ACHP Episode 446 Instagram Protect Your Password
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Welcome to Cigars for podcast
episode 446.
It's Tuesday, January 13th,
2026.
I'm Mike Palmer your host and
with me in engineering is Boots.
Glad I don't get asked for
betting tips anymore.
Hipple Housing and as my Co host
we have Mikey.
I'm so excited.
Preston will be back tomorrow.
Stephen Kevitch.
I can't wait, I'm so excited.
That's not originally what I
had, but I had to update it.
You modified it.
Yes, I miss Preston.
I mean law.
I mean Terrence Stephen Kevitch.
Yeah.
Welcome fellas.
Welcome.
By the way, I saw Terrence.
I went to the CI grand opening.
Oh yeah.
Was it really busy?
I saw a lot of pictures.
Remember the one that you guys
said you were going to and.
He didn't say he was going.
That was me and Paul were going
to go.
Paul ended up having a hockey
game and I got delayed at the
dealership.
Yeah, so you guys said.
If you would have said, hey, I'm
going.
I would have said, OK, I'll
come, I'll come.
That one's, that one's on me.
Because I honestly thought that
he said that you were going with
him.
No, we.
Don't go.
We don't go anywhere together.
He doesn't like me.
We originally.
Thought we were rekindling that.
Maybe.
No, no.
We originally said when we first
talked about it, you guys were
like, we should go.
Yeah, oh, as a should go.
I said, yeah, sure, let's go.
And then that was the end of it.
I don't remember anymore talk
about.
It So he told me that he was
definitely going for sure I was,
and he said he was going with
Paul.
For whatever reason, I turned
Paul into Boots and I'm like
Boots.
I even said to Brittany I go
Boots and Palmer.
Palmer are going to the CI
thing.
Do you care if I can I stop by?
Am I allowed to go?
Can I have permission to go to
have permission to?
Go, by the way, Tuesday, January
13th is Brittany's birthday.
Oh, so happy birthday, Brittany.
Happy birthday, it's tomorrow.
Well, you said today is Tuesday,
December or January 13th?
Come on, Palmer, we live in the
future, yeah.
Sorry, I got confused.
Right, It's not.
Do you have anything planned?
Will.
She hear this in the morning at
5:00 AM before you.
No.
So we have like.
Spring all your surprises.
No, so she does like she goes
pretty in depth when it comes to
like decorating for the kids and
stuff.
Other people's birthdays.
And stuff.
So I have everybody on board
with some decorating stuff and
some balloons and stuff.
It will never be up to her
level.
No, of course not.
But they all want to do it.
So that's the problem.
It's like she usually surprises
them in the morning, right?
But the kids want it to be
involved.
So I think that we're just going
to have to do it tonight.
What after she goes to bed?
We'll have to do it.
No, I'll have to do it before.
Before she goes to bed.
I'll have to set it on well.
She'll see it.
Yeah.
Why don't I come over the middle
of the night?
I'm up anyway and I'll come in
and I'll do a little decorating.
No, it's not the same the kids
want.
It kind of like a Palmer on a
shelf.
Plus your dog would kill me
anyway so.
And then bubbles would bubbles
you right?
Yeah.
All right, on today's show, Will
Smith is singing My Aunt and
Connor don't want none.
If you ain't got some steroids,
take out a major baseball
player.
Don't change your Instagram
password.
Could have a problem.
And then in cigar news, we have
a bunch of new cigars and a full
game of what's the score on
older ones where boots can't
cheat.
Wow.
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I like saying it that.
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Yes, boom, now I've covered all
bases.
Except the beanie.
I still have the beanie on my
list.
No, I'm sorry.
Still haven't.
I mean, it's almost spring now.
I'm doing my best, just asking
people are.
Asking I'm wearing my BDP shirt.
Today you look very lovely.
That's your standard Monday
shirt.
No, I haven't worn it in like a
week or two.
Standard Monday.
Well, well, it's.
Tuesday, January 13th.
Well, yeah, but we record on
Monday.
OK.
We're either in the future or
day behind time.
You watch it whichever way you
want.
OK, All right.
Now I'm with the news.
Oh.
Will Smith is no stranger to
adventure, but his latest travel
series moment pushed even him
outside his comfort zone.
In a newly released episode,
Smith is seen assisting, so this
is what he's at.
Now he has to do wildlife shows
because nobody will work with
him.
I don't, I don't think that
that's true.
Think nobody will work with him?
He slaps people.
That was just a an event.
He went hard on the paint on
Chris Rock, Yeah.
You know, all right.
He's assisting wildlife
researchers with a newly
discovered Anaconda species
deep, deep in a remote jungle
environment.
The massive snake, believed to
be one of the largest ever
documented in its region, was
being examined as part of a
conservation and identification
effort during the.
I'm sorry.
I'm almost done.
Good enough.
Leave me alone.
I'm.
Fine researchers needed to
safely remove a loose scale from
the Anaconda for no, he's done
it For closer study, That's when
Smith stepped in.
The cameras captured the tense
moment as the actor carefully
followed instructions from the
wildlife team, keeping calm
while remaining only inches from
the enormous reptile.
Oh, not the head, just inches
from the reptile.
Just close to it.
At one point, Smith nervously
laughed and admitted that was
scarier than my wife.
As the snake shifted its I added
the wife as the snake shifted
its massive body.
Experts explained that the scale
removed was completely non
harmful necessary for scientific
classification, allowing them to
better understand how the
species differs from previous
known anacondas.
The discovery could reshape how
scientists categorized giant
snake populations in the region.
The snake was roughly 16 to 17
feet tall, but other snakes in
the region were seen to be 24
feet or bigger.
So this is considered a new
species of Anaconda.
It's a bigger one than they knew
we had so.
That makes it the king, but it's
still green, right?
So the green Anaconda.
It's a green Anaconda, it's just
larger than a regular Anaconda.
Maybe it's like the old Anaconda
just got older and bigger.
Could be, I have no idea.
I know that they don't want
none.
Unless it's got buns, Hun.
Oh, you picked up on that I.
Said that in the beginning of
the thing.
Oh, did you?
Oh, Dan here.
Isn't listening.
Will Smith sings Anaconda.
Don't want none unless you got
buns, Hun.
That was the lead into the
entire show.
Perfect.
Yeah, good job.
OK.
It just doesn't sound like a new
species to me.
It just sounds like they're the
bigger one.
It's the same thing.
The experts are saying it's a
new one, so I'm going to go with
them over you if that's OK.
They don't sound very expert Y
It sounds like they're trying to
chase media and get some
attention for something.
How does 1 become an expert on?
Anacondas.
Anacondas.
You eat 3.
You eat, that's what?
