ACHP Repeat of Episode 279 "Where Is Phil?"
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Hey everyone, I'm Mike Palmer
and Merry Christmas from all of
us here at the Cigar Hustler
Podcast.
Today we're bringing back one of
my personal favorite episodes,
episode 279.
This is the episode where we
officially introduced Karen to
the engineering staff.
And yes, it's also the one where
we read the now infamous press
release announcing that our
primary engineer, Phil, has
somehow become lost in the
Nicaraguan jungle.
It's ridiculous.
It's classic Hustler, and it's
exactly the kind of chaos that
makes this show what it is.
Whether you're relaxing, hiding
from family, or enjoying a good
cigar today, we hope this
episode gives you a few laughs
and a little holiday escape.
Thanks for spending part of your
Christmas with us and enjoy
episode 279 of the Cigar Hustler
Podcast.
Sweetheart, you start right
there.
Oh, hello, welcome to the Cigar
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BDP Palmer and I'm boot and I'm
Karen filling in for boots for
Phil this.
You're getting so flustered,
honey.
Oh yeah, you'll be fine doing.
Great.
While he's found I guess or
something.
We'll update everybody on Phil
here.
Just a moment.
We are deeply saddened at the
loss of Phil the cameraman.
Our hearts are with his family
and I'm sure they will miss him
when they get back from the
vacation they are paying for
with his insurance money.
So.
So they're out there.
They're out spending his money,
apparently.
So they they collected on the
insurance.
Like on the insurance and took a
cruise or with some vacation?
And they're just rolling hard.
Just rolling hard, OK?
They're suffering through
Michael.
Well, Karen, it's, it's nice to
have you, Karen.
Yes, thank you for coming in.
Oh, thank you.
You're.
A perfect fit.
You're a perfect.
Fit, Karen, you're lovely, Very
lovely.
Camera one, please, Karen.
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I really want a cigar.
Can you maybe pull it away from
the microphone?
There you go.
All right, back to one, please.
I'll start over.
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Nice.
What we got for the Patreon?
For the Patreon today we are
smoking the Viaje Skull and
Bones Red fat man.
Yes, red fat man, the fat man.
The fat man?
Yes, that's the little boy.
Or the Ivan.
I've had the little boy.
Already.
Oh, that sounds weird.
Oh.
I forgot what the time.
I'm going to tell you right now,
if I make the soundboard, I will
break everything.
I've had the little boy already.
Is it usually?
Three O 8.
Three O 8.
Karen, I don't appreciate your
help over there, Karen.
I don't know what I'm doing
here.
Just from yelling out numbers
she doesn't know.
It's no Karen.
Oh, Karen, Karen, your phone,
your phone needs to be on.
Sorry.
I didn't know the rules.
Here I didn't know.
She doesn't know the rules.
She's very new.
I'm very excited about my rack
above.
I love my rash we.
Talk about Phil, All right.
Do you?
Want to get?
I was just going to talk about
my rack above real quick.
Talk about your we, we've,
we've, we.
We love our supporters that have
been backing the Rack Above
movement on social media and
stuff.
Hashtag.
What's the hashtag?
They do.
It's not a rack above, it's an
better overhead garage storage
with a rack of both.
That's what they put.
That's what they were doing,
yes.
That's what they did better.
Better overhead garage.
Storage.
It's a mouthful.
It's quite the long hashtag.
Yeah, so, well, we thank you for
your support before we get into
the whole fill thing.
Yes, now you're not going to
even light and smoke the cigar.
I know, I know.
Before we get into the whole
fill thing.
Yes, the shirts are in.
Oh, that's funny, I don't have
one.
Well, it's funny you should say
that.
Oh, because I just so happened
to have XL.
Here, that would be me.
Yes.
Yes.
And Karen, you strike me as a
double XL type of an.
Individual, very full figured
woman.
I have a double XL for you.
Oh.
Nice.
Here you go Karen, post on your
shirts.
I'm going to work on releasing
them to retailers across the
nation with these.
I thought you said they were
silkscreen.
With I mean, I'm not these are
silkscreen.
Oh, feels like the.
Heat price thing?
Yeah, no, these are silkscreen.
Oh.
Oh, that's not the one you made.
You have one of the new ones on?
Yeah.
Oh, it looks just like the
other.
One, this is a new one, yeah.
So if you, if you're retail, if
you have a retailer and they
would like these Postagna
shirts, Super P, they will be in
Corona Gorda orders.
While supplies last, so assorted
sizes.
Quickly, Yeah, I got to work out
the details still.
But if you want, if your
retailer wants them, you better
have your retailer reach out to
me.
How many do you have total?
Are we disclosing that I.
Think it'll be like 400 and
something.
That's a good number.
Assorted sizes.
Yeah, yeah, I meant to do 5. 100
XL and up I would.
Have no, I have.
I have a couple smalls, a couple
mediums.
For the women, yeah.
Yeah.
Well, I mean, there's a woman
over here.
She's a double XL.
Well, she's a woman.
She's a smoker.
It works.
Lovely hair, I love your hair.
Thank you.
Just had it done.
So, Phil, she has a little.
Bit of a hormone problem.
Yeah, she's, yeah, she's gonna
love running high tests,
apparently.
I'm I'm right here.
This is 15.8g.
Oh, 15.8 gotcha.
Let me write that down.
I'm right here.
So, yeah.
So Phil was on on doing a
documentary in Nicaragua.
Oh, really?
Yes.
I don't know exactly.
Tobacco or something in the
jungle, sex trafficking, who
knows?
Who knows?
I don't know.
That could have been anything.
He was freelancing.
He was not working for us.
Yeah, but I got a notification
last week.
I heard it was a Jeep thing.
Oh, could have been.
Yeah, I heard it was.
Jeep related.
Well, through the jungle, so it
might be.
Yeah, could be.
A Jeep thing, Yeah, Yeah, I got
a notification from the
Nicaraguan government,
Department of the Interior or
whatever they call it, or that
he, his group has gone missing
and they're assuming that he
will not retire.
He's declared they they, they
declared him dead.
Well, they have a body.
Oh that's horrible.
But the the Nicaraguan
government is doing the medical
autopsy.
They will not release the body
to the family.
Gotcha.
But they did send quickly send
notification the family had him
pronounced dead very fast so
that they could get the
insurance money.
And he's gone.
And Phil's gone.
Apparently.
That was it, and it was it.
So yeah.
You know those Jeep trips?
They can get dangerous.
Yeah, they can't.
Very dangerous?
Yes, very.
Cost all those shenanigans.
Yeah, I heard there was drinking
involved.
Minimal invitations.
Yes, it's a select crowd select.
Crowd.
It's a.
Small group.
Small group of people that are
allowed to go right.
Yeah, I mean, I've never been
invited to a Jeep.
Thing me either No, no, I
haven't either so crazy you know
funny thing we got invited by a
different couple A friend of
Adrian's actually lives in in
Daytona for Sunday.
Oh, but.
For a Jeep thing here.
For part to do the last day of
Jeep Beach OH here yes, but
because of the weather well, you
know, there's a tornado warning
and then it was high winds and
there was a possibility of rain.
So we we didn't.
We didn't go.
I get it.
So it's too dangerous.
Yeah, I mean, that wind was
terrible yesterday.
I mean, it was like it was fall
already, Phil.
'S out doing the Jeep thing and.
Yeah, he's gone, Gone.
He's gone.
Not just it could happen like
that.
A lot of condolences on
Facebook.
Yes yes, thank you everyone for
the outpouring.
We're going to start a GoFundMe
to help his family.
Like a second vacation, 1 ticket
back from the first one so.
We'll work on that.
Everybody donate.
Yes, everybody, everybody
donate.
They're, they're distraught.
His, his wife is terribly upset.
