigar, not yours. This is the latest installment in a series of cigars from Marie Alice, created to explore human themes, which date back to July 2019, and Luciano, The Traveler, that was followed by Luciano, The Dreamer, and the lesser known cigar, Luciano, The Persuader, and then Luciano, This Is My Factory, several cigars a year, come on. Lesser known cigar, Luciano, unknown. The company says that it's Maria Lucia Line, continue to explore different perspectives within the same broader framework, he's making several of those, too.
Cigars were previewed at the 2026 PCA convention at Trade Show in April. This is the second time the company has used the maker name. In 2023, Morales and Rick Rodriguez of West Tampa Tobacco Company. I didn't know he did a collab with Ricky.
Created a limited edition store exclusive cigar for Fat Ash Cigar Lounge in Ashland, Kentucky. And it's my old Kentucky Hearth event. The new line is complete separate from the collaboration. He's not working with Ricky anymore.
This is all him. This is all him. Completely separado. Now the time for the industry's favorite game.
What's the score? Can we do that again? I feel like Greg wasn't right. Oh my God.
It's so hard for me to get excited. Gotta be louder. Now the time for the industry's favorite game. What's the score?
Very good, Greg. Thank you very much. Greg, don't get near my number. Where's your clues from a Half Wheel Cigar review and try to predict the score?
Oh, by the way, you have the remote on your table? Is that on your table? I know. Okay.
It's supposed to be on my table. Nope, it's mine. How is it yours? Children.
Children. You each have one. You saw the toast. I did.
You each have one. Put your phone down. I see we each have one, but there's only one remote. So what?
The winner is the winner and you push the button and everything goes... But he puts the camera on that one. Oh, that's nice. I get it.
Okay, good. Very good. Your brother will hate it. Yes.
Players hear clues from a Half Wheel Cigar review and try to predict the score before it's revealed. More details are shared. The challenge gets easier. Or does it?
The closest guess of the actual score wins the round. Can you read between the lines to predict the score? Let's play What's the Score? Hey!
Today's Cigar, August 2nd, 2026. Charlie Minato is a reviewer. This is a Redux. It's the Roma Craft Tobac Cro-Mag PA Timeline.
Ooh! A little hometown fun. All right. Gregory?
Oh, 88. 91. The cigar reviewed is the PA Timeline, Cro-Mag. Country of origin is Nicaragua.
Factory, Fabrica de Tobacco, Nicasueño. Wrapper is Pennsylvania Broadleaf, Binder, Ecuador & Sumatra Seed Hybrid. Filler, Dominican Republic & Nicaragua is a six and a quarter by 50. It's round, and since it's a Redux, he only smoked one.
88. I mean, after you said all that, I mean, it sounds great. I'd probably go 95. Opens with deep wood and earth before transitioning through semi-sweet chocolate, crisp, starch, Spice, Leather & Pepper, Offering a Dynamic Smoking Experience with Plenty of Complexity.
Is this guy just pounding starch? Yeah. Is it starch like starchy food or starch like you put in your shirt collar when you iron it? How do you know what that tastes like?
I don't know. Unless it was like that time when you were a kid and you got to make like the Play-Doh, like they would take starch and water and they put it together and you have this like blob thing. If you were a foolish enough kid to eat it, right? Were you foolish?
Maybe. I don't know. I never ate it. No.
Did you see anybody eat it? I just have a distinct memory of that in elementary school. You saw the kid across. Tommy.
He was eating it, wasn't he? Tommy. He paid him five bucks to eat it. His name was Phil, and I did have five bucks at that time.
That's true. Hey, Phil, there's five bucks. Eat this. Eat this.
I want to see what happens. Okay. It's edible. Bing, bong.
Bing, bong. Wow. We're going to go up. I'm going to say 90.
I'm going to stick with my 95. I'm going to go 95. You didn't say 100 over there. We're getting close.
107. I got to hear one thing. The stars didn't turn me on. The reviewer repeatedly praises the bold, woody profile, describing it as rich, alive, and reminiscent of both fresh tobacco and well-aged cigars, making it the cigar's standout attribute.
What'd you say? Naturally. Naturally. Show us all "I love Skip Tattoo" that you have, show us that.
You'd have to stand up and pull your pants out, it's on your butt cheek. Wow. That's what I heard. We're going to be seeing him shortly, by the way.
I know we are. I didn't say he had the tattoo, he does. You're going to be face to face with this guy soon. I'm going to go up a little bit more, I'm going to say 91.
95. The cigar required two touch-ups due to an uneven burn, and the flavor profile became noticeably thinner in the final third, losing much of its earlier complexity. Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. 90.
