ACHP 623 Cigar Industry News & Reviews

Episode Summary

Episode 623 of A Cigar Hustler's Podcast opens with hosts Mike "BDP" Palmer, Triple G, and engineer Mikey riffing on listener comments before diving into the week's news. On the world stage they break down the US-Denmark Greenland agreement (Greenland stays self-governing within Denmark while the US gains an expanded permanent security and military role), Apple's $250 million iPhone settlement over undelivered Siri/Apple Intelligence features, and Poland's warnings to Russia about potential attacks on NATO territory. The banter wanders into drone-based protest ideas, gentrification jokes, and a lot of tangents.

The cigar-news segment recaps releases shown at Enter Tobac: Hirochi Robaina's limited HR Signature Belicoso jar (made in China, 21 cigars) and a 10th Anniversary humidor shaped like a tobacco house limited to 10 units, plus Lambert's new Baba Yaga (a 6x52 Toro made at Tabacos de Costa Rica) and a redesigned Ocean Breeze coming to Europe in 2026. They also note Utah legalizing online cigar sales (House Bill 447, effective Jan 1, 2027), leaving Hawaii as the only state still prohibiting online cigar sales, and touch on CAA advocacy and warning-label practices.

The crew shares a video from a listener about the concept of a "breakfast cigar" and discusses their own morning smoking routines. The episode closes with the game "What's the Score?", where the hosts guess Brooks Whittington's rating of the JFR 20th Anniversary Gordito — a very thick 4¾ x 70 pressed Nicaraguan cigar with a Mexican San Andrés wrapper made at Agroganadera (Agonorsa). The redux review lands at 82, noting jalapeño and charred-meat notes, heavy black pepper, full strength, and burn issues. They wrap with a plug for an upcoming Drew Estate event at the shop.

In This Episode

1. 01
   US-Denmark Greenland Deal
   The agreement keeps Greenland self-governing within Denmark while granting the US an expanded permanent military and security role, blocking Russian and Chinese access.
2. 02
   Apple $250M iPhone Settlement
   A lawsuit over Apple's unfulfilled Siri and Apple Intelligence promises leads to a settlement, with eligibility tied to specific iPhone 15/16 models.
3. 03
   Poland Warns Russia
   Poland raises military readiness and warns Russia against drone or missile incursions into NATO airspace.
4. 04
   Enter Tobac Releases
   Hirochi Robaina's limited HR Belicoso jar and 10th Anniversary humidor, both aimed at the Chinese market.
5. 05
   Lambert Baba Yaga & Ocean Breeze
   Lambert's new Baba Yaga Toro made in Costa Rica launches in the US and Europe, alongside a redesigned Ocean Breeze.
6. 06
   Utah Legalizes Online Cigar Sales
   Utah's House Bill 447 opens online cigar sales effective January 2027, leaving Hawaii as the only state still prohibiting them.
7. 07
   The Breakfast Cigar
   A listener video sparks a discussion on morning smoking rituals and what makes a true breakfast cigar.
8. 08
   What's the Score: JFR 20th Anniversary Gordito
   The hosts guess Brooks Whittington's redux review score of the thick, pressed, pepper-forward JFR 20th Anniversary Gordito, which lands at 82.

Brands & Cigars Discussed

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Transcript

Welcome to Cigar Hustlers Podcast, premium cigars, unfiltered opinions and conversation. P. Palmer, your host. Joined by my co-host, Triple G, superstar, today.

For com-versations. Yes. What? That's what he just said.

Conversations. He said com-versations. Conversations. But in engineering, a man we all call the king, Mikey Szczepankewicz.

Hi. A lot of energy today. A lot of energy today. It's going to be a good show.

It's going to be a good show. From cigars, sports, and business, to pop culture, and the wildest headlines, if it's worth discussing, we're talking about it. No safe spaces, just real perspectives, big laughs, and chaos at any moment. Settle in and welcome to Cigar Hustlers Podcast.

Dun, dun, dun. Thank you. My wife has a suggestion for a new name for the show. Okay.

Says it's gonna be the three of us. Possibly for the unforeseen future. Okay. Three Musketeers?

No, no. She said it should be two brothers and a white guy. Two brothers and a white guy. " Yeah, not as white as you.

Your name is very white, it's true, Michael Palmer. Right, exactly. Exactly. All right, on today's show, we have the details of the deal.

Poland stands tough against Russia. Congratulations, gentlemen. Apple's just giving money away now. Then in cigars, we have all the news from entered to back, 'cause there's...

Yeah, they just did that show. Yeah, there's no news here. But first Mikey, what are the people talking about over there? I can't see him at all.

Of course not. That light is massive. I can't even lean. It looks so good though.

It's so good. That light is actually blocking someone's ability to have Wi-Fi right now. I'm gonna take a picture. Wait till we get two more.

God, that's huge. But in the meantime, like and subscribe if you want to listen to this show. com for all your CH... I'm sorry, would you like to speak?

No, I'm sorry. I was yelling. I'll wait. I'll wait.

Triple G. Sorry. I apologize. I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry. Please, I'm sorry. That's fine. I'm good over here.

You go ahead. I like it. That's fine. You want me to choose violence today?

I'm going to choose violence. He is angry. He's very angry. Or you can like and subscribe.

com, A Cigar Hustlers Podcast. I covered up my microphone. Somebody's going to die. He was just lighting a cigar.

Today's the day. That's all he was doing. You're going to get it on film. Oh, God.

com, A Cigar Hustlers Podcast, where we have decided to be a fan, We have decided to do a giveaway once a month, and we're going to be giving away some good stuff every month to our Patreon members. Some comments from the previous show, @CW6383 says, "Pharmacists are doctors because they earn a PharmD, but they are not medical doctors. People who visit doctors are often drug reps who are not pharmacists. " Yeah.

That's accurate. That makes sense. Palmer's just sitting there in silence so the new name of the show isn't two brothers and one dead white guy. Make sure my cigar doesn't go out.

We're gonna need you today because I'm gonna tell you right now, like, you don't, no, it's gonna, it's good. This is the Greg and Palmer show today. If not, it's not gonna be good for anybody. I feel like I'm carrying the show already, though.

I think I'm doing a good job. Good job. Yeah, you're doing excellent. Keep up the good work.

I will. Yeah. You keep carrying this show. Carry this whole business, will you?

All of them. So, yeah. The pharmacist thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I like that we have C-Dub as a reference for information on this. All things hospital and medical. Yeah. Yeah.

From apparently drug reps to surgeons and nurses having sex in the hospital. Yeah, you can break it all down for you. There's all the information. Big dick player.

You know what I mean? This is working out. House of Raw says that's a cool idea for Patreon. Yeah, I think that it is.