Her new boyfriend is terribly
upset.
So yeah, her new boyfriend's
nice boyfriend.
I heard they'll take cigars too.
Oh, it's nice.
That's nice.
Nice.
OK, cool.
So yeah.
Well, once we have the details
more, we'll tell you how you
can.
Contribute, yeah.
So, so we we have Karen.
I hired her off of Indeed.
Indeed, not Craigslist or
anything like that.
She kind of looks like a
Craigslist pick.
I think she does other things on
Craigslist.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Karen.
Do you have an only fans pick?
Yeah, she asked me which ad I
was responding to.
No.
You don't have no only fans
page, OK.
She wanted which ad I saw her on
so it was a little awkward.
Oh.
So there are multiples
apparently.
Well, that was like the
Christian Mingles thing.
No, no, no, it wasn't Christian
Mingle.
It was indeed glass floor one of
those.
Oh yeah, yeah.
I mean, her bar must be really
low because this job doesn't pay
for shit.
No, yeah, no.
And.
She jumped at the relocation
too, so apparently.
I saw the story, it was so
horrible.
You removed Karen.
Yeah, I was moved.
OK, Very soft spoken, yeah.
Gentle, yeah.
I'm from Iowa.
Kind of turning me on Iowa,
Karen.
I didn't.
Like, I didn't want to admit it.
I didn't.
That you were getting turned on
a.
Married man.
I mean, I shouldn't say those
things on the air.
Yeah.
Wow, so you were.
You have a lovely beard by the
way, Karen.
I think it's the high test I.
Have a beard?
Yeah, yeah.
Supposed to.
Point that.
Out she got to shave again.
She usually shave every morning.
Maybe she can't really see.
It's terrible.
She's working on cameras.
Well, that explains a lot.
Maybe Phil is blind, too.
Yeah, who knows?
Who knows?
Who know?
So were you sick over the
weekend?
You said you didn't feel good.
Yeah, I wasn't feeling great,
yeah, but I did do something
very interesting.
What did you do?
My dryer had shit the bed
you're.
Dryer yeah.
Oh, it was windy.
We closed outside on Sunday so.
I I Googled the parts, Yeah.
And so what's really cool is I,
I ordered, I thought it was like
the heat thing, right?
Which is like this.
Very technical, yes, the heat
thing.
This heat thing?
Yes, the heating element.
That's what it's called.
I was like, how did you find
this part?
So I ordered the heating element
and the heating element hasn't
arrived yet.
But then I jumped to another
website and it said, OK, here's
what happens with your dryer.
There's a 33% chance that it's
this thermostat thing, right,
that's attached to the heating
element.
And then there's a 20% chance
that it's this other thing
attached to the blower.
So that's 50%.
Yeah.
And then there's a 3% chance
that it's the heating element.
Oh, well, that's very low.
OK, so I ordered the other two
parts from that one place and I
said fuck it, I'll just get them
in and see how that goes.
Sure.
They arrive the next day.
Oh.
Not on a weekend, yeah.
So ordered them like Friday.
Ordered them Saturday.
I.
Ordered them Friday, they're
Saturday.
Oh, that's nice.
So I youtubed how to disassemble
a dryer.
Oh, no disassemble.
No disassemble.
I short circuited the number.
5-Alive no.
This is something Johnny now.
Dryers are amazingly simple
products.
They really are.
Yeah, to a point.
It's just a big barrel.
To a point where I'm kind of
upset about how much they charge
for fucking dryers.
Oh yeah, I know.
Everybody needs one.
It's like. 11 or 1200 bucks for
a decent one?
I mean you can probably go on
for like 7-8 hundred or some
shit right?
Right, so I'm taking a put this
thing right and Brittany was
helping me as well, which.
Thing what Brittany was doing
because we.
No.
Well, I did it.
Oh, OK, but.
Next week, Brittany, if you need
to call in and.
No, you no, Oh no, no, I'm going
to say right now she was a big
help.
She was a big help, but we got
there, we got it done right.
Disassemble the whole thing
that's.
Good that you could work with
your wife.
I would have been going crazy
and told her just leave.
No, it's usually it's believe
me, I need her help, right?
You know what I mean?
I'm not she's, but it's not like
she doesn't sit there and say
OK, now unscrew that one or you
know what I mean?
You're doing that wrong.
Yeah, no, we work together and
say well, what about this?
What have we, you know, have we,
what about trying this or
whatever the case may be?
So we got the thing apart and I
removed in order to get to you
have to, you do have to remove
the whole barrel, right?
And there is so much lint and
shit.
Oh, I bet.
Oh my God.
So I vacuumed it all up.
I mean, the stuff that was on
the heating element was burning.
It was.
Caked on.
That's how fire started.
So yeah.
Oh, she used to work in the.
Fire Karen's a professional.
Yeah, yeah.
No, I do a lot of laundry.
Yeah, Oh.
There's a lot of laundry.
You're not nice.
Very nice, Karen.
Watch that hair.
Don't light that hair on fire.
Yeah, it's highly flammable.
I mean, is it highly flammable?
It's probably got a lot of
products.
It's very styled.
It's your real.
I'm sure it is, but it has a lot
of product.
You have no forehead, Karen.
It's covered with her hair.
Some women do that so mean you
got a beard, No forehead, just
it's amazing you have a wife.
Oh, I.
Don't talk to her like I talk to
Karen.
Oh, it'll be nice to Karen.
You're very supportive of Karen
right now.
Well.
Yes, we need her.
I don't want to go back to doing
it.
So.
I like not having anything here.
So cleaned it all up?
Yes, reassembled it.
Yes, reassembled #5 back of
life.
Turn this thing back on and
we're good to go.
Back Oh, look at you.
Yeah, it was like 60 bucks in
parts.
Oh, it's great.
Mr. Hell yeah.
She's a little turned on now.
I feel like I need to get into
the whole dryer business.
You just start picking up broken
ones, fixing them, and flipping
them.
Oh, someplace you just drive
around, pick them up on trash
day, Yeah.
Just need a trailer and this
one's garbage.
No problem, I'll take it.
Right?
It probably needs a $30 part,
might be $700.
See mine's gas.
I'd be afraid to take mine
apart.
I can see flames under mine when
it comes on.
If if if the lights are out, you
can hear you can see the flames
under it.
No shit it gets hot.
It dries fast.
I'm sure it does.
It's gas powered.
It's also connected to water.
It'll spray water in there to
keep.
Steaming.
Yeah, very nice.
First time we did that, that was
that was like, why is everything
still wet?
Yeah, but it's wrinkle free.
Look at this.
That's wrinkle free.
She's just broke and I go no,
no, I think we hit this spray
button here on his eye or
something.
We did do this other thing and I
very much regret it.
Yes, we watched Cocaine Bear.
Oh, did you really?
Oh my God, I tried to watch
that.
I figured it was terrible.
Karen, have you seen Cocaine
Bear?
No.
She kind of looks like a
cocaine.
I got to tell you her.
Fault.
Wow man that's messed up.
Why would you talk to her about
her?
Like her?
Hair, it's it's beautiful, like
a bear's so crazy mane or
whatever.
A bear has a coat.
He needs her.
Bear's coat too.
Nice coat.
Her mane.
What does a bear have?
So for.
The the previews look.
Stupid.
Oh my God, it was a terrible
movie.
Was it a CGI bear or a guy in a
suit?
It was a CGI bear.
It's about a bear that gets
cocaine.
Yes, yes, cocaine and there's.
The comical parts were at least
the graphic scenes where you
know, it went, it went like
straight jaws on some
motherfuckers, like ripped off
limbs and pulled out Ray
Liotta's intestines and stuff
like.
That Ray Liotta, he's dead.
Yeah, he was in the movie.
Oh, poor guy, that's his last
movie.
