Cigar Hustlers Podcast Episode 295: Unveiling Cigar Chronicles and Canals of Escapades
Episode Summary
Episode 295 of A Cigar Hustler's Podcast finds Phil, Mike Palmer ("Reverend BDP") and Mike Szczepankiewicz of Powstanie Cigars recapping the world release of the Powstanie Connecticut at Secreto Cigars in Ferndale, Michigan. The crew breaks down what made the event work — Ronnie Haisha's ability to walk every customer into the humidor, the value of a well-designed retail floor, and why Mike would rather have 40 retailers who genuinely promote a brand than 250 accounts that expect the manufacturer to do all the work. They also give a shout-out to the listeners and industry folks who made the trip, including Andrew McCreary, Jay Bates, Brett Frye (who drove nine hours from Tobacconist of Virginia/Tobacology), Terry Delamore, KP, and Brad from Black Star Line Cigars, plus a nod to Bob Mora at Hogshead as another retailer who does it right.
The show is heavy on call-ins this week. Pete Hernandez of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust phones in from recovery after an umbilical hernia repair (and explains the now-infamous "insensitive prick" text), Ronnie Haisha of Secreto Cigars gets a quick call while his Davidoff rep is standing there, and Andrew McCreary picks up mid dog-walk to deny ever saying Palmer should talk over Phil. The RomaCraft PCA giveaway rules are also laid out, including entries for purchases and the Frenchie, Quinjanero and Intemperance Volstead contents of the sampler.
The news block covers Powstanie Connecticut shipping to stores, Black Star Line's Rosewood 1923 — a 6x48 Corona made at Fábrica Oveja Negra with a Mexican San Andrés wrapper, Ecuadorian binder and Dominican filler at $13.50, named for the 1923 Rosewood massacre — two new Fosforo Connecticut sizes (Robusto and Toro) from Garmendia Cigars, Vega Fina's US-exclusive Patriot, and the big one: RoMa Craft Tobac is reblending Cro-Magnon for 2024, swapping Connecticut Broadleaf for a Pennsylvania Broadleaf wrapper. That leads into an extended bit about naming Cro-Magnon vitolas after game show hosts. Phil's Fun Facts covers the 12 hours of daily light tobacco plants need in the field, and the episode closes with a Florida story about a truck thief backstroking down a Port Orange canal, UFC talk on Sean "Sugar" O'Malley, and details on the Florida Powstanie Connecticut release at Cigar Hustler in Deltona.
In This Episode
- 01RomaCraft PCA Sampler Giveaway RulesHow to enter the Cigar Hustler RoMa Craft PCA sampler giveaway — email signup plus bonus entries at $50, $100 and $200 in RoMa Craft purchases, deadline August 31, 2023.
- 02Call-In: Pete Hernandez of Dunbarton Tobacco & TrustPete calls in from home after a hernia repair to explain why he went dark on retailers — and the text message that started it all.
- 03Powstanie Connecticut World Release at Secreto CigarsA full recap of the Ferndale, Michigan launch party, Chet's sales prowess, delayed Delta flights, and the industry friends and listeners who showed up.
- 04What Makes a Great RetailerMike explains why he'd rather work with 40 retailers who actively promote a brand than 250 passive accounts, citing Ronnie Haisha and Bob Mora at Hogshead.
- 05Call-In: Ronnie Haisha (with his Davidoff Rep in the Room)A sub-one-minute call where Ronnie can't say anything scandalous because the Davidoff rep is standing right there.
- 06Phil's Fun Facts: Light and Tobacco PlantsCigar tobacco needs roughly 12 hours of light a day, from old fire pits to modern spotlights — with a detour into shadow puppet shows.
- 07Industry News RoundupPowstanie Connecticut shipping, Black Star Line Rosewood 1923 details and the story behind the name, two new Fosforo Connecticut sizes, and Vega Fina's US-exclusive Patriot.
- 08RoMa Craft Reblending Cro-Magnon for 2024Cro-Magnon moves to a Pennsylvania Broadleaf wrapper next year, sparking a running joke about naming the vitolas after game show hosts.
Brands & Cigars Discussed
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Transcript
Cigar Hustlers: Welcome to the Cigar Hustlers Podcast, episode 295, where we bring you the latest news and insights from the world of premium cigars. In this episode, we dive into the big stories of the week. It's very hard to talk to this. You guys know the King Mike Stepankiewicz and Reverend BDP Mike Palmer are two dynamic individuals who co-host Captivating Cigar Hustlers Podcasts, and me, I'm Phil, so grab your favorite smoke, sit back, and join us for another exciting episode of the Cigar Hustlers Podcasts.
Can you watch for the white bar to show up on the iPad too and see how many times it does? The lag bar. Watch for the bar. Okie dokie.
The bar. You too. Cigar Hustlers having an amazing contest. Whoa.
Aromacraft PCA giveaway. I heard about this. We're still talking about the PCA like all the other shows. We just have a different way to talk about it.
Someone's going to win a PCA sampler. Here's what the winner will receive. One Frenchie cigar. Now maybe called the French fry, I was told this past weekend.
Oh, possibly the French fry. Could be. The French fry. - I like that.
- One Quinjanero, three Interperage Volsteads, which you could really just buy anywhere now. - So? - Here's how to enter to win. - They're still free.
- One entry every time you subscribe to their email list. - Your beard is rushing against the... - Oh, it's not? - It's, I hear like, oh, you know what it is, it's the Luchador's mask.
- It's over there, it's the Luchador's mask. - Might have to get rid of it. - Just, once you back up from the camera. - Oh, no, it crinkles.
- Yeah. - Oh, okay. all right here's how you enter geez louise we'll take it off until it's time for phil's fun facts yeah one how do you enter you subscribe to the email list go all the way to the bottom of the newsletter uh the bottom of the page and click uh subscribe you get one entry just one okay you won't win with one you could you could but it's not likely that's not likely five entries if you you purchase $50 in Roma craft products in a single order just one order 15 entries if you purchase $100 in Roma craft products in a single order yes what are you doing over there what am I doing you don't even know I'm talking to you yes thank you Kimberly I'm looking at Andrew McCreary's post from weasel team six at the event all right back to one Phil so I can get Let's get this last part in. One?
50 entries if you purchase $200 in Roan Craft products in a single order, which almost sorta guarantees you may possibly win. Nice. Yeah. Deadline to enter will be August 31st, 2023, and also thank God the last time I have to read this.
You can enter as many times as you like, no purchase necessary to enter. com. Oh, and the V So Horny does qualify. It does.
The V So Horny Sampler. We're almost out of them. We're almost out of one, though, so, you know. But that would get you 50 entries.
Better get on it. Is it $200? I don't know. Okay, so.
Maybe. He doesn't. My question is. Yes, Phil.
You said you have to enter by the 31st. Yes. When is the show that we'll be announcing the winner? Sometime after the 31st.
Sometime after the 31st. So not the next show, but possibly the show after. Who knows? We're not guaranteeing anything.
I can't guarantee exactly when I'm going to know. It's like the 50 entries. You may possibly hear the results at a later show. But somebody will win.
Can we call them on the air and tell them they've won? Yeah, we could try that. Yeah. That's better than that Porsche then.