That's a line, yeah.
Yeah, if you've eaten more than
three, you're an expert.
You're considered an expert.
That's with most things well.
Guess what?
How many you had?
Boots loves anacondas.
Does he?
Yeah.
Oh.
You guys are.
Big.
Going down the wrong path
already.
He's an.
Expert puts it down to the wrong
path.
By the way, just so you know.
You're having an Anaconda at
home.
No, we're not having Anaconda
tonight.
The naval base that you messed
up with JD Vance where you said
that he stays at a naval base
and not like some type of naval.
His house was on some type of.
It was on a naval observatory or
something like that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Because the fact you said naval
base, a lot of angry people on
social media.
Was it not?
Was it on a college campus or
something?
Well, no, because it's not
considered a naval base.
It's a naval naval observatory
or something.
Like that?
Oh, I beg your pardon?
Dude, and you would have thought
that you, you know, like you
struck somebody's baby on on
social media.
It's wild.
People are very they're.
Like, hey, oh, you could like,
you know, somebody just told me
today, like, how can you know?
I wish I could.
How do you start a podcast and
and be wrong all the time?
I'm like, well, if you work hard
and you reach for the stars, you
can do it and.
You're willing to do it every
single day for no money for
seven years, and you know,
that's how you can say anything
you want.
But you're still listening.
You want Anacondas can fly too,
they say.
Fuck you guys.
Major League Baseball has handed
veteran outfielder Max Kepler an
80 game suspension after he
tested positive for a banned
performance enhancing substance
Epita.
I didn't even know.
What is that?
EPITREN B0L 0NE some type of
baloney.
That's it.
And violate and apparently it's
on the list.
So that's the weird.
Part it's on the list.
And violation of ML BS, Joint
Drug prevention and Treatment
program.
Kepler 32 and soon to be 33.
Oh, you better have a birthday.
Happy birthday.
Mr. Kepler spent the 2025 season
with the Philadelphia Phillies
on a one year $10 million
contract.
How nice is that?
One year, $10 million.
He loses that.
That's his contract he's on.
He he probably does lose that.
Yeah.
Well, he, well hold on.
He spent 2025 season with a so
at the end of 2025 season that
contract was over one contract,
$10 million one year in 2020.
Now we're starting 2026.
As far as I'm concerned, he's
not working, he's unemployed,
right.
He's hanging out with the Flying
Anacondas.
So he so he get he gets on the
sauce to try and get himself up
to speed in. 127 games last year
he slashed and then there's his
thing, which means nothing to me
with eighteen home runs and 52
RB is and a platoon roll.
I don't know what does that
mean.
He's just basically like a core
player.
Gotcha, $10 million should be a
core player. $10 million.
He got paid $10 million in a
year, Yeah.
And he's just a core player with
the MLB.
Bro they pay a ton a month.
Does baseball pay really well?
I wouldn't.
Know baseball pays the highest
that would, Yeah.
Really.
Yeah.
Well, they play a lot more.
Games, I was going to say, they
play more games.
I knew that, right?
Yeah, but baseball is a.
Lot of standing a.
Lot of standing, a lot.
Of standing a.
Lot of sunflower seeds.
A lot of sunflow.
Can't you chew bubble gum?
Can they devote?
Yeah, you get chew bubble.
Gum I'd rather devote.
Oh he is currently a free agent.
The suspension still apply.
So he not playing, but he
couldn't play if he wanted.
To So how long is he spending
for?
80 games. 80 games.
How?
Like what's that half the
season?
That's like 3 weeks.
No, that's.
That's like 3 weeks in baseball.
I'm only getting bad.
Information 120 some games or
something like that.
It's about half a season, a
little more than that.
Oh wait, listen to this.
It will begin once he signs with
a club.
That's what I was wondering.
So they got him, yeah.
And carries into the first half
of the 2026 season.
Under MLB rules, players
suspended for performance
enhancing drugs are ineligible
for both regular season and post
season play during the duration
of the band and do not receive
pay for those games.
Is that how long it takes for
that to get out of your system?
Michael, 8080.
I have no idea.
About steroids Expert on the
show.
Yeah, I wish.
I'm sorry.
I'm.
How does 1 become a steroids
expert?
How do you eat 3 We already made
to.
Eat three, You gotta eat 3
steroids, you eat 3.
It's all about consumption.
Yeah, right.
Exactly.
That's how they can tell.
Oral.
Oral.
Yeah, whatever.
Right, oral boy, when you hear
yourself walk in and open that
door, buddy, huh.
Stop.
No, No, no, no, no, no.
Right.
Whatever that long word is, is a
metabolite.
Yeah, associated with anabolic
agents.
Like, why are all these words?
Yes, trendbolone.
And it's prohibited under MLB's
drug policy.
All right, so trend's a big one.
Everybody knows trend like when
it comes to.
That's that new TV show.
When it comes to steroids, like
that's like.
That's the big one, huh?
That's the craziest wildest 1
you can take.
That's like.
So why would you take that one?
That's the one they're always
looking for.
That's like the horse steroid
that they, you know, yeah.
An 80 game band is standard
penalty for a first offense
involving a performance
enhancing substance.
Kepler debuted in 2015 with the
Minnesota Twins, spending the
first decade of his career there
for joining the Phillies last
season.
So he had to be towards the end
of his career or something.
I mean, if he played so long at
this game and all of a sudden
they got rid of him so that's
why he juiced, maybe he's.
Struggling, right?
And he's like, I got to keep up
with these young
whippersnappers.
Right, He's been a respected
power bat throughout his career,
including his standout 36 home
run season in 2019, and ranks as
the all time home run leader
among German born players.
There's a specific category for
that.
There's always specific if you
want to be #1.
I think realistically, yeah,
they'll always, they'll always
try and do something to
highlight a person to.
The number one cigar show that's
been on for seven years?
That's right, not been paid.
That's right, zero.
Well, actually that's multiple
categories, so it's multiple
awards.
Number one cigar not been paid
#1 Cigar going on eight years.
Number one cigar podcast that
doesn't say the right stuff, I
guess.
Yeah, we're the highest.
We're the highest charitable for
the industry.
For one cigar show that has
three people on it.
Yeah, we are we we.
Number one cigar podcast is bad
for the industry.
I feel like that's true.
I feel like more people are are
kind of getting accustomed to
this information like well, well
that clearly, but the the ball
busting like, you know, oh.
There was some people that
called that out specifically.
Yeah, yeah.
They're like, hey, you know,
this is not really like, what?
Oh no, I saw the ones that go.
We really love it.
Right.
All those, that stuff is
amazing, right?
Right.