Yeah, that's kind of where I'm
getting.
So it at the end of it, it says
in Loving memory of Ray Liotta.
And I'm thinking to myself, man,
that's worse than fucking dying
on the toilet.
You know what I mean, right?
This this cinematic, this just
leave for all the Turner and.
Now I'm leaving and take this
Cocaine Bear with you.
Oh my Lauren, how hard up was he
that he did Cocaine Bear?
Jeez.
I wonder if it was just a part
of his life, The cocaine bear.
Maybe he was portrayed as a
cocaine bear.
Maybe.
Oh.
Maybe.
Maybe coke problem?
Yeah, that's pretty deep, Karen.
Yeah, I mean, so a bear gets a
hold of cocaine in the woods and
loves it and then kills people
to get more cocaine.
So it's actually based on a true
story.
Really.
Yeah, the bear in in real life
finds this cocaine, right.
But then it just eats too much
of it and dies.
It doesn't go nuts.
It doesn't go nuts.
Killing it.
Start.
Yeah, eating.
It So is a bear looking for more
cocaine?
Oh yeah, loves the strung out.
Oh yeah, loves the cocaine.
So there were some parts were
like, oh, that was funny.
But we're 45 minutes into it and
I'm like, this isn't going to
get any better.
And I almost turned it off but
we're like fuck, we're already
here.
Yeah, you're halfway.
You got to see how it ends.
Might as well just walk it
through.
The bear lived.
Oh yeah, Rehab Betty Ford.
Yeah, Betty Ford beer.
Yeah, it it it it joined a 12
step program.
With a baby giraffe.
Yeah, with the baby giraffe,
the.
Baby giraffe?
That's terrible.
Yeah, and I did see on the
Speaking of baby Giraffe, I saw
Terrance's Don't smash your
cigar in the ashtray.
Oh, do you watch one of his
videos?
It just came up on Instagram or
something.
Don't do that.
It makes you look like you don't
know or something like that.
I'm like.
Yeah, that's like a telltale.
Sign Look man, do whatever the
hell we want to do.
Is that your wife?
She already know he's taking
credit for the dryer.
No.
Is it Greg?
Someone's in trouble, No.
It's a retailer, a successful
10.
He knows about the shirts.
Oh, is it the the Kardashian
from Secreto?
The Kardashian from Secreto.
Chaldean or whatever it was the.
Chaldean.
Oh oh, I thought it was
Kardashian.
If it was the Chaldean, I
probably would have answered
just to hear him rattle off for
a few minutes.
Rattle off how they invented
math.
I listened to the show
yesterday.
He's amazing.
I didn't.
I didn't hear him when he was on
the air yelling about all the
stuff they invented behind as
you were talking.
To yeah, he was going nuts.
We invented math.
We invented the Trojan War.
We invented clothes.
Give me a hard time.
I was like, I will fuck you.
I love Ronnie.
So yeah, that was pretty much
the extent of my weekend.
I didn't really do much.
We did have football.
Oh, I yelled at a kid.
I did yell at a kid. 141726 I
yelled at a kid and then I had a
little boy.
Wow.
Come together, watch me destroy
your soundboard.
Hey it's isn't there something
supposed to happen at like 16?
Oh, is it 60?
It is 16, isn't it?
Oh, that's right.
That's right.
We're very sorry.
This would be where poorly poor
departed Phil would do Phil's
fun facts, but we could do
Karen's knowledge or.
Karen's clout.
Karen knows things or something
like that.
Karen, if you'd like,
sweetheart, OK.
What does Karen know?
Tell.
Tell us what Karen knows.
Pull up.
Pull up your camera.
OK, hello peoples, there we.
Go You can't see the light in
the camera, can you?
I see the red thing.
No no no.
The light is very close.
I just make sure it wasn't in
your shot blocking your.
Beautiful.
Maybe it's in his her
sunglasses.
Nope.
OK, here it goes.
There's a unique job title for
cigar makers.
A highly skilled cigar roller is
referred to as a roll the door.
Did I say that right?
A.
Roll it.
Roll the.
Door it sounds amazing with.
Them able to produce at least
200 cigars a day.
So that's a qualification to be
a roll a door.
A roll.
A roll.
A door.
A roll a door?
Wow, that's amazing.
Are you a roll the door?
Are you a roll the door, Ken?
Can you roll the cigar?
It's like you'd be good with
your, you'd be good with your
hands.
I've never imagined.
Wow, let's that kind of hitting
on them, Sure.
We'll talk later.
Oh.
Wow, nice.
Aaron.
Jerry Lutz, apparently.
Wow.
I'm not going to lie, Karen's a
lot nicer, Softer than.
Phil, and Phil was Phil's very
maybe.
Karen Stick.
Around it's just a Monday, no?
It's just, oh.
She's just filling in.
Who knows, We'll see what
happens.
Who knows what what the future
will hold for Karen?
We usually have a hair
appointment on Mondays.
Oh, goodness gracious.
So so there was so I had a kid
that pushed out another kid in a
play.
One of you on the same team.
No.
So we were on defense, OK, and I
were on the defense.
OK, right.
And the kid kind of was on the
line and he just pushed him.
It wasn't a hard push.
Like a block?
Well, you're not allowed to.
Block like he was going for the
flag and then he just kind of
shoved right.
Kids never played before.
It's the first season and the
kid went tumbling the other kid.
No, he just stepped out and he
goes, well, you know, that was a
shove, but.
He had the ball.
No, we were on defense.
Yeah.
He had the ball.
Gotcha.
And he was running up the field
and the kid went to go for the
flag.
He pushed him a little bit.
He fell out of line.
OK.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I mean, listen, it's football,
right?
It's a little bang, bangy,
whatever.
Kid goes, well, you know, you
shouldn't have pushed me, but
whatever, that's fine.
I'm like, OK, whatever.
He's talking back.
That's no big deal.
I'm walking, walking back to my
team.
And Jack says that kid just
flicked him off.
Uh oh.
I said what?
Oh kid flicked you off the the.
Kid flicked off the kid who
pushed him.
OK on my team.
OK, so I turn on.
They do that at that age.
Apparently so.
Apparently 10 year olds, yeah,
10 years will get in their.
Finger.
So I turn around and I said,
hey, don't flick off somebody on
my team.
And he's like, and all the whole
team's like kind of standing
around like it was you.
And I pointed right to the kid
who was that?
I go, dude, we're supposed we're
out here having a good time.
You're supposed to be a good
person.
Don't be like that.
Was it in that tone?
That's not really, Yeah.
Do the tone.
Do the tone.
I feel maybe I was probably a
little louder though, OK,
probably a little aggressive,
alright.
Cuz tard, you gonna fuck tard.
No, because because I always ask
for input afterwards from
Brittany.
And I said if you did I handle
this correctly?
How was I?
Yeah, yeah.
And you know, apparently the dad
was right there and he didn't
say anything.
And you're large, man.
Like he didn't say shit.
Ones here.
So I said be a good person, man,
have a good time.
Meanwhile, they had a play where
they did something totally
illegal and we said, hey, you
can't do that.
And they're like, oh, I'm sorry,
I didn't know.
I was like, OK, no problem, just
redo the down.
Like we just let them redo it.
OK.
That's the type of mentality
that I have on this field.
I'm not here to destroy and win
and blah, blah.
You know what I mean?
Like be a good person.
Just be a good.
Person the kid say bye.
Didn't the kid flick?
You off?
He didn't say a goddamn thing.
I would.
Have flicked you off.
I was a kid.
Yeah.
Oh, man.
Hey, go.
Ahead and then I would have
said, where's your father?
Daddy, come fight this man.
Daddy, I flicked him off like
you taught me.
Just like you taught me.
It's like you just like you do
to mom when she's not looking.
