Cigar Hustlers Podcast Episode 314 Year Of The Dragon
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, Two.
Plus, you're Mark Gordon, and
you're upset.
About two, please.
Two please.
Listen, Mark, we were all sick
and dying and it was a holiday.
It was a holiday skipped 1.
Skipped one, pal.
You want to do the Jerry?
Let's do the thing.
Let's do the thing.
Sure.
Give me one of those.
Apparently we got to turn these
on 1st.
Oh, did we not have mine last
time?
Yeah, I screwed that up.
Oh geez.
One job.
Wow.
One I.
Feel like it's more.
Feel like it's more than one
jab, one job.
I feel like I have more than one
job.
Doesn't it like turn a certain
color when it's connected?
Yep.
It sure does.
Oh it isn't mine. 1212 Test Test
Test 1-2 I.
Don't know if it's working or
not.
Oh, nice.
It doesn't have like a little EQ
thing or anything.
No, no.
It's a high tech, high techy
tech.
Super high tech, very cheapy.
High techy techy.
Well, here it is.
We're raffling off Palmer's
house.
There you go all.
Right.
You ready?
Ready.
Final.
Go ruck, go ruck.
The winner for the winner, the
final go ruck.
For the final.
Go ruck oh.
Hey, like.
A Oh.
You.
Can't you can't get your head
and?
Send you the baby, but the
baby's.
The baby took baby took his mask
off.
The final winner for the GO ruck
is.
Final winner is.
Oh oh, who is it?
Benjamin Rowland Ben Rowland,
former.
Ben.
Yes.
Jerry wedding.
His wife.
What's that?
Jerry wedding.
His wife wasn't Zoe's.
Not his wife wasn't Sarah.
Congratulations.
Nice.
He has to share with Sarah.
You got the goodies.
You're in the club.
All right, we're going to give
this away right now.
Right now.
It's unheard of.
Two giveaways in the same show?
It's.
Upside down if it was.
It's like a distressing though.
It's upside down phosphor, yeah.
Distressing.
It's upside down.
It's phosphor.
Alright.
So let's see here.
Let's see here.
The winner of the Bosonia slash
Phosphoro ashtray.
Thank you everybody for.
Roma.
For Roma, for getting in
Postonia Roma, I don't know.
Still on medicine?
Same thing I guess.
I'm still on medication.
Postonia Roma.
Orders.
Orders winner is.
It's just palatable.
The excitement here in the room
is just going terrible.
This is this is pretty funny.
This is this is exciting.
I crushed it.
The guy crushed it.
The guy who wins, Yeah.
Oh, how do you Oh, you're.
Gonna do that, I just did it.
Is it the random number?
Yeah, you know who it is.
I do.
I know who the winner is.
Oh, let's not say.
You know what I'm saying?
Let's tell you at the end.
All right.
Thanks for.
Coming.
Bye.
Let's tell him at the end.
Well, tell him on the page.
On this.
Oh, you can tell him on that.
If you want to do it, you have
to.
Hi.
Hi.
The winner is, the winner is.
Oh.
Francis Selletto, Mr. Top Ten
himself.
Congratulations.
He did a wonderful top ten
today.
Did he?
Remember, he said he did the top
10.
I haven't looked at it yet,
yeah.
You did, you commented on it.
Oh, then it was great.
I did look at it, didn't I?
Yes.
It was an awesome post.
Very tired.
Very tired.
All right.
So, hey, there it is.
Congratulations.
Congratulations everyone.
Thank you all for entering.
We appreciate each and everyone
of us.
We're gonna get the Cigar
Hustler's podcast going right
now.
We gotta go.
And we're gonna get the Patreon
going.
So thank you very much.
Happy New Year, everybody.
Happy New Year.
Let's let's crush.
Let's crush 20. 24, all right.
They didn't play that song this
year.
I don't know.
I didn't see 10:00.
I didn't.
See 10:00.
I saw 10:30.
I saw 1020.
That's the last time I've ever
seen in the time.
We've got a lot going on in my
house lately.
Oh yeah?
Like what?
Well, the fence has been been
redone for five days.
They're finishing today.
Poor, poor Japanese gentleman
and his son all.
