ACHP 589 Our Beaver Was Out Before Your Beaver
Episode Summary
Episode 589 of A Cigar Hustler's Podcast brings Michael Stepankiewicz back to the co-host chair alongside host Mike "BDP" Palmer and engineer Phil McGuffey. The show opens with listener gifts and swag business: a light-up "Phil is a household name" placard from Team Money Cigars, an update on the CHPod.com Winged Hazards shirt, the ongoing auction for Phil's Eagle mask, and the debut of a new random "spin to win" giveaway picker on the back end of the site — which promptly picks a winner they can't legally ship to. Listener comments from episode 588 dig into cigar-industry contests that nobody ever claimed, including Espinosa's Psychedelic Turtle golden tickets and Warhead anniversary bomb coins, plus Plasencia's Porsche giveaway and Prevada's Charger.
The news block tackles the Buc-ee's trademark lawsuit against Beavers Mini Mart in Beavercreek, Ohio — a cartoon-beaver-and-red-branding dispute that sparked local "cash mobs" and a solidarity beaver from Hotheads Burritos — with the hosts weighing small-business sympathy against a 40-year-old federal trademark. They also cover Pennsylvania House Bill 97, which would treat pets as family members rather than property in divorce proceedings (cue an extended riff on "vacuum support"), and the preliminary NTSB report on the May medevac crash near Ruidoso, New Mexico, which found GPS interference during a scheduled military jamming exercise at White Sands Missile Range — though no official cause has been determined. That leads into a detour through moon-landing, Stargate and alien conspiracies.
Cigar news is the meat of the episode. Platinum Nova begins shipping the Royal Falcon, a full-bodied Ecuadorian Habano / Dominican Criollo / Nicaraguan filler blend from the Terranova factory, offered in Robusto and Toro — the brand's first multi-size line — prompting a good discussion of how many vitolas a new line really needs and which sizes actually sell (Robusto, Toro, and the Corona Gordo vs. Gordo debate). Diesel Uncaged arrives at retail, a medium-full Nicaraguan puro made by A.J. Fernandez in three vitolas at $6.29–$7.39, with the hosts roasting both the name and the chain-link-fence box design (free range? cage free?) and noting brand manager Joe Christen quoted instead of Justin Andrews. They also cover the Viaje Ligador Fantasma, a 5x50 Corojo/candela barber-pole Robusto made at Fábrica Oveja Negra, limited to 500 ten-count bundles, and El Mago's paired Offender (Ecuadorian Sumatra) and Defender (Cameroon) 6.5x52 Toros from the MGE factory, sold only together at $16 per cigar and $320 per 20-count box, shipping first to El Mago's top-40 "S-Tier" accounts.
The episode closes with "What's the Score?", featuring Patrick Lagreid's April 2016 Halfwheel review of The Woody by Oscar — an 80-ring-gauge, 21-inch novelty cigar from Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. with a $50 MSRP. Despite a chore of a first half, tunneling and touch-ups, the final third of peanut, white toast, pepper and warm almond notes earned it a 76.
In This Episode
- 01Listener Gifts and CHPod SwagA light-up Team Money Cigars placard for Phil, the Winged Hazards shirt, the Eagle mask auction, and a new random giveaway spinner that picks an unshippable winner.
- 02Comments: Golden Tickets Nobody ClaimedListeners note Espinosa's Psychedelic Turtle golden tickets and Warhead bomb coins went unfound, plus Plasencia's Porsche and Prevada's Charger giveaways.
- 03Buc-ee's vs. Beavers Mini MartThe hosts break down Buc-ee's trademark suit over a cartoon beaver logo in Beavercreek, Ohio, and the community backlash supporting the small mini mart.
- 04Pennsylvania HB 97: Pets as FamilyPennsylvania's bill treating pets as family rather than property in divorce sparks a debate about pet custody, pet support, and shared vacuum cleaners.
- 05NTSB Report on the New Mexico Medevac CrashPreliminary findings tie GPS interference from a White Sands jamming exercise to the May crash near Ruidoso, leading to a conspiracy-theory tangent.
- 06Platinum Nova Royal Falcon ShipsThe full-bodied Ecuadorian Habano blend debuts in Robusto and Toro, prompting a discussion of how many vitolas a line needs and which sizes sell.
- 07Diesel Uncaged Hits StoresA.J. Fernandez's medium-full Nicaraguan puro arrives in three sizes at $6.29–$7.39, with the crew mercilessly mocking the name and chain-link box art.
- 08Viaje Ligador Fantasma and El Mago Offender/DefenderA limited Corojo/candela barber pole from Fábrica Oveja Negra, plus El Mago's paired Sumatra and Cameroon Toros sold only as a set to S-Tier accounts.
- 09What's the Score?: The Woody by OscarGuessing the Halfwheel score on an 80-ring-gauge, 21-inch, $50 novelty cigar from Oscar Valladares that finally shines in its final third.
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Transcript
It's that time again peoples. Why do you have to clear your throat? Don't worry about that pop. Two.
Oh, that wasn't it? Action! Welcome to a Cigar Hustler Podcast where the cigars are premium, the opinions are unfiltered, and the conversations have no boundaries. I'm your host, Mike BDP Palmer, and in the co-host seat today, the king, Michael Stepankiewicz, is back with us.
Wow, that was no, he didn't make fun of you or anything, he must be in the doghouse. No, I'm not in the doghouse, I've already spoke to him today. And horned up and ready to play. Oh, see, mine is...
Our engineer, Mr. Phil McGuffey. Fresh from his most recent movie, The Empire Strikes Gas. Oh, I saw something about Attack of Uranus or something.
Attack of Uranus. Something about that. Wow. I'm landing in Uranus.
The children are here. Yeah, they're fine. Uranus is a planet. You don't hear them talk when you guys aren't here.
They're fine. Whether it's cigars, sports, business, current event, pop culture, or the craziest stories making headlines, like Jim Penis, if it's worth talking about, we're gonna talk about it. No scripts, no safe spaces, just honest conversations, big laughs, and the kind of show that can go from premium cigars to absolute chaos in a matter of seconds. Every episode is real conversations, different perspectives, and plenty of unexpected turns along the way.
So settle in, welcome back, and this is a Cigar. Hustlers podcast. Where am I done that? Nobody did it.
Wow. On today's show, our beaver was out there before your beaver. Oh, beaver exposed. He's not my dog.
He's my son. Okay. The NTSB says it's bad if we shoot down our own planes. I would say that's probably bad.
I would probably agree. And then in cigars, Nova sends it out. Diesel stopped making And Be So Horny, Drops Another One, Then a What's The Score, Super-Sized. Oh, yeah.