You had to pick it up from
somewhere.
Yeah, of course, you know the
obviously that somewhere, you
know.
He's seen it done.
He knows.
What it means, Yeah, I don't
think that.
Like I don't get angry and flip
the bird in the car.
Nah, I don't do that.
Or any of that.
Yeah.
So obviously that kid saw it.
Right, he's seen it somewhere.
Multiple times.
Maybe he's loved to watch our
movies.
My kids are allowed to watch our
movies.
Cocaine Bear.
I can't see a lot of bird
flipping going on and.
Maybe, oh, maybe he watches the
smoking truth, because there's a
lot of that on that.
Show oh oh bird flipping.
Yeah, a lot of lot, really.
Yes, yes.
So you're saying that he's going
to be a politician, He.
Could be, who knows and you
never know.
But that was fun for me.
I had a good time with that.
Oh, intimidating the child and
his parent.
Just be a good person.
I heard that's a thing.
If you're if you're a good
person, I'll be, I'll be a good
person.
I.
Didn't say you did anything
wrong with Michael.
If you're a shitty person,
right?
Well then that's where shit gets
interesting.
Take him to class that's.
Where shit gets interesting,
right?
Gonna pour him some tea.
Pour him some.
Tea.
Hey, brother.
Speaking of tea, do we have a
call in today?
No, we don't have a call in.
Did you follow up on a call?
In, of course, I followed.
Up.
So that's for the Patreon.
You have to wait.
Or become a member and there's
gonna be a discount code for the
Nuvia Hey Skull and Bones on the
Patreon as well.
Nice.
I will disclose the Patreon code
on the Patreon so but it'll be.
Flip the Bird 19.
Flip the Bird 19.
No, that's not it.
So I'll put that up after we
smoke this this cigar.
Not acceptable behavior, young
man.
No, I mean just, you know what I
mean?
Just hang on.
Just relax.
Hashtag.
Be a good person.
Just relax.
We should start a hashtag every
week.
This week it'll be Hashtag.
Be a good person.
That's I still have him Skip.
That's Skip.
Skip's going no.
Yeah, I'll do it.
Just be a good person.
It's be it's not that hard.
That's.
Right, I said what he said.
So what did you do this weekend?
You cut the grass again?
You like I?
Cut the grass on Sunday, I cut
the grass.
Sprinkler guy came on Sunday,
fixed all the sprinklers
Saturday we didn't.
You always have a very eventful.
Lot of maintenance weekend, a
lot of maintenance going on.
What?
I mean the house, Yeah.
Man of your stature.
Oh, Saturday we we repaired
another section of fence.
I had Connor all weekend because
his car was in the shop.
Stuck with you?
Yes, He had no vehicle.
Had no choice.
Yeah, no vehicle.
Had to spend some time with his
dad, right?
How old is he?
22.
So he's almost at the age, like
23.
Yeah.
It's usually the age where it's
like, you know what, Dad?
You maybe you weren't, so maybe
you're not fucking stupid.
Oh, he's, he's very helpful with
22.
I mean, he was, he was, you
know, stuck in a house with no
car.
But like, hey, she would like
some gum here.
Here's here's $5 Go buy her gum
at the store.
Are you hungry?
Nah, kind of.
Well, she would like Zaxby's.
Here's 20 bucks go get you.
Guys, but that's just you
sending him around to do
errands.
I'm just talking about him and
enjoying your company.
Oh yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Well, we've always.
Because.
I mean, he's never really
actually lived with me full
time, even though his mother was
a dirt bag and huh, he stayed
with me most of the time when he
was younger anyway.
But we've always gone along.
We've never really had any
problems.
But usually now that's usually
there's like a segment of age.
Yeah.
Where, you know, the adolescent
fuck you dad kind of comes into
play.
Sure, sure.
What do you know?
Yeah, type shit, right?
So.
No, we've never really had that.
Interesting.
Called me for advice quite
often.
Always, huh?
So he, he, God beloved him, his
stories, he's very detailed like
I am.
So when he tells you how
something happened, you're
getting a minute.
He starts with the dinosaurs.
Yes, exactly.
It all began when.
Sometimes I have to hurry him up
a little bit, like, OK.
Tyrannosaurus Get.
To the part where you made the
sandwich.
What was on it again?
Right.
OK, now we can stop.
We're good here.
I didn't tell you how I ate it
yet, though.
I imagine bites in your mouth.
I think we can see.
You ate that part.
You ate the sandwich.
They ate the sandwich and it had
that one piece of bad Turkey on
it.
So you didn't like it.
OK, I understand.
You feel like you're very in
detail.
You're a very in detail person.
I've been told when I explain
things, sometimes I explain
things to to.
My never gotten that from you.
No, I I don't mean it's just
mostly my wife that thinks that.
Get out, come in and go.
I just spent 30 minutes with
Connor trying to figure out why
his one shoe was tied.
She goes, oh, he's just like
you.
And I'm like, OK, we came up
here Saturday.
Did you?
Yeah, we did that.
A couple that's getting married.
At the moment.
No, no, not Connor.
Me and Adrian and another
couple.
The couple is getting married
and the young man needed help
picking out cigars to give to
his groomsmen to ask them.
Well, now I'm intrigued to know
what you went with.
He bought the Diesel Row ones
because Whiskey Row.
Whiskey Row because they are
well made by Diesel.
Yeah, the Whiskey Row.
The guys are whiskey guys, but
the only one of them is a cigar
guy.
So he went.
Did you explain to him the lead
optimization meeting?
Yes, you did.
Yes.
I mean, we started with BDPS,
but that's a little awkward to
give somebody a big Dick Palmer
cigar when you want them to be
or groomsmen.
So and then we just.
Why would you explain what BDP
stands for?
Say this is a really good cigar.
I would.
Ask, I would imagine.
It's a BDP big deal, Palmer.
Big thing, you know they don't
work.
Name it after me.
I don't know why you wouldn't
buy it.
I mean, that's the biggest sale
ever.
Anybody Carol Baskin to smoke
while he was here?
I brought him down, showed them
the the podcast room and the
private lounge.
They were very excited and they
did a little 30 minute my wife,
her friend and the the husband,
a fiance.
I guess he is.
Yeah.
I like they did a little 30
minute podcast out there in the
other room like a freak.
This is like hard and I go, it's
not as easy as you think.
Is it though?
What do you talk about?
I go.
We talk about every Sunday lawn
requirements, right?
I heard you guys were #1.
We are.
Yeah, we are.
We are definitely.
We have more followers than any
other show on pod being.
Nice.
And feed spot that we don't give
money to recommend us as the
number one show to listen to in
2023 about cigars in the cigar
industry.
Nice.
Yeah.
We can't really, we don't, we
don't really have any money, so
we can't really give them any
money, so.
Yeah, we can't buy ratings.
We can't afford it.
Yeah, that's lovely.
Be reasonable.
Right now we need new lights.
Yeah, because these lights are
terrible.
Well, they were good when we
bought them.
Not anymore.
We've moved up in the world.
Well, the same thing happened
with the microphone, the sound
board, the chairs, the desk, the
room, the walls.
Here we are.
It's just a matter of time
before we outgrow this place and
we have our own telephone,
telephone television network
with a helicopter.
Everybody is surprised how small
it is when they see.
It.
Yeah.
Well, because yeah, I get that.
He comes out and they had a
guest on The Smoking Truth
Friday and the lady came and sit
down and she's going like this.
I'm going, yes, she goes.
It's a lot smaller than I
thought it was.
Yeah, it's movie magic.
That's right.
Movie magic, Madam.
Now sit down.
Get your ass in that chair.
I said the red chair.
You're only allowed to sit in
the red chair.
No more talking.
No more talking now it's on the
show.
We're live.
