Cigar Hustlers Podcast Episode 312 Padron / Fuente
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Welcome to the Cigar Hustlers
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in the show 3 And I'm supposed
to tell Phil that Romatron says
hello in a shout out to Phil.
Oh.
Did you see that I went after
Tyler a little bit?
He's nice.
Tyler Tyler Tyler Yeah.
Oh, no, I didn't.
Yeah, I did.
The sleepy, sleepy pictures.
It felt good.
No, he made a comment that I saw
his top 10.
Oh, I didn't even.
See it?
OK, well, first of all, what are
we doing for the Patreon?
Because.
Today we are.
What are we doing?
Michael, you have them.
They look blended in over there.
Yeah, the part of the tree that
they're.
Doing the viaje conda kind.
Oh.
Should I weigh this inside the
tinfoil?
Weigh it inside.
It way inside the tinfoil.
It probably needs it.
It feels heavy.
It does feel heavy.
Wait. 21.2g. 21 point. 2
gigawatts.
That sounds heavy.
Yeah, well, it's in the fucking.
OK, what if you take it out?
Take it out.
Let's give him the benefit of
the doubt.
See what it is.
Or do we just shave this for the
other show?
We give him too much weight.
We got it.
I can give you the weight at
least.
All right, don't anybody listen.
La La La La La La La La La La La
La.
La La.
What was?
That 19.8g. 19.8g.
Hello.
So. 19.8.
So do tell.
Us so, my former friend Tyler.
Yes.
Former friend.
Wow, former.
I saw I made a comment.
Did I put out my top ten list
too soon?
Yeah.
Is that in response to your?
Well, so I asked him, I so I
said, you know, is that your top
ten cigars?
Is that in order or what?
And I don't know.
He said.
I don't remember what I asked,
but he said something in in
response.
And I'm just like Jesus, man.
Maybe if he does the show again
before the end of the year,
maybe they'll have where he do
it.
So no, no, no.
If he does one.
So, So he made that comment.
I said, Oh, well, I don't know,
man, you know, But to be honest,
at this point, you didn't
acknowledge the Warbear, you
didn't acknowledge the Corona
Gordas, you didn't acknowledge
the Connecticut, and then you're
going to fucking hand job the
one that Skip blended give.
Me a fucking break.
That was his number one.
Yeah, well SPC, so I'm like, OK
And I'm like, you know, nothing
for nothing.
I bought all your fucking V
so's, you know, I fucking help
facilitate all of that.
I what else did we do?
We did a bunch of shit for
everything.
Like a fucking we adopted.
Him a bunch of things for this
we.
Sent him money to we.
Tried.
We tried to fucking sponsor his
fucking show that he does once
every fucking year.
Right.
And that he.
Fucking took the interview from
Jason away from oh, I tried to
slide in there, right?
Right, they said.
All of a sudden they're gonna do
a show.
And he said he would fucking
help me with this bar.
And he never fucking.
He never get the bar.
Never fucking help.
Me.
So it's just like at some point
I'm, I'm just like, you know
what dude, We're just, I'm going
to say hi to you when I see you
and we're going to leave it at
that.
Christmas tree Phil is now the
green.
Lantern I.
You no longer have me on your
side to help you in doing
anything.
Why would I?
I don't blame you.
That doesn't give a fuck about
us.
Yeah, sorry.
That's the way it works.
We'll mark it today at 2:37.
2:37 PM he's.
Fucking dead.
Officially, is no longer with
us.
It's ridiculous.
It's just ridiculous.
Yeah, I mean, like, supposed to
be on the same team?
Oh no. 0 Appreciation for
anything.
Hey, man. 0 not even like a Hey,
I appreciate.
It's all right.
It's fine.
It's fine.
I don't need it.
No, we don't need him.
He'll be fine with or his show.
He'll be fine without.
Us.
Sure, he'll be fine.
Yeah, Skip, I think it looks
big.
And it is.
Then takes candy.
Candy.
You know where candy canes
originated from?
Would you like to?
Know.
Oh, please do tell.
Patreon, a Catholic priest,
asked a candy maker to make them
in the shape of the cane so that
they would be thinking of the
shepherd so the kids would be
quiet during church.
Oh.
I don't know.
I learned things and it's just
weird.
Is that from the class you took?
Yeah, on the Candy canes, The
Candy Canes class.
Nice.
All right, well, hey, let's
knock out this video real quick.
Oh oh, we have another name to
release.
Yes.
Wow, excellent, I.
Bing Bong.
Michaels.
Yes.
Hi I have another I.
Don't have an anniversary this
week, so it's whatever you want
to give it.
To oh, OK last week.
Well, we're back at it.
OK, we're back at it.
We have another go ruck that
we're going to give away today.
And you brought the laptop, so
there's.
More than one?
Oh, there is more than one this
week.
Excellent.
And the astronaut?
Of my guys, this is the grand
prize.
It's a $300.00 Astra or
whatever. $299 Retail, full
retail, full retail.
So.
They're very heavy.
So in order, here's how you win.
Here's how you get into.
How do you win, Michael?
How do you win?
Here's the your chances.
Do you get to buy a box of Roma
craft?
Of Roma Craft sierra.com?
Yeah, I'm gonna add you to win.
And then what we're gonna do is
we're gonna give away a go ruck
every single week.
Every single week.
Every week.
That's just crazy.
Yeah.
And.
Francis Saleta won last.
Week.
Yes.
Yes, he did.
Congratulations.
Happy anniversary.
And we have, We have some
entries this week, so we'll have
to pick our winner.
So let's pick our winner Real.
Quick.
All right, let's pick our
winner.
All right.
Hold on, let's get right on.
This Palmer could be us I.
Did buy a box?
It's not you.
Yeah, it does have a woody.
That was one blow.
Everybody's excited oh.
Let's see here random
brando.org.
Brando.org.
Still not a ton.
Not not.
Not a ton.
Not a ton, no.
How many would a ton be 7?
There was more than 7.
More than seven this week.
Oh, oh, Greater than or equal to
greater.
Than.
Greater than oh, the winner.
Yeah, I'm talking to you.
The two mics the.
Winner.
The winner is.
For the Go Rock this week, the
Democrat Go Rock is Bill
Sarpalias.
Bill.
Sarpalias, I'm not, I don't
think.
Congratulations, Bill.
Congratulations, Bill.
You won this week's Go Wreck.
Bill, bill, bill, bill, bill,
bill, bill.
Oh, you can see me.
All right, well, we're gonna,
we're gonna get back to cigar
houses podcast.
But thanks everybody for for
contributing.
And then we're gonna do it again
next week.
So get on cigarhustler.com.
It's so exciting.
Get yourself some Roma craft
boxes.
Buy a Roma craft box.
You're entered to win.
And then we.
Will announce the win you still
get to.
Yes, Bill, you're still entered
to win this.