I think it's I'm looking forward to this. I'm excited to do some giveaways and we'll we'll announce the winners on this show. And I think that'll be pretty dope. What was the idea?

So the the cigars we review after we get to four. We're going to give them away. We're going to give away a set. So like a four pack, you're going to give away to one of the Patreon listeners?

Yeah, that's cool. The ones we review. That's cool. Yeah, so the Patreon's a month?

Yeah, Patreon's like 10 bucks to partake. You get to experience the whole thing, the review, the actual review, you know, and then the potential to win something. " case maybe yeah absolutely yeah more engagement very good lance fraser says hell yeah i'm a sub to patreon and i'm all in baby good deal there you go see that was a good idea it's not my idea though i don't really have good ideas i just steal ideas from other people it was rosalas's idea to be fair i don't know what he's talking about apparently they're giving away the cigars i think we're still on the same topic yeah oh no that was his idea well my brother brought it up but he's He's not taking credit for it as he's saying that it wasn't his idea, Rosales gave him the idea. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah.

He did mention Rosales in the original. Yeah. I don't need the praise. Yeah.

And I don't deserve it. " Is that how that works, allegedly? I thought that they made that illegal. It was once like that, but I thought that they made it against the law.

Yeah, I heard the use of like condos, you know, you could use our company condo down in Morales and stuff. Right, yeah. Yeah, there are other perks. There's probably things that we don't know about, like tickets to the Pats or something like that.

Come to our special room at the game. Tickets to the Pats. Well, I'm gonna tell you right now, you don't want tickets to the last Bucks game, that's for damn sure. They lost?

They got delayed like for three hours, terrible weather, and then they lost to the Browns. That's bad? Yeah, they're not gonna have a fan base within like the next, you know, six games and everybody's gonna pack it in. Just to be clear, it's not because of the weather that they won't have a fan base, it's because of the fact that they lost to the Browns?

It's a combination of the two. It's the brutality of things. You know what I mean? Like, at this point, maybe we should be indoors.

I don't know. It's just ridiculous. Yeah, I kind of agree with that. The weather is, like, why isn't it domed?

Or at least something that will-- Dome the city. Let's dome the whole thing. Oh, the whole dome the city. Let's dome the whole damn thing.

Dome the city. It works. Yeah, I agree. That's true.

Dome Tampa. Yeah, we can dome Tampa. Okay. No more rain.

No more rain. No more rain in Tampa. And you can keep the people that you don't want in out as well. Dome the city.

Oh. Keep the people? Yeah. Some people that you don't like.

Well, like the people that live under the bridge and stuff like that, you know. You don't want them there? The homeless people? Yeah.

They don't do good things. You don't think so? No, I don't think so at all. They lower property values, that's for sure.

Well, you could buy something that way. Yeah, that's what you should do. You look for the homeless people, and that's where you buy, and then you kick them out. You bring them in.

Yeah, you distribute them. You gather them and then drop them into an area. I'm like, this place is no longer worth- Planned gentrification. There you go.

Yeah, this place, look at all these homeless people. The minute you buy it, you bring your bus over, they load back up, you move to the next one. Yeah, it's a great business model. I'm willing to bet that somebody does that.

There's definitely people who do that. Oh, certainly, yeah, there's people. Yeah. I'm willing to bet that somebody already does that.

He's got a set of homeless people. Dome the cities. Go get Jimmy. Go get Jimmy.

Tell him I got a nice crack rock for him. I need him to get in the car. No, no, the back of the truck. Don't get in the car.

Need him down on first in Montgomery and he gets staying out there for a while. Bring your tent, you know. Bring your box. Ah, Ruckus Unchained.

Oh, it's your mom, guys. Oh, it's mom. Yeah. Hello, Sharon.

" SBC display? Yeah, I didn't get that either. You just got your backpack. Leave me alone.

No, I want to do like a gauntlet glove. Like a 3D style gauntlet glove where you can slide in individually and it seals. I'm at a loss. I don't understand.

You want to make a glove. A gauntlet. I'm aware of what a gauntlet is. Okay.

You know, there was one for a particular person. Yeah. Can we allegedly not say his name? And then he collected all of them, and then he could go like this, and then cool things would happen.

I'm familiar. Yeah. That would be dope in this scenario. What scenario?

Just to build a glove? Like, the glove already exists. I'm missing something here. And then you can slide in the SPCs.

Into what, like the fingers? Yeah, with the gems. Oh, so like on the exterior of the gauntlet would have like U's that you would put each SPC. Yeah, and they would seal.

And then he would like us to do one for the warbears as well. You get 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, and 26. So there's six. What?

16, 18, 20, 22, 24. Yeah, you get the five and the one in the center. Is that how many of the- How the hell should I know? I thought it was just five infinity stones.

First of all, it can't be identical, duh. Well, yeah, right. It's got to be a little different. I don't need Marvel coming out for us.

Disney. Disney comes for us, we're done. They are very, the mouse is powerful. He's going to cease and desist.

I bet if the mouse wanted to dome the city, he could. How many infinity stones are in the gauntlet? G. for that?

Six. There are six infinity stones. So there's the exact number. So it's perfect.

So we have to do it before next rollout. I don't know. It seems like it would be cumbersome to have six cigars on the exterior of a glove. Well, you're not going to wear it around.

It's for photos. It's not on the exterior. The glove would actually seal and it would be inside and you could just see the SBCs. The bands.

Yeah. So the glove would be essentially the box. Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, that's doable. Right. That's what I'm saying. Very expensive.

You think so? I would say, from what I know that somebody pays for their expensive, elaborate box that isn't quite as elaborate as what you just described, $30 to $40 manufacturing cost per box, which is a lot. David Hasselhoffman, can you get started on a prototype, please? Oh, I mean, if you 3D printed it, it'd be a lot less, but I would assume you would want to build it out of wood, and it's a cigar box.

Yeah, I don't know. We're just kind of spitballing the idea. There would be six cigars in it, right, that you already have a cost basis manufacturing of like $30 just for the box. So what are you selling it for?

It's gotta be expensive. I keep getting out of focus. Me? Yeah.

Better? Yeah. There we go. I had to change that focal point.

I had to change it back. How the hell should I know? It'd be expensive. So what?

All right. I'll make five of them. And now it's even more expensive. I don't care.

I don't care. Is six where it gets less? No. I think the break point is like 250 to 500.

That'd be so badass. I like cool badass things. I think it would sell. It would definitely, first of all, it would definitely sell.

And if it didn't sell, I don't care. I'd just build a chair out of all the cars. You'd make about the 500 of them, and you'd make the Voltron version of the gauntlet by your powers combined, which is now a completely different reference. Actually, I would go more Highlander route.