OK, so you want to get into some
news?
We have some news we have
there's 9 pages but I did a few
couple of pictures which I
understand probably won't work
well for this, but maybe I'll
throw them up with the thing.
OK, sorry but I printed the
pictures because I have a
question for you with one of the
photos so.
OK, I love questions.
With your, you know, vast cigar
making knowledge, probably
almost a.
Roller, I was going to say I'm
practically roll.
A roller door.
You got to make 250 cigars a
day, then you could become a
roller. 200.
Oh, is it just 200, Karen?
Was it 2000?
I'm sorry.
Thanks, Karen.
Maybe at 5250 or something else?
A Mega Rollador A Mega Rollador
A Master rollador a.
Master.
Rollador.
Yeah.
King Rollador.
King Rollador.
She likes calling.
The other oh listener wow by.
The way your wife got a lovely
picture of her as the Queen I
saw.
Did.
Oh yes.
Did you see that?
I forgot to mention that as
well.
Yes, I saw that.
It was a Mother's Day present.
I I jumped a gun.
I could not.
Oh, cuz it came early.
That's right, it hasn't been
Mother's Day yet.
Yeah, I couldn't wait.
Oh, I had to have it.
Did she, did she like it?
I mean, obviously she was quite
overtaken when she opened it.
What, is she gonna hang it up?
Yeah, it's I hung it up.
Oh yeah, I didn't.
Wait, you hung photos?
You picked a dryer.
Quite.
Yeah, I did a Yeah, I was
crushing it.
Look at you.
So today is actually our dating
anniversary.
Nice.
The day you went on the first
date, Yeah.
So you're not taking around to
dinner?
19 years, no.
Well, tomorrow we're going out
to dinner and.
Stuff.
Excellent.
Lovely.
Yeah.
Where you going?
We got a whole little.
We have like a whole day
planned.
It's very nice.
Where you going?
And those.
Nice.
Yeah, we got a gift card.
That's very nice.
We got a gift card.
Oh.
You Jeep son of a bitch.
I'm not What?
Do you want me to do with this
gift card?
Use it for not a special
occasion.
This is like she doesn't.
This isn't the anniversary.
This is the dating.
Anniversary The dating
anniversary is still an
anniversary.
Yeah.
So we're going to go out there
and.
Celebrate it What?
Else, do you want me to use this
gift card?
Just a regular date night?
Well.
Every day is magical with her.
I don't know what.
To say so, romance.
At 30, it's magical.
OK, OK.
Are you ready from the four
quarters of the world, all the
cigar industry news you could
possibly need the cigar Hustler
podcast report with Mike too big
story of the week.
Michael Alton is USA Drew state
general in general or eyeing
exhibit space at the PCA 2024.
Three of the four companies that
pulled out of the PCA convention
trade show in early 2020 are
seriously considering returning
to the Garden Tree's most
important trade show of 2024.
Great alter this USA.
Well, that's just that's for
next year, not this year.
You know what I didn't really
until I just read it too.
I thought it was this year too.
Alternish USA, Drew State and
Scandinavian tobacco groups
general cigar company Ford Cigar
are looking into exhibiting at
the PCA 2024, which takes place
March 22nd through 25th in Las
Vegas.
Multiple sources have told Cigar
Wrestler Podcast that they
expect all three to exhibit in
2024.
Notably, those are three of the
four companies that announced in
2020 they would no longer
exhibit at the PCA convention.
A trade show, right?
Well, that announcement was made
in 2020.
It's not to say that the company
stopped participating all
together.
All three will be present at
this year's trade show in very
different ways.
Altadish USA was added to the
list of 2023 exhibitors this
week.
I'll be at three with three
smaller booths instead of the
large presence the company
historically has had.
When asked about the decision to
return to 2023, The plans for
2024?
Rafael Nadal, head of product
capacity for Tap Calera USA,
which includes Altadis, told
Cigars or Podcast that an
announcement would be made soon.
It's unclear whether the
reference to 2023 or 24 through
not all previously confirmed the
company was considering
exhibiting at both.
So really, he had nothing to
say.
Well.
It's interesting.
There's more.
OK, I'll continue.
St.
GS4 Cigar Company will be
present at this trade show in a
booth purchased by Alec and
Bradley, who are now having
nonsense jobs at.
SDG that pay way too much.
That pay way too much money and
they're in charge of world
something.
Yeah, optimization.
We're gonna make you.
Right, what can we put a cigar
logo on?
CEO.
This is the second year in a row
the SDG will be an exhibitor
because the company had
purchased last year.
It's just he purchased room 101.
So basically they're just buying
companies to get back into.
The train, I mean, I keep asking
Justin.
I say, hey, listen, somewhere
north of 20 million, you can
have all of it.
Give me a cush job and we'll
just hang out.
Can just clue me?
Of course, of course, I'll slide
that in.
OK, No question.
Let me just get my foot in the
door.
I like the other two companies,
though Drew State will not have
a booth, but a small number of
employees will be in the Hoya,
Nicaragua booth seeking out
secret meetings with you know.
So tacky.
So tacky.
Your state distributes.
We don't care about that.
Oh, sure.
No, we could just, we could do
that here or we could meet in
this hotel room.
Weird, right?
You just come up, we have a
conference room.
Set aside room, all right?
You know that Florida sun
growth.
Wait, I wanted to talk about.
That sorry, sorry, yes.
When you instantly move on,
That's why I was trying to
interject and you're like, yeah.
We will follow this story.
As the PCA 20/20/24 becomes more
available, we'll have more
information.
I think a lot of things have
happened, yes #1 TPE isn't as
cracked up as everybody thinks.
It's no, you know, last year I
think it was bigger for cigars
than it was this past year.
I believe that.
Yeah, I believe that.
But I don't think like we got
them.
I would just squeeze them all in
this little area over here and
we just don't have any special.
I think it's like, Oh, well, we
really don't care because you're
5% of our revenue, you know what
I mean?
Right.
We have all these vape people
that have spaceships and
discotheques and stuff.
Yeah.
So I don't think that TPE
produces the sales that they
were hoping that it would, right
#1 #2 PCA is now moving in on
TPE's turf as far as approaching
on the.
Model up a little bit right?
I need to go to both the right.
So and #3 is I think that if, if
PCA did that, it's probably
because they're considering what
other people have been telling
them about the specific month
that they've been releasing.
So now it's like the PCA are
saying, hey, we hear you right
and we will adjust accordingly.
Now I don't know if that's going
to segue into other things.
I think that it would be great
to do some type of cigar con
thing they were doing.
The thing you like that idea
stuff.
Yeah, I I'm not against it,
right.
I think it's great.
I just think that it needs to be
planned out a little bit better
instead of just kind of
announced, hey, we're going to
do this.
Hey, on the third day, we're
letting anybody in.
Yeah.
Dress up as your favorite
person.
Everybody dress up like Karen.
Everybody dress up like Karen.
Cuz she's now in the industry.
So lovely she's in the industry,
right?
At least through this week.
So maybe it doesn't work out,
maybe it does.
We're on a trial basis.
Here.
So yeah, you know, I think that
it's stupid.
It is Miss Karen, right?
Is it misses it's.
It's miss.
Oh, OK.
Thank you.
And I don't and I don't
understand.
I had lost my train of thought.
Oh, you got excited because
she's a miss?
Yeah, so plus.
Oh my goodness, I have a chance.
Oh my God, you got you have a
part of mouth.
It's.
The beard, right?
The beard.
I love the beard.
I have a beard.
Oh my.
No, no, no, yeah, no.
It's just like a little got a
little dirt.
Yeah, it's OK.
You need more foundation.
Oh, OK, I'll do that right away.
On the break, honey.
On the break, yeah.
What break?
Makeup between shows, she
yelled.
Makeup.