What if I just get an email? How are you going to tell the person that they won? If you get an email? Well, what if it's just the email entry?
Oh, the newsletter? You don't know who it is? Well, we'll announce it then, and if it is somebody we can call, we will go. " Oh, okay, well, that means it's even a later show.
It's sometime in November. No, it's not. No, we're going to finish this. It'll be finished in September.
We'll have the winner in September. Finished in September. Perfect. Yeah.
For the rare French fry. Yeah. No, these are Frenchies. They're not even French fries.
Oh. That's how rare these are. The first run. Yes.
The first allocation of French cheese. Like French fries with no salt. Yeah. Right.
Yes. The unsalted fries. Yeah. Okay.
We're just jumping right in there. We're not even talking about the event. No, we'll get into that afterwards. He's very excited about this situation.
He is. He would not tell you a thing. Does he know? Hello?
Peter Hernandez? Hello? Hey. Is this Pete?
Hello, Pete. What's up, Mikey? Hey, you're on the podcast. How are you?
I thought he hung up. I thought he hung up. What's up, man? How you doing?
I'm doing well, sir. I'm doing well. So, I just want to do a brief review here for all our listeners who are very intrigued as to what has happened. happened in our life.
We needed a couple of Stillwell boxes from you. And my brother was contacting you and he couldn't get in touch with you. And he said, my brother's like, I don't know, I can't hear from him. So I text you and I said, Hey, you know, we really need these for a customer.
What's going on? And then you text me shortly thereafter. Actually the next day. I'm on it.
I'm in recovery, just got out of the hospital, you insensitive prick, I believe you call me an insensitive prick. Did I call you an insensitive prick? Which is fine. You know, I'm okay with that.
But I do have a couple of questions. For one, I thought that the transgender operation was outpatient at this point. Did you stay overnight? It was an add a dick to me.
Yeah, everybody's doing it. Add a dick? Oh, excellent. Yeah, add a dick.
Add an inch. Add an inch. Oh, add an inch. Add an inch.
Oh, okay. It's like a double dragon. Okay, so you had to add an inch, okay. I'm not double digging, no.
Not double digging? You know, we have some special Middle Eastern honey that's supposed to fix that for you right away. All right, so you're solo dicking, but you added an inch, okay. All right.
So now it's a two. Yeah. And, you know, so, for one, I hope that you're okay, as long as there was something that was going I don't know why there was something that was going on, because, I mean, knowing Pete Hernandez, you could have been in the hospital, but maybe you weren't, and you're just trying to make me feel guilty about this sort of thing. No, actually, I was in the hospital.
I was in the hospital. I was operated, not this past Friday, but the Friday before, I had an abelica hernia repair, and dude, I was into that night for like six hours, and that local anesthesia really knocks it out of you. So the longer you're under the, you know, the harder to kind of mentally recover. Okay.
So this was, so there's a lot of lawsuits out for that now. So I'll get you the name next time. So Morgan Morgan, I'm thinking ahead. Exactly.
Right. So this is Mike from cigar house. They're calling you just so, you know, Oh, I just don't want to make sure that, you know, Mike Palmer's the one offered to help with the lawsuit. Yeah, this is, and that's Palmer and this is Phil and Phil is here.
So just making sure that you're still in the hospital. Excuse me? Are you still in the hospital? No, no, no.
I was in the hospital for a couple days. I'm home now recovering. Excellent. And the hardest part is just getting over the exhaustion.
You get exhausted real easy. Some days you feel good. Some days you kind of feel shitty. Right.
But all in all, you know, I'm out. Been out for a few days and I should be heading back to Clearwater in a couple weeks. No, in about a week. Excellent.
I'm in Miami. This didn't have anything to do with the birthday stair run, did it? So, no, maybe it was, maybe it was the Birthday Sterling. Birthday Sterling.
So, Groover got us the Stillwells, though, so it's okay. So, let me ask you something. I mean, you have this whole list of your retailers in an email. " Well, it's not like this was an emergency.
Like, you knew it was going down. Maybe you could have just told us. Yeah, well, I left the voicemail. I didn't think, you know, I didn't want to go ahead and, you know, tell everybody.
Yeah, he wasn't playing. He wasn't going on a podcast to announce it to the world. You could have said. Yeah.
I mean, you're in a submarine for three days. I don't know. It sounds like he's in a submarine. Well, now everybody knows.
Last time the submarine happened, they didn't come back. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Well, he didn't go to the Titanic.
Yeah, that submarine's gone. Okay. So how's the podcast going along, buddy? You guys run out of shit to talk about?
You gotta call me? No, the highlight of the show is Call of Pete. The podcast is great. I mean, listen, you call me an insensitive prick.
You told me an insensitive prick. I had to call you back and see what was going on. You know? That was from the nurse.
He didn't even know he sent it. Oh, the fucking nurse did it. The nurse did it. You insensitive prick.
He's under the knife. Yeah. He's busy. He's busy.
Well, I'm glad you're feeling better, sir. We were worried. I'm recuperating well, and I feel much better. And I look forward to seeing you guys here real soon.
We look forward to seeing you as well. Yeah, we're going to schedule another event that we can cancel right before. Well, we didn't cancel. We ran with it.
All right, guys. Hey, thanks for calling. Time for more pills. I gotta go, guys.
He's like, "I really like my job. " What, nurse? Yes, nurse, I'm coming. I have to go, guys.
The nurse is there. The nurse is coming over to give my sponge bath, all right? I gotta run. All right, I love you, brother.
Thanks, man. Feel better, Pete. I love you guys. Take care.
All right, bye, bud. So there you go. I got to tell you, I expected more from the way you kept it such a secret. The insensitive prick thing?
It only affects you. You know, here's the thing. We kind of agree with it. Here's the problem.
If I tell you that, then we don't get the raw response. That's true, that's true. And that's the problem. It wasn't like it was a huge deal.
But, you know, first of all, it's a huge deal to Pete. " Right. Which I love. That's why I love this podcast.
Right, right. You know, and like, he didn't respond afterwards. I did get the invoice for the Stilwells, so he took care of it, he took care of it, but it's funny. You still gotta get paid for the surgery.
Yeah, you gotta get paid. We never order Stilwells here, so it had to be a big deal. Better ride that Dunbarton trade, baby. Right.
So yeah, you know, I wanted to put him on the spot a little bit, I wanted to, you know... I gotcha. I understand. It was funny, it was entertaining.
Make him pucker up his butthole a smidge, you know? Right. All right, well, so what did we do? What happened?
Are we gonna talk about that? I don't know. What did we do? How was your weekend?
Yeah, what'd you guys do this weekend? What'd you do? I didn't see you at all. What'd you do?
So, you did see us. What are you talking about? You were with us the whole time. Just for the show.
The whole time. Just for the show. We didn't see Phil. We saw Boots.
Yeah, we did see Boots. We didn't see Phil. Yeah, Phil didn't get to go. We saw the legendary Ronnie Haisha.
Haisha Haisha. It's a very nice thank you he put up to all of us yesterday. At Secreto Cigars. The only thing Boots was included in was the thank you.
We did the Powstanie release of the Connecticut. The world release. The world release. World release.
Started at Ronnie's. And what'd you think, man? I think it went pretty well. I think we had a good time.