We'd have to strategically build them all so that they could all assemble if you acquired all of them. Highlander route? Yeah, like there can be only one, you know, where you've got everybody's head together. Yeah, but they're killing people.

They're not assembling. Yeah, well, I guess, in the same sense of it, you know, you're eliminating so that there's only one owner of all of them. Yeah. Oh, you have to kill the guy who bought it and take his.

I wouldn't say kill him, but, you know, maybe just get it from him, you know? Just get it. You just gotta get it. Like, the stones from Temple of Doom, you gotta assemble them all.

You have to bring them all together. Yeah, you assemble the assembly, and then it turns into, like, a house or something. Yeah. There was, I think it was a Rick and Morty episode that they did a spoof on Voltron.

It was hilarious. So, like, the five dog robots came together, but then there were another five dog robots and another five dog robots, and then those five groups of five came together and made one big, but then there was, like, another group that was of the same, like, it just kept going forever. It kept getting bigger and bigger. Yes, exactly.

So many dogs. So many dogs. Nice. So many dogs.

Voltron. At iHeartBDP says, "Mikey, it was nice seeing you at the shop yesterday. " What? Don't look at me, it's not me!

So it's got to be Florida Man, because now he's no longer commenting, so, and he was at the shop yesterday. That's not hard to figure out. I mean, I could push a button and see everybody's transaction and see who was there. Yeah, it was Rob.

It was Rob. Rob was there yesterday. Yeah, but there were other people there, obviously. Yeah, but not that listen to the show, really.

I mean, Gio was there yesterday. I don't think he listens. He might. He might.

It's Florida Man. Florida Man. Florida Man. I don't know why we're saying that.

@jaredharper80 says: What I'd give to watch an episode of ACHP with a Chinese voiceover, especially the discussion around samurai. Random episode conversation tie-in, did you know Master P played preseason games for the Raptors before he became a rap mogul? That was a lot of information. Na-na-na.

A lot of info. Yeah, well, our dear friend, Phil, on yesterday's episode, he was talking about sending the Chinese Samurai after people. Did he do it with an accent? No, no.

No, but Samurais are from Japan. Ah, okay. Yes. You did not know that?

You went to Japan. I mean, actually, I almost bought one of those. A Samurai? No, they had a really cool, like, outfit that they would wear.

It's called Samurai outfit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or a ninja. Their armor.

Yeah. And it was really relatively inexpensive for what I thought it was, but I don't think there was a way for me to get home. Ship it. The real ones aren't allowed to leave the country.

Yeah, I don't, yeah, I think that that's the thing. And it looked old and it was in like this store that doesn't sell samurai armor. Like it sold a bunch of other like old handmade stuff and then like way in the back of the store. Like touristy stuff?

Yeah, exactly. But covered in dust is this like what looks like weathered armor. I'm like, this is really cool, I would love this for the house. They make they think it real.

Yeah, I've always wanted one, to be honest. Yeah. I've had conversations with Matt Booth about it. It's like, the real ones can't leave the country.

I'm like, there's always a guy. There's gotta be a way. There's always a guy. Yeah.

100%. It seems expensive to smuggle out a samurai suit. Yeah, I'm sure. You'd have to put it in like a statue of a dog or something that's really big.

Definitely a dog that formed a big robot with other dogs. With other dogs. With other dogs. You put a piece of it in each one.

Yeah. No, this isn't my samurai outfit. This is Voltron. This is my, it's my stone Voltron.

Yeah. I bought it from your Voltron store. I don't know what to tell you. com store.

Oh, thank you, Francis. Thank you, Francis. It says, "Wow. " Shocked face.

He should, go ahead. He should go there and offer to fix it. They might elect him president or something. I don't think that they would elect him president.

They'd probably put him in jail when he was done. That's how it works. I guess you got to point out, it is Cuba. You know, communist country.

There is wild stuff that happens around this globe. I just saw footage of a woman that was running for governor in the country of Peru. Yeah. And as she was like making a public statement, just walked up and shot her.

No way. Yeah, didn't like her political views. That one guy? There was like a group of people.

Obviously, there's more than one, I mean. Maybe not. Yeah. Could just be one crazy dude.

Yeah. Crazy. We're very fortunate that we live in this country. And we have lots of crazy people here as well.

We have lots of crazy people in this country. They don't like the things our politicians do. Well, they do try to shoot them sometimes. Oh, no, there's a couple.

There was one that got shot. Well, our current president's been shot at, what, twice? Yeah, it was like a badge of honor now for him. It's an honor now for him.

Yeah. Come get me. Yeah. Well, there was, there was a, I remember a lady or something that was shot at on like a street corner.

Like she was out, you know, I don't know, politicking for running for something. Angry. Oh. And she got, and she was shot.

So yeah, man. Reagan got shot. A lot of them, a lot of presidents get shot at. Yeah.

Yeah. That's pretty dope. Lincoln. Yeah.

That one, mission accomplished. Yeah. com lounge I didn't even get to encourage any of you because it was all YouTube so do better please why the pivot It's not been working correctly the last couple of days. Oh, I see.

I don't know. It's just kind of mixed up. Whatever. I really don't care.

I care a little. But if it's broken, you can't blame them. No, I think it's working. I think it's working.

Alright, I was going to say they all want to comment on YouTube so they get read. If they comment on the lounge and it's not working, you can't read them. I don't like you. I'm just telling you what's going on.

Stop making sense over there. Yeah, alright. Don't make any valid points. Not making noise.

No, Palmer, actually, I like you way more than him. Two brothers, one white guy. Don't be logical. Right.

You're my only friend in this room right now. This guy, I don't like him. He really doesn't like me today. He already is.

He really doesn't like me today. No. He doesn't like to make money. I do like to make money.

He likes to make money. He likes to go the other direction. I don't like to spend money. Yeah.

Well, you have to spend money to make money. Thank you. That's the saying. I'm well aware.

Thank you very much. I mean, they made that saying just for that reason. Yeah. Mm-hmm.

Yeah. Also, don't make the same mistake twice. That's another sign. Yeah, that's another sign.

It's not the same mistake. It's not the same mistake. A fool's gold will soon be separated or whatever, parted, something? Yeah.

Something like that? Sounded good before it started coming out. We're going to just keep going with all the new presents. We're going to do one hour of random sayings.

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. A bird in the hands worth two in the bush. Knick-knack, paddy-whack, give a dog a foe. Great good cheer, chance.

" There goes one. Why are you fucking a rat with a stick? I just thought it was funny. Why are you fucking a rabbit with a stick?