Right, there's sound.
Oh, there's sound.
Get rid of it.
Oh good.
He did his lighter by the
microphone.
Again, So what does that have to
do with?
You Well, the dogs have been
freaking out because, you know,
no backyard.
Put him in the fucking cage.
They're not used to Japanese
people.
Either Chinese?
No.
Japanese.
Yeah.
But poor whiskey didn't poop for
two days.
He was all stressed out.
He wouldn't poop.
I'm not going out there with
him, I'm.
Not going out there.
With them commies.
I I I know what happened to the
cat.
Oh, damn, he was.
Freaking out, he finally pooped
last night.
Finally, I mean, you know,
there's only so long you can
hold it.
Well, he held it for two days.
Why didn't he shit in the house?
Well, we told him, look, if you
have to.
Just show the house.
Fuck it.
We'll take care of it.
Sit.
In the garage with him for an
hour.
Like shit in the garage.
We'll take care of it, it'll be
fine.
Nope, he didn't.
Neighbor's yard.
We're going to review the
Patreon.
We're going to do the Don, the
other Don, Dorteo.
The other salt of the Pandora.
Angular.
Not the green one, no, but the
black one.
The black one.
Didn't one of these make the
Down to HIRF podcast?
I did the.
Green one I didn't look at
their.
List the green one, dude.
I mean, listen, love those guys,
but.
I love those guys.
Go ahead, I mean.
I got some some questions about
some.
Questions.
Yeah.
I mean, like they.
What?
I'm on the phone.
They're You want me to call
them?
Sure, call somebody all.
Right, I'll call.
Call him and give him a check.
I call.
Jerry how's?
This come off, you need to hit
the button.
Oh, we got to call Jack today
too.
It's just five year anniversary
at Espinoza.
Cigar.
Is it?
Yeah, Excellent.
All sorts of phone calls today.
Good.
I'm glad I put.
I'll make some calls.
Prep working I'm.
Glad you did too.
No news.
Barely any news for two weeks
now.
Well, we're going to send some
news out this tomorrow.
Today, Don Dortel had news.
Didn't they?
They hired.
They hired Garabet.
Hello.
Hey, you're on the podcast.
Is this Jerry?
Oh, what's up?
Jerry from down to her podcast.
What's up, officer?
The newly the newly sponsored
Down to Her Podcast.
Hey, so we got some questions
about your top 20, top ten list.
Top ten list We have questions.
Yeah.
Like, what exactly does Pete
Johnson's penis taste like?
Just kind of curious.
Wow.
The number one cigar on.
The Bush, Michael.
Just.
Got.
Yeah, just right at.
My.
Dude, it was.
Hey man, it was a good cigar.
What are you gonna what are you
gonna what are you gonna do?
Randy, 95, bro.
I thought it was.
I thought it was good.
I thought it was good.
Your graphics looked great.
Like.
I like what are.
What's it gonna take for us to
get you off of Pete Johnson?
I mean, honestly, what's it
gonna, what's it gonna take?
I don't know, man.
I'm, I'm, I'm a big tat guy,
man.
I like the cost.
Why?
You are.
You are a big tat guy.
He does like that.
Scary.
But I've always been like that
though.
Like I I mean that that was
always like the brand I go to.
That's my go to brand.
It's a go to brand.
It's.
My go to.
But of all the Sotois that came
out, you pick the one that was
an NFT and you couldn't.
And you have to get it from a
fucking, I don't know, these
stupid people who have them.
Certain a certain person.
Unicornsmokes.com.
Unicornsmokes.com What is that
That's that's.
Where we got them from?
We're going to bleep that out,
just so you know.
That's fine.
Put in, Put in Palmer's voice.
Cigar.
Hustler.com Cigar.
Hustler.com I'm.
Going to bleep that out buddy.
It's the same cigar they put out
before.
It's not a new blend.
No, it's not a new blend, but we
actually I just, we just reduxed
the original from two 2010 the
other day.
It was awesome.
Yeah.
What'd you think of that one?
Dude, it was awesome.
What a little bit of age.
I don't know man, to be honest
with you.
We did the Redux.
I I think, I think it might have
been a little too old.