Yeah, with what we, you know, the car show thing sort of put a little dent in it. But other than that... Yeah, but you know, I think we did okay numbers-wise. I think it was pretty busy, you know?
He had a lot of foot traffic throughout the day, and that guy, he's a fucking beast, man, he can sell. He can, yes, yes he does. Yeah, that's what I heard. What's really remarkable, first of all, we flew Delta, you flew Spirit.
Yes. And we were giving you a hard time about flying Spirit. Yes. Yeah.
And then, of course, the one Delta flight that's delayed is ours. It's yours. The only Delta flight the whole day delayed. Yeah.
It was ours. And he wound up being a couple hours late to the world release party. Exactly right. But you did bring Chet.
Yes, he was a machine. Chet is a beast when it comes to sales. He's a machine. That guy can sell ice.
" This is infused. This is infused. " And that's what Chet's good at. He is.
I mean, he's very, he's a fucking hell of a salesman. Yes, yes. I'm the old man door greeter. Hi, welcome to Secreto.
Have you met Chet? I have met Chet. And then off he goes. This is Chet.
This is Chet. He can help you. And then once I showed up, you guys, like, pfft, disappeared on me. I was tired time to show up.
Very tired. Been there very early. So. But we had to get, we had to make a phone call so Pops would even let us in.
He didn't know me and Chet. So when Rosales showed up, he called Ronnie, well, he called the shop, thinking Pops would answer And it goes right to Ronnie's phone. We're closed. Right.
Now, he called Pops and Pops let us in. Hey, they're waiting at the front door. " Pops was in there cleaning. " Not letting you in.
No. Not letting you in. Ronnie walked in with every single customer into the Humidor, too. Yeah, they weren't leaving without cigars in their hands.
Well, you have to have the code to get in the first place. Yeah, well, but he has a release, there's a release at the register. at the register oh pops just gave us a code is that a thing there in that state you have to have that no i think it's so ronnie doesn't let people can't go in there he doesn't know but harriet rebus was the same thing yeah the other gentleman oh did it yeah oh maybe maybe it's got to be locked kind of like how buffalo was where they had to have a lock on the door to separate the cigars from the liquor or something like that yeah maybe i don't know why it's weird every state's got their We use our own weird rules. Yeah.
Not in this state, baby. Nope. We do have one of those locks, but it's usually to keep people in, not out. Yeah.
Yeah. It's like a box. Can't come out, do you buy something? Now you can't leave.
Now you just can't leave. We're selling liquor out the dumpster in the back. Right. Come on, guys.
We don't sell liquor out the dumpster. We don't sell liquor out the dumpster. Yeah, you just set it back there, then they come, they leave the money like Good Samaritan. Under a rock.
Like Good Samaritans. Right. Yes. 'Cause nobody will steal it.
Nobody. Yeah, no, no. The guy who's buying liquor in a dumpster, that type of man, he's got to be a good person. Right.
Yeah, he's got morals. Right. So yeah, man, I think it went really well. We thank a couple people for coming.
We had Jay Bates showed up. Yeah, I was getting, okay. Oh, were you getting into that? Yeah, we're good.
No, no, go ahead. Andrew McCreary. I mean, I didn't know, I didn't know anybody. Andrew McCreary.
A couple other names that I... KP was there. KP, yeah. First time I met him in person.
I like that guy. He's funny. I got to meet the Boom Heron guy, the Ohio State Buckeye, former Pills guy. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I saw him when he came in. I didn't know. That's sort of where I went to back. Like, "Oh, sports.
" Super nice guy. Yeah, a bummer walked away. I'm going to go sit down. I mean, I met a lot.
He thanked me and shook my hands. He left. Brett Frye. Oh, yeah, Brett Frye.
Brett Frye was there, yeah. And Mike. Mike, they did the drive and everything. That was a long drive for them.
They're thinking about driving to Wisconsin. Yeah. Terry Delamore was there, too. Does Brett just not like to fly?
I think it's just more affordable, I guess. Oh, well, that, yeah. You know? Right?
You know, I was thinking about that. Like, I don't know if it really is. Think about all the gas that goes into it, the wear and tear on the tires. Well, nine hours, so he only stopped once, so.
Right. Yeah, so. But it's not like he's got the best mileage car he's driving. Yeah, but he also didn't have to rent a car.
That's true. Yeah, that's the one thing it does save. You don't have to rent the car. Yeah.
And I think he also, he was saying that he likes to do the drive because he likes to smoke cigars and think and listen to music and stuff and drive on the open road. Sure. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I think that that is cool as shit, personally.
You know, as a retailer and as a brand owner manufacturer, it's cool to fucking get together with other retailers that we're all kind of on the same page. We all have our different pages per se as to our approach in business, but we're all on the same fucking page. You understand each other. Yeah, which is so awesome to me.
I'm thinking, fuck, man. Yeah, because sometimes we go into these places and the guy's just completely different. Yeah. He's in a different book, not alone another page.
Yeah, well, this is, yeah, we're not, this is, we're not, we'll never see you again, will we? Yeah, it was nice to meet you. Right. And then, yeah, and then you leave.
Right. But, you know, I mean, Brett makes this trek. You know, Ronnie makes it. Right, you got nothing out of it.
Yeah. Ronnie makes it a focal point, and he looks to beat the drum. I mean, he's still riding that Dunderma tip a little too hard if you ask me, but, you know. Yeah.
I mean, hey, listen. That's what Pops kept selling. We sell a lot of Dunbarton. Yeah.
If he gets, I mean, you know. What's the number one thing you guys sell? Oh, Dunbarton. We sell a lot of Dunbarton.
Yeah. What's number two? And you go, uh, crown. Steve Saka.
You know Steve Saka? Yeah. He paid for the wedding. Dunbarton, then Steve Saka.
He baptized me the other day. Yeah, but it's not like when they first opened, everybody was like, oh, I want Dunbarton. No. They built that up.
Yeah, I mean, Ronnie has a great ability to promote and build a product. Right. You know? As long as you're on the same page with him, that's what's important, you know?
He did an Instagram Live once when we were there. I was a little disappointed. I wanted to be on- Well, he was busy. He was pretty fucking busy.
Well, he was busy. He was in the back for that one time. I had to go find him. And that was the first time he's opened at the bar since COVID.
Second time. Second time. Second time. I don't know what the other time was.
Yeah. We got to go run it back there again. I want to do it again. At Ronnie's?
Yeah. When the street is open? Yeah, just do an event. It doesn't have to necessarily be a release, but just go back there again and do it again.
I think that would be awesome. Okay. Yeah. Okay.
Maybe when it's cold. All right, I can't go. Like January. What are you stupid now?
You don't go to Detroit in January. Why not? It's cold! You'll probably never leave, bro.
People don't go outside, they're cold. Yeah, they smoke inside. No, no, they don't go out. They don't go out?
Yes, unless they need food. Oh, like February. Well, they have liquor. It's still cold in February.
Yeah, but it's... Yeah. Kinda. And then the planes don't leave, you know?
Yeah, plane gets snowed in, you're trapped, you can't drive there. There's a blizzard and there's no power. Yeah, that's not the best time. " Yeah.
Stand out front. I'm gonna call Ronnie right now. No, no, don't call Ronnie. Why?