He must be on the same feed as Phil McGuffey. Okay, let's get on with the show. If you want to hear a comment right aloud, simply comment on this YouTube page, on this YouTube episode, right here, or on our CHPod Lounge, which would make me happy. And yeah, let's get on with the show.

Whenever you're ready. I was just making sure, I was just giving a little spacer, just making sure it was okay to start. -Denmark Greenland deal. Yay.

Yeah, this is interesting. Yes. I'm intrigued to hear what you found out about this. All right, America did not buy Greenland.

Right, no, no, no. Yeah, we're not buying. Well, I'm just getting everything out over here. Greenland remained self-governing within the kingdom of Denmark, It is the kingdom of Denmark, and the agreement does not transfer ownership or sovereignty to the United States.

So if you're in Greenland, you're still a Greenlander or whatever they call it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We don't own it. Right.

And it's considered an island. Correct. The world's largest island. Yeah, so really interesting, like have you ever seen the footprint of Denmark up against the territory that it owns, which is Greenland?

Like Denmark is like this big, and Greenland is like this, you would think it would be the other way around, right? Well, I don't think there's a lot of people in Greenland. There isn't, that's true. Yeah.

The United States has gained a permanent security role. Right. The deal is expected to expand America's military access, basin rights, and ability to respond to threats in and around Greenland. Oh, you know what this is like?

This is like when the mob goes into the grocery store. You know, you need some protection. You know what I mean? Right, yeah.

That's exactly what we just did. It's perfect. That's actually a great analogy. Yeah.

No non-NATO country like Russia or China can invest any money in anything in Greenland. We can't put any bases in Greenland or even fly over it without our approval. Right. Which is big.

Oh, yeah. No way. It's big. We're gonna keep the Russians out.

We're gonna keep the Chinese out. There's gonna be a great grocery store. There's gonna be no problems. No one's gonna give you a hard time.

I just think that it's an interesting political pivot, right? Because for the longest there has been statements like, well, we could just, you know, take Greenland. We could just wind it. It could be ours, right?

But instead of that actually happening, they could present this as a victory, that we did what we said, you didn't actually do what you said, but you did do something relatively good, as far as being able to put military bases there, for sure. Right, well, I just got all you guys protected, now you're fine. Yeah, super interesting. This comes as a surprise to you?

Um, no, no, I don't think it was a surprise to me. This is the strategy of this guy. Say one thing and do something that kind of feels like it, but it isn't that. and then say victory in some some scenario yeah i think that's a great tactic what he does is he pushes up against pushes the the the he pushes a guy up against a wall makes a statement this is what we're going to do right and he makes the the opponent feels like they can't move until he gives them an exit it gives them what he wants and they feel like it's a win for them as well sure yeah yeah yeah it's a sales strategy it's very tactical i agree yeah greenlandic so i guess This is what they like to be called.

Greenlandic leaders say this is a NATO security arrangement that protects Greenland's sovereignty. The complete text has not yet been released, so claims that America now controls everything in Greenland go beyond what has been confirmed. It's kind of like saying, "Hey, we're gonna tax cigars 500% on importations or whatever, S-chip. " Right?

And everybody's like, "No, no, you can't do that. That's crazy. That's way too much money, you're gonna destroy the market, don't, no, we can't do this, you need to come to terms with some other scenario, and it's like, no, no, this is what we're doing, and there's nothing you can do about it, and then, as soon as you get closer to the paperwork, like, you know what, we'll just take 50 cents, and it's like, oh, yes, thank God, yes. Or, it's like, we're gonna make it really, really large.

If you need a fucking lighter, 'cause you're driving me nuts. Oh, Jesus. I'm very sorry. At least I moved my head.

It was not my intention to angrily hit you in the face. We're taking applications for another third guy for the show, if anybody is interested. Wanky just killed that one, so. It's now one brother and a white guy.

Yeah, now one brother and a white guy. Yeah. Oh, we should have your mama. Oh, yeah.

Or the analogy of like, we're going to raise tariffs, right? Now we're going to make tariffs 18, now we're going to make tariffs 15, now we're going to make tariffs 10. By the way, everything that we collected, well, we're going to give all that back, because we couldn't do that too, right? Yeah.

I saw a video they were interviewing people in Greenland if they liked the fact that America was coming. This leads to my next question, very good, go ahead. Okay, and all the people were thrilled to death. Really?

" Really? They have no fast food. " Which none of that is true. Yeah, that doesn't make any sense.

No, but I mean the McDonald's part, that could happen. That's very true. So, the wife and I are actually going to Greenland in October, and I was curious if this was going to affect sort of like the tempo of how Americans are received. They're excited, they like America there.

All right, cool. You should go dressed as a McDonald's guy. I should just wear my American flag bathing suit while I'm there. You should go in as Ronald McDonald's.

Thank God. I'm here to place the new McDonald's. Who would like it in their city? Oh, I could work that angle.

Right. I'm looking for places for McDonald's. They carry you around on their shoulders. Right this way, sir.

Yeah. Here, we like, we like to make McDonald's out of these shrimp. We have a lot of shrimp. Do they have a lot of shrimp?

That doesn't make a difference. Well, yeah, that's why Red Lobster now can put their endless shrimp back in place. Yeah, that's right. It was all part of the Red Lobster plan.

All part of the whole thing. That's why we put the military bases in Greenland. Right, so we can get the shrimp. We need the shrimps.

Oh, God. Endless shrimp. That's the whole plot. The whole plot.

The whole plot. Trump just really likes shrimp and Diet Coke. Billions of dollars in military infrastructure. It's really about the endless lobster, endless shrimp and red lobster.

We need to save red lobster. Oh, beautiful. All right, Apple has been sued again. Sued?

Sued. $250 million dollar iPhone settlement. Wow. Okay.

Wait till it wiggles on down. The lawsuit alleges Apple promoted advanced Siri And Apple Intelligence features that weren't delivered as expected. Your phone's gonna do all this really cool stuff. - Yeah.

- But not that phone you just bought. - Right. - Right. Apple denies wrongdoing, we didn't know.

- But they still paid. - But they agreed to a $250 million settlement. - Everybody gets two stamps. - So if you live in the United States and have purchased an eligible iPhone between June 10th, 2024 and March 29th, 2025, You must be the original buyer, and the phone cannot been purchased for resale.

If you can provide all that, and your phone is an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16e, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max. We get it, an iPhone, yeah. Or a regular iPhone 15. Oh, and 13 Pro Max.

Okay, if you bought a fucking iPhone, what are we doing? 13 Pro Max does not qualify. Okay, that would have been so much easier. You know, this one, you don't, that's it.