And I think that it also looks
bad when you write orders
outside of the showroom floor,
but you're still there.
We don't tell anybody.
Everybody fucking knows.
Go get me somebody to bring me
here so I can talk to him, said
Jonathan Drew.
And.
Allegedly.
Allegedly.
I need people to talk to.
Somebody tell me I'm great and
go get somebody.
Where's my top?
I need my top outfit.
Top outfit.
Tarp.
Tarp.
It was all wet.
I'm wet.
I stepped in the water.
I fall down.
I'm all wet.
Anyway, moving on all.
Right, moving on.
All right, Camera 2, Karen and.
You instantly jump to the.
Florida Florida sun grown Yeah,
Florida sun grown tobacco crop
destroyed by hail or some people
say karma.
A brutal hailstorm that claimed
the current crop of Florida Sun
grown tobacco being grown by
chef of Borsuits in Clermont,
FL.
The total loss of the FSG to
back.
I didn't even hear about hail.
Oh yeah, I'm sure they'll be an
insurance claim.
Only in that field.
Yeah, it was only over there,
Apparently, Borchowitz wrote in
a Facebook post.
That tobacco was looking
incredible.
Of course it was.
It was that made the news.
Yeah, it made the news.
It was on the wire.
I pulled it from the wire.
Wow.
The tobacco News Agency, The
TBA, we're going to top the
plants this week and start
harvesting next week in a matter
of minutes and entire season got
wiped out by a hailstorm.
Borchowitz shared photos of the
farm both before and after the
hailstorm, which came through
the area earlier this week and
was forecast to bring up
baseball sized.
Hey, wow, there's a photo of it
after.
Oh, and growing prize to oh, the
growing prize tobacco was
easily, easily everyone would be
doing it.
Borchowitz added on the social
media Florida Sun growing
tobacco was used in a number of
cigars, including the FSG by
Drew Estate line.
The 20 acre farm, which is also
produced by Drew Estate.
JC Newman, the Florida Sun grown
rapper, is American Line.
Oh, so they do use it as a
rapper?
Is this a big deal?
The American line, the FSG from
what I understand.
From.
Mr. Robbie Doyle, who has mapped
the property, Yeah, there is,
generally speaking, about 10
acres of tobacco on the.
Farm Wow.
OK.
But can't they still use it as
filler and stuff?
Yeah, but that diminishes the
value significantly.
Well, but he's using it himself
and his stuff.
Yeah, but he's charging.
So I'm sure.
Well, yeah.
So it's not a complete loss.
I guess not, no.
Right, as stated in the article.
But did the hail crush it?
OK, you know what a tobacco leaf
looks like?
Yes.
OK, Hail puts holes in it.
Yeah.
So it shreds it.
Yeah, you can't use it as
wrapper.
Can't use it as wrapper anymore.
Yeah, well, you can, but you
have to make a little tiny.
Somebody would maybe prepare.
Was there a warning of the hail?
They said there was a weather
report that there was going to
be hail.
How do you stop it?
Cover them with big tarp with
blankets. 10 acres blankets. 10
acres of blankets.
Get the blankets out.
Get the blankets it comes to.
Hell, run it over, scream it,
cut it now.
Poor fella, I don't know what
he's going to do.
I feel like he's going to be OK.
I think he'll be fine.
Worst case, he feeds it to the
cattle.
I don't know if that's a good
idea.
You probably don't want to feed
him to the cattle.
I can't do it and the cattle
can't eat anything.
Anything else on that 7
stomachs?
No, that was a short story.
That was the end of it.
But it, you know, made the
national news, so.
Big deal.
Have to report it.
Yeah, we got to cover it.
Right, so karma took care of
Jeff Borschowitz, apparently.
Oh, interesting.
Eric knows the leaf.
Rare Leaf Reserve Maduro.
Their names are getting so long.
I think it was always a rare
leaf.
They always.
They always.
Was it Maduro?
I don't know.
Agonosa leaf, which is the main
leaf, is the, you know, the
leaf.
Yeah, the rare leaf reserve.
So the reserve of the rare leaf
is now Maduro.
Interesting.
Shipping next month.
Very exciting for.
The last two months Agonosa Leaf
has teased the upcoming Rare
Leaf Reserve Maduro.
Next month you'll be able to
purchase it.
Finally, Agonosa Leaf Rare Leaf
Reserve Maduro uses a Mexican
San Andreas rapper over dual
binder and filler tobaccos from
Mesoline and Jalapa, Nicaragua.
The company says that it is the
boldest expression of American
Rose's signature flavor to date.
Who said that, Terrence or just
somebody?
The company.
The company can speak on its
own.
Apparently, yes, they have
changed the band.
Finally 00.
So the Madero is a gold band?
Close up, close up kind of
looks.
Like I'll throw the photo up if
we do.
I'll be offered in three sizes,
the Toro, the Bellicoso and a
Robusto.
Toro, Bellicoso.
Toro is 1399, the Bellicoso is
1450, and the Robusto is 1350.
Do I have to buy all three?
I know, let's read on and see,
OK?
When we launched the Rare Leaf
in 2021, the idea was to provide
our retail partners who make the
commitment to our agonosis like
the program, with a special
blend that would have exclusive
exclusivity on, said Terrence
Riley, VP of Sales.
And marketing, there's my guy
the.
Giant baby giraffe.
Baby giraffe not asking to learn
how to.
Due to the success of the
original release and Agarosa
select retail partners
enthusiasm for it, we're added
rare Leaf Maduro the truly
powerful expression Megalodon
Rolador tobacco and I haven't
experienced before.
This blend will make you sit up
and pay attention while smoking
or as we say, validating.
Validating and and tapas.
Yes.
While having some.
Original Rare Leaf Reserve uses
a blend made entirely of
Nicaraguan tapas.
Oh my God, It comes with tapas.
It comes with tapas.
Doing the tapas charcuterie.
We're getting to do the deli
business here in the tobacco
industry, the new line.
It's always nice to compliment
the scar with something,
Michael, that you know what I
mean?
A little charcuterie.
Something with it.
We get together, we get some
wine, some little charcuterie.
How you doing?
Drew State honors best cigar
prices Allen Blatt with a new
acid ode, the Blatt.
ODE the Blatt.
Have you heard of Allen Blatt?
I can't say that I have.
Well, let me read you the story
and I'll explain why.
Tell me.
With its newest acid release,
Drew Estate is paying tribute to
Alan Blatt, A noted retailer who
founded Best Cigar Prices.
You heard of them?
I have heard of them all.
Right.
According to the press release
from Drew Estate, Blatt started
his cigar retailing career in
1996 by selling cigars out of
the back of his car.
Seems to be the most.
Seems, yeah.
Standard in the industry.
Yeah, that was a good approach.
Before launching a catalog and
website for business in 1997
till a year later.
So business out of the back of
the car was good.
Business is a moment.
Platt passed Blatt, Paul Bled's.
Brother, you know what is kind
of funny to me before you go
further to the show is, is I
really do love how some
retailers will badmouth other
online presence and stuff if
they're operating out of their
home, right?
Meanwhile, some of these big
dogs that got started.
Sold out.
The one guy started at a
mechanic shop I heard allegedly.
Oh, I've heard about that.
Yeah, he's giving oil changes,
selling acids, and the other guy
is in the back of a truck or
whatever the fuck that.
Is he sound out of his trunk?
Of his car?
Yeah, he passed.
He passed away in 2006.
Ah, So what, 18 years later?
Now they're saying, oh, we miss
him, let's do a cigar.
Nine years.
He was only in the industry nine
years, apparently.
I'm looking forward to my acid
cigar then.
Oh, that's right.
Yeah.