Yeah, yeah, call him. No, call him. We'll time it to five minutes. Call him.
Who else was there? Rosales. Rosales was there. Oh yeah, Rosales was there.
The legend of the row of the month. To support. The row of the month. Yo.
Hey, you're on the podcast. Oh, unfortunately, I have my Davidoff rep here right now, so I can't do any bad stuff. You can't do anything. You can't do anything.
You have to be respectable. You know, if there was any other brand, I could do pretty much whatever I wanted, but with, you know, Davidoff, I almost wore it. You know, the shirt, the tie. Yeah.
Oh, wow. But I thank you, but I thank you for allowing me to come onto your podcast to say absolutely nothing. I appreciate it. Hey, can we talk to Davidoff?
Thank you for coming to do the event. Yes. Thank you for having us. Yes.
Yes. No, no, you guys were amazing out here. My customers love you guys. I've gotten tremendous feedback from the guys that showed up.
showed up. You guys are rock stars. Thanks. Thank you very much.
You're great yourself. We would like Davidoff. Can you put him on the phone? Feel free to call me next week.
I got some things I want to talk about as far as Chinese operations in the United States. Excellent. I will call you. I love you, gentlemen.
Love you too, brother. Take care, guys. We should always call Ronnie when the Davidoff guy's there. It's less than a minute.
That was pretty quick. That was amazing. You should ask him when Davidoff we called him. Hey, what's the number?
Hey, what's Ronnie doing right now? Does he really have a tie? What do we got going for the picture? Tell him he looked bigger on the air.
I need to smoke a cigar. What do we got going for the picture? We're doing the Rosewood. Rosewood.
One, please. Why we can't go to one? Oh, we're stuck with two, huh? You know, I'm trying to do hand signals to you.
Yeah, I don't know. You want me to look at your dick? I don't know why you're pointing down. No, like, it's down.
The camera's down. Oh, it's flashing. Does three work? Three does, yep.
Oh, you show the cigar, Michael. The Rosewood. Why is my camera always down? Rosewood.
By Black Starline. It draws more power. You know, Brat-tat-tat came to the event, too. Who's Brat-tat-tat?
Brat from Black Starline. He said that. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Didn't you say that in the beginning?
No, no, no, no, no. I didn't say that. Oh. Yeah, Brat was there from Black Starline.
Yeah, I kind of... It's 10 and a half grams, by the way. 10 and a half. I walked out, and I saw him sitting there with you guys.
" I didn't think I saw this guy. Well, when you talked to him, when I walked up, he was backlit, and I couldn't see who he was, so I didn't recognize him. And then he sort of shifted, and the light hit his face. " But how awesome is that?
Industry dudes come up. Yeah. " I mean, that's fucking awesome. Tyler sent us a nice good luck message.
Yeah. Well, this is a big deal, bro. But how awesome is that? That's pretty fucking...
Yeah. You know what I mean? Well, we're kind of a big deal, Michael. I mean, listen, yeah, to some we are, but, and others, you can walk to other stores.
They have no fucking idea who we are. Well, those are lost. They don't have a clue. Well, when Hector was here last week, Boots was trying to figure out if he was, he asked me if we got the invite for the La Palooza.
Lozona Palooza? Lozona Palooza. And I said, yes, Jack called us the day before. And I go, but he just gave us the two invites.
The two invites. And Hector goes, you guys roll like six or seven now. You guys are like SEAL team when you show up somewhere. So he goes, it's anybody you want to bring is included.
And then Boots' face lit up and he goes, ah! He got so excited. He got so excited. I like that guy, Hector, he's a great guy.
I like Hector, too. You guys try to keep things from boots all the time. So yes, I mean, we roll as a squad, there's no one guy coming. Right.
There's no other company that does that, I don't think, unless Espinosa, I think, is the only other one that's close. Yeah, but they're all company guys. The squad that follows them around, we're basically on our own dime. Yeah, for the most part.
Right. I mean, I buy a sandwich. Actually, Ronnie bought the sandwich. Yeah, I didn't have to buy a sandwich.
I covered breakfast. Oh. At the hotel? Technically, because of the hotel.
I did cover breakfast, because I paid for the hotel. You paid for the hotel, yes. Which, that was a great breakfast, by the way. That was a nice spread there.
I like Hampton Inns. Yeah. Well, other than that, I mean, it was great talk and everything. Oh, yeah.
Brett's fucking hilarious, dude. Are you kidding me? Ronnie did pass out. Yeah, he passed out.
I have a lovely photo of him sleeping. We went to a cigar store. I haven't decided what to do. I'm not going to mention the cigar store, but we went to a cigar store where we hung out.
Yeah, you know what? None of us tagged ourselves there. Nobody took any photos, nothing. I took one photo.
Oh, did you? Yeah, but that's because Skip was saying... Well, Boots did. Yeah, Boots did.
" Yeah, it was 12 to 7. It was 12 to 7. It was a good 9-hour thing there. Yeah.
It felt good, though. It felt like a good... 8-hour. It felt like a good event.
It felt like a good event. I think it was seven hours. " You know? Maybe.
Yeah. That's how the shop is set up. The design, the overall layout. Yeah, which I think his design was good.
Which is the way it works here, too. You walk in for an event. It's right there. There's a guy at the table.
Right. Right. Hey, how are you? You know, the other big thing for me is working with good retailers, man.
And Ronnie is a good retailer. Bob Mora Hogshead, he's a good retailer. These guys are fantastic at what they do. They work their ass off.
They cultivate the relationships. And that makes all the difference. " Right. Yeah, let me do it, you just come to the register.
And Bob was the same way at Hogshead. " Right. Those are the guys I want to work with. Like, I would much rather work with 40 fucking badass retailers than 250 accounts.
Just give me the 40. The ones that believe in the brand, the ones that will promote the product, I don't need the other ones. Fuck 'em. Right.
what the one order a year great right well i go there anyway yeah well you know your stuff doesn't move yeah have you considered trying to sell it right all right you know what i mean like i've heard everything look i've i've given those excuses i know that they're full of shit right yeah right you know i'm looking at my flashing lights so like i can now if i told somebody as a as a brand dollar manufacturer look i put in everybody's hand uh you know i told everybody they can't say you You could try when you were there. Are you meeting me halfway is the real question. What are you doing to build your brand? Because I'm fucking doing it.
Are you helping to build their brand too or no? Right. Because if you're not, yeah, it died. It fucking died right on the vine.
You thought that you were going to make the $1,500 sale and then fucking cocaine and hookers on page two. It doesn't work that way, dude. You got to continue to cultivate and build and keep working. You have to work your ass off every day in this industry.
You do. Right. Right. So, that's what I want to work with, a good retailer.
" Well, I'm nervous to try to reset it. Oh, no, yeah, don't. Just let it go. Just let it go.
Something else shuts down. Right. And we have no cameras. So, I think this trip was, I think it was a good trip.
Yeah. Yeah. I think, uh... It was a great trip.
Right. I think it was a good kickoff. For the Posani, Connecticut, yeah. Right.
And then this week... This week we're gonna do the release here. Bam. Friday.
Another one. In store, baby. Here it is. The Florida.
The Florida release. Maybe we can get a... I mean, there's a couple of guys from the industry that live in this state. Yeah, who do you want?