Oh. But before we get started, we have a little gift for you, Mikey, from one of the fans. Oh. So do I need to cut it before I toss it to you?
I don't want to throw a knife at you. Yeah, go ahead. All right. Throw the knife?
No, cut it. Oh. He's my knife guy. All right, you can get it from there.
This is from Mr. T-Money. Oh. As you heave it over here.
Well, you caught it. It didn't hit the ground. For Jilly. He has been tracking that for four days and giving me updates, and he told me today it was here, and then Greg told me it was here.
" I went, "No, no. " A Phil's mask. Of your very own. It's an ashtray.
Wait, don't tell us all this guess. Phil, what do you think it is? It's something with a remote with colors, and it changes colors. Because he saw that.
Oh, it's one of those placards that stand up. Yeah. Oh, it's a face of Phil. It's a face of Phil.
It says Phil is a household name, and it lights up. Yeah, you can put it in your house now. You'll never forget. Never forget that Phil is a household name.
Oh, Team Money Cigars. It says... It says glare. The king.
Pressure is a privilege. That is the same logo he has on his lighter. That's pretty badass, dude. Nice.
Very cool, man. Thank you so much. Is it battery powered, or is it the plug-in? It plugs in.
Oh, good. So we can set it right there on your little table. It'll be there every day. Another thing for you to do.
Oh, good. More stuff for you. Yeah, behind the ashtray. Make sure it's behind the ashtray so we can't see it.
Well, where else are you? You can't even see that table. You're not going to see it, yeah. Well, you've got two drinks, four lighters, and an ashtray.
And an ashtray. There's one drink. One lighter. Two lighters.
Oh, the copper thing's the other lighter. There's three lighters. Three lighters. I don't need the box.
One ashtray. You throw it back at me. Like, I don't need the box. Yeah.
Thank you very much, Team Money. That's very nice of you. That's a great gift. You're my guy.
So you can take a picture of it at home on your nightstand. Oh, okay. Perfect. I'll put it in the kids room.
All right, Mikey, how do we get some of that CH Pod swag? And do we have a shipping update? That's how you carry in a bag of many things. Yeah, well, first of all, you guys totally botched this yesterday.
He said the wrong shirt. Yeah. Yeah, I corrected him. Yeah.
Log on? I was just reading the script. Was that in the script? Yeah.
Oh, sorry. Always falls onto me. And he did the snap. Yeah.
Like and subscribe if you're viewing and listening to the show. com for all your chpod swag, Where we've recently released the Winged Hazars shirt. Now, check this out. On the back end of the site, I now have created a spin to win pick winner.
What? Yeah. So. You're giving away free stuff again?
Well, we did a giveaway. We did a giveaway. I can't disclose what we gave away. Oh.
But I'm going to announce the winner here. And we're here. Because it's completely random. On this pick winner thing.
Nice. It's pretty badass. Well, explain to us how it works. So everybody who's logged in as a contributor or a user or a purchaser?
com site, you would see that there was a contest there. Yes. And then you would understand how you could enter to win. I know that also.
So it's based on those names? Yeah. Okay. On the lounge.
- In this particular comment section. - Right. - So I'm going to spin it. You ready?
- Spin away. - And the winner is... - Is there a graphic? - Please be Phil.
Please be Phil. - You didn't comment. - Please be Boots. - He didn't comment either.
- Okay. I don't know how this is going to work. - Oh, it's me! Yay!
- Oh, it's me! - So the winner, I got to cover the email. You know, it's probably... - Well, just say it.
Just say it. You don't need to show it. - Are you sure? - Screenshot it and I'll throw it in.
I got to edit anyway. Okay, well, you're going to have to remove the email. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's Coach Power Phil.
It's me, yeah! Did you really win? No, that's a Canadian guy, isn't it? Is it?
We can't ship to Canada. We can't ship this to Canada. No. Pick another name.
Oh. So sorry. So sorry, Mr. Canada.
Send him something anyways. He's the new guy. Is that really the new guy? The new Canadian?
I have no idea. Yeah, I remember his name being close to mine. You guys made fun of me and you guys remember that whole episode? Nope.
Yeah, I remember. We do five of these a week. Well, reach out to me and we'll see if we can figure this out. Whoever that is.
Yeah. I have their email here. So just email me. ca or something at the end?
No. No. They have their own Wi-Fi up there or something? It's not Yahoo.
It's Ahu. Yahoo. I love that I made this, to make this easier for me, and instantly pick something that's more complicated. Pick the one that's complicated, right.
This'll be super easy, can't wait to do this, this is great. I'll just hit this. Shit, he picked a Canadian. What do we do now?
We don't know that for sure. Yeah, I just, I thought that name sounded familiar, I thought that was him. So it's Coach Power Phil. Well, it's, you know, based on him knowing what it was, so.
Maybe it's not. Yeah, I mean, I'll be right. Maybe it's Preston. Maybe it's Preston.
Hmm. Um, you know, all you had to do as well is to get the comments from the show on the lounge, is just go to the front end of the site and click on the lounge. Right. Yeah, but you didn't do that.
I didn't do that? Oh, I don't have it on my phone. Oh, you don't have the... I don't have the CHPod on my phone.
All you have to do is go on Savarian. Yeah, I know, but I don't know what my password is, it's programmed in my laptop. And you keep changing it. Okay.
It doesn't look like there's comments from it today. Is today's show there? Because yesterday's show didn't show up. 587 is up.
Are we on to 588? We are. Yeah, this is 589 we're shooting right now. All right, so it's delayed by one.
It's one day back. No, that makes sense. That's why there's no comments. That's why there wasn't any yesterday because it was 586.
I will fix this. Or Ash, you fix the spinner to be only United States people. There's always a problem. Well, it's okay, that's what we've been doing for all these years anyways.
All right, so, some comments from the YouTube section of our previous episode, 588. All right, all right, all right. @DavidHassoffman says, "Espinosa did it with the Psychedelic Turtle release. There were ten golden tickets that got you into the Zona Palooza.
No one has ever turned one in. The bomb coins you're referring to were in the Warhead anniversary box. The rare one was gold. Oh, it was gold.
So there was a golden ticket, Willy Wonka over there. It did happen. But nobody found either one. Nobody found the golden coin or the golden ticket.
Maybe they forgot to put the tickets in. Yeah, I mean, that could be definitely something that maybe happened. Could be. Kind of like, did anybody, remember, Placencia gave away like a BMW or something, a Mercedes?
They gave away a Porsche. Did somebody win that? Yeah. We've seen that guy.
Yeah, the dude in Miami. He's a good guy. Oh, that's right. We've met him.
Yeah. Oh, okay. Hey, see, that's what I'm saying. They're like, I want to see the winner.