For the new release, Drew State
created a blend that uses
Ecuador and Sumatra wrapper over
Nicaraguan tobaccos, which the
company says delivers aromatic
spice and herbal notes with a
creamy floral finish.
OK.
Sounds Delicious is offered in a
5 by 50 or Robusto Gordo Ventola
that is priced at 1995 or 1095.
Sorry 1095.
Sorry, 10.
I really like it.
She was tossing her hair,
Distracting.
Me.
Oh, this threw you off?
Yes, it threw me off website
first.
Man, I have a wrong line
altogether.
The cigars are produced in La
Gloria Fabrica Drew Estate in
Estele, Nicaragua.
Let's see what reads his OH.
While he has been gone nearly
20s, Allen continues to have a
profound influence on my life,
said Jonathan Drew, Co founder
and president of Drew Estate,
via press release.
Witnessing his legacy live on is
a tremendous personal honor and
I'm looking forward to raising a
glass and some divine smoke to
my dear, dear friend on August
5th during our event at BCP's on
site location.
The Best Cigar Prices also
operates Best Cigar Pub, a
restaurant, bar and retail store
in Drums, PA.
OH, this is a big day for a
company, said Greg Fox,
president and CEO of Best Cigar
Prices.
Feel.
Like I can close my eyes and
John's in.
The room to partner with Drew
Estate on this project is very
meaningful, especially because
of Alan's friendship with
Jonathan Drew.
Even though he died several
years ago.
I had their partner.
He only died almost a decade
ago.
Almost a decade ago, they really
loved him.
Yeah.
They want to make sure he's just
right.
He's been working on this for
longer than the man was in the.
Business.
That's why he's yeah, that's why
you throw this matcha wrap
around.
I started with the company when
Alan hired me 20 years ago, and
I know that he would be so happy
to see this tribute if he were
with us today.
I can thank Jonathan and the
entire Drew State team enough
for making this a reality and
honoring the man who started it
all for us, and for choosing
such a terrific cigar to do it.
The Acid Ode to Black is
currently available for
purchase.
Ode to blat.
Ode to Blat, we miss him, he was
a nice man.
I never knew him.
We used to drive around his car
together, meet him.
Oh yeah, yes, I said.
I sold him one day.
I said, you know what, you just
sell the cars out of the back of
the car.
It's a large trunk on this
thing.
Yeah, quite a trunk.
What a great idea.
I should do that.
And then we got in a huge fight
and I never spoke to him.
Again, that was it.
Yes, it's over.
Right.
I wanted to call them junk in
the trunk and he said no.
Junk he.
Can't use that, It's not nice.
And that was the end that.
Was the end of the friendship
and then we split ways.
You should have stuck with him.
Sounds like he was.
The one who got mad at me, I
think he just stole my idea.
He built quite the empire, he.
Did in nine years?
Best cigar price?
I'm a little disappointed in
your empire size, Michael, to be
honest.
You know what?
You and me both.
You can't even take a vacation.
You and me both.
Well, your brother's drapes in
around Europe.
I know what's amazing too is he
has things that he has the like
the controls, the specific
things as far as verification, 2
portion verification.
Oh, he took that with him.
Yeah.
So I'm like, hey, got to turn
this on.
I don't, I don't know why.
You.
Are the person for this, but I
have no choice.
Control.
He keeps control that way.
But to reach out to you, so do.
You realize it's 3:00 in the
morning here, Michael I.
Don't care, I don't care.
Have you seen like 6 hours ahead
or something?
Oh, there's oh, a trick of the
Europe.
It's not Asia, so let's say.
He's having beignets.
He's having beignets.
Beignets are in Louisiana.
They ever been?
Yes, in France.
He's having coral stance.
Oh Corazance.
All I've seen is a lot of a lot
of videos of him walking on
cobblestone streets.
Oh, I haven't seen any videos.
Oh she's been posting.
Oh right I understand.
Diesel and the Rabbit Hole come
together for Whiskey Row
founders collection.
Boxer Grail.
Diesels.
Diesel and rabbit hole.
What do we call Jess?
Come together for Whiskey Row.
Founder of collections Boxer,
Gale, OK Boxer, Grail, Diesel
Cigars and Rabbit Hole Bourbon
and Rye are coming together for
the third collection, the Diesel
Whiskey Row Founders collection
Boxer Grill.
Yeah, you want to call them?
No, I don't want to call.
Them.
OK, Is it optimizational meeting
time?
Yeah.
Oh, it's 4:00.
The 6 by 52 Toro that uses what
describes a press release as a
proprietary Nicaraguan Habando
binder.
Oh, so they've come up with
something no one else has.
What are you doing?
Nothing.
You're doing something.
What are you doing?
I'm having a podcast.
Cigar then uses the Connecticut.
Broad leaf rap.
Having a podcast.
I'm having a podcast like a
child.
Yes, I'm having a baby, having a
podcast right now.
Hey, he's doing a podcast right
now.
Can I get broad leaf rapper
Nicaraguan Havana Tobacco.
Justin Andrews is doing that.
Yeah, Diesel Rd. founder and
collection said Pablo Bazi 1579
per cigar 15790 for a box of 10
cigars and the box is designed
to mirror the package of Rabbit
Hole Boxer Grail Kentucky
Straight Ride Bourbon.
I don't think he answers.
Well, don't call him, It's OK.
OK 'cause I was about to
connect.
Nah, I was looking for a quote
from him and there's no one.
Drew State to reveal.
A lot of Drew State news today.
Drew State to reveal.
OK, new cigar line.
OK.
It's just OK.
It's all right.
During the June 8th Freestyle
Live, they really jumped on that
Freestyle Live stuff.
I know, I think I'm going to
pass on this.
One on the next one, but we need
more of that shit to give away.
They give it away like a walk.
We're running out of the shit.
I don't know if yeah, but what's
the swag?
Hold on, Maybe it's in here.
It's in here.
Hold on.
OK Jury State will once again be
revealing a new cigar line, but
it's online Freestyle Live Event
has begun shipping out of the
Associate event pack containing
samplers of unabanded cigars
from the line being announced.
OK, so you get OK, OK, Each of
the new Freestyle Live packs
contains.
Candle, Here we go.
Four of the new cigars, though,
they're not bended.
Right.
So they could be anything
really.
Could be anything.
Could be anything, who knows, or
any other identification.
The packs also contain a
Freestyle Live 4 cigar case.
OK, the other one's a three.
So one up a torch lighter, a
cigar rest.
Apparently that's it.
It's a hard pass.
Here we go, freestyle.
Life Pack also includes a
Freestyle Live badge with a QR
code which allows purchasers to
enter a sweepstake by giving us
all their information so we
don't have to go through the
retailer anymore.
It's brilliant, brilliant,
brilliant.
June 8th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM on
Facebook and YouTube.
Yeah, I.
Think I'm going to skip that.
One, in addition to announcing
the new line during the freeze,
11 Drew State we'll be giving
away a luxury watch valued at
$10,500. $10,000.
As well as $6000 in airfare that
can be used to plan a trip for
two to anywhere in the world.
You could go wherever you want.
Additionally, 10 participants
will win a long board created by
Subculture Studios.
Oh, a long board.
Guess that's a surfboard.
Well, it's no, it's a kind of
skateboard.
Oh, the skateboard thing.
Oh yeah.
Yeah, no, but it's a long board.
You can.
The bigger skateboard, I don't
know if it's a skateboard I
think you like it goes in the
water and you paddle with it.
No, no.
It's a paddle.
Board it's a paddle board.
Long Board's the longer
skateboard.
OK.
Which we're very popular when my
kids were in college.
I don't think that anymore. 3
retailers who carry the free
sell out of event kids.
Lacrosse sticks?
Do we get lacrosse sticks too?
No, you win a credit.
A credit.
Against future.
Orders, OH.
Free.