Everybody else gets five bucks. How many new phones came after the 13 Pro Max? If you got an iPhone 11, if you got an iPhone 11E, if you got an iPhone 11X795, if you got the 12, if you got the 12XW, if you received the 13 Pro Max is not qualified. Okay, so 14 and above, and if you got the shoe, if you bought the Apple shoe, if you got Apple glasses, if you got, if you thought about Apple.

How much do you think you'd get if you have one of these phones he'd just run low? I'm gonna say 18... If you went to Publix and you purchased an apple... Purchased an apple?

All apples are just specific types of apples. What you need to do is, in order to receive your $5, you're gonna need to file a claim and put in this paperwork. I got a Granny Smith apple, does that qualify? No, the Granny Smith apple, no, that is pre-iPhone 11.

How about Red and Delicious? Is Red and Delicious? No, Red and Delicious is not okay. I don't know.

How about that apple peach combo thing? Oh, God. If you bought an orange apple. Orange apple.

Yeah. An orange flavored apple. You know, if you got any type of fruit. If you thought about fruit.

Strawberries. If you like grapes, you're gonna get a dollar. If you bought Fruit of the Loom underwear. You need to fill out this form, though, in order to get your dollar.

It's 18 bucks. 25. $25. A lot of work for $25.

But the amount could rise to as much as $95. Sure, because if half of the people don't claim, they're 25. Right, exactly. So the base, that number's based on how many phones they sold.

Right. The cap is at 95? Well that's, yeah, well that's what they're estimating. Let's just send a letter to everybody and agree for no one to buy it except for one person.

And that person then claims 250 million dollars. Okay, I volunteer to be the person that gets to 250? Well that's, the lawyers are gonna take half that though. You're at a buck and a quarter.

- One, two, five, I'm okay at one, two, five. - Why the lawyer, this is, the agreement's already been settled, this, I-- - Yeah, they pay, the lawyers take the money, they take their fee, and then they distribute the dollar amount. - Oh, you gotta get paid by the lawyer, yeah, you're right, you're right. - Yeah, you gotta pay the lawyer.

- All because they didn't have AI, and now I have to use-- - Well, they said-- - Do you wanna use ChatGPT for those? Like, yeah, idiot, let me-- - Because we don't have ours on yet. - Yeah. - But Steve was showing me today that now Siri is more AI and is integrated with the phone.

Like, he switched his phone from regular photo to AI version, and you can just sort of hover over something, and it tells you what it is. You have to push this button on the phone. Well, yeah, something like that. He just updated to the new software.

Ah. My phone says I have too much shit on my phone, I don't have room for new software. Uh-huh. No room for software.

Not new software. Not new software. I just updated mine a week and a half ago. Hmm.

How old's your phone? The 13 Pro Max, I don't qualify for that. Mike, that is old. You're not qualified.

That is old. My wife might, I gotta see which one she has. Get our $25. I mean, with the business, I'm sure there's like five or six phones that we could probably say were purchased within that span.

But what would work? If I can get Claude to fill out the form, then I'll do it. Right, for the $25. Yeah.

Hey Claude, so I got some Apple phones here. Can you fill out five of these forms, please? Figure this out. Use random names, but my address.

And then say something nasty about ChatGPT as well, at the end. Alright, Poland warns Russia. Poland warns Russia. " Poland believes Russia may deliberately attack NATO territory.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk said intelligence indicates Moscow could use drones or missiles against Poland or other NATO members within the coming months. The NATO meeting yesterday, or it might have been the day before, I don't remember exactly, but he made an announcement that if a Russian plane or drone gets shot down over Poland going forward, don't come back here complaining. We've told you not to go over our airspace. Let's just give Russia to Poland.

Oh, give Russia to Poland. Yeah, yeah, let's just get rid of, you know, you know what I'm saying? That seems more peaceful. Then Ukraine's good.

Like all of a sudden we have some harmony. There's like dancing. There would be more harmony. Like the small world people on the Disney, you know what I mean?

We just remove Russia, you know? And there's Poland dancing. Apparently they're not as strong as they used to be Russia. Russia?

Yeah, that's true. They've been in a war for five years and they've just been sending people to their deaths over and over again. Like it's stupid. I saw that they were actually getting people drunk at bars and then because they were drunk, getting them to sign And then just sign on the dotted line and then just move them as they're drunk, put military uniforms on, and they wake up, they're in a truck, like, here's your gun, go kill people.

Yeah. Oh, you're sober up the next day, you're in a uniform, what the hell happened? Allegedly. Allegedly.

Hmm. Wild. Poland is increasing its military readiness. Polish aircraft, the one, has been activated.

With the one plane. Turn on the plane. While air defense systems and radar units have been placed on heightened alert during major Russian attacks against neighboring Ukraine. Poland is warning Russia about the consequences.

This is where he did it right here. Overwhelming military and air superiority and could defeat Russia quickly if Moscow provoked a direct conflict. This war is taking a long time, right? What'd you say, is it five years?

Has it been going on that long? Yeah, war generally does take a long time. Yeah. I mean, look, you're invading a country.

I mean, people are gonna fight for their country. Yeah. You know? Yeah.

And now you got the drones. You know what I mean? You don't even need people. So I can reach out.

So Bezos is like a war mongrel now. You know what I mean? Like I can have, I can zip it. He's like Tony Stark.

I could one click this. I could have 700 drones here tomorrow and you know what I mean? Just do work. You can just order them on Amazon and they get shipped.

Amazon can have them all delivered. It could be delivered by a drone. We should start doing that, taking over retailers. Like the retailers that have been, like one particular has been really shitty to us.

We should just go in and just drone the hell out of them, you know? Oh, just drone the hell out of them, like, are they just sort of like hovering and intimidating, or are they actually doing something? Are they attacking with explosives? I like that they're intimidating.

What are those? Those are Mike and Greg's drones. Don't fuck with them. That's it.

That's three. Don't touch the drones. I don't know. They just said to it a beeping light.

Could I, I mean, like, what are the legal ramifications if I, if we just had a drone wall, right? Just hovering right on the highway? No, just hovering in front of a store. Oh, right in front of the store.

There'd be no exits or entrances. And just have enough recharging so that as they die... You have to have two sets so you can flip them back in and out. Infiltrate in and out.

You know, one or two fly out of the middle, two more fly in. They put drones out here. I can't get in, what are you wondering? We don't know who they belong to.

What do they do? They hover and intimidate. They're peaceful drones. They're protester drones.

I think this sounds amazing I love where this world is heading that well yeah instead of people protesting drones just drone them just drones fly around carrying little banners yeah signs just that's I mean you could you could you're right you could shut down a highway you know I mean like like the plane that flies over the beach but it's a drone with a little flag in the back but you don't you don't even need to do that because they can do like the nighttime thing with the lights they can actually write out boycott this or whatever yeah stop do not go any further yeah yeah I could see this going We've gone a whole new direction with the upcoming campaigns in two years. Wow. Yeah. Drone protestors.