I mean, you have to watch the
clip that I put up today of
Terrence when he says as he's
reading it and he and it like
realizes what's going on like a
baby giraffe.
Like he used to see it in his
face.
It was incredible.
I'm like Oh my God, I love this.
The suspension is expected to
have a significant impact on his
free agency value and chances of
landing a new contract as teams
weigh both the missed playing
time and his availability,
including post season band.
Which considering when
considering offers.
Yes and now people won't want to
take him because what if they
do?
He has to sit off half the
season.
Well, because he is a good
hitter, maybe what would happen
is somebody would pick him up
for the cheap and say, hey, your
contract doesn't really start on
pay wise until after the
suspension.
Which then after the suspension,
it's going to be a team that's
going to pick them up that's
looking for like a pendant run
or something.
Someone's going to be in the
World Series.
I mean, realistically, I think
what happens is it kind of makes
it where I would sign him now.
No, yeah, that's what I'm
saying.
You would sign him for the
cheap, right?
Hey, you got to serve this Yeti
game suspension and then you
come back for a Pennant race,
right?
Yeah, now we we should be in the
playoff run so.
Does he, I don't know how
baseball works, does he hold a
seat on the roster where maybe
they?
Can take 4 bases.
No, no, I understand what you
say.
Technically, there's three.
Technically, there's three bases
in a home play.
Right.
And then you got it.
Don't get that.
And then you got to hit the
ball, Yeah, and you got to go.
Around, but are they only
allowed so many players on the
roster?
Who's on 1st of?
Course.
OK, so he would have to hold a
space of someone else that they
could be using.
Correct.
Yeah.
Yeah, but they have like, you
know.
They could put them in our way
or something.
Like that they have a whole
bunch of different stuff.
There's oh, would that work?
You can put them on the junior
team or.
Whatever, I'm sure.
I'm sure you could slide them
there for the time being and
then bring them up or put them
back down if you needed the
space or something.
Yeah, I'm not a baseball expert.
I haven't eaten 3 baseballs so.
I Oh, well, I'm not an expert.
Yeah.
Why'd you start to say their
boots?
You know, baseball is like one
of the only sports that has like
multiple farm teams that you can
move people down on single A,
AA, AAA and then you have the
MLB.
So you can, you've got so many
possibilities.
It's it's crazy.
It's wild.
All right everybody, you got an
eye on your Instagram account.
Instagram viewers around the
world are reporting a sharp rise
in password reset attacks where
hackers attempt to take control
of accounts without even needing
the actual password.
Method is simple but effective.
Attackers flood Instagram system
with password reset request.
Oh, I've seen a lot of those.
I'll get the e-mail that says
you have requested your reset.
Here's the link is that you
please ignore.
Is that what this is?
Apparently, yes.
Reset request tied to your
e-mail or phone number.
Once they trigger enough
attempts, they try to intercept
reset links, exploit weak e-mail
security, or trick users into
clicking fake recovery messages
that look legitimate.
In many cases, victims don't
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What can you get by having
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I mean, there's no credit card
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I mean, you know, you can I
Bitcoin forex trade, yadda,
yadda, like you could use it for
all that this, you know, like
when you post things about how
magical this will work and
whatever the case may be where
you can you slide in into
another person's comments like I
did this and this was amazing,
right And that's.
Your thing, it's from you.
They're like, oh, that's a
great.
Idea This guy's a legit person,
you know so.
Yeah, click here.
Hey, I'm really down on my luck.
You should click on this link to
give me $1000.
Something like, hey Boo, there's
a picture, you're my Wiener and
you click sign.
Yeah.
Gotcha, exactly.
Cybersecurity experts say the
number one thing users must
check right now is whether 2
factor authentication is enabled
on both Instagram and the e-mail
account connected to it.
If a hacker controls your
e-mail, they control your
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Another major warning sign.
If you received multiple
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Experts recommend 3 immediate
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One, change your Instagram
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Are you writing this down?
He's doing it right now.
I'm gonna write this down.
You're.
Doing it right now 2 Enable 2
factor authentication using a
authenticator app, not just SMS.
3rd Secure e-mail account with
its own 2 factor protection.
Why not just SMS like if they
text?
Because they want you to use an
app that's vulnerable that you
they can get your password OK.
First of all, have you guys ever
used one of those authenticator
apps?
No, they're fucking aggravated.
They're a pain in the ass.
Yeah, I didn't even know they
had them, to be honest with you.
Yeah, it's because it's a lot of
it's tied into Google and it's
wild, dude.
I'm like, I'm not doing this.
Yeah, it's like, I'm sorry.
Yeah, so many things are a lot
of work.
We've apparently you're not the
person you say you're.
I'm like.
It's me.
I don't know what am I supposed
to do here.
I just tried to add the new app
to my phone for the car.
It keeps telling me I don't have
a car.
Right exactly.
I'm like what are we doing?
What the hell, I just got it
yesterday.
This is so dumb.
Instagram says it will never ask
for your password, though direct
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almost always a scam.
The bottom line is simple.
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down could cost you everything.
One small setting could be the
difference between keeping your
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take it over.
We've lost a couple of cigar
hustler accounts in the past.
Yeah, you guys screw that up.
I don't.
I don't know how you guys do
that.
It doesn't even make any sense.
Well, it was the girl first.
It wasn't me.
She did it.
So password might have been I'm
the girl, I don't.
Know you guys click weird links
or something?
I'll click any weird?
Links.
You're not just some.
That's a big deal.
I'm on the business account,
it'll be fine.
Boobies.
Nobody know it's me.
I always blame Greg.
This girl is lonely.
I will talk to her.
Oh, hey.
Hey, Mike.
We lost the account.
Like, really?
Yeah.
What happened?
I don't.
I don't know.
No, I don't know Boot.
Sent me a link and I clicked on
it.
It wasn't his Wiener, so it's.
So weird, so weird.
It's crazy how that happens.
All right, money makers, what's
the line?
You got something for us?
I I did.
But you.
Don't.
This is so so this is Tuesday,
so on the next day on.
Wednesday.
Yep, that would be Wednesday.
You got to pick Michigan State
against Michigan money line.
What is this basketball?
Yeah, basketball.
Sorry.
No, just in general.
So you're picking.
Well, football.
Well, football's pretty much.
Over they're going to dominate
them as.
It's a band.
It's a band Tuba off right?
Well, football.
'S pretty much.
Over tuba.
OK, you play the tube with the.
Best So Michigan State
basketball over Michigan?
Yeah.
Money outright.
Take the.
What is it?
Is it minus something?
It's -110. -110 OK, all right,
that's cool.
I know that you don't like us
talking about sports, but did
you see any of the football
games I've.
Got complaints from viewers?
They don't like you talking
about sports.