Oh, I'm sorry, Free Star Live is
dope, plain and simple, said
Jonathan Drew, Co founder and
president of Dru States.
Yeah, pressure these.
It's even more dope than when
mystery packs are included as a
what?
As an announcement or unveiling.
People go bananas trying to
guess what it could be.
I love it.
These men packs retail for $40,
can be purchased at
participating retailers
nationwide.
Are we passing?
Yes.
All right.
Don't get them here.
You can't get them here.
Can't.
Get them here.
That's all I got.
That's all you got.
There was nothing going on in
Florida this week that is not
depressing.
There was a lot of deaths, some
children.
There were some old people.
Shaq Barrett.
Did you hear about Shaq Barrett?
Who's Shaq Barrett?
Is that Shaq O'neal's brother?
No is the defensive player of
the Tampa Bay Bucks.
Oh what happened to him.
His two year old daughter
drowned in the.
Pool.
Oh, I saw that.
Yeah.
That was one of the stories I
passed on.
Terrible.
Another little boy was eaten by
an alligator that was.
Damn alligator, they're a
problem.
They got to go.
Yeah, there's an alligator story
every week.
Yeah, something in the villages,
an alligator came up and knocked
on the door.
Did it?
Yeah.
What?
Did it want?
Was it door dashing?
It saw the colored pom pom on
the car and it knew this was a
swinger.
Upside down pineapple.
No no, in the villages they use
colored pom poms on the cars and
they're golf carts.
Interesting.
The different color means what
level of swinging.
Do you have a golf cart up
there?
No, no, you borrow someone
else's when you go there.
No, I take a pom pom and throw.
You know what?
I like to throw them out.
Yeah, like a parade.
Different colors and confuse
everybody.
Keep it going.
Yeah, that's why they never did.
You bring Karen.
Did you see Groover on his
cruise with his we play well
with other sign on his you run
his room door or.
Something.
Oh.
You put that up on Facebook.
Really.
I'm assuming it was his room,
but it might it might have been
somebody else's.
That's pretty funny.
It is funny, A tag, A tag skip
and his skip goes, I didn't know
you guys did cruises.
I go, well, Groover's in charge
now.
We do all sorts of different.
Things oh, that's.
You ever listener of the week,
Michael?
No.
Shop of the week, Michael.
Oh, we have one more story.
Yeah, hold on.
I got to pull it up on my on my
phone.
Listener of the Week.
Yeah, yeah.
We we just said we don't have
one, but thank you.
Think about Tommy.
You want me to angry?
I have a listener of the week
hold.
On Let me read the pressure
release first.
This is for immediate this is
for immediate release.
OK, for immediate release Cigar
Hustler announces release of the
Postana Corona, Gorda, Habano
and Broadleaf at Hog's Head
Cigar Lounge.
Wow.
May this is today those this is
well, this will be released on
May 4th.
Oh, I'm a couple days early.
Cigar Hustler has announced the
highly anticipated release of
the Postana, Corona, Gorda,
Habano and Broadleaf or Rod
Leaf.
It depends on you which one you
get, which has gained
significant attention from cigar
enthusiasts around the world
after receiving an overwhelming
number of inquiries through
various channels including
social media, e-mail, texts, and
carrier pigeons.
Cigar Hustler.
Carrier pigeon was great.
Cigar Hustler is excited to
finally unveil the release date.
The company is always
prioritized taking care of its
retail partners and in that
spirit, the Bostonia, Corona,
Gorda, Habano and Broadleaf will
be available exclusively at Hogs
Head Lounge on May 19th in
Fredericksburg, VA to celebrate
the release of Cigar Hustler.
Team including Cigar Hustler BDP
and Cigar Hustler Industry will
also be in attendance to meet
with customers and share their
experiences.
We're thrilled to finally bring
the Postagna, Corona, Gorda,
Habana and Broad Leaf to our
loyal customers, says Cigar
Hustler Mike Stepan Kevich.
We've been blown away by the
response from the cigar
community and we're excited to
share this release with everyone
at Hogs Head Cigar Lounge.
We believe that our commitment
what happened?
Believe that our Hello what?
Was this jumping for?
Oh God.
We have a confidence that the
services will appreciate the
quality and craftsmanship of
these cigars of Sonia, Corona,
Gorda and Broadly for highly
anticipated releases from Cigar
Hustler, known for their
exceptional quality and flavor
profiles.
With this release, Cigar Hustler
is poised to further solidify
its position as the leading
player in the cigar industry.
Or information about the release
of Postonia, Corona, Gorda,
Habano and Broadly, please
contact Cigar Hustler at
mike@cigarhustler.com or visit
the website at
www.cigarhustler.com.
Boom boom, there you go.
You heard it here first.
Get nobody else to touch with my
pressure.
We haven't pressed to release it
just.
Yet that was a nice press
release.
Thank you very much, I wrote it.
Yeah, that's fantastic.
I have a listener of the week.
Oh.
OK, who's listening to week?
Michael.
Michael.
Adam Akery.
Congratulations Mr. Adam Akery,
you are the listener of the
Week.
His wife has put out a lovely
new line of bird shirts.
Oh, really?
Yes, which I'm sure if you're
interested you can contact Adam
Akery.
For bird shirts.
Bird shirts.
Yeah, she's a bird enthusiast.
They are very bird enthusiast.
They have an awesome owl.
Avery and the the one I saw was
the owl on it.
It was a very nice shirt,
actually.
It's a lovely owl.
It was a lovely shirt, yes.
Maybe they need you to model it?
You have a shop of the week.
This is your job.
I have a shop of the.
Week.
Oh, who's the shop of the week,
Michael?
Hogs Head.
Congratulation Hogs Head.
I don't know what came here.
Hogs Head in Fredericksburg, VA.
Yes, we will be there on May
19th for the worldwide release
of the Corona Gorda Habano and
Rod Leaf Cigar.
Yes.
Can only get it there on the
19th.
That's it.
That's the only place.
The only place worldwide
release.
World prestige.
Worldwide investors, possibly
you, I.
Understand David Morris is going
to be there.
Yeah, yeah.
Nice.
We got to, we got to, we got
some people coming out.
Some peoples, yeah, some peoples
should be good.
Should be good you got.
Anything else?
No, we're really close.
Close enough.
Well, that's off.
So you got to be at about.
Oh, that's right.
So we're at an hour right over
there, Karen. 5656 anything.
Else you would like to say,
Karen, you need some more
airtime you.
Wouldn't care, I really
appreciate you guys for having
me on.
Excellent.
And once again, Phil's family
can't hear this because they're
still on the cruise or the
vacation, whatever.
But our our heartfelt
condolences go out to his entire
family.
You to.
His entire family.
It's terrible.
Yeah.
And the new boyfriend.
Yeah.
Yes, that's what happens.
Jeeps, Jeep meetings.
Yeah, jeeps are dangerous.
Secluded.
Meetings, they're very
dangerous.
Secluded meetings, right?
All right, we're going to go
there.
Thank you everybody for
listening.
It's been episode. 270.
Nine, we got to go smoke these
fat bodies somethings.
Yes, that body somethings.
All right, talk to you later.
Bye.
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Show Notes
“Merry Christmas from all of us here at the A Cigar Hustlers Podcast.
Today we’re re-airing one of our all-time favorite episodes — Episode 279 — where we officially introduce Karen to the engineering staff… and, unfortunately, announce that our primary engineer Phil has gone missing somewhere deep in the Nicaraguan jungle.
It’s one of those moments that perfectly captures the spirit of this show — equal parts cigars, chaos, and questionable decision-making.
We hope you’re enjoying the holiday with a good cigar, a good drink, and some time to relax. Thanks for spending a piece of Christmas Day with us — and enjoy one of our favorite episodes we’ve ever done.”*