John Carney. Oh, you mean the guy who lives in Winter Park that's 20 minutes away that won't show? Yeah, that guy. He'll tell you that he's sick, his kid's sick, his dog's sick, somebody's sick.
There was a guy that showed up, walked up out front that looked just like John Kearney. Yeah. " Well, that's the game we always play, right? Well, yeah, but I mean, this guy looked enough like we thought it might have been him.
It could have been. It could have been him. Oh, wow. " That's definitely not John Kearney.
Definitely not John Kearney. Howard G. Howie? Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, that guy always shows up. Last couple of things, he was out of town. Daniel from Smoke in the Water, maybe his weekly trip or monthly trip. That's kind of south.
I mean, at that point, you might as well ask all of Miami to come. Yeah, come on. Hector, Jack. Oh, Jack, you're invited.
Just remember that. We should invite Jack. You have to invite him. Is he back or is he still on his whirlwind tour?
It doesn't matter. You remember how this works. Tyler should come down. Tyler, you should come down.
I'm going to invite him right now. You have to. Because if not, you'll hear all about it. Oh, thanks for inviting me.
Callin' him too? No, no, we called Dubio. I'm about to say, wow, we're just doing a call-in show now. Nice, nice, nice.
Never know who we'll call. Is this a, I don't know what this is. At the shop. Hey, you wanna do Phil Fun's facts while you're doing that?
You are invited. So, hey, but before you do that, real quick, thank you everybody for coming out, and we're really grateful for everybody that showed up and... Watching Phil put on his mask is... it's classic.
And, you know, I really, truly appreciate all the support that we have for the brand nationwide, and thank you guys for buying from Ronnie, and, you know, people who bought online, people who came into the store, got to hang out, got to meet a lot of great people, and, you know, we had a fantastic time, so thank you so much. You're a very nice man, Michael. Oh, yeah, thanks. Good, good, nice parlay.
Go ahead, hit the button, you fuck. Angry. Let's go. You gotta get this Luchy, Crunchy Luchy Door going.
Welcome to Cigar Hustlers podcast feature, Phil's Fun Facts. Hello, peoples. Hello. The mask is a little crooked.
It's a little crunchy, too. It's crunchy. They have a foil. And it's hard to talk, because the mask is actually smaller than my face.
It's smaller than my face. It's your beard in there? Is that why it's all crunchy? No, it's just smaller than my face.
I was looking at Ray Mysterio's luchador, and this is cut out, the bottom part for his chin and stuff. Oh, is it? Yeah. I wanted to do that.
Maybe we'll adjust that. Maybe we should trim it for him. I cut the teeth in the front for him. Here we go.
Quiet on the side. Sorry. In the field, cigar tobacco plants need about 12 hours a day of light. day so over the year they have gone from sliding huge lighting lighting wow sorry is there a typo there yep oh sorry from lighting huge fire pits near the tobacco to give more light to today's technology of putting huge spotlights on the plants and then they entertain the village children The shadow puppet shows every night before bed.
That's amazing. Wow, I didn't know that. How do they not burn up all the tobacco? I don't know.
You should ask one time. Oh! That's what happened. The puppet show went sideways.
The puppet show went sideways on there. Huh. That's terrible. It's poor guys.
They'll never let that down. No, they'll never let that down at all. Oh. All right, on to the news.
I think one of the best catch fire stories in the industry I think was AJ's booth at PCA had caught fire. Oh, that's right, at the PCA that year. At the show? Yeah.
Yeah, a couple of years ago. And they fucking hosed down everything in this booth. They fucking... They had to close the show for half a day to get the water stuff out.
Oh my God. I'm blue. Somebody call me? Hopefully they didn't get the pad out.
From the four corners of the world. Oh, you can't go to my camera. All the cigar industry news you could possibly need. The Cigar Hustler Podcast Report, with Mike Too.
I want to read the news, I don't have a camera. It's probably spelled wrong. I don't read well. You should read it.
You should read it. Go ahead, do the news. Oh, I can't wait. Powstanie, Connecticut heading to stores tomorrow.
Wait, tomorrow? It's a story from last week. You're supposed to adapt as you read, Michael. Ah, Powstanie, Connecticut has already headed towards stores.
There you go. It's heading towards stores this week. The Powstanie, Connecticut will begin shipping already. Has begun shipping.
Give me that back. Just put two on. You cannot read the news. I will start over.
Powstanie, Connecticut, heading to stores this week. The Powstanie, Connecticut, has begun shipping to stores this week. , which distributes the brand, has started shipping the new line last week. The first time consumers can try the cigar will likely be at a launch event on Saturday, August 19th.
This is a week-old story. Yeah. All right. Well, there's four of them.
This is the first new regular production line for the company since 2015, it's first year in business, or we're trying to figure that out over the weekend. What? When you came out with cigars, at least 2015. Yeah.
Seven years? Eight. Seven. Five and three is eight.
Five and three is eight. Five and three is eight. Fifteen to twenty is five. Yeah.
And then three more after that is eight. This would be the eighth year. Oh, like, so you do like Chinese math. That's awesome.
Yeah. China. We're thrilled to introduce the Powstanie-Connecticut blend to the market, said Mike Szczefankewicz, co-owner of Powstanie, in a press release, was announced in May: Our team has dedicated extensive time and expertise to craft a cigar that exemplifies our commitment to excellence. The Connecticut Shade Wrapper adds a touch of refinement to the blend, providing a smooth and delightful, bold, smoking experience.
We are confident that our loyal customers and new enthusiasts alike will find the Powstanie-Connecticut blend to be one of the kind, as well as possible. Well, it's the best Connecticut released at this year's show. Where did you catch this interview, on the sidewalk? This is a press release, and you hear this at the beginning.
That was Cigar Hustlers' press release? Yes. No, it was Powstanie's press release. Powstanie's press release.
Powstanie's press release. Well, yeah, but you... Post, you get ink, actually. Okay.
Yeah, you know, I send all my media stuff to all the media, including... Including Cigar Hustlers podcast. Yeah. Which is, what's your email?
Mike@mikeandmikeproductions. Yeah. The other media stuff. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. You can send it to Mike at Mike and Mike Productions. Actually, you know, I get them from us and then I get them from Saka.
That's really the only thing. Whatever you want. You can send whatever you want through the email. Sure.
I'll read it on the air. I don't care. Yeah. Black Starline Rosewood 1923 arrives in stores.
Black Starline Cigar's first blend from Fabrica Ovea Negra is now arriving on shelves. The new Rosewood 1923 is offered in a single 6x48 Corona size. It uses a Mexican San Andres wrapper over an Ecuadorian binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic. 50.
Write that down. Write that down. And is offered in boxes and bundles of 20 cigars. 50 per cigar.
Oh, you can buy a bundle and a box? Or a box? I don't think we have them listed that way, do we? No.
That's wrong. No, that actually is right. That's right, but we don't, we don't sell, we don't sell bundles, we don't sell bundles. Not these, we have bundles cigars, but it's lower quality bundles cigars.
Correct. Right. I've always wanted to work with Ovea Negra. I am a huge fan of their cigars, and actually James Brown was one of the first people I reached out to when I was looking to enter the cigar industry, said Eric Bay, owner of Blackstar Saline Cigars.