Which, you know who complaints
Mitch, I mean.
That's one, but not the only
one.
How did I know that?
But you know what?
This is a good game.
Keep guessing the.
The problem with the sports is
it's your two guys opinion on
the teams that you like, so it's
not really any information for
people to get.
It's just sitting there
listening to you guys talk about
your favorite teams.
There's only two teams that we
like and neither one of them are
playing.
That's not true.
Stop you from talking about
them.
That's not true.
There's actually a team.
Oh well, you always originate
back to the Patriots.
Yes, but I mean the Bucks is
your currently favorite until
they were out and now it's
packed.
Up.
They're out of it now.
They're they're out of the
playoffs now, yeah.
Well, you know, well, that's
just my son, my my father son
connection, right?
Yeah.
Right.
So no, it's not our opinions
based off of just teams that we
like.
We talk about all the teams.
We've been talking about the
shitty Kansas City Chiefs.
It's still your two guys
opinions on the sport.
That's the only.
That's the whole point of
talking about sport.
Pat Mcafee's.
Yeah, but only.
Millions of you doesn't
entertain 1/3 or 4th.
Guy who just doesn't entertain
Mitch.
He's not the only one I've had.
Four people to help me, then I
need the list I would like to
contact.
Them you don't need the list
'cause you're going to harass
the four.
People, I'd like to speak to
them about sports.
Would Mitch like us to talk
about tennis or something?
I mean, what does he want?
Us to talk?
No, that's still a sport.
He's more of a Lego guy.
Lego OK, we'll talk about Lego.
I don't like the blue he's.
An IT guy you don't like the you
don't like the blue ones.
Well, when you can set up things
at home that keep us with
viewing knowledge and we'll talk
about your blue Legos.
Right.
So in the meantime, his Roomba
is moving his mouse around now
like it is saying that we're
watching.
Fine, there's no football
playoffs going on.
We won't talk about it.
If you feel like we need to talk
about it though, comment below
please.
Skip's going to be the first
comment.
He likes the sports.
He does, yeah.
He just must have been very
close on that trip page.
A lot of FaceTime, a lot of he
knows everything there is about
Skip now.
No, he just listens to the
podcast.
What position does he sleep it
at night?
Which one is it?
I.
Don't know, it's more of a side
thing I think.
Is it he likes a spoon?
Yeah, he likes like, yeah.
Oh Lord.
Yeah, he likes.
He likes little spoon.
He likes to be held.
Big old boots to come around.
By yeah, that'd.
Be nice.
That's nice.
That's.
Said you don't have a video,
correct?
I do have a video.
Oh, see, earlier you didn't, but
I assumed you would have found.
One, yeah, I got, I have a
video.
All right.
Is this Preston?
No, I have a video of them
spooning.
Oh the perfect.
I can't share that with you
though.
Oh, unbelievable.
Yeah.
Other than that, no, I don't
have a.
Video.
No video.
All right, all right.
Moving on to cigar news.
On Monday, January 12th, that's
today, American Viking Cigars
will release its newest line,
Unkillable, which it calls its
first true full strength Maduro,
as well as one of its creators
most personal projects to date.
The blend is all Nicaraguan,
starting with Habano, a squirrel
rapper from the country's Halapa
Valley.
Underneath that is a binder from
Esteli and fillers from the
volcanic island of Omatempe,
along with tobacco from Kondaga,
Halapa and Esteli regions.
The company says the blend
produces a full bodied blend
that balances intensely with
refinement, offer a profile of
dark chocolate, cocoa, leather
and oak layered with depth and
evolution throughout the smoke.
It's offered in 2 sizes, an
unkillable robusto and an
unkillable Toro Factory
producing cigars has not been
disclosed.
It's undisclosed.
Unkillable.
That's good.
No, you go ahead.
Is omatepe in Nicaragua?
Yes, yeah, it's just.
Nicaragua, for love of God, both
of you.
OK, go ahead with your comment.
So the company's called Viking
Cigars.
Yes, American Viking cigars.
American Vikings.
American Viking in.
Nicaragua.
Nicaragua, yeah.
In Nicaragua.
There you go.
It's like you ever watch Aladdin
in the beginning when he's
selling the lamp and stuff.
Come closer.
Yeah, come closer a little.
That's a little too.
Closer, come closer.
It's in Nicaragua.
Also makes chili and fries.
Yeah.
OK.
So how long has this company
been around, you know?
First time I've heard of it was
today today.
Yeah, me too.
Oh, so one day.
I don't know.
It's a pure OH.
I mean, it doesn't sound like a
bad blend.
It's got a little bit of
everything in it.
What's a little, you know, a
little.
Bit a little bit.
You know what?
It's from Nicaragua.
Are they going to get in trouble
because isn't Placencia the one
that makes the?
Unkillable.
They don't own, they don't own
the volcano.
He's talking because Placencia
made an omen tempeh cigar.
That's a region where Tobacco's
ground.
I don't know.
They own, they own the volcano.
It's their volcano.
Maybe they do, I don't know.
They might have enough money too
on it.
Maybe one day, one volcano.
Maybe the history of cigars is
littered with brands that didn't
fully understand what they were
getting at, said Swanson.
The people still standing today
are time tested cigar makers.
You've learned the hard way that
to do this, really do it, you
have to be unkillable.
Tim Swanson is the owner of the
company.
I know that name.
That's yeah, because that's the
the husband of the wife and Dumb
and Dumber.
No, but I love that you went
that way.
But no, that's not, that's not
it.
I know that name.
Are you mistaking it with the
the Tim that has the cigar
company out in Arizona?
No.
His name?
Tim Swanson.
I don't think so.
The bald guy.
No.
OK.
Do I want cigars daily?
There you go.
That's it.
No, his name is Tim.
I don't think it's Tim Swanson.
From Nicaragua.
Come closer.
All right, well, you look that
up.
Cigars International has gotten
an exclusive version of the Liga
provider H 99.
Did you get 1?
You were there yesterday.
His name is Tim Swanson.
Michael What Doing a show here.
You wanted me to look it up.
No, I didn't.
You just decided to.
OK, I just like the part where
you said I'm correct.
His name is Tim Swanson, right?
Maybe he owns, Oh, you know what
he owns?
Viking Cigars.
All of this makes sense now.
That is his brand.
Look at that.
That's right.
He started that when he was with
the other guy.
I bet you it's a good cigar.
That's his off brand, not off
brand, but house brand cigars.
The American Vikings, the
Viking.
Yeah, he when he was with the
other guy, he made a cigar
called the Viking.
And now he's American Vikings.
Well, he probably couldn't use
the same name.
It might've been registered to
the other company, right?
Is this allegedly or is this
real?