So let's do the golden ticket there. Didn't Provada give away a Charger or a Challenger? They gave away a Charger. Should do golden tickets in your boxes for people to come be on the show.
Is there a Polish brand of car? I don't think so. It would be funny if we gave away a Polish branded car. It would be like this little thing.
A little, yeah. Give away a Polish branded car. A little two-seater type thing. Beep, beep.
No, no. He's talking about a matchbox. No, no. Oh, well.
Budgeting problems. " It's true. " Mr. Hasselhoffman?
By the way, the auction is now live for Phil's Eagle mask. Lovely photo, by the way. I don't know how you acquired that, but it was quite nice. Thank you very much.
The current leader is Chris W. Oh, he wants all of them. He's like, he's got to have them all. Is it a Pokemon or the Thanos thing?
Thanos. I was going with Thanos. That was the hand. Do we do like a prize for like the person that has like the most mass?
You can do a prize, okay? Yeah, you can if you want. Do whatever you want. At the end of the year?
Yeah, whatever, yeah, you can just go ahead and award somebody. Okay, I got a dope cigar. For whoever has, how many masks are we doing by the end? You can't give away cigars on the show.
Yeah, you can't give away cigars. So that's out. Okay, I'll give away something. Okay.
All right. Well, right now, Chris W is in the lead. All right. You guys better, I'll bid 'em.
We can talk about it later. Okay. We gotta reach out to him today, too, and see if he wants a mask signed before we ship it. He just said it.
He'll text me in the morning when he watches. Yeah, but I'm trying to ship it today. Oh, gotcha. Okay.
@iHeartBDP says, "Triple G is always so calm. No beratement of me. I mean, the host. " I'm rubbing on my shirt.
Yeah, what are you doing? It's rubbing on the shirt. If you get any close to the defibrillator, it's going to go off. Yeah.
Yeah, Triple G's just so calm. Yeah. That's because he goes through life like Weekend at Bernie's. Yeah.
He's the dead body, just kind of do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Today's the first day you haven't had chest pains in like five days. Don't tell him that. He's very excited today.
No, he told me. I think he knows. Well, now he's going to have 'em because he said it. I gave him a pill yesterday.
It seemed to help. You're just sharing drugs with him? Yeah. Here, take this blue chip.
He needs to get in the sauna, bro. The pills seem to work. Feels good today. " That's it.
" i like that he was not he was like very open yesterday and just kind of just let it let everything kind of hang out right and now he's buttoned up now that i've returned well well we need some content i mean greg's not you know he's not bringing the boom he did uh he did okay yesterday he did all right but when you're here mikey i don't have to bring the boom as hard you don't have to bring the boom bring the boom i bring the boom well you feel you know you you create I mean, I don't have to do it. You know how to drag things out. Yeah. I do.
Right. I'm surprised nobody's comment on that. That show has not come out yet. Yeah.
Oh, yeah. Stretch. I know how to stretch things. You lack the capacity.
You, like the alphabet from you from A to Z is like that Family Guy episode. And I'm like, okay, great. That's the show. uh at florida man 1888 you must do a cast of phil's face triple g it could be the new halloween mask like michael myers you must do a cast of phil's face greg said that he could make a cast of my face like because because i said this uh this mask it was uh oh that's right to make it yeah inches his cheeks no greg says he knows how you know i can we let that go to how he knows how You're about to make a cast of someone's face.
Yeah, that's interesting. But we should definitely do that and film it. Yeah, imagine if you guys had conversation back and forth when you guys were on the podcast. We'll talk about it after the show.
It's wild. So yeah, so actually David Hasselhoffman was concerned about the size of that mask. And he said that there's a way to fix it. And I said, no, no, he just has to deal with it.
Nice. Yeah. Wow. So, you know, I may have to bid on that mask.
I don't know, my daughter may want that one. She did like, she wanted to know why there's a unicorn mask. She's like, why is there a unicorn mask on the counter? She said mask or hat?
Mask. I don't know. She said mask. Everything else is from 587.
Let me see here. " Wow. What could possibly go wrong? I think you made that one after the show.
What's that? I saw that. I saw that yesterday, but I think I saw it after the show. Yeah.
We shot it early yesterday. Did you? Okay. Well, hey.
If you want to hear your comment read aloud on the show, comment below on this YouTube episode. com in the lounge. There's going to be another giveaway posted up there shortly. A spinner.
With another spinner? The spinner's on the back end for me. Oh, they can't see it. Oh, they don't see a spinner.
No, they can't play with it? No. Oh. Does it actually spin, or is it just like the name just flickering?
It's just random names. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da. You know what would be cool? If you could make like a little game of us, like a mind game, like Minesweeper?
Was that Minesweeper back in the day? It's a little puzzle game. You want to know something, Phil? There's seven terminals going right now for me doing shit.
I don't even know what a terminal is. I'm trying to run four fucking businesses. All consecutively, and like you just throw this random shit out there like when they hit the minesweeper and they don't hit the bombs like my face shows up or your face does or you know it'd be cool you know let's do you know I'm gonna give something away look you know you should do another giveaway on top of the giveaways for the masks like oh great yeah perfect yeah I'm not inundated the Canadians yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah to yeah that's for both of them whatever well McTavish I wish he won't know how to enter because he's still not caught up. Yeah, see, that guy wins by default.
He apparently is into the shows from May, so if that helps anybody. Is it up to May? He must be in May, yes. He sent me a follow-up story to a story we did in May.
I assume he just saw that show. June, July, August. He's almost there. So I guess he's closing the gap.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, so comment below. com, Cigar Houses Podcast, Where we just released our most recent episode that we were just vaguely talking about little easter eggs in your previous comments there.
Because Palmer doesn't know how to stretch a conversation. Yeah, that's it. On with the show? Sure.
You ready? Yeah, we can go again. I'm stretching the show. You know, we'll go in a minute.
You're going to get your cigar late. Thanks. Oh, what are you smoking today? Same thing I smoke every day, buddy.
Now, that's not true. You smoke different cigars on the show. That's true, but I still smoke this. Habana?
Yeah. Habana. Postana Habana. The best.
Sorry, Mitch. All right. Buc-ee's, the popular convenience store chain that just opens its first store in Ohio, is suing a small convenience store allegedly trademark infringement. Well, I heard about this.
Oh. I thought you only got your news from me. I saw it on Facebook. Well, that's where I got the news.
But, like, a month ago. Oh, I just saw it yesterday. The store at the center of the suit is Beavers Mini Mart in Beaver Creek, Ohio. A small business has now found itself in a national spotlight over the lawsuit.