Now, now it's just two people,
right?
So the winners of the rocks go
into the pot to win this or
everybody.
Everybody's still entered.
Oh, everybody's still OK?
I wasn't sure.
Yeah.
The people that win, they'll get
cancelled out.
I got you, right.
That's how that works.
Oh, I thought it was like the
winners build up from this, You
know, like a radio.
Show.
That's it.
That's it.
Oh.
Nice.
All right.
Well, hey, thank you and we'll
see you later.
Bye.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
You know, we these are set up
right now.
What the buttons keep?
Sorry.
I fixed them in everything.
I fixed them in everything.
Gentle, gentle reminder.
Gentle reminder, we have that
button over there and as thank
you for this episode 312.
Give me my mic.
It's 312.
It says 311 on the board.
That's right.
It's 312 on the paper.
It's 312 on the paper.
All right, glad we got that out
of the way.
That's close.
I'm exhausted now.
Doesn't take much.
I'm old, you know.
I didn't nap.
I didn't get the nap.
I like how you keep putting on
your mouth and you just look a
little upset.
What have I done?
No peppermint flavor at all, I'm
guessing.
We'll talk about it on the
Patreon.
So who did you beat up at
football, Basketball, baseball.
Well, we had basketball,
basketball.
We did have basketball and we
did crush basketball.
Did you have to have a talk with
someone again?
No, the coaches were great.
Excellent.
The coaches were awesome.
They said, man, you guys got a
great team.
I said thank you so much.
Thank.
You very much I I'm the head
coach.
The refs were.
I'm not the head coach.
The refs were awesome.
It was a good game.
Oh, the rest were good too.
You know what was?
Yeah, you know what was kind of
funny was Jax wanted a nail of
three, so he kept taking
ridiculous threes until he made
one.
Because you had that kid do it
last week.
Yeah, he wanted he wants 1/2.
He wanted a three, so he got
one.
Oh, he got one.
Congratulations, he's currently
my favorite grandson.
And the other guy who's a great
player, right?
Arguably our star player or
shooting guard.
Shooting guard's the number one
guy, right?
Usually the quarterback.
Yeah, so our shooting guard, we
pulled them towards the end of
the game.
Right, cuz you're winning.
It was such a wide league.
The dad is the head coach, yes.
Yeah, So.
But I pretty much handle people
going in and out while he's
kind.
Of You're the head coach, No.
Oh sorry.
While he's running the thing so
right personal coach.
So he's He was.
So we pulled.
Kind of thing so.
Every time we pulled Jax and we
pulled this other kid, they'd
get upset like, what's I wanna
play?
So, no.
So the kid says I'm really close
to my PR, his personal record on
like, oh, on basketball.
And that was the last game,
wasn't.
It, yeah.
So I was like, you gotta put him
back in.
Get back in there, man.
Get back in there.
Gotta.
Get your PRS.
Yeah, you gotta get your PR,
man.
That's right, Troll.
Everybody was happy.
Nobody died.
Excellent, Everybody get to
play.
Everybody got to play.
How big a lead did you have?
They stop at 25 or 30, They stop
keeping score.
So they stop.
They stop keeping score the
whole game.
Yeah, No.
Right after the first.
Period into the third quarter,
the other period, the other.
Periods in periods in
basketball.
No, they're quarters.
There's four of them.
I thought it was quarters.
And that makes sense if there
was.
Four of them, I thought that was
there.
Is quarters in football?
Oh, there's periods in hockey.
Oh, we're not talking hockey?
No.
Oh, I think kids were blaming
hockey.
Sorry.
Might just take my.
Mistake.
So no they through all these.
Sports.
The sports.
The other team put up 10 points
after.
It was also like after it was
all said and done, that was the
most it did.
Oh, total, yeah.
Oh, Jax, you had at least 25.
Jax was stealing every ball.
Oh, every ball.
Every ball.
That as soon as he broke half
court, he would steal it.
Stalin.
Stalin.
Stalin.
Yeah, it was crazy.
He's like, I got ball stealing
ball.
I am stealing ball.
He announced it before he would
do it.
No, he says.
I got ball meaning like I'm
covering the other ball so he
could steal the ball.
I got you nice so he can get his
PR up.
I don't think he's ever kept
track.
Maybe he has kept track.
I'm sure he keeps track, but
he's never said it to me.
Like I should ask him what, How
many?
What was your highest score
game?
I'm sure he'll know.
I'm.
Sure, you know well against the
someone's I scored 72 points.
Like 77 points or something?
I don't know, Dad.
They stopped keeping scores, so
yeah.
But I didn't.
And then Saturday, we actually
ran down to South Florida.
Oh oh nice.
Yeah, for a surprise birthday
party.
Oh yeah, that's nice.
Who's birthday?
My dear friend John Hackman's
mom.
Oh dear friend John Hackman's
mom.
Yeah, well, growing up.
Oh, that John.
Yeah.
OK.
Nice.
So we did that and we drove home
that night.
The weather was terrible. 00 on
Saturday Oh my God.
Yeah, and that was like the pre
hurricane stuff.
Yeah, it was cycling winter
time.
It's a cycling.
Is that is that what it is?
Yes, Winter, it's a cyclone.
It was insanity, that's what it
was.
It must have been really bad at
night because up here, I mean
there was Sunday morning you
could see the remnants of the
storm and everything was flooded
in my neighborhood.
During the day it got worse as
we were heading South, yeah.
Yeah, here it was 1 to 5:00 AM.
So yeah, that would make sense.
Gotcha.
I woke up to flooding.
Not my We don't flood.
We're the highest point in the
neighborhood.
Oh, so you just looked around at
all the chaos?
Yes, yes, all the from the top,
from the top of the hill.
And you stood, stood atop the
hill.
Top of the hill, yeah.
Oh, look at this port, baby.
In your robe.
Yes, yes.
Drinking coffee.
You smoking a cigar?
Yeah.
Aha, you will all just.
Superman robe.
Wow, you have a Superman robe.
Sure, I have for three years,
the only robe I have actually.
Sunday was pretty chill.
Yeah, well, you were tired from
the drive.
I was tired.
I don't know what we did Sunday.
Chilled, I.
Think so.
A lot of cold plunging.
I did cold plunging.
Now it's getting hot in here.
I feel good.
Well, that's what's important.
That's what's important,
Michael.
You got to keep the talent.
It's at 73° it's.
Perfect.
I taught.
I never had this room at 73.
When I'm in here, it's nice.
I'm starting to sweat under my
hand.
Let it happen.
Let it happen.
It's so uncomfortable in here.
Not uncomfortable.
You should be.
I want you uncomfortable.
Just a just a little
uncomfortable.
I'm always a little
uncomfortable, OK?
I want you to get time for
Phil's fun facts already.
He's already putting.
The hat on, slightly more
uncomfortable.
And my glasses are starting to
fog.