I'm not gonna believe his words. Palmer likes to trick us. I'm sticking at 95. I don't make up the things on this one.
How many more guesses do we have on numbers? There's one more. Yeah, one more. I have the final thought.
It's a lengthy final thought. Well, of course, that makes sense. Starch. What happened to the Cro-Mag PA timeline in the humidors?
What everyone hopes for when it comes to aging cigars. Smoke a cigar, wish it was better, put it in a wooden box for a period of time, and you end up with something you like more than when the first came out. I don't ever think like that. You guys think like that?
No. I hope it tastes the same if I liked it the first time. I'm like, "Oh, look, there's one in the box. " Unfortunately, that is not how these things regularly go.
The cigar is far from the best of what Roma Craft has made, but it offered lots of contrast, which makes for a better cigar review. Whether it was the first puff and its ability to simultaneously deliver flavors that reminded me of fresh cigars and aged cigars, or the general tenure of the cigar and the mixing of strong flavors for short bursts of milder flavors, I'm not understanding any of this. Yeah, this was exactly like the last one that was written. "Personally, I've learned that stronger cigars, especially those with broadleaf wrappers, aren't for long-term aging.
If you have some of the original released Chromag PAs, my advice is to smoke them in the coming months, not the coming years. " So, if I go 95 right now... It sounds like he's not going to score it that high. What happens, Phil?
Like, what do you do? I don't know. Why do you want to pick my number? I heard you do this to Mikey the other day.
I did do this, and then I was shot down and you're not allowed to do that. Well, I mean, who's going first? You're going first, right? So, like, if I were to say 95, he can't do 95.
Correct. Even though he has said 95 the past four guesses, I can steal your number. Yes. That is actually a new move in the game.
Right. It's a totally new move in the game. You should pick it. I think I should.
Go ahead. You should show your face to the people so that they can see how you look with this. You should pick it. You should.
I should look. He's trying to put on a poker face. All right. No, I'm not going to go 95.
I'm going to say 91. Against my better judgment, because this thing should be 95 or higher. I'm going to go 90. You went the right way.
Well done. I knew it. Well done. Shoot off the fireworks.
I went to set it up for you. Shoot the fireworks. Put the camera on you. Hit the fireworks.
But what's great, this is going to be awesome. Now put... Oh. Oh God, it's hot.
It's so hot. Stop. I did get confused for a minute when they were both going on. Everybody wins.
Let's have everybody win. That's crazy, man. It's not even in the 90s. And that's a great cigar.
All right. Now for a bonus. Guess the original score. It's a redux, so they redid it.
I smell fire. Did it guess the paper? 91. He did like it more the first time.
I'm gonna go 90. Wait, what? He said that it wasn't as good the second time as it was the first time that he should smoke it sooner than later. Oh, gotcha, gotcha, okay.
You said 91? Correct. You said 90? Yeah.
You went the right way. It's 89 both times. It was the exact same score. Exact same score.
He liked it the same. You gotta move forward. Bing, bing, bing, bing, bong, bong, bong, bong, bong, bong. All right.
Anybody got anything else they want to say? no greg you got any personal appearances coming up you want to talk about i don't think so oh what day do you guys leave greg a couple weeks from now i'd have to look it up 16th sounds about right nice come back to 23rd perfect uh that friday we are gone your brother's gone too he's gonna have to do the show with two completely oh that's gonna be awesome right i love to just like pick two random people from the crowd i think that you should do it with ciggy and keanu I don't know. Absolutely not. I think that would be awesome.
Oh, I think that would be great. Yes. Neither one of them are gonna, they're all gonna get camera shy. Yes, I know.
You'll have to carry the whole show. Keanu's been on the show before. Ziggy might get a little shy. Keanu's been on the show, really?
Years ago. Oh, that'd be nice. But Ziggy might be fun. I mean, he might, you know, surprise you.
He does that. Rather than paying them with gift cards to hit their bonuses that we have for like, you know, the marketing and stuff. Right. We should reward them with, they get to be on an episode of Cigar Hustles Podcast.
I think they'd rather have the money. I think they'd rather have the cash. You think that's a reward? I'm just trying to save some money.
All right, guys, we thank you very much for joining the show. com, follow, like, subscribe, all that kind of stuff. And did I miss anything? Is that everything?
I think it's everything. All right, guys, thank you very much. We gotta go.
Show Notes
On today’s show. You Can Get a divorce from your pet! Yes women do smell bad! In Poland Soilders can shoot protesters. Then in Cigars our old friend Luciano is back at it….Hooten Young brings back the squid! Fire ego is not blowing there own horn! Then we end with a whats the score!