Maybe it lost a little flavor.
Yeah, yeah, it was kind of
bland, but it was really good.
I mean the thing for
construction wise and.
Really bland it was.
Like, really contradicting
himself.
It tasted like shit, but it was
awesome.
Yeah, I mean construction wise,
I was also hammered it.
Was it was put together really.
Well, I was hammered.
We were hammered.
We were doing the Patreon.
Hey, how's that working for you?
Anybody sign up yet?
We got a few members already.
It's a it's a new thing, it's
growing.
I have no idea how to plug the
Patreon, but we'll figure it
out.
Plug it on your show, yeah?
Patreon back slash Down her
podcast.
Make sure you guys check it out
when.
You when you put a post up, they
give you a link that you can
post it.
Yeah, yeah.
I'm playing around with it.
It's a it's a pain in the ass.
I'm thinking it's just another
thing we got to do.
Here's what I think.
Here's what I think you start
doing.
I feel you, but none of these
guys understand.
When you arrest somebody.
Michael I I I understand.
And they're sitting in the.
I know what you go through.
Thank you very much.
I appreciate the love.
And they're sitting in the back
of your car, You turn around and
say, hey, listen, just so you
know, we got a Patreon going.
If you could, when?
When you get out, if you could
sign up, we would greatly
appreciate.
It do you ever?
See those stupid handles that
people put on like their back
mirrors?
It's just like here's my Patreon
handles like somebody's gonna
actually gonna see it and be
like man, I'm really gonna go
subscribe to it.
I'm.
Gonna sign up to that Patreon?
No, I have.
Not we might.
We might look the other way.
If you sign up for the Patreon,
yeah.
You know what?
I'm just saying this crack.
It might disappear.
Could it could not make it to
the station?
It may have seen this crack if
you.
Just might end up being weed.
If you just go ahead and sign
that up right there, all right,
perfect.
And.
Again, this is only if you sign
up for the $12.00 membership,
yeah?
Of course.
Yeah, this is the megahertz
membership.
Yeah, I'm going to need that six
month commitment, 12 bucks for
sure, all right.
I wish it was.
That he had a on #3, he had the
Pledge of Allegiance.
The Pledge of Allegiance.
The Pledge of Allegiance Man is.
This one you like, Were you?
Were you hammered as well on
that one or?
No, it was the 4th of July.
Man, I was feeling patriotic.
And then ironically, yeah, that
was definitely a little toasty
that day too.
So.
You were toasty.
I'm starting to see a trend
here.
Yeah, I'm starting to see a
pattern, so.
You see something going.
On starting to see a pattern?
I don't know.
Don't be crazy.
You know, sign up for a program
or something.
Nah.
OK, any other ones are SUS.
But most of these are are L ES,
right?
Well, the lovaretta is like a.
Lovaretta is now a It's now a
Coraline.
I'm pretty sure it's going to be
a regular production cigar.
Well, you have to be a special
person to get or something.
There's there's a specific buy
in to getting.
It Which salt of the earth did
you smoke?
Did you smoke the green or the
black?
I think it was the curietta or
the what?
Is it the Coretta Curita Viva as
you think it?
Was the black one.
So that's Hill.
That's the green one.
Yeah, it's got to be the green
one.
Yeah, I'm not looking at the
list, fellas.
No, you're good.
Well, you didn't take a picture
of the whole cigar, you just
took a picture of the band.
Oh yeah, that would be Giovanni
who posted that.
Just so you know, I had nothing
to do with.
That we like Gio.
Oh, good job, Gio.
Shoulders, knees and shoulders.
I don't.
I don't think his list was.
Horrible head, shoulders, knees
and trend.
Yeah, there you go.
Head, shoulders, knees and
trend.
Exactly.
Yeah.
I don't think this was terrible.
I just had a couple questions,
especially with that number one,
you know, that number one
fucking.
I was like, Oh my God.
Dude, it blew me away, man.
I mean, what am I going to do?
I mean, there was no war bear.
There was no Connecticut.
I get it.
I get it.
You don't want to be.
The Connecticut you didn't.
Want me to dominate we?