No, they're not.
Yes, they are up here in this
corner.
Oh my goodness, gotta lose the
hat.
That's 'cause you're
uncomfortable.
What'd you do this weekend?
Anything fun inside?
No cause of the storm that was
on Saturday we did, I know we
didn't do anything Saturday.
What we did, I'll talk about
that on the on the other show
really I have to talk about that
on the other.
Show my goodness.
Because there's some people
that.
Listen on this show, that's
gonna be good.
So we went.
To Sunday.
We went Christmas shopping.
And they're not the oh, they
took me out to dinner.
Very nice.
Yeah.
Where'd you go to eat?
Twin Peaks because we we went
the Altamont Mall.
Nice.
You know, I don't know how
Sanford mall's dead and that one
is so busy.
Altamont Mall, yeah.
Altamont Mall's are always
packed every time we go.
Even now at Christmas.
Yeah, Sanford's a ghost town.
Seminole Town Center I've.
Been to Altima Mall When it's
dead, It's their time.
Well, there's nothing in Sanford
Mall anymore.
But that's why.
Because they got dead.
Yeah 'cause they're dead, right?
'Cause it's so weird, no money.
Apparently.
I went, we went to go try and
see the Grinch today.
Oh, they.
Tried That's what you said this.
Morning.
So we tried.
Yeah.
So we.
Yeah.
So we were there like a week or
two ago.
I think maybe we can go.
And the wait time was like 180
minutes.
Oh, wow.
I'm like what?
Yeah, We'll just, we'll come
early.
It's over 2 hours.
We'll go in the morning.
Right.
And we'll go see the Grinch
then, because that makes sense,
right?
Go in the morning.
Should be crowded, no issue.
Apparently everybody has the
same idea.
How long do you think the
fucking wait was this morning?
4 hours.
More than 180.
More than four hours.
To see a guy dressed in a green
suit.
The next day, No.
It was 390 fucking minutes.
See.
I hate.
I hate.
I would.
Still be in line.
Yeah, right now.
We were while we're doing the
shop in the open mall, Adrian
goes, you know I asked you you
want something to drink?
We're waiting in this line, she
goes, how about a pretzel like,
OK, I think the pretzel place is
over there.
Pretzel place line was just
ridiculous.
So I came back with a drink from
somewhere else where I'm like,
how about just this the?
Pretzel Place closed.
You're not going to believe
this.
Well, they had the, you know,
the rails, 4 rails, SO4 rails
packed and then it went down the
mall around the corner.
Oh fuck that.
Yeah, you get to get a bucket of
bronze a bites.
No, no, I'm good.
I'm good.
So I went to the candy shop that
had no weight and got her a
drink and like, here you go.
Here here's for you.
This is for you.
You know what?
You know where I got to eat?
Where'd you get to where?
Torchy's Tacos.
It's open.
It's open.
Torchy's Tacos, the new sponsor.
We got our Hustles podcast.
Get all your tacos and Torchy's.
Get.
All your tacos, I.
Can't wait to go.
Can't wait till.
It's.
I haven't.
The last time I ate was there
was years ago when I was in
Texas.
It was good, man.
Was it good?
Yeah.
Oh, they got these little tacos,
fried dough things.
Cookie dough things.
Yes.
Amazing.
You.
Know, like the things you get at
Taco Bell?
No.
Like the little cherry sticks.
They have those too.
Their Their food is a little
more upscale.
Yeah.
Oh, is it really?
Oh, like steak tacos and stuff.
Beef for here.
It's it's good stuff.
Yeah.
And did you eat A1?
I ate A1 in Colorado.
Oh yeah.
Wow.
They're all over the place.
Yeah.
Did you go in and did you see
your friend?
Was he there?
He wasn't there.
Did you drop his name?
No.
Should I should have asked for
him?
Why?
Didn't you drop his name?
Well, we, I mean there, you
know.
Hey, is Mr. Torchy here?
He's my friend.
I'll bring up a couple things,
all right.
For one, I'm going to tell you
right now, Brittany was very
upset about a 390 minute wait at
the Grinch.
She said flat out.
This is fucking ridiculous.
Who the fuck would do?
Why hasn't Universal fixed that?
Because, and she's right,
Universal should fix that 390.
Put another Grinch out.
Yeah, they should have more than
one I.
Mean.
For fuck's sake, something.
Wasn't the the when we went last
year, wasn't there two or was
there just one?
I know it was a special.
Event.
So we just went one, but it
wasn't that bad.
That would sort of, I think,
diminish it with the kids.
It was like, I have two Santas
standing there.
If they had two Grinches.
How would they know?
Yeah, but it's 'cause you could
see there's two of them.
When we went, wasn't it like
area?
Kids will notice.
Wasn't it a special event?
It was when we went.
That's why the line wasn't bad.
I mean, we paid to go see the
guy, but but I think if they had
more than one, like if you go to
the mall, you got to wait in the
line.
There's only one Santa at the
mall.
OK.
That's fair.
I agree with that to some
degree, right.
My counter to that though is
when they talk about the Grinch,
I say that's Jim Carrey.
You know who Jim Carrey is?
Oh, you don't.
You don't sell.
You don't sell them as the
Grinch.
Selling them as some magical
fucking guy.
You're supposed to.
Do you know with Santa guy?
There's some drunk guy they
found outside?
No.
The Grinch at Universal.
Jim Carrey.
No, we watched the.
Movie.
You know.
Well, yeah, 'cause it's a movie.
Yeah.
Well, that's Jim Carrey.
Like, Teddy doesn't think
there's actually a Grinch guy.
I.
Don't know.
I don't know if she grasped that
concept, you know?
You should probably What about
justice?
No Justice gets a It's a dude in
the costume.
OK, for sure.
Definitely getting sick.
By the way, it's two cops.
Three cops.
Yeah.
No, I'm sorry, Brittany.
The man flu is going to hit your
house, Brittany.
Very sorry.
Well, I got two days to get the
fuck over it.
That happens in two days.
That happens on Wednesday.
No, not Wednesday, but the 23rd
is Teddy's birthday.
Right Saturday all.
Right, so I got some, I got I
got a.
Little window, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I got like 4.
Days I got some emergency.
I got to get this going but.
Then then you got it
back-to-back though, 'cause you
also have something the next day
too.
Christmas Eve.
Right.
And then Christmas and then the
Christmas Day, right.
It's a lot of changing going on,
so.
The sick comes.
How long you got sick?
Yeah.
How long were you sick for?
Since Tuesday.
Yeah, I can say and he's still
sick today.
He's on tailing today, so
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday.
Some time, right.
It's a week I.
Mean I'm a little bit healthier
than him.
That's true.
You don't eat.
Yeah.
He eats, eats a lot of protein,
yeah.
You should drink some emergency
and take zinc.
I'm going to be.
I honestly think I'm going to be
fine.