No, that's all real.
We don't really Fact Check
anything, you know, like naval
bases and naval.
Observatories.
Naval Observatories.
You know, and then.
Hey Navy dude, what's the
difference between a base and
observatory?
Aren't the observatories on the
base?
An observatory wouldn't be like
an active.
I know they're not landing
planes, you're putting boats in
and out of it, but isn't it
right like next to or is it its
own piece of property?
No, when you said that there was
a base in DC anyways, I was kind
of confused because I don't
think there is a base.
There's one in Orlando.
Yeah, but I don't think there's
any bases in DC.
I'm I'm I'm pretty sure.
You would think all of them
would have one there.
That's the where the
headquarters of our country.
Is well, well, I think there's a
problem with it not being a
state.
Like it's just a yeah, it's just
a district.
Like I don't think you can, I
don't think they can do it there
that.
Seems that seems silly.
Are you asking someone?
Yes.
Who are you asking?
Law.
Mitch, a naval base and a naval
observatory are completely
different types of facilities,
despite both being associated
with the Navy.
Naval Base, also called Navy
Base or Naval Station in some
context, is a large military
installation primarily focused
on operational support for naval
forces.
It made purposes includes yadda
yadda yadda.
Naval Observatory, A naval
observatory, most famously the
United States Naval Observatory,
is a specialized scientific and
technical facility, not an
operational military port.
Its core missions are
astronomical and timing related,
directly supporting navigation,
positioning, and defense
systems.
Standing without boats.
There's no boats there.
So it's just non.
Operating.
Just no boats.
Zero boats.
They schedule all the boats in
and out.
They're the boat schedules,
right?
Yeah, that's what it is.
And stars.
OK.
The question was when you
weren't pay attention, did you
get the new league of provider H
99 Box Press when you were at
CI?
No, it's exclusive.
Oh, really?
Yes, I hate that cigar.
Like the H 99 was exclusive
before or?
Like no.
No, it's just this size.
I don't, I'm just not a fan of
that.
H 99 did you?
Did you buy any cigars?
Were you?
There of course I did of.
Course.
What do you say?
Of course.
Are you supporting the giant
monster?
I won't walk into a store.
You know, I can understand.
If I was representing Postagna
and I was trying to peddle my
wares, then yeah, that's one
thing.
But I went in there because, you
know, Terrence said it was going
to be there and you guys said
you were going.
To be there so well, you
misunderstood.
He was never going.
Yeah, I totally, totally mixed
that up.
So Terrence was there.
So I went, I bought Agonorsa, I
bought Anniversario Maduro and
then I and then I stood around
Agonorsa product and introduced
it to people.
Oh, you worked?
Yeah, man, I like.
I'll do that for.
Sport, bro.
Oh did Terrence have an event?
Is that what was going on?
Yeah, he was having an event.
You know, I had like 4.
So prior to that I was.
I made him help a customer here
he was you a guy he's gotten
humidor goes sell me your cigars
because I don't really do that
anymore.
Like, sorry, he's in there.
It was fun because, you know,
like he wasn't really selling
anything, you know, that's.
What he doesn't do?
Well, he wasn't.
Well, he wasn't.
His event hadn't started.
So, you know, he's very and I'm
like, well, I can do whatever I
want.
So I was like, you know, hey,
you should try this.
I was introducing it to people,
introducing to the people.
Does anybody else, you know,
probably should have covered
this at the beginning, but you
know, we're talking about CI?
Yeah, I saw a handful of people
there.
A couple of our regulars were
out there to hire them.
Did you get recognized?
I did.
I did by one individual.
I did just one.
Yeah, there was a lot of faces
that I did not know.
Yeah, I saw a lot of pictures on
Facebook and it's a lot of yeah,
unfamiliar faces.
It was packed.
It looked packed.
There was probably, I don't
know, maybe 5 or 10 people I
recognized out of the few
hundred that were there, right?
Which goes to show you, man.
It's wild dude.
Was it like shoulder to shoulder
packed or was it no room to
move?
You had room to move, but it was
busy.
It was busier the first because
the 1st 500 people got like a
swag bag or something.
Oh really?
All the chairs were taken, you
know.
Oh, in the bar area.
Yeah, and I like their layout.
Their lounge is pretty cool.
Did you see the T VS?
I did.
Was there a problem with turning
your neck to the I'll?
Try.
Somebody said that.
You know, T VS.
I wasn't too judge mental on
TV's.
Here's what I'm going to tell
you though, because I know, I
know that our boys said that
there was a problem with that.
I think that if I'm going to a
lounge like that, I'm not really
trying to watch TV anyways.
You know, like I wouldn't go
there for to watch a fight or
anything like that.
I'm probably going to go there
to interact and talk and talk to
people.
So where the TV's are kind of
irrelevant anyways, if they're
there in existence, great.
It gives me an opportunity to
look up briefly if I'm, if I'm
struggling to carry on a
conversation, I guess.
But they don't have to be in an
ideal spot for me 'cause I'm not
going there to sit and watch
something in particular.
Like it's not designed for that,
you know, this is designed for
that.
That's what the private lounge
is designed for.
Most retail spots I don't feel
like have that in.
Mind set up for that reason.
Yeah, and and nor really should
they be because, you know, what
are you gonna do?
You gonna sit down?
Like, I think that's kind of a
struggle.
I know there's some stores that
have that where you sit down and
you watch a whole movie and he
smoked the one cigar, but like
nobody's talking.
I mean, if even at least there's
sports on or something, you can
carry on conversation about
whatever you know so all.
Right, The new league of Bravada
H 99 Connecticut Coroho
Connecticut.
Oh, it's a Connecticut.
It's Connecticut, Coroho.
Oh coroho.
A6 by 50 box press Toro the
first box press Vitola for the
H99 line.
Like the rest of the line, it
uses a hybrid wrapper that is a
cross between the stock cut
Habana wrapper grown in
Connecticut and the crojo seed.
Underneath it is the Mexican San
Andreas Negro binder and fillers
from Honduras, Nicaragua and
Pennsylvania.
On launch, Cigars International
has listed the cigars for
$175.99 per box of 10.
Cigars International is part of
the Scandinavian Tobacco Group,
the publicly traded conglomerate
that includes General Cigar,
Ford Cigar and a large retail
operation, while Cigars
International is the flagship
brand and SCG also owns Thompson
Cigars, cigar.com, Cigar Bids,
Seguria and Pipes and Cigars,
where these cigars will likely
be sold.
You know The funny thing is
though, with the whole grand
opening or whatever, why didn't
they just do their own stuff
like Man of War AJ Fernandez
event to open up and then parlay
that with the diesel?