Buc-ee's filed the lawsuit in late July, but you didn't say it that long ago. Oh, okay. Alleging the store infringed on its registered trademarks using a Cartoon Beaver logo and red coloring that closely mimics its famous branding. In the suit, Buckeez states the company has been using the name and Cartoon Beaver logo for over four decades, 40 years, and holds numerous federal trademark registrations.
Buckeez claims the Beaver's many marks started using the marks after Buckeez had established the trademark rights and without the authorization. The complaint alleges the logo could create confusion among consumers about if the store is associated with the Buckeez or not. Well, if you went in and they didn't have the nuggets, you would pretty much assume. I would think the size would be different.
Well, it could be a smaller version, like a small Walmart. Is it a beaver with a red hat? Yes. I mean...
Yeah, I mean, yeah, I mean, it's an obvious... Who was there first? It's a gas station, right? Right, it's a gas station convenience store, it's just smaller, not as big as buckets.
Yeah. And Beavertown in Ohio likes the color red. Yeah, that's true. It is, the college color has red in it?
Mm-hmm. I mean, I can see why they're doing it. And it's Beaver Town, they're red, but... I can't believe this makes news, though.
Well, Bucky's is suing somebody. Right. Slow news day, I don't know what to say. The news lawsuit created some backlash in the community with some even organizing cash mobs, maybe this is it, to support the Beaver Mini Mart.
Some neighboring businesses and chains also joined in to support the Mini Mart. Hotheads Burritos shared a message of support saying, "Apparently every local logo needs a beaver now, We have a beaver now. So welcome to Hot Heads Burritos. Our lawyers are currently out to lunch.
So they added a beaver to the burrito company. So they're fighting this corporation? Well, the other, it's one of those big boy come to town, all the little guys, and Walmart has this problem, not with the infringement, but when Walmart comes into a small town that hasn't had a Walmart before, all the mom and pops get mad because it could technically put them out of business. Right.
So now everybody's getting behind the Beaver Mini Mart and supporting them, all the other mom and pops in the city because now the big boy's there and I guess you could get burritos there too. Couldn't you just have supported the Mini Mart prior to? Like, I don't... Well, I mean, maybe they did support them before too, but not with the name thing.
This is a name thing they're all doing because the big beaver came in. I know, but that just sounds stupid to me. Like I understand supporting small business, that makes complete sense, and just doing that is the right thing, in my opinion, and that corporation has the right to protect their trademark that they've had for 40 years, so I don't know, that's where you lose me in the upheaval of wow, you know, like they're coming after our mini mart beaver. Coming after our beaver.
Like, well, yeah, well, you kind of. Bucky's is This has been around for 40 years? Yeah. Yeah.
You kind of screwed that up. Like, how long has the Mini Mart been in existence? I don't have that information. I don't imagine it's 40 years.
Yeah. Beavertown? But, I mean, when they made it, they probably figured, you know, we haven't heard of Buc-ee's ever, because this is the first store in the state of Ohio. They don't have the internet in Ohio?
I don't know. I don't buy anything from Buc-ee's on the internet. Okay. I guess.
I mean, the easiest thing would be make it a weasel. Change the name. I mean, I understand it, Beaver Creek. Make it Creekside Mini Mart.
Creekside Mini Mart? Right. They could start doing their own podcast? They could start doing their own podcast, right.
From like a... They could have a fake team money like everybody else. In the gas stations, in like the candy aisle? Right.
Set up some chairs and stuff. Maybe have a little lounge inside the... Yeah, maybe the auto depot. Right, near the beer cooler?
Yeah, yeah. Oh, the beer cooler? Right. Eat the microwavable burritos?
Just open up a case? No, no, no burritos. Hothead burritos will get mad. No burritos.
Just grab a Natty Ice. They're on our team. Grab a Natty Ice. Right.
Turn the pod. There you go. Because that's what they drink at Creekside or in Ohio? That's what they drink in Ohio.
Oh. That's what they sell at Minimarts. Creekside Minimarts. At the Minimarts.
Creekside Minimarts. You got to say the name. Only Natty Ice. Only Natty Ice.
Do they sell Natty Ice anymore? Yeah, I'm sure they do. Hey, here's our disclaimer: We're not attacking Cretside. Okay?
Just so you know. It's just such a great name, we think it should be a convenience store, too. If you could just do me a solid and not throw any negative Nancy stuff at me. Or T-Money, or T-Money.
Yeah, not a T-Money. Our T-Money's in Vegas. Yeah. I know.
Yeah. We brought four cigars. Right, that's all. Yeah.
Awful sinus. What's he gonna smoke on the way back? Or Wiley's there. Yeah.
He's driving there. I'd go through the four in the car. Yeah, no kidding. All right, it's not the first time the large, and he said one of them was a celebratory cigar, so when he wins the bowling tournament.
Mmm. It's not the first time the large convenience store chain has filed a trademark suit. There have been similar, including Ohio-based Mickey Mart. See, I saw this.
Oh, you saw the Mickey Mart? So is it the same thing, but a rat? Yeah, no, I think that they started attacking any gas station that has mascots, and that didn't make sense for me either. Oh, well, I mean, "Mickey Marti" could be a red, uh, red hat on a mouse.
I think Disney has more of an argument there. You would think. Right. We are the mouse.
Buc-ee's opened its first store in Ohio this year in Huber Heights. The store opening was met with a lot of customer excitement with lines out the door. Oh, so this one in Beaver Creek is the second one. I'm sorry.
It's the second one in Ohio. I wonder if they have, uh, like a leg to stand on because of the fact that Buc-ee's wasn't in Ohio. He's in Ohio, and like it's Beaver Creek, you know what I mean? Like, maybe they do have...
Maybe a little bit, but it's a federal trademark. Yeah, but still, I don't know, when did the trademark happen, you know? Well, they said 40 years ago. That's when they locked in the trademark for the...
That's what they said. I'd have to look, you'd have to look it up. Well, yeah, not that interesting. Yeah.
Sorry. That's okay. Yeah. Okay.
I mean, we're not really involved at this point, unless we're going to be called Beaver Hustler. That's a totally different product that you're looking into right there. Well, convenience and tobacco. Is that what you're calling it?
Yes. And I'm doing a podcast from upstairs too. Yeah? With a natty ice?
With a natty ice. Okay. And a small creek is going to run through the building. Perfect.
No, it should be on the side of it. Well, I'm going to sit on the side of it when I do the podcast. Okay. Perfect.
And just beavers everywhere. Right. Okay. So we did a story yesterday about in Mexico, now you can get dog support and a divorce, but it's in America already.
Is it right? Should we recognize pets as family members instead of something we own? Pennsylvania is making history by recognizing pets as real family members instead of property. Okay.