This is this little tickle thing
or whatever.
That's the big.
Deal.
OK.
Tickle like that pre feeling
where you can sort of feel sour
on the enzyme.
No.
Well, then maybe you're OK Yeah.
And just a cough.
It's a little tickled.
I mean, I I might have to have
something so hot in here.
I feel good.
I'm getting hot too though.
Yeah, see?
See.
That's not good.
Just get the heat on.
But you guys feel, and I don't
feel, I feel OK, I'll turn the
heat.
I'll turn the heat, sweat, turn
the heat over here.
I'm not taking any more clothes
on.
Last week I stripped into a
T-shirt, so this week I just
went straight for the T-shirt.
See, my glasses are still
fogging at the time.
It's hot.
It's not in here.
You know, if you put the camera
one on, then it's called movie
magic and they don't see him
getting a yeah, it's too late.
What about Camera 3?
Camera 3 right on him, right.
Maybe they maybe they like it
better.
It's movie magic, we say all.
Right.
Well, let's get into Phil's fun
facts.
Moving right along, Hit.
The button.
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individuals shed pound by
curbing their appetite.
Yeah, the idea was that puffing
on a cigar would keep your mouth
occupied, preventing you from
snacking and dust, aiding and
weight control.
It's an amusing historical
tidbit that shows how marketing
and health trends have evolved
over time.
It's obviously fake and doesn't
work or I would be thin.
No, no, we got because he's not
thin.
That was the joke.
But you talked over him because
you thought cold plunging.
Got to say it again.
Like cold plunging?
Say it.
Again.
You're the last line.
It's obviously fake and doesn't
work or I would be thin.
Wow.
He smokes.
Lies again.
Yeah, well, no.
And next friend.
Hey, listen, nobody likes a
Charlie Brown Christmas tree,
OK, buddy.
We needed nice, you know, last.
Week I didn't take a shot at him
and you got mad.
This week I take a shot at him
and you're mad.
So who's mad?
You.
You're sitting there talking
about I'm making fun of him.
No, I didn't.
I just said nobody likes a
Charlie Brown Christmas tree.
Nobody likes a thin tree.
How was that me beating on you?
It's beating.
On me, you're very angry.
You're very angry when you're
sick.
I'm not sick.
I might be.
I might be sick.
You took?
Oh no, it's back to two, I
thought.
He took everything off with the
camera, she thought.
You took.
I mean, you're not.
You're not.
Jim Carrey.
We have to keep the illusion
going.
Yes.
Camera one please.
Camera 1.
From the four corners of the
world, all the cigar industry
news you could possibly need.
The Cigar Hustler Podcast Report
with Mike too.
I watched the the video of last
week's episode where we had
smoke on the water interview at
the end.
Yes, it was.
Fucking Frozen.
It was just Frozen I.
Was like, Oh my.
God, that's all.
Yeah, I just went with the
Frozen.
So you really fucked that up,
buddy.
That wasn't that was the
Internet.
There it was the thing what?
What was the mask you had to
wear?
Was it Ronald Reagan?
Oh yeah, Bush, Bush, Bush.
And apparently George Bush's
mask that was there is 15 years
old.
Never been washed, been put on
various people.
Oh, several.
That's probably they got sick.
That's you know what?
That is probably where you got
sick.
There's germs growing inside
that mask, yeah.
Several weeks ago we covered the
Arturo Cuente Pedron Legends
collaboration that was shipping.
It's not shipping.
Now it's delayed.
Cuente and Pedron Legends, a
collaborative project between
Arturo Fuente and Pedron, will
not be heading to stores this
year.
In late November, Arturo Fuente
shipped the 1st 750 boxes out of
roughly 2000 that were made to
the US Carlos Carlito, Fuente
Junior announced.
The shipment on social media in
the two weeks sent to became
apparent that there was an issue
that prevented the first batch
of cigars, which were expected
to be distributed by Pedrone,
from being released.
Oh, they're.
Going to be distributed by
Pedrone.
According apparently, yes.
As it turns out, some of the
boxes in one of the two shipping
containers arrived to Tampa.
Damage.
The two companies say that they
will delay the release and
inspect each box individually,
which necessitates the delay.
That's such bullshit.
It is bullshit.
I was gonna bring it up.
It doesn't take that long to
inspect 2 containers.
No.
Here's what happened.
Couple of Chinese guys and just
knock that.
Here's what.
Here's what happened.
Yeah, it was a premature
release.
Two, please.
It was a premature announcement.
Yes, Carlito was probably
excited about.
It he was excited, it probably
shipped.
Fucking everybody went nuts.
They don't have all of it yet.
They haven't established how to
handle it.
So.
So they said, hold on, why don't
we take a step back here?
Wait till we get everything.
Let's get the 2000 boxes and
then work this through.
Right, yeah.
Fortunately, after years of
planning to work, we have to We
have a set back in our Legends
project.
I'm extremely disappointed we'll
have to delay its release, said
Jorge Padron in a press release.
While these adverse situations
are nothing new for either of
our companies, look at, I will
look at this as a learning
experience for the younger
generation and our families.
Our families are responding the
way we were taught, working
together to ensure that we see
projects through to its complete
so.
Carly, they said, what are you
doing, man?
Calm down.
Doing.
Stop telling, Carly said.
You know what?
Fuck you.
It's your problem.
You deal with it.
I'm at the phone, Jorge, like,
you know what I'll take care of.
That's fine, you know.
The container was damaged.
I didn't say that shit, he said.
Hey, really.
Sorry.
We'll do better next time.
Perfect response.
That's how you respond without
giving out any other
information.
Hey, we fucked up.
Or when we're fixing it.
OK, Perfect.
No ETA.
No ETA, no plans on how they're
gonna do it, who's getting them
or anything.
Yeah.
You think maybe they're just
smoking them?
Well, look, you think after four
years they would've already had
that worked out?
We're getting 2000 of them.
Here's a list of people, right?
No, they're like, oh, they're
here.
Oh shit.
Where's the list?
OK, so I mean, look, your top
Padron account might not be your
top Fuente account.
So now they're arguing.
So how do you make sure right
that?
Is right.
I never thought of that problem.
Now there's some of those that
that where that'll equate.
There's always going here's my
list and Carly goes, here's my
list.
They're not the same.
Well, I'm sure that there are
some that that will probably
there are some Padron top guys
that'll be some Fuente top,
right?
No problem, right.
And there's gonna be a lot of
outliers though that are big
Padron guys and outliers that
are just big Fuente guys without
being big Padron.
So how do you make sure that
those guys are taken care of?
It is it is complicated and it
should have been sorted out.
Should have.
Been right.
Before where it's at.
This is coming.
Yeah, right.
Well, they're building the plane
as as it goes down.
That that plane is fucking
built.
They're, you know, they have
gold planes.
They have a fleet.
They both, you know, they're
good.
They're solid.