Didn't even get to do the
Connecticut on the show because
we fucking our fucking local guy
didn't get him in.
And then I fucking had all these
shows planned out.
And then I mean.
You could order online.
There's 75,000 websites that
have it so.
There's definitely one I know
of.
There's Don't give me that
excuse.
Should we plug it?
Should we plug it?
Is this cigar hustler.com?
Yeah.
There you go, we're.
Not going to bleep that one,
right?
No, that one doesn't bleep.
Yeah, that one would not.
That one would not.
No matter what you say, we put
in cigar Hustler pocket.
Cigar hustler.com Yeah yeah.
The tobacco I like that actually
was signed in Connecticut.
Johnny, I mean, that was a good
cigar.
It's a good cigar, yeah.
Well, he said that was.
A great.
That was a great cigar, man.
Plus, on top of it, the the show
was hilarious, dude.
Mike came on with Matt Booth.
I mean, dude, that was awesome.
That was a great time.
Oh, yeah, I did do that.
Yeah.
Oh.
Yeah dude, you were part of that
too.
That was awesome.
Have not smoked this night,
Commander yet, so it's pretty
good.
You have his number 2.
Number two, man, it was good. 22
from Foundation in the top 10.
What was the other one?
The senator.
Yeah.
Oh, the Highclere senator.
Yeah, I like the senator.
It was pretty good it.
Was a good cigar, man.
It's hard to argue it.
Well, I got a top ten this we're
going to, we're going to bang
out a top 10 here.
In a second, we'll talk about
what I think came out.
The good was really good.
I can tell you that Anarchy was
not on that.
List.
Did it make the list?
No.
We weren't.
Weren't.
No, it was.
Good.
I feel like a lot of people are
surprised at the Don Door Chaos
Cigar being in top five.
No, I you know what dude?
I think.
They're good cigars.
I don't.
I.
Don't.
It was just, it was like, just
such a strange brand, like.
And then when we smoked the
cigar, I was like, what the fuck
man?
This thing's awesome.
They don't.
They don't make a A.
It's a good cigar.
They don't make a bad cigar.
But I think the biggest gripe
about the first one they came
out with was the price.
The price.
Yeah, well yeah, I guess there
was claims that there's like 13
year age tobacco and shit in
there and all kinds of like who?
Gives a shit.
If it's good, it's good.
Yeah, your number one cigar is
$100.
It's 100 fucking dollars for no
legitimate.
Reason I didn't.
I didn't.
I didn't say it was fucking
obtainable to the everyday guy,
but I mean, this is also an
industry full of people with
expendable income.
You actually have really
expensive cigars in your whole
list.
I don't think there's one.
Fuji group of the guys, yeah,
they only smoke the best all.
Right.
Well, we're going to let Officer
Lewandowski.
Oh.
Lewandowski.
Hey, yeah, and before this airs,
just so you know Boots Buffalo's
coming to take it in person.
Baby.
AFC Championship.
That's Phil AF.
Ch Phil.
That's Phil.
Hey, I invited you down.
Listen, guys, I don't know.
Boots like, Does boots also like
or does Phil actually does Phil
like the Miami Dolphins too?
Or not.
Guys, listen, you guys.
Look, you can suck each other
off all day.
The reality is neither one of
you are going to the Super Bowl.
It's not happening.
No, that's fine.
I know Baker ain't going either,
buddy.
Yeah, absolutely.
You're absolutely correct.
It's going to be Detroit.
Let Baker roll.
Let bake I like Baker.
It makes me happy.
We need to get a new offense.
You think he's going to get a
contract, Mike?
Yes, I do.
You think somebody's going to
pay him?
I think Tampa's going to pay
him.
I guess he playoff golf.
I think Tampa pays him.
Yep.
I think Tampa pays him, buddy.
I heard Deshaun Watson's on the
move.
I heard Deshaun Watson's on the
massage table.
No, you got to keep him there.
You already paid too much for
him.
They're trying to figure out how
to.
Cause flat out the flat out is
1.
That they gave him so much
money, they traded away the
entire house.
I we can't.
I got to go.
You guys have fun.
Get the list.
Thank you, Sir.
See you, Jerry.
See you guys.
Jerry down to her.