There is a meaningful shift happening in how pets are seen with families in Pennsylvania. The new step reflects a growing belief that animals are more than possessions. For many people, pets are deeply loved companions who share daily life, emotions, and routines, making this change feel both natural and long overdue. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved a House Bill 97 with a 121 to 82 vote.
Proposing a new legal category for pets, courts would consider daily routines, veterinary care, exercise, and social needs during divorce cases. Judges could decide custody based on the pet's welfare rather than treating them as simple property. So if you're in Pennsylvania, you get divorced, you might pay dog support too. This is wild to me.
Hmm. Why is it wild? I don't know. Dog support?
Well, pet. Yeah, pet support. I mean, I like the cats too. Well, I'll start with those fish in Mexico last week where you wouldn't let me finish the story about the...
I don't know, you mentioned it three times now. Well, this is the second time. Well, three if you count the original one. Yeah.
Yeah. That seems to be where all the news started coming right after that story. From Mexico. You know, so like the story that I said not for you to mention, that you mentioned three times?
Right. Well, you maybe fast forward through, you weren't interested. Yeah. But now it's a national problem.
Well, it's a world problem, but international. It's global. It's global. Right.
Think globally, not locally. That's right. If you got divorced, Bootsy, Filzy. Fil!
Filzy. Fil's single, by the way. See, that's where the compassion comes out right there, Mikey. They're there, Mikey.
See that? Call me by my real name. That's not your real name? Well, whatever.
Your real name is Phil. We'll see what happens when the credits go. They say Phil. And you lost the dog in the divorce.
Would you make payments for the dog's food? Absolutely not. I'd contribute to have the dog euphemized if it's no longer my dog. If you got the dog, it's not my dog.
Right. It's like, if you want the vacuum cleaner, that's yours. Yeah, I'm not sharing. I'm not paying to repair the vacuum.
Right. Exactly. Well, you know, the vacuum has feelings too. Right.
Just in Mexico. At this point, it's only Mexico. Right. Do I get to share the vacuum?
Do I get to vacuum on the weekends at my house? Yeah. That's what I would want if I have to pay vacuum support. Yeah.
And vacuum's coming to my house on the weekend. Yeah. Don't interrupt me when I'm cleaning my room. That's right.
It's my time with the vacuum. Don't interrupt me when I'm cleaning my room. It's Mike Christmas with the vacuum, you bring it over. Palmer didn't get that.
No, I didn't. But now I do. It's like sharing custody of the dog. You're not sharing custody of the dog.
I'm not sharing custody of the dog. Right. You wouldn't do that? Share custody of the dog?
Yeah. Let's say something happens to you and Brittany and she gets Fluffy or whatever the killer one's name is. Fluffy is dead. Fluffy's been dead for years.
Oh, Fluffy's dead. So, okay, say you get the dead one. Thanks for opening up all wounds. What's the main one's name?
So what's your question? You wouldn't share custody? Yeah, of the German Shepherd? Well, that's not what he was asking, though, before.
He was saying, would you pay? No, no, I know, but then he brought up that he wouldn't, he's not going to do shared custody of the animal either. No. Would you split the two dogs up?
No. They're not my dogs. Yeah. She got them.
I'm living life like a minimalist. Yeah. Might get a new dog. No, I'm not.
Oh, well. I'm sleeping here. I'm showering at the gym. I'm living out of my car.
That's it. I don't need anything else. Oh. Yeah.
You would sleep here? Yeah. Would you take your shoes off? No.
Yeah, I wouldn't. I'd make sure they clean these floors more often. I've spoken to the staff after seeing the children's feet at the end of the day. Like, nobody's doing the floors.
Keanu said he spot cleans, I'm like, nah, I spot clean? Yeah, I don't think so. Yeah, he spot it wasn't clean, he left. Right.
He picked up the ash and the paper. Leave me alone in the lounge when I'm using the mop. Right. Oh, Keanu.
All right, I guess we'll move on. Okay. Wait, well, hold on, hold on. What?
You asking all the questions, Mike, you're the dog lover over here. He's a little dog lover over here. You got, you know. Oh, yeah.
He takes the dogs. Yeah. No, I don't want both. I just want one of them.
Dempsey. No, whiskey. Whiskey's my dog. You want whiskey?
The brown one's mine. You would take whiskey? I'd take whiskey. Is that the youngest?
Yes, it is. That's just the way it worked out. The big one's her dog. Or the black one's her dog.
The weapon, the dog keeps everybody safe. So, I don't want the dog. Oh, you mean yours? Yeah.
It's a complete fruitcake. It just wants to cuddle and hang out. Hey, is that your butt? Yeah, I don't, yeah.
I don't, that's good. You can keep you company while you're in here sleeping. No, it's good for the kids. No.
Get in the chair with you. Make sure you don't need a colonoscopies. Right, he's checking you for COVID. Yeah.
Okay. Well, that was short. Palmer, thanks for dragging it out. You're welcome.
Back in May, we did a story in El Paso where they shut down all the airspace. Oh, the airspace. Do you guys remember that? Yeah.
That was a long time ago. Alright, now we have found out why. A tragic medevac crash in New Mexico is raising difficult questions about the growing use of military electronic warfare inside the United States. Back in May, a twin-engine trans-aero medevac aircraft carrying two pilots and two medical crew members crashed into the Captain Mountains near Ruedusio, killing everyone on board.
At the time, the cause of the crash was unknown. S. military was conducting a scheduled GPS jamming exercise at nearby White Sands Missile Range. Mmm.
The disruption also affected several other aircraft in the area. Air traffic controllers even requested that the military temporarily stop the jamming and the exercise was paused. However, despite headlines claiming the military accidentally killed everyone on board, investigators have not reached the conclusion. The NTSB has not determined the official cause of the crash.
According to the preliminary findings, after the GPS issues, the flight crew elected to continue using a visual approach, and experts say other navigation methods were available. Okay, so the question is, should military testing happen on? S. soil near where they could affect other people.
Well, obviously, it shouldn't affect other people, but like, I don't think that that's what happened. I mean, it was an accident. Well, yeah. That's what it sounds like to me.
Well, I mean, they didn't aim it at the aircraft, the aircraft happened to fly through it. Yeah. But then there was something amiss where the military didn't know there was a plane there. Well, I'm sure they have some type of like, signs and, you know, measures where they tell the, The nearby air traffic controllers and stuff like, "Hey, you can't come around here.
" There's a big sign in the air? Yeah, where would they put this sign? El No O U Flyo. Well, no, no, no.
No fly through here. There's a sign just floating. Yeah. No fly this way.
No, it's like when you go over in Arizona, like, you know, by Area 51 and stuff like, they have signs that says, "This is a military facility. " Well, that's if you're on the ground. That doesn't help the guys in the airplane. You mean like a no-fly zone?