They're solid.
I'm surprised that that was a
mistake that they made.
You know, realistically they
need to go back.
Probably produce.
It's two different companies.
They should probably produce
another 2000 boxes, maybe more,
yeah.
Or just divide them out. 1000
here you get 1000.
We get 1000.
It's it's You're still not gonna
satisfy demand.
No, somebody's gonna be,
somebody's gonna be upset no
matter how they do it.
Somebody's gonna get mad A.
Lot of people are gonna be
upset.
Well, yes, more than one, but
just.
Especially how some of these
retailers are.
Oh, sure.
Do you know harm?
Uh Oh well, my wife's calling
me.
I.
Love what you've done this year?
Hold on one second.
Do I need to hit the?
Bus it's not.
It's not connected.
Try it now.
Sorry, you want to throw this
Fresh Market?
Right, yes.
OK all.
Right love.
You.
Bye.
I love you too.
Bye.
That was it.
No complaints.
She is in the thick of it right
now, buddy.
She we are we are ramping up
towards Christmas.
We got a birthday party.
I know you got a three, you got
three, you got 33.
Completely different.
Events Christmas Day.
Yes, and and she's like a.
Changeover Universal.
And she's got three kids with
her right now, and none of them
are complying.
Oh, I feel bad.
Well, get him in line.
Gonna have the get.
Him in line to.
Have a sick husband on her
hands.
Tell him Jim Carrey's coming,
yeah.
Jim Carrey's.
CRO Mag Clovis slated for April,
oh, next year, Roman Crap Tobac
will unveil its updated version
of its CRO Mag line with a new
blend and updated packaging.
The original CRO Magnum.
It may return at some point, but
the company's focus will be on
the updated CRO Magnum line,
which features a Pennsylvania
broadleaf wrapper instead of the
Connecticut broadleaf that has
been used for CRO Mag since the
launch in 2011.
Those changes will extend to the
regular production Ventolas of
CRO Mag.
The 2024 Roman Craft price list
shows the same seven regular
production Ventolas for the
Pennsylvania version as the
Connecticut version.
It also limited also limited
production Ventolas.
There are 4 limited production
cigars listed for the
Pennsylvania Blend, three of
which are new, the Blockhead,
the Grand Perfecto, and the
Mastodon.
There is one new name, the CRO
Mag Clovis.
Clovis is a CRO Mag Black Irish,
but in the new blend.
Like Black Irish, it's a version
of the 5F56 EMH size but with a
Barber pole wrapper design that
uses Ecuadorian candela tobacco
in the accent.
Internal blend will be the same
as the updated Cromagnum Blend,
a Sumatra hybrid binder and
fillers from the Dominican
Republic of Nicaragua.
MSRP is set at $13.15 per cigar
and 2024 productions limited to
500 boxes of 24 cigars.
Clovis is expected to ship in
April.
Pretty sure Skip already hasn't
figured out who's getting what.
Clovis if it's named after this
guy, it was became the first
king of France.
I don't think he explains who
Clovis is.
He's.
Considered to be one of the most
important figures in the history
of early Middle Ages.
Oh, excellent.
So.
Would you Google Clovis?
I did.
Oh, actually it's called.
It's called skip.
I did, but I was thinking about
that and he is in town.
Oh, that's right.
I didn't want to get yelled at.
I'm sure I would have.
You know he.
Would just ask you for your
production numbers.
We sent that to him and I'm
gonna get paraded, I'm sure.
Skip call the show.
If you'd like, attach me and
I'll FaceTime him and see if he
answers.
It's flashing.
It's flashing all you have.
To do is go Rd.
Caster Pro.
Ding Dong.
You wanna?
You wanna see me take the abuse?
Yeah 'cause Britney was way too
easy.
I know you're.
Fucking weak ass blah blah blah
production numbers.
This is it.
This is all you want.
Please don't bring it up if it
doesn't say anything.
Love a God.
Love a God, both of you.
Yeah.
Hey, you're on the podcast.
Oh, you busy.
What's going on?
What's up, buddy?
So, hey, what made you come up
with the Clovis name?
Where'd that come?
From What's that?
Where'd you come?
What made you think of Clovis
for the new one?
We just, we just talked about
the headline of the release.
Of the release we're featuring
your cigar on today's show.
Yeah.
Oh, it's.
What cigar are you featuring on
the show?
We.
Were talking Clovis.
We read the news article in
regards to the news with the
black Irish descendant of
Clovis, the Pennsylvania
Broadleaf Barber Poll that
you're going to be releasing
allegedly in April.
Well, you should know, because
you got the source of that story
from Half Will that Clovis can
where it comes from.
If you, you can't just deal with
the headline and not read the
actual story.
Well, Mike didn't read that
part.
That's.
What I'm saying?
Clovis references to Clovis
culture.
Michael now.
Well, he looked up.
Something Skip, to be fair, and
I just stopped looking.
I but they.
They existed around 11,000 BC in
North America.
At one point it was believed
that Clovis people were the
first humans in America, though
it is now disputed.
This is great.
It's now disputed.
Not by skip though.
Not by skip.
No, he agrees.
I never said they were the
first.
You know, I read the article
like you asked, Skip.
I don't know what to tell you.
It's Charlie's fault at this
point.
Yes.
It's kind of like a Pennsylvania
crew magnum.
Right, right.
Yeah, we covered that.
Yeah, we're excited.
No, I'm saying it is a early
modern human that has artifacts
in Pennsylvania.
Ah, makes sense.
Makes sense.
You're so smart.
All right.
Well, for.
Comprehension is is a critical
life skill.
Yeah, I can.
I I see that now.
Thank you so much.
All right.
Well, that's so how about those
production that?
Was that was it.
All right, buddy.
Thank you.
Did you did you talk, did you
talk about the Cigar Johnson in
your day?
No.
Good.
The what?
The lightweight, heavy or.
No, the cigars that I had, that
I brought back with me that John
Finney.
Yeah.
No, I haven't disclosed any of
that information yet.
I haven't said that, that we're
working on a new cigar yet and I
haven't said any of that.
Oh.
Oh, oh.
But yes, we're working on, but
please tell us more.
We're working on something quiet
my go ahead we.
We can let, we can let, we can
let Tweel, Dee and Tweel done
there know when we put it in
half wheel they can read it in
half wheel.
Yeah, I'll send the press
release to half wheel and then
they can talk about.
It I write the press releases
because.
You do write the press releases,
so oh, so you did.
You sent them already.
That's exciting.
I'm excited then.
I told Sean is in him today.
Excellent.
Just just two.
I don't know if you had sent
them, no.
No three.
Yeah, just two cigars.
Just two cigars.
You know, there's no third one.
OK, cool.
Oh, Christmas is coming early.
Oh, excellent.
Like it.
And the bill?
What cigar are you doing on the
Patreon?
Today we are doing the Viaje
Candy Cane Oh.