In a press release when the cigar was announced in June, I ended up with pages stuck together. Oh. Gaining JB's respect, though, with hard work and persistence with what I have done thus far with Agerno Salif. The name referenced the Rosewood Massacre which killed between 7 and 27 people and destroyed the entire town with the exception of a lone general store.
7 to 27 people and destroyed the whole town? No, they killed between 7 and 27 people. Oh, okay. Oh, okay.
It was a long time ago. They didn't keep really good records. I see. Some people live or some people die.
We don't know. Rosewood was destroyed as part of a racially motivated killings. Yeah. Mm.
Following lynching, black residents of Roadwood began defending themselves against attacks. In response to their defenses, white mobs came to the town and razed the town. And razed the town. Which had an independent black community.
Following the massacre, the town was abandoned. Gotta love his reading. That's what it says. Okay.
I offered to let you. The town was abandoned? The town was abandoned. Go on.
I love the name because it not only pays homage to the 100-year anniversary of the massacre, but also pays homage to my fraternity brother, John Singleton, who made a movie about Rosewood in the early 90s. , and Singleton passed away a few years ago. Oh, that's so nice. Two sizes of Phosphoro Connecticut head to stores.
When Phosphoro Connecticut debuted in a single Corona Gorda size in April, it was known that there would be more Vitolas later that year. Yeah. More coming. We have more.
Now those two sizes are shipping to stores. Now we have more. Now we have the more. , which distributes the brand, has announced that it has begun shipping the Phosphoro Connecticut Robusto and Toro to stores.
In addition, the, uh, what? In addition, the Phosphorocorona Gorda, which was released in limited quantities in April, is now offered as a regular production item. Yes. 95.
Yes. Blendwise, it uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper over Nicaraguan binder, Nicaraguan fillers. The line is produced at Garmendia Cigars, run by Jose Placino, how do you say his name? P-A-L-A-C-I-O-S.
P-A-L-A-C-I-O-S. Palacios? Palacios? Palacios?
Palacios. In Nicaragua, the Corona Gorda got a soft launch in April with just 2,400 bundles released. Mr. Rosales would like me to express his concern that he does not make this cigar, but everybody thinks he does because he said they copied his logo.
His words, not mine. It's not exactly the same. No. They got the Big Mac.
Yeah, we got the Big Mick. Jeff's got the Big Mick. Yes, I understand. " It's brilliant.
It's brilliant, Jeff, I love it. Brilliant, Jeff. Great idea, you get the confusion tail that way. Oh, look, a new Roma Craft.
I sent, uh, so I sent onesies to Hunter. Yes. They probably haven't arrived yet. Oh, of the new cigars?
Yeah, well, they got cigars on the way to Riverside, or Match, and I sent onesies, and one is the Golden Pea. Oh, not onesies of the cigars, you said onesies for the new baby, the same ones that you gave at Runny. No, there's a special one. Oh.
Yeah. Oh, is the pea just a little off? No, it's pink. Yes.
" Oh. Oh. Do you figure out which one? Yes.
It's one of them. It's one of them. But I'm not going to say which one it is. No.
Could be Skip, could be Jeff, who knows? We all know them. We all know that one of them is always right. RoMa Craft Tobac updating Cro-Magnum line in 2024.
Yeah. Well, it's a new Cro-Magnum line. I'm just doing, that's the headline that was released, Michael. RoMa Craft Tobac's Cro-Magnum line will get a major change ahead in 2024.
Beginning next year, Cro-Magnum will use a different blend. Most notably, a Pennsylvania Broadleaf wrapper will replace the Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. Because Pennsylvania, he likes better because they make steel. He's a Pennsylvania fan?
Pennsylvania fan, yeah. Oh, nice. Yes. Yeah.
I heard that the Vitolos are going to be named after game show hosts. Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, that'd be nice.
The Bob Hope. The Bob Hope. The Alex Trebek. Wait, Bob Hope does not do game show.
What was the guy's name? No way. Bob Barker. Bob Barker.
Yeah, Bob Barker. Bob Hope did the things for the troops. The Price is Wrong. I don't know.
Okay. Okay, so the Bob Barker. Right. The Alex Trebek.
Yes. Yeah, that's the Perfecto. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Is Sigurdo the Drew Carey? The Drew Carey? Yeah, he is going to be a horrible replacement. Yeah, horrible replacement.
He doesn't even look like Drew Carey anymore. He doesn't have the flat top or anything. They tried Wayne Brady out for a little bit, remember? That was horrible, too.
No, no, he doesn't do the prices right. He does, um, he does that other one. What's that other one? Where people dress up funny in the audience.
Uh, whose line is it anyways? I don't know. But he did do that, too. He did do it.
He did a game show. He still does. It's a horrible game show. Yeah.
It's a remake of an old one also. The Pat Sajak. Oh, the Pat Sajak. Yeah, that's going to be great.
That'd be good. Do you like Hollywood Squares? No, but that's a good game show, too. Who did Hollywood Squares?
Steve Harvey. Oh, Steve Harvey. Oh, that's the best one. I can't believe we did.
Oh, that's right. He does Family Feud. Yeah, that's a Toro. It's a 6x52 Toro.
Obviously, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Is this, are you real? This is serious?
Yes, it's real. Yeah, that's what they're doing. Yeah, the new game show. Yeah, I'm releasing the new Cro-Mag line Vitola names right now.
Okay. Yeah. Yeah, before they released in December. Yeah.
The Richard Dawson, I don't even know who that is. Richard Dawson, he was the guy who was on Hogan's Heroes, he did Family Feud before Steve Harvey. Oh, yeah. So that's an original blend.
Yes, yes. One of the older ones. Yeah, it's gonna be older. Dick Clark.
Dick Clark, oh. Yeah, Dick Clark. The Belly Coso. Oh, he did, yeah, I remember what show he did.
5x54 Belly Coso. $10,000 Pyramid, I think. Yeah. Nice.
That's going to be good. I'm really excited about all these. Game shows used to be huge on TV. Used to be always on during the day.
Jimmy Kimmel? Jimmy Kimmel? He did Game Show? What did he do?
Yeah, he did, I think, one on MTV or something. Singled Out? No, no, no, not that. Not Singled Out.
Oh, Win Ben Stein's Money, he did. Yes, that's it, Win Ben Stein's Money. Yeah. Ben Stein was on the show, too, obviously.
Ryan Seacrest. Oh, nice. That's a real pretty cigar. Yeah, that's actually the LE of the new Pennsylvania.
Oh, that's nice. Yeah, the Ryan Seacrest. It's going to be shiny. Yeah, it's super shiny.
It's got a shiny band, too. You won't like it. It's going to be very shiny. Phil won't like that.
It's going to have a gold foil on it. Oh, a gold foil? He likes a gold foil. Oh, come on, man.
I'm surprised Boots haven't bought a bull yet up there. Yeah, why didn't you buy a golden bull yet? I'd rather buy a postano. The golden bear.
Oh, that should be your thing. S. Patriot begin shipping. What?
VEGA FINA is a cigar brand. Okay. They're coming out with an exclusive cigar for American market named The Patriot. Oh, and nobody gives a fuck.