Is that what you're talking about? Yeah, it'd be a no-fly zone, yeah. Like, the air traffic controllers would know that. Yeah.
" Yeah. That's really an air traffic controller's fault, is really what that is. Well, how do they know? The problem is, this GPS isn't always, GPS jammer isn't always on.
So, I mean, it's not like they have blocked off, you know, a certain area. Yeah. And these guys are medevacs, so they were going somewhere. because you're in a non-cly zone area.
Something like that. And then the answer with, oh, we can't see where we're going. If it was the government's fault, you're never going to hear about it again. Well, if it was the government's fault, why did we hear about it the first time?
Yeah, what makes you say that? Somebody leaked it. Come on, man. The whole JFK thing.
How much more did you hear about that? The whole JFK thing. Well, they did a whole movie. Yeah, but the government didn't comment anymore.
Don't you remember all that? They kind of just took it out of the whole government's hands and then everybody was speculating? You want me to add another wrinkle to your story? Yeah, keep going.
Go ahead, wrinkle. I was sent this by our Canadian friend. Oh, yeah? It's a Canadian story.
It leaked in Canada. Oh, oh. And he sent me the story. Is that a wrinkle or is that actually a...?
Well, I mean, into the conspiracy thing about the government doesn't know. So, I mean, it didn't technically come out in the United States. It came out in Canada. So, that would argue that he's right?
Right, that's what I'm saying, another wrinkle to the story. So, you think, you say wrinkle, I think, okay, you're thinking, here's another reason why you're wrong. No, no, no, another button to the government conspiracy theory. Did we land on the moon, Phil?
No, there was a movie about that, we know that that didn't happen. We didn't land on the moon, okay. What movie was it that we didn't land on the moon? That was the one they just made with...
Channing Tatum? Was that Channing Tatum? The one where he hid in the top of the toy store? No, no, no.
And they called that the moon? Right, they called that the moon? No, it was the one they just, it was whatever, it was the one they just made and they did the whole acting thing. Okay.
Is the government hiding aliens? Probably, I mean, listen, the general public doesn't need to know what's out there, because most of them can't even handle what's on here. i agree with them there they don't need to know okay think about the panic of they what do you mean there's little green men everywhere yeah people are like oh there's gonna be zombies soon we should hoard all the food let's get all the buckets let me go more recent conspiracy is there a stargate in iran us yeah i saw that are you talking about like the movie stargate yeah they're saying that's yeah that's the newest conspiracy yeah that's why we're after iran we want the stargate so you know no that's that's a move that's no that's a movie that's what people are That's what you're saying. There was a movie with MacGyver.
Wait a second, but you just said that we made a movie about how we didn't land on the moon. I was joking. Yes, we landed on the moon. I mean, how- Oh, we did land on the moon.
Yeah. Okay. Wait, we did or we didn't? I'm so confused.
No, we did. We did land on the moon. So is there a Stargate in Iran? No, there's not a Stargate.
There's no Stargate? It's for all these people. Okay. Are we gonna lose gravity soon, in a couple of days?
A couple of days, we're losing gravity. Yeah, and here comes Superman. Superman? Yeah.
With the dog and the girl that's drunk all the time. Only on the red planet. It's not the stupid new Superman, is it? Is it the good Superman?
No, it's the new one. The new one was good. Yeah, he was good. I don't like him.
I don't like his pajamas. He looked like the fabric was somebody's couch. You also thought Den of Thieves 2 was good. Den of Thieves 2 was good.
Den of Thieves 2 was terrible. Why don't you know I like the new one? The old one can't walk. No, not that one.
Not the old, old one. He's dead. Oh, nice. Okay.
I didn't know. I forgot. Right. You forgot.
I hope this new one doesn't ride any horses. He's in the contract. He's not allowed. He's not allowed.
No, you know, they have that thing. You're not allowed to do certain stuff. No westerns. No westerns, no horses, no jumping things.
Okay. Plus, he was super tall. So, I mean, the weight had to be off when he jumped over things on the horse. Christopher Reeves?
Are we going into that? We're going, yeah. Wow. I mean, he was super tall.
Really. How tall was Christopher Reeves? He was over six feet. Was he really?
Yeah. Well, Palmer's under six, so anything over six taller. Anything over 5'10" is six feet to me. How tall was Christopher Reeves?
It's in or out of the chair. How tall are you six feet? Man, you're a giant. You're a giant.
Look at that. There was a guy at the store the other day that walked past us in the aisle, and my wife is short anyway, but she came up like barely to his waist. The waist looked like a giant walk-in. Chris Reeves was 6'4", by the way.
Oh, see, super tall. Wow. Super tall, super man. Oh, there you go.
He was as tall as the giraffe. Terrence? Terrence. Is Terrence 6'4"?
He's gotta be, yeah. I think he's gotta be 6'4". All right, moving on to Cigar News. Thank God.
Nothing about giraffes in the cigar news. Platinum Nova begins shipping of the Royal Falcon. The Royal Falcon. The Platinum Nova Royal Falcon has taken flight and is on its way to stores.
The new line, which debuted at the 2026 PCA Convention and Trade Show in April, is a full-bodied blend featuring a dark Ecuadorian habano wrapper, a Dominican Criojo binder, and Nicaraguan fillers. Oh, very nice. This blend is focused on power and aroma, with rich notes of herbs, dark spice, and roasted espresso, delivering a bold yet balanced profile, said Lenore Abracadabra, I don't know her last name is. Abracadabra?
Abrazadell. Abrazadell. CEO of Platinum Nova, where the line was announced. Cigars are made at the company's Terranova Cigar Factory in the Dominican Republic and offered in two sizes, a Robusto and a Toro.
Abra Zadel said that this is the first time that Platinum Nova has launched a line with multiple sizes, as it has kept its other lines limited to a single Vitola. Okay. Do you think a cigar line should have multiple sizes, Phil? Um, well, yeah, I mean, at least three, right?
You think three? Yeah. Three? What about you, Palmer?
Uh, sure, why not? I mean, a single cigar just seems kind of limited. Well, it definitely makes it harder to sell on the shelf. It doesn't give it as much exposure.
Right. You don't have as many facings. It's just a box. Right.
What are the three sizes? I would think Toro, Robusto, and for me, Corona Gordo. What about you? I like the five we have.
And those aren't. What are your three preferences, though, as a smoker? I stay away from the Perfecto. That's really the only one I don't smoke.
I'll smoke any of the other four: the Corona Gordo, the Bellicoso, So, the Robusto or the Toro, depending on what's going on, I go between a Toro and a Robusto, depends on the time I have when I'm smoking. Okay. So, let me ask the question again. What are your three?