He's so excited.
Try to do something new,
something that just came in
saying it came in.
So here we are, Nanny, what
would you what would you have us
review?
No, I whatever.
I listen, I don't, you know, you
have like 6 listeners.
I don't think it really matters.
Yeah, exactly.
We only have six.
Yeah.
Does that include you or not
include you?
There's like 6 people.
I was thinking I'm somewhat paid
listener.
Oh yeah.
He doesn't count to.
That he doesn't count to 6 all
right.
I mean, it's more entertaining
when you do things to Virginia
talk shit about.
So I guess SBI is a good choice.
I've been, I've been smoking the
the standard in Twain, you know
the blind smoke and I'm like,
this is dog shit.
And then I scan and I'm like,
Yep, this is a dog shit.
This is confirmed or I'll go or
or I'll be like this is pretty
good.
I think I know where this was
made and then you go, Yep,
pretty dead on.
I got Jason doing them and I'll
tell him I'll be smoking.
I'll tell him what it is before
he before he looks it up nice.
Well, I mean, you know.
I don't.
I don't know about.
I don't know about flavors and
flavor notes and all that
bullshit, but I can tell you
what a good cigar is.
Right.
And you can tell where specific
tobaccos are coming from.
Well, I can tell you if they're
good tobacco, that's all that.
Matters.
That's all that matters.
All that matters.
Taste is subjective, but there's
most a lot of reason why these
cigars are bad or objective
problem.
People think people like
collecting cigars and putting
them in Tupperware more than
they more than they like smoking
them.
That's true.
That is very true.
I'm.
Just I'm just an old school
cigar smoker.
That's it.
All right, man.
Well, I'm glad I could help you
out.
Thank you.
Thank you for.
Taking the call skip.
Yeah, absolutely.
Your guidance is always
appreciated the best.
We appreciate you.
Anytime all.
Right brother.
Take it easy.
I don't like you right now.
We are not friends.
He didn't even say a word.
He just hasn't checked his
emails.
Yet probably as Jason's job
'cause he doesn't answer the
phone.
Thought I had more time.
I thought I'd just open this
thing up and lighting.
Tell him about the production.
Blah blah blah blah.
Fuck you, you.
Threw me under the bus.
I throw you under the.
Bus.
You always throw me under the
bus when?
All the time.
It's talking about because he
didn't read the rest of the
thing.
Tell me the one time.
You started saying that it was a
Clovis with some president or
something.
He was.
He was.
So I stopped reading.
Apparently the next line
actually on the thing was who
the Clovis was.
Got it.
All right, Roman.
Craft.
He's the Pennsylvania Cromack
who?
Apparently, yes.
Yeah, Roman Craft Tobac
increases prices next month.
Get him back in the phone.
No, no, no.
Hey, we're talking about your
price increase For 2024.
Roman Craft Tobac will increase
the prices of its cigars by an
average of 4.5%.
The increases ranges from 2.8 to
8.9% though even with a single
throw, Even within a single
line, individual skews are
increased by different
percentages.
Most of the increases appeared
to be within 4 to 6%.
You want what each one is.
That's.
It Huh.
Those figures do not include the
limited production skews such as
CRO Mag, Black Irish or
Neanderthal OM that Roman craft
tobacco releases in limited
qualities, while a select group
of companies notably altered
this.
Dab it off USA that's
everybody's talking about it so.
Cuz everybody's norm is 8, this
is I.
I I would say your basis is
normally 7.
I was gonna say 6 to 8 seems
where everybody is the average
everybody's at.
So he's under the average.
Well, he's 4.3 to 8.9.
Yeah.
So somebody has more.
Depends the size of the cigar I
would imagine.
More tobacco.
It probably blends out somewhere
between 6%.
Well, we did mention that in the
story, but you know, we don't
read those, so.
It doesn't matter, yeah.
Those the increases appear to be
within four to six, yes.
Do you think, do you think
there's a point in cigars where
they stop increasing prices or
you think it just keeps going
up, up, up, up?
Up.
Do you think that there's a
point in life where they stop
increasing prices for, I don't
know, anything else, Vehicles.
Cereal.
Fucking fruit.
I mean, there's a crash usually.
No, what happened, right, you
mean?
Means the entire system
collapses.
And I guess there's that that's
a good point.
I don't.
I mean even.
But have you ever seen that with
cigars?
I haven't, no, I even when the
market has crashed though car
prices, what they stalled, they
didn't go down.
They didn't go down.
I don't think anything ever goes
back down.
Well, I guess gas fluctuates,
but well.
The reality is that.
Never gonna see a dollar a
gallon.
Cash is still being produced on
an annual basis, Currency is
still being produced.
And as long as currencies
continue to be produced and put
into the marketplace, prices
will continue to rise, right?
OK, the only way prices fall is
if you pull cash out and stop
producing it.
And that would probably be bad,
I would assume.
All right.
But you know, what the fuck do I
know what?
The fuck do you know?
Just a cigar guy.
I don't even think I qualify as
a cigar guy, apparently.
I mean, I don't even.
Read Villagers, cigars,
villagers, cigars.
North America is doing a price
increase 5 to 10%.
Oliva is doing a price increase
5 to 7%.
And then Avo.
Avo.
Poor Avo.
He's collaborating with DJD Nice
for a new cigar 2024.
I saw that over the weekend.
D Nice Dead though, right?
But the company is.
The company is right.
I'm sure he didn't know who D
Nice was.
No, he did not look like a raps.
Does he play the piano?
Is it Denise?
I'm alone.
Denise D Nice Nic.
ED-NIC E.
Oh, it's.
It's Nietzsche.
Nietzsche.
He's Chinese.
He's not deniche Deniche.
He's Russian.
Yeah.
Over the weekend, Deniche noted,
Hip Hop DJ announced that he was
working with the Avo brand for a
new cigar in 2024.
The cigar will be called
Expressions 2024.
Expressions.
While Davidoff of Geneva has
confirmed the project, virtually
none of the details have been
released.
Deniche Post indicated the
release will happen in second
quarter 2024.
Maybe press release says it may.
Happen it may.
Listen to Nietzsche.
You're getting ahead of
yourself.
Welcome to the cigar industry.
You think it's going to be
released in June?
Good luck. 2500 boxes of 15
cigars he was born.
How many boxes?
25125 Hundred Boxes of 15
Cigars. 15 counts, OK.
The Avo brand has a strong
association with music since it
was founded by Pianos, the late
Avo Unveza.
A noted pianist and composer.
Over the years, Davidoff has
used music as a theme for
various Avo releases.
So this is a Davidoff brand.
It's very exciting, yes.
Well, Avo and Davidoff there,
you know, together, right?
Avo died many years ago.
He did.
Yeah, he was Fred.
Rui was a friend of a they
loved.
Fred.
Fred loved him.
Fred loved him.