Exactly, I know. , but for the first time in the brand's history, there's a VEGA FINA that is being made exclusively for the American market. Yeah. He was sitting in a meeting and the guy, why do we not sell cigars?
Why don't we sell the number one consumption? Why don't we sell cigars in America? I don't know. Well, we don't sell them tonight.
What? We should make one. It's gonna be a CI exclusive. Right.
We're gonna throw an American flag on it. Yes, it has an American flag on the band. The Patriot. We'll call it The Patriot.
When are they gonna release it? 4th of July next year? That would be funny, wouldn't it? They should've put, what's his name on it?
Mel Gibson. " Yeah, I know he did the movie, but he's not from America. Who's not what? No Gibson.
No Gibson. He's not American. He's Australian. I thought he was from New Zealand or something.
Australia. Yeah, but you could do the Patriot one on it. Yeah, I understand from the movie. Yeah.
But then you gotta give MGM a piece, not him. No, you just, you make his eye a little crooked. Oh, oh, just turn his frown upside down. Maybe they should put the Patriot logo, New England Patriots.
Oh. New Patriot. Then Robert Kraft will sue the hell out of him, probably. You think so?
Yeah, probably so. Make it slightly different. Yeah, two stars instead of three. The three.
Yeah. Perfect. All right. So, Vega Fina.
Nobody gives a fuck. Moving on. Moving on. Yeah.
We're going to have time to kill. Orlando, Florida, an accused... Oh, Orlando. We have a Florida story.
Oh. Florida story. An accused truck thief was arrested on Thursday after fleeing from Port Orange police into a nearby canal. According to the police department, in a release, police said that the officers tried to pull over a truck that was towing a trailer, though the truck instead fled after letting a passenger ride.
I need a passenger ride, so we're going to run, get out. With the trailer. Right, with the trailer. Detectives said that the truck had been reported stolen out of Sumpner County while the trailer was reported stolen out of Lake County.
So it's a Tri-County thing. Lake County, where's that? Lake County, Eustace, out that way. So he made it all the way to Port Orange?
Well, he probably stole the truck and then went to go get the trailer and then came back. Wow, that guy is moving. And apparently picked up a hitchhiker that he had to let out. Hey, come on in.
Yeah, I'm already fucked, so I'll just pick you up. Okay. Eventually, the truck pulled into a south end of Bushman Park near the Commonwealth Boulevard, driving through a locked gate and onto a walking path, nearly striking a person on the path, the release shows. Police said that the truck continued to flee until the path ended, which is where the driver crashed the truck and ran off on foot.
The driver, 40-year-old Ray Norris, no relation to Chuck Norris. Are you sure? Yeah, I saw the guy. Maybe just let himself go because, you know, Trump was such a dominating person.
He jumped into a canal nearby and began swimming away from police. I like how the talk he just keeps going. Prompt. Fuck it.
Right, it just means it's not funny. This is the last time Ray Norton's ever did gummies. It's not funny? It's not funny?
So because you think I'm not funny, you're just gonna run me over? Yes. How do you know it's not gonna be funny? People have told me.
Oh yeah, who? Listeners. Like who? Jay Bates and Andrew McCreary.
Jay Bates and Andrew McCreary said that I'm not funny. He said that you need to talk over him because he's just not funny. Yeah, I don't think, I can't see Andrew or Jay actually saying that. Oh, I don't know what to tell you.
They did. So weird. So weird. If you guys would like to call in and tell.
Well, the problem is it's not a live show. I can call Andrew right now. Do it. He's at work.
Let's do it. He'll answer. Do it. Do it.
chad did too call chad i offered to let chad come in for the show today but he said his boss won't let him that's correct because he was there so i don't have andrew's number oh don't worry i'll fix facebook facebook message but you call him on facebook well that's what i mean he's gonna Yeah, Facebook call him. Yeah. Don't worry. " Three phone calls in one show.
The Powstanie guy's calling me. I'm definitely gonna answer this. There he comes. I love the technology.
We call everybody. Hello? Hey. Hey, Andrew.
You're on the show. You're on the podcast. What's up, buddy? Oh, man.
That's right. I was just telling Mike- Oh, he sounds nervous. Wait, I was explaining to Mike that you told me to talk over him more because he's not that funny, and he doesn't believe you said it. Yeah.
He was very nice, but I think he might have had a drink or two, to be honest. Yeah, did you say that I should be ran over every time I talk by Mike Palmer? Uh-oh. Did I?
No, I never said it. I wouldn't say anything like that. See? Andrew didn't say that.
I told you. He implied it. He would never say that. He implied it.
He's a sweet man. He is a very nice man. He drove two and a half hours, and then you weren't there. He drove all the way just to come hang out with us for the Postanya event.
Yes, he did. He's a very nice man. Yeah. Yeah.
So there's that. I don't think that he'd come in and say, hey, listen. No, no, we were talking. You need to talk over more.
He had had a couple of drinks. Yeah. Don't put the guy on the spot. He doesn't drink.
Don't put the guy on the spot. He's been sober for 10 years. Oh, no, I drank. Oh, stop it, Andrew.
Andrew, stop. Andrew, stop. He's probably drinking right now. Yeah, maybe.
Maybe. There's no way he said that. Yeah. He didn't say that.
I mean, maybe he said Phil's the best, but that's about it. No, he didn't say anything. He said you should get Phil off the show. You know what, Palmer, I'm going to camera three the whole time.
So, hey, thank you. Well, you already turned mine off anyway. I just wanted to call and say thank you so much for coming out, dude. Yes, thank you for coming, Andrew.
You're a hell of a dude, man. Yeah, no problem. You're a hell of a guy. We appreciate you.
Are you working? I appreciate you guys calling. Are you working right now? No.
See? Just walking dogs. Walking dogs. That's his job.
You don't watch him on Facebook? I'm walking dogs. He's got a dog walking business. Oh, yeah?
He's in the dog walking business? Don't pay any attention to you, Andrew. I knew. He's got to wrangle all you guys.
I mean, that's a tough job. Yeah, it's a full-time gig. It is a full-time gig. I don't know.
I did see you posted him at Secreto. Well, yeah, because you weren't there. Yeah, I guess I wasn't there when he posted that. I got him in early.
I got a delayed flight. Alright, brother, we'll let you get back to walking the dogs. What kind of dog is it today? Actually, it's a Great Pyrenees.
He's about 140 pounds. Oh, nice. Oh, my goodness. Those are big guard dogs.
That's a big dog. Yeah, big farm dogs. That's fantastic. He likes to bark at semi-trucks.
So, yeah. I'm just going to take one down. He might scare the semi-trucks. He might do it.
Yeah. All right, brother. Get back at it, man. Thanks for taking the call, dude.
And thanks for coming out. All right. Anytime. All right, everybody.
Bye. Talk to you. Bye. Bye.
- It's terrible how he's losing his memory. - He does not lose his memory. - I feel so sorry for him. - Yeah, I can't call Ted, 'cause Ted will go with anything.
" - That's right, I said that! - That's right, I said that! - Damn right! - Okay, anyway, this guy jumped into a canal and started backstroking away from the police officers.
- Yeah, backstroke. - Backstroke. - I told you, this guy took gummies, this is the last time he ever took gummies. So, there's amazing footage from the police cam.