Possibilities are endless. Yep. If we don't hurry and do it, somebody else is going to. I need to get the EMP thing, so I can just kill these things.

As I approach, just watch them all drop to the ground. Oh, that was expensive. Yeah. Shut it down.

Okay. All right, into cigar news. Hirochi Robanya introduces limited jar and anniversary humidor. My name is Hororoshe Rubana, I am from Penal the Realm, the jar, always the jar, everybody loves jars, he's a super nice guy, he actually came to my house once, super cool dude, yeah, yeah, talk about dropping names, how was the sex, well he and Groover were there, we only hung out for a while, oh my god, a trio, wow, or did you just have to watch him and Groover have sex, so much lube, it was back when Groover was working for him, so you got, you had to watch, I had to watch, yeah, I had to watch, oh the short clip on this is going to have I have so many negative comments.

Success in Asia made Hirochi Rubanya bring the jar of HR Signature Bellicoso to the rest of the world. At Enter Tobac, they presented the new limited packaging. They loved it. Oh wait, Michael.

Oh, no, this is done with somebody else. Never mind. I thought this was his. They loved it so much, we decided to make him there.

What the fuck is that? I think he had a stroke. No, there's a quote here, and I thought it was from him, but it's from a young lady named Thyla Crespo. Oh, okay.

Phyla? Thyla. T-H-A-L-I-A. - Thyla?

- Thyla. - Thyla? - We're going with Thyla. - Thyla?

- She works for Hirochi. - Hirochi. - It has 21 cigars in because it's a lucky number in China. The jar is made in China and it's available by pre-order.

Another new and even more limited product is the 10th Anniversary Humidor which includes cigars made just for that. It's shaped like a tobacco house and we've made just 10 in total. It comes with 60 HR 10th Anniversary Special Edition in three different sizes. When you smoke them, you can send you the ones in bundles--oh, you can replace them with bundles--when you smoke them, we can send you new ones in bundles, but you can't buy them elsewhere, especially for the humidor, at least for now.

Yeah, that's how it starts off. And then it changes. Like Padrón with the Millennium, the only way that you were able to buy them is if you initially bought that humidor, right? Right.

Now you can just buy the box. You mean the 50th. You're talking about the 50th Toros. The 50th, yeah.

A lot of you people aren't renewing. We need to just sell these. They sell these. Right.

It's one of the best cigars ever. It is a very good cigar. Yeah. Yes, let me just say it's good too.

Yes, it is a very good cigar. There you go. Compliance. Submission.

Well, three agree? All in favor? Raise your hand. Done.

Okay. So this is another cigar that's going with the Chinese market? Yes. It seems like a lot of this stuff from in or to back is being set up for the Chinese market.

Mmm. Interesting. Do you think they make the boxes there and then just deliver the cigars? It's important to export into the box.

Because the jar is made in China. Yeah, the jar is made in China. Yeah, just hook up with the factory there, and there you go. If not, it just doesn't make sense.

You send it out, we build it, we put it back. I don't know, what are we doing? Yeah, it's got to cost less to actually put the cigars in the jar in China. Yeah.

Well, yeah, labor's cheaper for the little people to put them. The little people? Yes, the little people. Oh, my goodness.

I'm tall in China, Michael. Oh, he is very tall in China. And you stick out like a sore thumb. - And they stare at you as you walk down the street.

- Yeah, you think I'm white over here. - They stare at you like something they've never seen before in their lives. - Yeah, they've seen Elvis Presley walking down the street. - Yeah, it is wild.

- Well, you do kinda look like Elvis. - That's fair. - Yes, that's probably why they took you in the back room when we tried to leave because they thought you were Elvis. Come back here, sing a hound dog for us.

You sing a hound dog. - You sing a hound dog. - You are nothing but a hound dog. - You sing a hound dog.

Sing a hound dog for a dollar. A one and a two. Sing. Sing.

Or you never leave. You never leave. This is your home now. This is where you live.

Hound dog, man. You are nothing but a hound dog. All right. Lambert Cigars presented his new product, including his latest creation, the Baba Yaga.

Yeah. Baba Yaga. After the John Wick? Yes.

I love this because I talked about the Baba Yaga before. And you know how we say it's Boogeyman, and like, it's not what it means, it means which, or some shit like that, people attack me on social media. Did they? Yeah.

Oh, that's fun. Like, yeah, I don't care. I just go by what the movie said. Well, then why did the movie say that it was the Boogeyman?

It's movie magic. It's all just a lie? You know the Boogeyman? This man killed the Boogeyman.

The cigar is made from tobacco aged up to four to five years. Available exclusively in the 6x52 Toro size, it's produced at the Tabaco de Costa Rica factory. In China? No, it's in Costa Rica, I assume.

Is it going in China? I don't know, let's read on. Following its launch in USA, it will also now be available in Europe from November 2026. I guess there's no end date.

Looking ahead to 2027, the new design for the Ocean Breeze was also unveiled at Ender Tabac. While it's made clear that the outstanding blend will remain unchanged. So, China. Nothing about China.

It says Europe. Oh, it says there? It says where? It said it was going to Europe.

I mean, that's pretty close. Europe is not China. I'm aware. Just for your reference.

Thank you. Alright, Utah legalizes online cigar sales. What? This is still going on.

Utah legalizes... Oh, sorry. Get it. With a stroke of a pen, Utah became the most recent state to legalize online cigar sales.

The House Bill 447 was signed into law March 23rd, opening one of the last closed markets in the United States. Why are they just now giving the story? The new law allows remote retail sales of cigars and pipe tobacco, but also establishes a regulatory framework for remote sellers, including licensing requirements and third-party age verification. The law takes effect January 1st, 2027, after multiple legislative sessions and continued CAA engagement from policymakers.

This was taken from the CAA website, so take that with a grain of salt. So all of this time, Utah has not had the ability to sell cigars online? Correct. Interesting.

Man, it's crazy how certain state laws are just so drastically different than others. It's wild. It's crazy when you go to some of these states and you see how different they live. I mean, what is going on here?

Why are you guys in caves? Because... What do you mean caves? He says it's so different.

Some people live in caves. Ah, I get it. No, he's going, he's going back to the wine at Target in, uh, what was it? Oh, Minnesota.

Minnesota? Can't buy wine. Yeah, Minnesota's scary. Yeah.

Hawaii remains the only state that continues to prohibit online cigar sales. Hawaii? Hawaii. Wow.