Who would have been the brand
person for that thing though?
I don't know.
I'm sure they, I mean just shove
Justin Andrews there all day,
Who cares?
Yeah, but people know Terrence.
They he's, you know, a draw, as
they say.
I I don't disagree with that.
I'm just saying that, you know.
I didn't see any advertisement
he was going to be there except
that he said he was going to be
there, right?
Right, that's what I'm saying.
They're all about peddling their
stuff, so.
Well, earlier that day he was at
the Evil Empire, so it's not
like that was even his, you
know, his only chair up.
He just worked it in.
The Evil Empire.
The evil empire.
All right, let's move on out of
this.
There's a lot more.
Oh, here's an update.
Shortly after the story was
published, a Drew State employee
informed Half Wheel that that
the is a Cigars International
exclusive, not a Meyer and Dutch
exclusive.
As the company's press release
stated, Meyer and Dutch is the
wholesale distribution arm of
CI.
Oh, I didn't know they were part
of CI.
Yeah, interesting.
Meyer and Dutch all.
Right Lure Cigar Company has
officially unveiled the newest
addition to its limited edition
catch and release series with
the release of the Slim Jim.
Now available at select
retailers, the Slim Jim is a 6
1/2 by 42 Lonsdale vitola
crafted with a rich Connecticut
broadleaf wrapper.
Beneath the dark, flavorful
exterior is a Nicaraguan binder
from Estele paired with filler
tobaccos grown in the Halapa and
Oman Tempe regions.
See Boots?
They get their stuff there too.
That's not good.
Of Nicaragua.
All production takes place at
the respected La Table Cara
factory in Estele, ensuring a
consistent premium smoking
experience.
The cigars are $11.00 per cigar.
Productions are limited to 360
bundles of five cigars, making
this release a true collector's
piece for fans of boutique and
small bad cigars.
According to Lower Cigars, the
Slim Jims thinner ring gauge was
chosen and intentionally the
company says the higher rapper
to fill a ratio lousy.
Can I get broad leaf to take
center stage, delivering bold
flavor without overwhelming
smoke?
You like this cigar?
I have not had this cigar, but I
do like the brand.
Oh, lure.
Yes, lure cigars.
Yeah, I've heard great things
about this guy.
And great.
Things.
Yeah, yeah, He's a friend of
mine.
I mean, he's asked about coming
here, but I always tell him it's
not my decision.
I don't get to what?
Do you mean as an asked like?
Hey, can you guys carry my
cigar?
That type of thing.
Have I ever tried any of the
stuff?
I don't know, Greg always poo
poos because like, well, we want
a cigar about fish.
I go, well, it doesn't taste
like fish.
They're actually pretty good
cigars.
I mean can when we try it?
Yeah, get some stuff we'll put
on the Patreon.
We'll try it out.
Yeah, you got it done.
I'm I'm glad that he made it a
42 ring gauge and call it the
Slim Jim because if you made it
like a 60 and call it the slim
Slim Jim.
Backwards.
Well, that's why, you know, I
think the the size made the
name, not the he was going to
Hey, I want them because not my
slim Jim.
Wow, what's the fat 1?
We got but sometimes these cigar
companies do stuff like that.
No, I mean, like, it's an
interesting, it's an interesting
take on a cigar brand name,
right?
Lure cigars.
No one's ever done anything like
that.
It's talking about fishing.
You know, I mean, maybe he's
just luring you to try them.
Bow Weevil burns someone like
crazy up there, yeah.
How is lure spelled?
LURE.
Just like the fishing lure, I
told him in PCA, I go, don't
take this the wrong way.
He goes, what?
And I go, you wouldn't think a
cigar would be good.
It's named after fishing lures.
I said.
It just seems like it would be
odd, right said, but I like your
cigars.
And he starts laughing.
He's like, yeah, I'm.
You're not the first one to say
that.
Yeah, but I'm going to Sarah
smoke this man of war.
Him and his dad used to go
fishing.
He made the cigars for his dad,
who has passed.
Yeah, so it was a tribute.
Yeah.
So originally he started it and
then it sort of has taken off.
I mean, you see it a lot.
It's cool, yeah.
Get us something, we'll try and
we'll you know, we'll give you
our honest opinion on the
Patreon.
Got it.
All right, you guys ready for
the world famous game that's
taken over the industry by
storm?
Yes.
What's the score?
Perfect from Nicaragua.
You gave us you.
You launched it properly.
Yeah, it gave you more time.
All right.
First cigars from July 28th,
2021.
Boots.
You can't look it up.
Haha.
Charlie Minato cigars, it is the
Davidoff Honduras limited
edition review the Camacho
Factory unleashed.
I was told this was cigar that
you guys talked about with Lee
or actually with Law, sorry or
smoked and you guys would like
to have it on the game.
Oh really?
Who told you that?
I have peoples Mitch.
Nope.
Was not.
Mitch was not.
Steven Wills.
Wasn't Steven Wills.
Was it law?
Skip Martin.
You guys keep yelling out names,
not going to tell you it was,
you know you keep a secret.
That's my line.
So do I.
That's my line.
Doesn't matter, still applies.
I'm going to say 89.
Charlie Minato. 2020 Charlie
Minato 2021.
Unleashed I'll.
Go 86.
From the Camacho Factory
Unleashed Cigar of origin or
country of origin, Sorry
Honduras Factory Diadema Fat
cigars de Honduras Rapper
Ecuadorian Corojo binder,
Honduran filler, Dominican
Republic, Honduran and
Nicaragua.
Length of 6 inches by 50.
It's a Toro Gentleman $7.80 and
they smoked three of them.
Oh, how surprising.
Sometimes there's one, sometimes
there's two.
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo.
Don't act like that's not
important information. 89. 86.
More cigars means more things
could go wrong.
You.
Already looked it up.
Clue number one, It's already
cheating.
The Camacho Factory Unleashed
offers a surprisingly layered
and dynamic flavor journey,
especially for a cigar that
presents itself with a more
factory style understated
aesthetic.
The progression from nutty,
creamy peanut butter notes and
the first third into grain
toasted bread and subtle fruity
accents like Raspberry and Peach
keeps the profile interesting
and far from one-dimensional.
The balance between sweetness,
spice and savoury elements gives
a cigar a complexity that
rewards slower, more attentive
smoking.
Sounds like a 90.
I'm gonna go 90.
Don't go up 87.
Clue #2.
He cheated.
I can see it in his face.
Construction and overall
performance are largely
impressive with a notably even
ash and well formed burn
through.
Much of the cigar draw allows
for rich full smoke output early
on, and the blend consistently
delivered full flavor with a
medium plus body and medium to
medium full strength.