What's your third one? Corona Gordo. Corona Gordo as well? Yeah.
Okay. And after that, the Bellicosa. Gotcha. Okay.
How about you, Michael? What sizes do you prefer? Um, I don't know. I smoke a lot of Toro.
Yeah? I don't really smoke a lot of Robusto. Robusto is too small. Too short for you?
Yeah. I like the Bellicoso. I'll smoke a, you know, I smoke a lot of the Habano Bellicoso. And I like Corona Gordo for flavor profiles.
Right. Mm-hmm. Right. But like, as far as main sellers, Robusto Toro, and then you either argue, you either argue, uh, Corona Gordo or Gordo.
You know, depending upon the blend and the consumer. Okay. All right. All right, Diesel Uncaged arrives at stores.
We're no longer making sauce. This week, a new Diesel line is arriving at stores and Justin is off the sauce. Wow. That was fine, not half ago.
The new Diesel Uncaged is described as a medium, full-bodied blend that uses a Nicaragua Nicaragua Habano Criojo wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan fillers. J. Fernandez in Nicaragua. Hey!
Uncaged is offered in three Vitolas, he went with the three. Yeah. Robusto Toro Gordo though. Pricing ranging from, let's see what they are.
It doesn't say which three. Probably like six or seven bucks. 39 per cigar. Yeah.
Diesel Uncaged is all of the best of diesel in one cigar. Unapologetic, unexpected, and simply bold by design, said Joe Christen, brand manager for Diesel. Wait, Justin's not brand manager? I guess not.
Oh. It's aggressive enough to shake things up and bounce enough to be your everyday smoke. Yeah, no quote from Justin at all. Did he promote it again?
We didn't hear it. He's on Tuesday meetings though. He knows how to weasel his way up. He certainly does.
He's very crafty. Very crafty. Maybe that's why they can't make the sauce anymore because he has the rights to the sauce. I possess the royalties to the sauce.
No more sauce cigars. Okay. Perhaps you were in a cage. Well, I am uncaged.
Do you think uncaged is a good name for a cigar? Or are you going to keep reading? Well, I have some more to read, but we're about to describe the box. Okay, go ahead.
The box features a semi-transparent design that looks like a chain-link fence, so there's a glass, and it looks like it's a chain-link on it. Didn't he have glass in the glass? So it is caged. Well, no, when you open it, you're taking them out, they're uncaged.
Then they're uncaged. Then they're uncaged. Okay. So you smoke the uncaged, you store the caged.
Okay. Do you think uncaged is a good name for a cigar? I don't know anymore. I mean, I've heard worse.
Okay, I'll agree with you there. I've definitely heard worse. What about you, Phil? You think Uncaged is a good name for a cigar?
I don't see how it goes. I wasn't done, but that's okay. Oh, okay, go ahead. I don't see how it goes with the box.
I mean, did they have the box first or the name? Like, okay, we're gonna call it Uncaged. Let's think of something to do with the box. Let's put on a fence.
Yeah, why do a fence? Why not make it look like a cage? Why not just have them loosely kind of roaming around? Right, just have them running around.
You know, make sure the box is a little bigger so they move around when you move around. Yeah, they shake a little bit. Uncaged. Makes no sense.
Are you done? Now I am. Thank you. Yes, please move on.
Okay, Phil, do you think Uncaged is a good name for a cigar? It's a horrible name. Yeah, I agree. I don't think that that's a good name.
Uncaged? Sounds tacky. Yeah. What's the next one?
Next series is going to be cage-free. What's the difference? Free range. Free range.
Free range. What's the difference between free? We set it free. Non-GMO?
Nah, it's too technical. No? Too much? Too much.
You went too far the other way. Grain-fed? We can do a grain-fed. Grain-fed?
Because they like to do these in series, you know, like four or five of these at a time. Are we going to get a pre-made displays and then is it cage that we keep them in on the table? Yeah. Like the giant sauce bowl they were in or whatever it was?
Is it going to be like, are they going to be kind of like, is there like going to be some type of jumping platform where the cigars can escape? Ooh, that'd be nice. Yeah, uncaged. Come with a guy that stands next to it and he holds his, he's a prison guard type looking thing.
Where the door opens? Yeah, if you want one, you have to ask him. Yeah. He has to hit a button, and then you hear a bell, and then it opens?
Ching-a-ling-a-ling. And then it's uncaged? And it's uncaged? For six dollars?
29. Depending on the size? Yeah. Hurry up and buy.
Hurry up and buy. Hurry up and buy. Hurry up and buy, they're gonna get free, they're gonna get loose, ah! They're uncaged!
They're uncaged! Oh no! They're everywhere! The diesels!
Ahhhh! Free range. You have some sauce left over if you wanted to. That one looks like Justin Andrews.
I look like Justin Andrews. Free range. Free range. Free range.
The free range, you just throw them out on the table. Yeah, you actually just walk in the humidor and just kind of, ugh, just throw them. Right. Yeah, that'd be great.
And they're out there just splattered everywhere. Yeah. Oh, those are the diesel free range. That's right.
Pick the ones up you want. Yeah. They'll be fine. And a new marketing ploy.
Don't get that one, that one's sick. I hope this new guy's nice. Uncaged. Justin, who are these guys slamming my cigar?
What is this? Don't answer the phone with the call, whatever you do, don't answer the phone. Hey, I want to bring something to your attention, Justin. Take a look at this clip.
Like, you know these guys? Just tell them you're in a meeting. Right. Yeah, I'm in a meeting right now.
Don't answer the phone. Let's get the new guy's number and call him. Hey, is Justin in a meeting? No, he's just in the bathroom.
He'll be right back. Yeah. All right, the Viso Horny Ligador Fantasma has shipped. Yay.
Did we get those? No. Viso Horny's new barber pole is off to the store. Of course, the Viso Horny Ligador Fantasma is a 5x50 Robusto that was made of Fabrica Ova Negra in Esteli Nicaragua.
The wrapper is a combination of Corojo seed leaf and a green candela leaf to create the barber pole appearance with the two different colored leaves creating a unique spiral appearance. The binder is a Habano seed while the fillers are from Nicaragua and the US. All of the fillers are from the Viso Priming, the middle vertical section of the plant between the lower secco leaves and the higher legero leaves, so they're right there. How's it being distributed?
Is Tyler handling the sales? Let's read on. Each cigar is an MSRP of the 5550 Robusto, then a 10-pack, yeah, 10-pack bundle. Fifteen bucks.
Phillip? Thirteen bucks. $15. There we go.
Nice. And production is limited to 500 bundles of 10 cigars. Jeffrey said that the Ligador Fantasma is a tribute to those who live in Nicaragua and blend the cigars. He specifically cited those who have helped him in his journey, including the Browns, Martin Alex.