Yeah? Yeah. I mean, the canal was like for me to fill over there, I mean, it's not far across. Really?
He stayed in the middle, and the police walked into the canal and got it. Because he wouldn't come back, he wouldn't come out of the water. Nope. " Come get me.
The two policemen walked in, it was at their waist, and they picked him up. Come get me. I'm in the middle. Mike Cameron video shows North swimming through the water as a law enforcement orders him to come out.
He's backstroking right now, northbound in the canal, and Officer Kibbiard saying: Police was ultimately able to remove Norris from the canal, but he was taken into custody of the video shows. According to investigators, the passenger that had been let out of the truck, later identified as Christopher Norris, his brother, was arrested at a nearby shopping plaza. Ray Norris faced the charges of grand theft, resisting an officer without violence, Fleeing law enforcement and criminal mischief. Meanwhile, Christopher Norris faces charges of resisting an officer without violence, trespassing, and violation of probation.
I have a question. Where was the hitchhiker? That was the brother. Oh, that's not a real hitchhiker, though.
Well, he picked him up on the side of the road, but he stopped to let him out during the police chase. Oh. "Let me out! " Interesting.
What a crazy story. You guys didn't see the UFC fight. We were watching the UFC fight at that place that we won't mention. Yes.
And then we went, and I watched the UFC fight at the hotel, and you didn't see it. Boots told me he fell asleep. He was trying to stay awake. Yeah.
I barely made it to the bed before he fell asleep. Dude. I mean, I had been up since one o'clock the day before. It was a great fight.
Sugar Sean O'Malley is fucking next level. Well, Sugar Sean, so. Sugar. Yeah.
Sugar. Oh, sorry, no R. sugar s-u-g-a yeah it was like for me i just heard it clicked another camera off i did no you're having a stroke jackson jackson i have been following this kid yeah coming up because he's fun to watch this is a kid with the colored hair yeah i remember yeah jack's favorite yeah so he fucking pelted um i can't even think of his name i'll uh starts with l yeah a-l-e-l-e Alibaba no Alejandro Lewandowski but he got him he pelted him really good hit him good a couple times just the one time just took the one yeah that was it yeah it was like a little face plant yeah yeah he's right on the money it was fantastic that was it so this kid this kid has yet to go five rounds with anybody right he's a KO guy yep which is exciting mmhmm everybody likes to see a good knockout Especially in that weight class. Yeah, nobody's really watching that sport to go, you know what, I hope it gets a decision.
I really want to see. What I really want to see is go all the way. Because normally I just see somebody get robbed when it goes to the decision. And the winner, by unanimous decision, is the guy who got the shit kicked out of him the last three rounds.
It's like, wait, huh? How'd that happen? Right. Were you guys watching the same fight that we were watching?
There was a fight in that one where that happened, remember? In that card. Yeah. Let's see.
Strikes. The other guy struck him 100 to 10. Yeah, he lost. That guy totally lost.
Ten guy won. He's great. Yeah, he has way, way better. All right.
Well, I guess that's all we got. That's all I got. Yeah, that's it. That's it.
I'm sorry you guys talked about the thing because I didn't watch it. Do you have a shop of the week? Cigar hustler in the hotel. No.
We can't do Ronnie anymore. The event's over. What about you? What about tobacology for driving 11 hours?
Fucking A. There you go. So, Tobacology definitely gets the Shop of the Week. All five locations.
All 75 locations. He's the mogul of Virginia. Yes, he is. Yeah.
We have to go see him at some point. Yeah, we will. We'll go do an event with him. He's got to come down here at some point.
We'll go do an event with him. You got a Listener of the Week? Oh, that's your part of the show. I keep telling you every week, that's your part of the show.
Well, it's not Andrew McCreary now. Yeah, Andrew McCreary. He doesn't know how to back me up, he's not on my list. Driving two hours.
Jay Bates! Andrew McCreary. Yeah. Yes, Andrew's a very nice man.
Nice man to come. I mean, a lot of other people did drive up to see us as well, but we appreciate all of you. They were definitely the furthest. Andrew?
People, though. Andrew and... Brett? Brett.
Brett was the furthest. Andrew was two and a half hours. Brett was like nine hours. I mean, it's still far, but...
Oh, what about the gentleman with the Bill's hat? Terry? Yeah. Yeah, Terry Delamore.
He was far from. Yeah. From the northern side, north side. Yeah.
Yeah, he's been a customer for ever. Good dude. Very nice guy. Yeah.
We need to get into the cigar. I'm already rolling. I know, but I'm already having problems. I haven't even lit it yet.
All right. All right, well, let's get on to the Patreon. All right, guys, this has been episode 295 of Cigars Podcast. Thank you for listening.
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This past Friday we did the world release at Secreto Cigars in Ferndale, Michigan. Here's some footage for the Powstanie Connecticut Cigar. This Friday here at 829 Del Pono Boulevard at Cigar Hustler is the floor release of the Powstanie Connecticut Cigar. m.
829 Deltona Boulevard in lovely Deltona, Florida. We'll see you there, bye. you
Show Notes
In this captivating episode of the Cigar Hustlers Podcast, join us as we dive into the latest and greatest in the world of premium cigars and the fascinating stories that surround them. From historic releases to anticipated updates, we've got a packed lineup that will keep your cigar aficionado senses tingling.
Segment 1: Powstanie Connecticut Rising
We kick things off by unraveling the excitement surrounding the highly anticipated release of Powstanie Connecticut. Set to hit stores tomorrow, this cigar promises a journey through flavors that are as rich as its history. We explore what makes this release special and what aficionados can expect from this new addition.
Segment 2: Black Star Line's Time Traveler - Rosewood 1923
Travel back in time with us as we explore the depths of history with the arrival of Black Star Line's Rosewood 1923 cigar. Crafted to commemorate the events of that year, we delve into the significance of this release and how it connects the past and present.
Segment 3: Expanding Horizons - Fosforo Connecticut
Change is in the air as we discuss the introduction of two new sizes for Fosforo Connecticut cigars. Join us as we analyze the impact of these additions on the smoking experience and the brand's identity.
Segment 4: The Evolution of Cromagnon by RoMa Craft Tobac
2024 holds exciting promise for cigar enthusiasts as RoMa Craft Tobac plans to update their beloved Cromagnon line. We take a sneak peek into what this update might entail and how it reflects the evolution of the brand's vision.
Segment 5: Embracing Patriotism - VegaFina Exclusivo USA Patriot
Shifting gears, we explore the world of patriotism and cigars with the VegaFina Exclusivo USA Patriot. This cigar, now shipping, embodies the spirit of the nation in its flavors. We discuss its unique attributes and the emotions it stirs.
Segment 6: Cigar Chronicles and Canal Escapades
On a lighter note, we take a detour from cigars to discuss a curious incident involving an accused truck thief and a canal escape. This unexpected news story reminds us that life is full of twists and turns, much like the world of cigars.
Join us for an insightful, entertaining, and cigar-filled journey as we dissect these topics and share our thoughts on the latest happenings in the cigar universe. Whether you're a seasoned aficionado or a curious newcomer, this episode has something for every lover of the leaf. So grab your favorite cigar, light it up, and tune in to another exciting episode of the Cigar Hustlers Podcast.