Retro Hells in particular stand
out by adding an extra layer of
sweetness, creaminess and
mineral characters that enhances
the overall depth and
sophistication of the smoking
experience.
Buchas yawned.
Get it together.
Yawned made me yawn.
I'm off camera.
I can still hear it 'cause I
can't see you.
Right.
Is that the end?
Of the words.
Yeah, that's why I stopped
talking.
Feels like a 90.
You said that you do that every
time.
Is that is that like you're I'm
thinking?
That's he's looking up, yeah.
89.
That's his Google pause.
Third clue.
Despite the strong flavour
profile, the cigar does struggle
with consistency in smoke
production as it progresses,
especially in the 2nd and final
thirds.
The need for multiple touch ups
interrupts the flow of the
experience and slightly dull
some of the more nuanced flavors
that were so vibrant earlier on.
While not a deal breaker, these
performance issues keep The
Factory Unleashed from reaching
its full potential.
And maybe notable for smokers
who have a maintenance free burn
or value of maintenance free
burn. 88.
I'm Googling.
I'm Googling.
You look this up.
How do you spell unleashed?
Unleashed.
I think it's the way Palmer's
reading it.
Yeah, but yeah.
'Cause you already know the
answer.
No.
Right, because I say the number
in between every other word.
No, it's like you like you like
your, you like your uppity right
now, like reading it.
So you make it sound like it's a
really good you're.
Still the same words.
You're so uppity.
It's a written thing.
I'm trying to give the show a
little pizzazz, a little flare.
In it.
When I gave out wrong
information about the flying
anacondas.
Anacondas don't fly.
What'd you say, 88?
Yeah. 87 I think I was good at
87.
All right, final thought,
gentlemen.
Final thoughts.
Last thing, Bing Bong.
Oh, there it is.
The Camacho Factory Unleashed is
fine, at least until you look at
the price point.
At least at less than $8, this
is a very good Toro sized cigar
for the money.
It's neither the best Camacho
cigar nor the best value in the
humor, but it's a happy medium
between those two superlatives.
There was plenty of flavors.
Pretty good construction, though
I wish the profile was a bit
more dynamic, not like Palmer's
Reed.
Unfortunately, my personal
opinions about construction
aren't the same as how we judge
construction here.
Oh at half wheel, sorry.
And as such the touch ups are
going to take off some points
from the final score.
Perhaps more problematic is that
we don't factory price.
We don't factor price and do our
store scores.
If we didn't that, if we did
that, I'm really on problems
today.
If we did that, or if we created
a list of the best value cigars
of the year, the Camacho Factory
Unleashed would probably get a
more memorable place in history.
As it stands, a good cigar
without any major flaws, though
one I might not remember in a
couple of weeks.
Well, he said that they don't
factor price, but I feel like he
is factoring it.
Basically it was good, but he's
not going to remember it.
It was OK, but I might not
remember this next.
Week 87. 87's a good number.
What did he say?
Was that his score?
No, no, no.
Still have a problem smelling
unleashed?
I'm going to go 86. 87 you
saying?
It was a good number.
He had he had 87 and he let it
go.
Can you guys tie?
Can you both pick it?
Yeah, we could tie.
Sure.
Where's the fun on that, right?
I don't want a tie, right?
Just curious.
All right.
Next Cigar from October 14th,
2018.
Also Charlie Minato.
Agonorsa Leaf Cigars limited
edition Cigar Limited edition
Nicaragua Reviews Agonorsa Leaf
Signature Series.
Corona, Gorda.
Signature Series.
Corona, Gorda.
Yes, not supreme leaf signature
series.
I've never responded so I don't
know 85. 87.
I did not yawn.
None of us yawn.
Get it together.
You know what's?
Funny, you know, you yawn during
the show.
You want them done.
You fall asleep.
Forgot.
You need more oxygen.
I need to take a like.
Sometimes I need oxygen.
If it's a heavy leg day, you
know a good time.
Palmer is older.
He doesn't.
Even I will tell you this my
actually shut up for one second.
Listen, I actually ordered
something for you and it was
going to be hilarious.
And an oxygen machine it.
Didn't work, it was smelling
salt.
Oh yes.
And I was going to pelt you
with, I'm like, here, here.
Did you hit this?
It didn't work.
Yeah, I opened it and I went to
go smell it and it didn't smell
like anything.
Which one did you get?
I'll tell you I will bash this
brand because they.
Maybe.
Maybe just your nose is broke.
Because it did not work you.
Gotta get the boom stick.
I have boom sticks.
Oh, they don't work.
Well, I mean they do, but I
mean.
Steve was talking about this
brand.
Maybe you just.
And I was like, all right, I'll
get this.
And it did not work.
It's gone.
Oh, just like the smell.
Oh, here it is.
Did you buy it on Amazon?
Yeah, CG.
Oh, it's got, oh, it's got one
star now.
It had way higher stars.
Oh, it's only Steve.
Only Steve.
Currently unavailable.
Gotcha, that's neat.
It's currently unavailable, so
that means that they probably
had a problem.
I had to pull them off market.
Yeah, I'm like this dog.
They can.
Complain.
Maybe get a free one?
Maybe it's crack.
Oh, I got a refund and they said
they were not going to refund
this.
I'm like, Oh yes, you are.
You're definitely.
Refunding.
Oh because you open it?
Because normally you snap them.
How many did you get?
It no, it's it was actually like
a can and then and like you
unscrew it like and.
You unscrew it, sniff from the
can.
Cocaine.
I might have been a little leery
of that because what did you put
in the can?
It would have been great so but
you know, to be continued on the
smelling salts we're going to.
All right.
Did you guys give a score for
your Corona Gordas?
85 for me.
And I said 87 all.
Right it is the Agonors Relief
signature series Corona Gorda
from Nicaragua Factory Tabaco
valet de Jalapa rapper Nicaragua
Coro 99 Halapa binder Nicaragua
filler Nicaragua Esteleen halapa
linked 6 inches by 44 and they
smoked 2.
Surprising.
Surprising. 85. 87 kloon #1 The
Agonorsa Leaf Signature Series
delivers an engaging and
evolving flavor profile,
highlighted by a compelling
contrast between creamy citrus
nuttiness and subtle sweetness.
The transition in the retro hail
from intense red pepper.
The smooth cream, grapefruit and
orange adds depth and keeps the
experience dynamic, while the
lemonade like sweetness and
peanut notes create a memorable
and balanced core.
I get so confused if I would
actually taste these things.
Nuts and lemonade?
That sounds terrible together.
I mean, sounds like something
Charlie would like.
Delicious.
With an orange and a grapefruit.
Coco and EBS.
No, no, it's Brooks.
Brooks is a Coco nibs.