He said Alex's last name. I can't pronounce Alex's last name. Try it. Nope.
Please. No, I'm about to see him. I'm not going to mess up his name. It's Canadian.
No, it is not Canadian. It's French. It's Polish. I thought it was Polish.
Oh yeah, it's Polish. Is it? Stepankiewicz. No, it's not.
Of Nikas. How is it? Say it. Come on.
There's a third one. Nowo Gridaszka. Nowo Gridaszka? Yes, we're going with that.
Nowo Gridaszka. Yeah. Is that a ski? Nope, no ski.
There's a K. I'd also like to thank Gustav Kura of Angel Oliva 3 of Oliva Tobacco and Mo of Patina Cigars. Earlier this year, Jeffrey purchased Pipe World, an Austin-based retailer, his Visa horny brand is slotted under the El Bebe Grande Cigar LLC company, while Pipe World is licensed through the Wholesale Distributor. So, yeah.
So, yes. So, he's handling it. He's handling his own. He didn't call.
Why was he gonna call? Oh, for the sale. Yeah. Oh, yep.
They probably already sold them all. " I want to make sure that you would think. I'd love to taste one of these. This whole...
Well, you stopped. You just got the other one. My lord. Dry begging.
It's terrible. I wish we... I mean, I do wish I get out one. I wish I could buy one.
The whole wholesale thing's tough. Yeah? Yeah. I wonder if he has somebody doing the sales or if he's doing them.
It's a great question. I mean, I would know if he tried to call and sell them to me. Right, if somebody had called us home. Yeah, we'd have an idea.
We would know, but nobody called. That's not the case. Yeah. Now I'm going to get a call.
I heard somebody's feelings. I need to get spoken to in person. Yeah. You actually need to start calling him.
We talked briefly the other day about how things were going. I sort of like checked in with him. Yeah. But he was frantic as in a hurry.
" Yeah, no. No. Oh, so you did call. You did call.
We had an interaction the other day. Yeah. El Mago. What do you mean we had an interaction?
Did you call him? No, no. I didn't call him on the phone. We interacted through Facebook.
Ah. How are things? Things are good. Really busy.
We're busy too. Oh, that was it. Yeah, and then he, that aired. Got it.
El Mago releases the Offender and the Defender. A pair of new blends coming from El Mago cigars was created to complement each other. The cigars are the Offender and the Defender. Both of which are being released as six and a half by 52 Toros that were rolled at the MGE Cigar Factory in Nicaragua.
Blend-wise, the Defender is made with an Ecuadorian Sumatra seed wrapper, while the Defender incorporates a Cameroon wrapper. Both cigars feature a Nicaraguan Criolo binder and Nicaraguan fillers. Each cigar is an MSRP of... $13.
$12. $16. I won. And a 20-count boxer priced at $320, a total of 250 boxes of each blend are being released.
The concept is simple: sword and shield, the offender dressed in gold carries the blade, a bolder, more aggressive profile, built around a Sumatra wrapper, reads a press release. The defender in royal purple carries the shield, a smooth, rounded counterpart wrapped in Cameroon. Each was blended to complete the other, and they are offered only together, never separate. In an email, Andre Sanchez, National Sales Manager for El Mago Cigars, told Half Wheel that boxes of both new releases started shipping to the company's S-Tier accounts.
Oh yeah, that's like the best ones. Special? Yeah. A program the company offers for its top 40 retailers last week.
Yeah, you've talked about this before. Oh, about their levels? The S-Tier, yeah. Oh, have we?
Oh, okay. Now it's time for the industry's favorite game. What's the score? Can you predict a cigar score from a halfway review before it's revealed?
We'll give you the clues. You make your guess. As the review unfolds, the answer gets closer. Or does it?
Dun, dun, dun. The closest guess wins. Does it? Yeah.
Well, no, there's something I say after, but this is the pause part. Well, it's not. I rewrote it. I like to mix up a little bit.
They get tired of the same thing day after day after day. " I don't appreciate you giving away my sparklers to everybody. See, I told you guys. April 1st, 2016, Patrick LeGreed is a reviewer.
It's the leaf by Oscar the Woody. Wow. Seventy-six. Oh, I'm gonna tell him you'll disappear.
Well, I don't want to disappear since 90. The Woody by Oscar, Country of Origin, Honduras, Factory, Oscar Valladares, Tobacco & Company, Wrapper Honduras, Binder Honduras, Filler Honduras, Length 21, and the ring gauge is 80. , is $50, and they only smoked one. They really should have smoked three.
You would think, right? Yeah. They don't have that kind of time. Seventy-six.
Eighty-one. While the first half is fairly dry and muted, the final third develops enjoyable notes of peanut, white toast, pepper, warm almonds, earth, and even warm peach, making for a stylish finish. 76, 81, clue number two, the reviewer praises the impressive roll, clean seams, well-applied cap, and notes that despite its size, the cigar never went out, requiring only a few touch-ups. 76, 81, third clue, the cigar begins with a With a difficult draw, a bland flavor, and later develops tunneling, even burning to multiple touch-ups before finally hitting its stride and making the first half feel like a chore.
72. 79. Final thought, I've never been one for novelty cigars. While I do have a My Father baseball bat, it's not on display and I'm not even sure I could tell you where it is.
Well, he smoked it. Well, this must have been before. As such, it's a bit hard for me to tell you to run out and grab one, the Woody by Oscar, other than to say you've done it, but to say that the cigar is without its bright spots would be unfair. The first 14 inches or so are fairly uneventful, and given the significant amount of airflow you have to generate to get to smoke to your mouth, plus the burn issues in the second third, it may seem like too much of a mountain to climb to make the final third worth it.
But that is exactly where the cigar shines. Fans of the Leaf by Oscar blend immediately recognize the flavors. Rich earth pepper, decent amount of nicotine for a full sensory effect. The big ring gauge does require a bit more contentious smoking as a sizable core of heat can get very hot very quickly as much adversely affect the flavor but with a bit of self-discipline.
The 80 ring gauge can offer a pretty decent smoking experience. He went the right way! 76! Yes!
Oh, on the head! That's where it was the whole time! You had it for the whole time and then switched! Oh!
Ridiculous! I had it! Yeah, you had it! Let's put it on Mikey for his disappointment!
Okay. Do you have anything else to add, Mr. Palmer? That is it.
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Show Notes
On todays show….Our Beaver was out there before your beaver! He’s Not My dog he’s my son! NTSB says it’s bad if we shoot down our own planes! In Cigars Nova sends it out, Diesel stopped making Sauce and Viso Horny drops another one…then a whats the score goes Supersized!