Yeah, because it's an island and they want control. They like, you know? Like Greenland. Yeah, but I got news for you.

I'm sure there are people in Hawaii that order cigars from other states. I'm sure there are. So like, what are they really controlling? Nothing.

They're, they're actually limiting their own commerce within state. What they're doing is they're hoping that some people, and this is the funny part, is that some people won't break the rules. I would say probably the majority of the people won't break the rules. It's like, hey, you can't do that.

That's illegal. And like, oh God, okay, I won't, I'll live in this box that you tell me to live in. And then there's some people who say, wait a second, that's stupid. Yep.

Just blowing through stop signs in Publix parking lots. Exactly. There are people that are blowing through stop signs in Publix parking lots. Call back.

Yeah. Picking up their apples so they can sue Apple. If you have purchased Fruit of the Loom underwear. Yeah.

And, you know, and I'd say that those people are living life the right way. Yeah. Yeah. You know, you got to question the rules sometimes.

Like, wait a second. Wait, what was, like, why, this one doesn't track. Why, why are we doing this? Got to push boundaries.

yeah you got to push back it's like you know it's funny because uh you know you mentioned the caa here but like the caa was a company is an organization that agreed to put surgeons general warnings on boxes even though it wasn't a requirement they're like yeah we'll do that like what well what why why are you agreeing to that yeah nobody asked for it they just threw it out no they asked for it they said well we would like to see this and they're like okay sure sure Oh, that's fine. You know? Did you guys check on anybody? No.

They ask any manufacturers? Yeah. Hey, you guys okay with putting this on the box? Well, some of the manufacturers played that game.

They have it done. You know what I mean? Right. The photos from enter to back, all the boxes there, they have the warnings on.

Yeah. So, like, there are a lot of big companies that sell globally. And just to make it easier, because they share, like, European and Canadian markets, they have those warnings on all of them. They have it on their swag.

Really? Really? Yeah, absolutely. You acquire a hat, and it's got a sticker on it that says, you know.

" Smoking. Tobacco can cause cancer. Cigars will kill you. Cigars are bad for you?

They cause cancer? Just so you know. Okay, moving on. Alright, ready?

Now it's time for the industry's favorite game. Oh, but I have a video. Oh, I'm sorry, that's right. Oh, share the video?

I forgot you have a video, I'm sorry. I told you I had a video. Yes, you have a video. You told me to tell you.

Hey Mike, do you have a video? You told me to tell you, and this is how you treat me. Do you have a video, Michael? Well, yes, I do.

Oh, can I please see it? Oh, I'd love to send it to you guys. Oh, thank you. I'd like to see half the video.

That means he wants the sound and no volume, or the sound and no picture? No, I want the picture, but no volume. Oh, I would like volume, but no picture. And then between the two of us, we'll unite and become one Voltron.

The video Voltron. Did you send it? Yeah. I sent it to you, both of you.

I have so many missed messages. Okay, can we listen to this while we play? I don't know how this works. Yeah, this is from my friend, Fran Siletto.

He sent it to me. " Tell me when to push. When do I push pause? When do I push start?

Whenever you're ready. Do I do it now? Sure. Okay.

Wait, I just got it. I put a cigar after dinner. A cigar to celebrate something. But they forget to mention one of the best cigars you have during the day.

It's a breakfast cigar. Cigar, Black Coffee, and 20 Minutes of Silence, or Life, will ask you for anything. It's the only meeting you're actually excited to show up for today. You don't rush a breakfast cigar.

You savor it. Enjoy it. It's like the first time you ate bacon. You didn't know life could be this good.

And of course, there'll be people who ridicule you for it. Those are the people who put a scoop of green powder on their drink and think they're healthier because of it. They're not, but you are with a breakfast cigar, because it gives your conscious clarity and it doesn't let stress eat you before the day starts. If you start the day right with a breakfast cigar, you'll light one up.

So, do you guys have a breakfast cigar? No, does that mean a cigar for breakfast or just a cigar in the morning? I light one up as soon as I walk out of the house in the morning. That's kind of like, do you have breakfast before that?

Yeah, I've already eaten breakfast several hours before that. Oh. But you start the day, as you walk out, you have a cigar? Yes.

Yeah, before I get in the car, it's lit, between the door and the car. Greg? There are two different things here, right? So like, during the week, I'll eat breakfast, and then I'll start the day, and I'll have my first cigar of the day, which I think is different than what he's talking about.

What he's talking about is what happens for me on the weekend. When I wake up, I go to the patio, I grab, well, I don't drink coffee right now, but I would grab a cup of coffee, light a cigar, and there's just calm, and silence, and preparation for the day, and nothing but the moment. That's what he's talking about. The breakfast cigar?

Yeah, I'd do that. But it's tough to do it during the week, 'cause you gotta get going, you gotta get stuff, you know, moving. Well, you smoke it in the car, you smoke it when you get to the shop, that's your first cigar of the day. But that's different than what he's talking about.

Mm-hmm. Okay. Michael, and you? Yeah, I mean, for me during the morning, like, as soon as I drop off the kids, I smoke a cigar on the way to the gym, and I light one up.

I started cutting the Post-Anya, Connecticut Justice in half, and I'll smoke half of it, the bottom half. Do you smoke the first half first, or the second half first? I smoke the bottom half first. And then later on in the day, you go back to the second half?

And then on the way from the gym to the shop, I'll smoke the second half. Rather than smoking half a cigar, putting it on the window windshield wiper and then coming back to it and relighting it. Yeah, I'll do that sometimes too, but it's not the same. You feel the first application is better?

The first application is better. You know, actually, there's the third application. You cut it into three quarters. No, the third application.

Because I have long ones. The third application is when I have the case of like the fuck it's and I'm like, I'm going to sit here and I'm going to smoke this entire cigar before I go into the gym. And I'll just sit there and drink my pre-workout, and smoke the cigar, and watch all the people judging me as they leave their vehicle. That would be a morning cigar, 100% a morning cigar.

That does happen on occasion. It doesn't happen, I wish it happened more than it does. Because the moment has value. Yeah, I'm like, okay, this is okay, you know.

But there's a couple of things that'll stop that, right? I mean, like for one, if the morning poop kicks in, you know what I mean? Like if you gotta go, you have the cigar, you got the pre-workout, it's like, oh, we're done here, we gotta get in, gotta hurry this long, gotta get in and you're not bringing the cigar into the bathroom? No, it's frowned upon in the gym.

Have you ever accidentally done it? No, I haven't. But you know what was cool is that Cory guy actually reached out to me, the guy who built the gym with the Cigar Lounge, so I had like a little correspondence with him, and then I started asking about cigars, and he just vanished, but that would be, you know, like the gym where you can smoke sounds badass. Yeah, that's a good time.