Brooks is Coco nibs.
Go 86.
We need to bring Coco nibs to
PCA to give him we have a
present for you.
Brooks, 87.
Clue #2 In terms of strength and
body, this cigar offers a bold
and satisfying presence.
With full flavor, a full body
and medium full strength.
It maintains intensity without
becoming overwhelming.
The lingering creaminess and
citrus sweetness in the final
third help preserve complexity
and prevent the profile from
feeling overly dry or
aggressive.
It is not an aggressive cigar.
Taking our sis, yeah.
I don't think any of those
cigars are really aggressive.
I'm going to go to 89.
Big jump.
Did you say your score?
I thought he went first.
He.
Just went OK I haven't said
mine.
I thought you said OK like you
had.
No, you need to pay attention.
Oh, he snipped the boomstick, so
he's he's moving up.
Wacky.
I don't know what's going on.
I'm going to stick at 87.
Boots your score.
He already he goes first.
Oh did he?
I'm sorry I got so confused.
Stroke.
All right, third clue
construction is the Cigar's
biggest drawback, as multiple
samples require repeated touch
ups due to uneven burns and
inconsistent smoke production.
These burn issues interrupt the
flow of the smoking experience
and in some cases contribute to
the bitterness late in the
cigar, slightly detracting from
what is otherwise a flavourable
and intriguing blend.
So because it was burning weird,
it made it better?
Yes, but you had to keep
relighting.
It gave it that burned sour
smell.
Yeah, I mean, it sounds like
he's going to mark it low
because of.
Sounds like, but you never.
Driving while he's smoking.
Could go anywhere. 98, he just
said.
Perfect.
Perfect score 100. 87.
Isn't that where I'm at?
I don't know, I.
Guess. 86.
I only listened for the last
one.
If you judge a final thought, if
you judge the cigar based on its
first inch, this is going to be
a massive disappointment unless
you are looking to have your
throat lit on fire via pepper on
the retro oil.
That being said.
It's inconsistently burning.
This is where he loves it.
That being said, the Agronorse
Relief Signature series Corona
Gorda developed into something
quite smooth and complex.
There were times in which it
seemed like the Pepper wanted to
come back, but each time there
were hints of a return.
There was no triumphant
comeback.
It allowed for the cigar to
continue down its path to
complexity.
Unfortunately, consistent burn
issues, particularly in the
latter half, impacted the score.
Senor boots, boots, boots.
Nicaragua.
Boots.
This is an agronosa.
It has to be an 88.
Yeah, yeah.
So do I want to go for it, like
to try and nail it, or do I want
to play it safe and just go down
one from there?
That's the question.
I mean, think about it, right,
like this is a a bigger brand,
right?
And I'm sure that they spend
some money half of them.
And he hated the first inch but
loved the rest of.
It all right, so you 80 eighted
it?
Yep.
OK.
I think I'm just going to win
the day here and I'm just going
to go 8789.
Yeah, baby.
I mean, you still won the day.
You still.
Won the day.
You went the wrong way.
But yeah, it's hardly like
they're not going to go down low
on that one.
This was the lower scoring
agronoms, the cigars they had
done really.
Yeah.
Well, that's pretty impressive,
yeah.
That's what I thought too.
I was trying to find a dog but
this is the lowest one.
So they got all 90s. 89, yeah.
A couple 80 nines and then some
90s.
Yeah, there weren't a whole lot.
There's maybe 7 or 8.
Isn't that wild?
I don't know why they don't
review me.
I mean, they have tons of
cigars.
I don't know why they don't.
I mean we.
We smoke that cigar.
I mean, it's a consistent.
Different sizes of the same
cigar if they wanted to.
It's a consistent cigar.
I mean, is there one that you
smoked and you're like as a
turd?
I think I've smoked some before.
I'm like.
I only like him when Terrance is
here, so the second one I gave
to one of the guys upstairs
that.
Arsenio, that's Terrence had
left.
I thought that Arsenio Corona
Gorda was really good.
Yeah, it was good.
I just I was having some
tunnelling issues which is kind
of weird for a Corona Gorda.
You know that's that happens
sometimes.
I was looking for that at CI.
They didn't have it.
Oh really?
Yeah, maybe it's when they don't
let them have.
'Cause I was going to smoke that
again.
No, they have it.
Oh.
They were just out of it.
No, it just wasn't on the shelf.
Like I'm sure that when you go,
if you go through there, some
things don't make sense.
Like there's product like on the
shelf and then there's product
that's not on the shelf, but the
boxes are kind of slid down
beneath them like, OK, why is
that here?
I don't know.
It's such a huge place.
I mean it's.
Yeah, but it's not.
The humidor is not overly huge,
unless that.
Wait, that one's bigger than the
rest of the.
It's a good size.
That one's bigger because they
went into an existing building.
They didn't build that up.
It's a good size, you know for
sure.
Is it connected to the strip
center or is it off by itself?
It's a standalone building
outside of the mall.
Did you look any of the room 11
stuff?
They usually have some older
room 11 stuff that's usually
pretty good.
I do not look.
Didn't walk every aisle.
I did.
Oh, my only priority other than
hanging out with Terrence and
talking about Agnorsa is Roma,
right?
And they have an end cap, which
I don't think is great.
You know, I think that they
should be more mainstream
somewhere on that, on their
shelves.
But the other places I've been,
they've always been on the
aisle.
Yeah.
Were they a rear facing end cap,
correct.
Yeah, that's not.
Good.
Anything special?
They don't do any CI only I
don't believe.
Sometimes they only but.
Sometimes they would have like
LE because people don't
generally look there.
You know, a lot of your CI guys
are guys that aren't big cigar
smokers and they're just looking
to try one thing.
You know, or get their bundles.
Yeah, I didn't run into any
value guys.
I ran into guys that are more
like I just like to get a couple
sticks and try them out, you
know?
So OK, anything else to add?
I have nothing else.
That is it all.
Right, well, we need to start
plugging the cigar vent for the
shop.
At some point we need to mention
that I.
Don't know.
Oh, at the end of the month, as
soon as Greg has the details,
he's supposed to get him this.
Week I know it's crown heads.
Crown heads and it's on the
30th, 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM.
And all I know is that the Rep
will be here.
OK, Not even sure who he is.
OK, All right.
It's on episode 446 of Cigars or
Podcast And miss Brittany's
birthday.
Happy birthday again, Brittany.
Yep.
Happy birthday.
Thank you.
Should we sing to her?
No.
Boo, you want to sing to her?
We don't need him.
Whatever you want to do, Palmer.
Nope, I'm getting a look.
Goodbye.
We would have Brittany.
Have a birthday to you.
Bye.
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