He had this beautiful Raiden ask
hat that he would wear.
Abo.
Not Fred Rui, Yeah.
Abo Yeah.
So there's that.
Mm hmm.
But he had a lovely white goatee
beard.
Yes, yeah, he kind of reminded
me of.
Raven, you're kind of right.
He kind of.
Big trouble in little China.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Wow.
Supreme Leaf is shipping again.
Yay.
Most of the time a cigar gun be
able to choose unique dimensions
for each of the sizes within a
line every once in a while.
There might be an instance when
a particular blend is sold in a
6 by 52 Toro, also a 6 by 52
torpedo, and even that is fairly
rare.
Next week, Aguinose Leaf will
buck the trend entirely by
shipping the third different
Battola in the Supreme Leaf line
that measured 6, 54 ring gauge
and spring Leaf Perfecto.
They're going to ship empty
boxes to buck the trend.
And the 7th?
It's a 7th Vitala for the
Supreme League line, which is a
Nicaraguan Bureau highlighted by
a Corojo 99 rapper.
Supreme League debuted in 2020,
has been offered in various
shapes and sizes through all of
them have been between 5:00 and
6:00 inches long, and most of
them have been 52 to 54 ring
gauges.
So.
Wait a second.
So every time I release the
Warbearets, it's a different
Vitala and I'm breaking the
trend.
Apparently.
Look at me.
Look at me.
Look at you, you trend.
Setting you.
The MSRP for the Supreme League
Perfecto is set at.
Hold on, wait wait wait wait
$11.00. $16.00 and. 90 Holy Shit
per.
Cigar and This shipment is
limited to 1500 boxes of 10
cigars.
Those cigars will only head to
Retailer. $16.00.
That are Agronosa Select
accounts, a retail loyalty
program used by the company.
Supreme Leaf.
Are we Agronosa?
Yeah, we are.
We're qualified.
Oh, it's.
Nice.
Yeah, we buy those and we'll
sell them.
At 1699.
Delicious.
Agronosa Leaf Select Partners
choose each year to make a
significant commitment to our
brands.
At Tarrant Riley, VP of Sales
and Marketing for the Agronosa
Leaf, in a press release in
September from his Giraffe
Sanctuary, we wanted to reward
them with an exclusive size or
most coveted cigar.
Is it most coveted because they
put it out so often?
No, it is definitely their most
sought after cigar.
They still haven't changed the
box.
Same box as always.
It's a delicious It works.
It works.
Why fuck with it, Supreme that
you know What's so funny is they
try to do it with the rare Leaf
and shit and that's doesn't even
fucking work.
Oh really?
Yeah, the Supreme Leaf is the
best seller, hands down.
That's the orange and purple
one, right?
Correct.
Yeah, that's.
Delicious.
Do I still have boxes back there
for Mark saved?
I don't know.
I think you got rid of them.
Did I?
Yeah.
OK.
I.
Don't know.
Or maybe you seem to think
there's two I.
Don't know why.
I bet you there's two back.
There St.
Paul MN votes to reduce the
number of tobacco retailers.
Who?
St.
Paul MN.
Minnesota.
They have found a way to reduce
cigar consumption by limiting
the number of places you can
buy.
It that's fantastic.
On Wednesday, the Saint Paul
City Council set a process in
motion that will eventually cut
50 tobacco retailers licenses
and 10 tobacco product shops
licenses as it looks to make it
harder for individuals to access
tobacco products in the city.
Wow.
How?
I mean how many is there
already?
That's pretty shitty.
Let's read on and find out.
OK, of course.
Because if you know, if I read
the damn articles, I would know
the answers to the questions.
Look at, Look at, Look at, Look
at.
This is an essential skill in
life.
He's it's an essential skill.
According to the ordinance that
was passed, the city will
gradually reduce the number of
tobacco retailers licenses from
150 to 100, while the number of
tobacco product shops licenses
will go from 25 to 15.
The former covers things like
convenience or liquor stores,
while the ladder covers shops
that derive 90% or more of the
revenue from tobacco sales,
requiring customers to be at
least 21 years old and have at
least one staff member
completely dedicated.
Blew your presence around.
I felt the germs hit me.
They'll be fine.
Tobacco sales.
Any store that applied for the
license on or before July 31st,
2021, will be grandfathered in
as long as they can remain in
compliance with the city's
tobacco laws, and apply for
renewal within a year if a
licensing expire.
So wait, I'm trying to.
I don't know.
I don't know.
That sounds fucked.
It sounds totally fucked.
So they have currently they give
out 150 license, I guess it's
150 licenses a year, not like
total number.
So now they're gonna only give
out 100.
So that's 100 new, because if
you had your license before July
31st, 2 years ago, you're still
good.
So they're stopping.
So the first part of the article
sounds like they're closing.
They're gonna force stores to
close, they're just limiting the
number of new ones.
OK.
So it's the.
Most ridiculous.
So now it's not even now it's
just a feel good story because
how's that going to change it?
I don't understand.
I just don't understand the
interference of the regulation.
It makes no sense whatsoever,
right?
You know, I I guarantee you
fucking here we go.
Marijuana will be legalized if
it's not already in Minnesota.
Right.
As retailers close or otherwise
lose their licenses, it will
reduce the number of licenses
available, right?
So that's how they get you.
Well, they're hoping.
So instead of rallying behind
small businesses and helping
them grow and develop, we're
going to shut them down and shit
on them and make sure.
Right.
Perfect.
Perfect.
Makes sense.
Yeah, now I'm not rooting for
the Vikings.
How's that sound?
Oh yeah, Timberwolves out.
Fuck Em.
They're probably reconsidering
the law right now.
The.
Twins can go fuck themselves.
Who else?
Who else is in there?
That's three.
Is there a hockey team?
There's gotta be a hockey.
Team gotta be hockey team.
It's Minnesota.
It's.
Fucking it's.
Practically, you know they have.
They have periods in hockey.
I understand too.
Yeah, I heard.
I heard good things earlier.
Yeah, good thing Minnesota slab
Dicks.
There you go, Bustania S OK And
finally the Bustania SPC. 22 is
arriving at stores.
For God's sakes, did Ronnie get
his cigars?
Yes.
Oh thank God.
On Saturday, the Bustani SPC 22
launched at an event in Smoke in
the Water in Western Florida.
Now it's arriving at other
stores.
It is.
SPC is an acronym for Surrounded
by Champions.
It debuted in 2016.
It seems targeted to be an every
other year release with the
company though.
The SPC 20 shipped in 22 and the
SPC 22 shipped in 23 and so on
and so on.
The next, Next season, Next
series on Yes, SBWRI.
Is that the new cigar?
The scripture just talked.
About No.
It's called surrounded by well
read individuals.
Oh yes.
Nice.
Yes.
Albeit in a way where one
rapper, all four releases have
been a 5 1/2 by 46 Corona Gorda,
they used a Barber pole rapper,
yes.