You're still not working out, Greg. I would go, though. I just wouldn't work out. I'd be there.

I'm here for the cigars, only the half. He's walking around dressed like that and watching people work out. The whole picking everything's up and putting them back down, that's a lot of work for me. I'm here for the cigars.

He's here for the cigars. Sometimes I get caught in the drop-off traffic for the elementary school by the house, and I get looks as I'm sitting there. Smoke coming out my window. " Yeah, see, I would totally do that, but I'm not allowed to.

My supervisor has told me that I'm not permitted to smoke on school grounds or on the way to... There's a little bit out front of the school, and if I don't time it just right, I get stuck in that a little bit. So I have to leave by a certain time, So yeah, practice cigar. But I do that occasionally on the weekend, I'll sit down, but it's not, it's like 20 minutes, you know, with a coffee or something outside.

I'm like, I just want to just.. Because you have so much to do with the kids already on the weekend? Oh man, dude, like between that and just, you know, anything that we had to do. Grinding the concrete.

Grinding the concrete. You hear about this? This is like a two week ordeal. I thought it was done.

I didn't know he was still doing it. Oh, yeah, I asked him today, he says he's got like another 24, maybe 30 hours of work. I'm like, oh my God. Are you cleaning out the drain down by the road?

I took care of that. Good deal. Oh, did you put a catch in? Yes.

Of course I did. Put a catch, I got it. Of course you did. Got it.

Here's what I can tell you, nothing is there anymore. Okay? Very nice. That's all you need to know.

Good, good. But there'll be more there again when I get back to grinding, so. That the catch will take care of. Yeah, the catch, which I've acquired, will take care of.

Right. Yeah. Okay. Alright, now it's time for...

Now it's time for the Scourmetry's favorite game. What's the Score? Think you can predict a cigar's half-wheel rating before the final score is revealed? We'll give you the clues, you lock in your guess, then as the review unfolds, we move closer and closer to the answer.

Or do we? Or do we? Is it, it's not on the teleprompter? No, I had to run an errand this morning, I forgot to add this to it.

Oh, okay, good. The player with the closest guess takes the win. I hit the on button, it wasn't working. " All right, today's cigar, September 24, 2026, Brooks Whittington is the reviewer.

It's the JFR 20th Anniversary Gordido. JFR, Brooks, 26. Got it. You want me to go first?

No, I'll go first. 88. I too will go 88. I too will go 88.

Country of origin is Nicaragua, Factory, Agonorsa, Wrapper, Mexican, San Andreas, Binder, Nicaragua, Filler, Nicaragua, Length, 4 3/4 inches by 70. It's pressed. Holy moly. Smoked one!

It's basically Danny DeVito. Smoking Danny DeVito. I'm gonna say 85. Shorten.

Yeah, I understand. You got the joke. You said 85. 88.

The JFR 20th Anniversary Gordito is extremely thick, but when I hold it in my hand it feels lighter than it seems like it should be. It's so thick. It's very thick. Eighty-four.

Eighty-five. Oh, you slid down. Yeah. Once I heard the size of it, I mean.

The cigar jumps out of the gate with a surprisingly distinct jalapeno flavor. What? Mixed with quite a bit of spice on my tongue. While the former dissipates after about five puffs, the latter sticks around through the entirety of the first half.

" Hmm. 84. Sounds kind of positive. I'll award a point for positivity.

We're going to go 86. Final thought: After smoking my original three JFR 20th Anniversary Gorditos for my first review, I noted that there were multiple issues holding the cigar back. An overabundance of black pepper, too much strength, and numerous burn problems. After slightly more than a year of rest, this black pepper, full strength, and burn issue remains firmly in place, while the flavors in the profile have changed, most notably a new jalapeno flavor in the first puff, and a distinct charred meatiness note in the second half, there is still virtually no sweetness to be found.

Often, aging can result in positive changes for a cigar, but this time it was just commented what I already knew, the JFR 20th Anniversary Gordito is built for people looking to smoke exceedingly strong cigars with aggressive pepper and virtually no sweetness. Mmm. Short and thick, bold. So is this a Redux?

This is a Redux, that's why there was only one. He didn't say it? Yeah, it wasn't mentioned at the beginning. You will have the opportunity to guess the Redux score also.

Ah, great. Looking forward to that. 82. 83.

It's 82. 82 on the money. Want to hit those? Something went my way today.

No, the redux score, or the original score, that was the redux score. The original score. 83. 84.

83. Now he's happy. Get the fuck out of here. You guys just don't know.

This is my life. I just walk around being right all the time around a bunch of nincompoops. - Okay. Anything else to add today?

- No, I don't have anything. This Friday, there's a big Drew State event here at the shop. - Yeah, come in. We're doing a thing with the guys.

- Big Drew State event. Giving away knives. - Here he comes. - Jars.

- Jars, cutters, lighters. - There's gonna be food. - Pictures of Big Willie. - Pictures of Big Willie, yeah, I don't think he's gonna be able to make it.

- He's not gonna come. - He's not gonna come? - I don't know. - He's in Miami.

- I mean, he said he might. I don't know. We'll see. We'll see.

Pictures with KD, I guess. Her? Her. She will have.

She will have. Pay no attention to the man in the video. That's what Ziggy said in the video. Come see the rep.

She will have. I'm like, oh, God. KD's transitioning. She will have.

And it's a piece de resistance. I like how he added that in. And he said it correctly. Well, anyways, hey, Triple G, thank you so much for joining us again today On this lovely, well, I don't even know, day.

Tuesday? No, it's Wednesday. Wednesday. Wednesday.

Wednesday. It plays on Wednesday. Yeah. com for all your chpod swag.

com. Cigar Hoster's Podcast. And like and subscribe wherever you listen to the show. Thank you so much for partaking, Palmer.

We are a rudderless ship without you, so thank you so much. Oh, thank you very much. Yes. Thank you, guys.

We gotta go. Boop.

Show Notes

On this episode of the Cigar Hustlers Podcast, the crew reviews and discusses the latest from HIROCHI ROBAINA IA full cigar-industry news discussion — reviews, interviews, and commentary, plus the week's wildest headlines.

In episode 624 of the Cigar Hustlers Podcast, host Mike BDP runs from the news desk to the humidor — reacting to the week's headlines before digging into cigar news and reviews featuring .HIROCHI ROBAINA IHonest conversation and industry commentary, new episodes every weekday.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Cold open & welcome

2:03 Show merch & where to find CHPOD

35:46 Cigar News

51:36 "What's the Score?" game

57:54 Wrap-up & thanks