So these releases, you didn't
change if it told us.
So you're just going along with
the system?
So I brought some to the party
and the birthday party that I
went down to in South Florida.
Oh yes, And man, they're like,
damn, this is really good.
And I'm like.
Well, sure, you said what Tyler?
Tyler said.
It's the best one.
I honestly try and downplay it.
I'm like, 'cause I didn't blend
that one.
That's not as good as the other
one.
No mine's way better.
The other ones are always
better.
Damn, it says something right
here on the paper.
Yeah, the company is not
disclosing the blend info for
the SPC 22, but like other
Postonia cigars, it is made at
Fabrica de Tobacco, Nicas Suena
and Esteli, Nicaragua.
It is a very good.
Scar prices are have been set at
$17.00 per cigar production
limit to 500 boxes of 20 cigars.
Yep.
All right.
Shop of the Week, Michael.
Shop of the Week is going to
omerta because we had like a
thing pop Oh is.
That what the noise was.
Yeah, your light's gone.
See that?
Behind you.
Behind.
Nope, you're other behind.
You oh, so you know the
electrical that we can't get
fixed now.
Oh.
Yeah, any day now.
It's good to go.
Yeah.
Always happens after a RAID.
I I reset it once today.
Almerta.
And where is Omerta located,
Mike?
Oklahoma.
Oklahoma is Really.
Where they don't restrict the
licensing.
Yeah.
Well, well, not yet.
We don't know.
All right, Who's the listener of
the week?
The listener of the week is
going to be Adrian Carmona.
Why would that upset?
Me.
Oh, well, I mean, you know, I
don't know.
I said it was going to go.
I didn't say it was going to
upset you, so I was going to go
dark.
So yeah, Adrian.
Adrian was a friend who recently
passed, is very young, I don't
know exactly what.
Happened.
He wasn't young.
We don't.
His daughter took over his
Facebook page.
She's not saying how, just that
he has passed.
When she did, I didn't
understand.
It I didn't either at first.
And then when Andrew reposted in
Weasel, Team Six, Yeah.
Oh shit.
Oh, I went back.
I've read it three or four times
because people keep commenting
on it looking for maybe some
little tidbit of information.
You know the.
Parents lived in my
neighborhood.
Yeah, he's been to the shop a
few times.
Yeah, you know, he's.
He used to tag us there for a
while.
He tagged us quite often in this
post.
Yeah, you know, we never really
kept in touch except via social
media, right?
But he was a good dude.
He was.
He was a nice guy.
And like that's.
The he will be missed.
That's the the blessing and the
curse of the cigar industry, man
is you get to meet so many
people.
Right.
You know, and then you get to
celebrate some of their triumphs
with them, and then you get to
fucking and you get this.
Right.
So.
I mean, if he was an old.
Imagine I'm good.
His daughter's not that old.
I would imagine no.
He was like 42 years old or
something.
He was young.
He was young.
Crazy Phil Phil looks a little.
He doesn't.
Phil does not take death well.
No.
I don't know, but you will be
missed.
Yeah, he was a good dude, so I
don't know what happened, man,
but it's a fucking bummer all.
Right.
You got anything else?
No, I'll skip again, talk about
your production.
Numbers you fuck, man.
Well, he's definitely going to
call Wednesday or Tuesday.
I'm doing my best with what I
got.
I'm working my ass off here.
I don't appreciate you coming.
Tell us about the new cigar.
No, I'm not going to tell you
anything.
And I'm, you know what I'm going
to do when he gets here.
He's smoking on the show without
you guys.
Actually, you know what I didn't
say?
I'm going to give it to Phil.
Yeah.
I didn't say anything about
production numbers.
He laughed.
Phil and I are going to smoke,
Phil laughed.
There's actually 2 blends that
we're going to smoke.
Oh, good.
Yeah, enjoy them.
Ha.
Ha, delicious.
Yeah, meanie A meanie you're
being, I said.
Don't say anything and you
fucking went right for it.
I'm trying to deflect.
You're going to pay.
You know what happens when you
poke the bear?
And it's going to be proper.
Well, you're bucking the system.
The bear's always a different,
vital trendsetter.
You you trendsetter.
I'm going to.
Trendset the hell out of You
know one of these presents has a
gift in it for you.
Am I telling you which one?
I can't wait.
Open it and pummel you with.
It so next week's show is going
to be late.
Yeah.
Christmas is Monday.
We'll have to do it.
On.
So we'll do it Tuesday morning
or something, Yeah.
I think that's fair.
Yeah, Christmas is Monday.
Oh, he's young one.
Must be boring.
We're boring Phil over there.
He's sleeping.
Phil's been sick.
You leave Phil.
You leave poor Phil alone.
Deflecting and.
Deflecting, Phil and I got
lovely cigar pimp hats.
We didn't even bring that up.
I didn't.
Mention what?
Cigar Pimp Hats.
Oh, where, where, where are
those?
We got them at Smoke on the
Water.
Oh, you guys should have wore
them already.
You didn't get T-shirts to wear
on the show?
Are we over here just berating
you about it?
No, no, we let it go.
Let it go.
You can wear your lovely hats.
Oh, no, no, no.
You should plug.
You should plug your friend's
shot.
I plugged them several times.
I did a whole podcast for them
that was recorded by Phil.
Right.
Audio only.
All right, it's been episode
312.
Try my best.
We have to go to the secret
show.
That number is wrong too.
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Show Notes
In the latest episode of The Cigar Hustlers Podcast, the hosts dive deep into the latest buzz in the cigar industry. With big names like Arturo Fuente and Padrón Legends Collaboration facing delays until 2024, listeners get an inside look at the reasons behind these setbacks and the anticipation building around them.
The episode also sheds light on the upcoming release of Cromagnon Clovis by RoMa Craft Tobac in April. With a revamped blend and updated packaging, the hosts discuss what enthusiasts can expect from this highly anticipated launch and its potential impact on the market.
However, it's not all about new releases. The podcast delves into the industry's pricing dynamics, highlighting the imminent price increases from Roma Craft Tobac, Villiger Cigars North America, Oliva, and the intriguing collaboration between AVO and DJ D-Nice for Expressions 2024.
For aficionados eagerly awaiting new smokes, the hosts unveil the details about the Supreme Leaf Perfecto, shipping out next week, and the arrival of Powstanie SBC 22 at stores, giving listeners a sneak peek into what's hitting shelves soon.
Additionally, the episode covers the regulatory side, discussing St. Paul, Minn.'s recent decision to reduce tobacco retailer licenses and ban tobacco vending machines, providing insights into how these changes might shape the local cigar market.
Tune in for a comprehensive roundup of the latest industry news, releases, pricing updates, and regulatory shifts that are shaping the cigar world in Episode 312 of The Cigar Hustlers Podcast.