From down to her.
Nice you.
Catch them on Wednesdays.
It's on Wednesdays.
They come out on Wednesdays at
4:00 AM.
Nice.
And now they have a Patreon.
Now they have a Patreon.
Good for them.
Moving things along.
Yeah.
It's a growing show.
It's very good.
It's on the Hustler Network.
It is on the Hustler network.
I've heard good things about
that network.
All right, listen, we want to
get into.
Cher, what is your top ten miga?
I think some of these are going
to come as no surprise to you,
I'm going to be honest.
Well, of course.
And I think that some of them
you're going to say, wow, that's
that's interesting.
But it but it but it's not a no
surprise it's it should be.
It has to be like I'm watching
some of these lists.
I'm just thinking like, yeah,
what the fuck are they smoking?
Well, we did get snubbed on the
half wheel consumer consensus.
Yes, we did not make the case
so.
What does that tell me?
That tells me that we don't have
enough smokers out there that's
smoking.
Apparently not.
We got to get, we got to get
going a little.
Bit, but you're kind of
competing with the Roma Craft
guys though?
We're competing against
everybody.
But Roma Craft didn't get only
did they?
Yeah, they did, yeah.
With the Volks did.
The Volks did, matey.
Yeah, which brings me the one of
my cigars.
And one of the knuckle
sandwiches made it to us when I
was made it to, yeah.
Which brings me to one of my
cigars on the list.
Are these in a?
Certain order?
No, I I don't really have an.
You want me to put it in order?
Yeah, put it in order real
quick.
Good.
Just go.
It is flip it around there all.
Right.
We'll just take it right off of
him.
We'll go down the Palmer.
Oh, hi.
Oh, there you go, Palmer.
Hi, how are you, Phil?
Good, good, good.
I love your new match for the
season.
That's very.
Nice.
Oh, thank you.
Oh, you want me to get Phil's
fun facts while he does that?
Oh.
Yeah, let's do Phil Fun's facts.
All right, Hurry, he's he's got
to put his match back on.
I'm done.
Too bad we're going to do Phil
Fun's fact real quick.
Hello peoples.
All right.
In the 19th century, a man named
George S Bowen panned a cigar
making machine designed to
replace human cigar rollers.
The cuts?
The machine was so prone to
making mistakes that it was
often referred to as a lunatic
cigar machine.
It seems even in the world
cigars, some things are best
left to human hands.
It wasn't funny, it was just a
factual fact.
That's factual.
I can't take anything seriously
coming from a baby.
Next week we'll have a cry on
the board.
That'll be perfect.
OK.
All right, back to the top 10.
So.
Here's my top 10.
All right.
I'm gonna tell you my top ten,
OK?
There's one cigar that's not in
here, 'cause I don't have it
upstairs.
But it would have been the
Johnny Tobacco not.
'Cause it's sold out.
Delicious.
It is delicious.
It's a good cigar.
Yeah, it's a good cigar.
So do you have 9 on the table?
I have 10 here.
Oh, OK.
So it's honorable.
It's honorable mention.
Yeah, honorable mention is
Johnny Tobacco.
I'm gonna start with my #10.
I put them in order Real.
Quick, OK, Real quick #10.
The Mikita Papasaka.
That's a good cigar.
This was one.
I'm just looking for Zanifex to
go with this.
This was a cigar.
That surprised me because I
didn't like the soccer con.
I didn't either, no.
But in this size.
It's better.
It's actually really good.
So, same blend, different size.
Yeah, it was delicious.
Yeah, #9 would be the red meat
lovers Beats beef stick that.
Was that have a Woody?
Wow.
Same scenario man.
Yeah, I know.
It's weird, isn't it?
We.
Smoked other sizes of this
cigar.
I like that one too.
And we didn't like it.
Yeah, we rated it horrible.
But in the corona, the corona
Gorda or whatever this is?
So weird.
So it's two Sakas on the list.
There's a 6 by 48.
Yeah, those these two Sakas
surprised me, right?
Right.
Super obtainable. #8 #8 The
Charter Oak Pasquale, Michael
Joseph.
I don't think I smoked that one.
Yeah, we have.
We smoked this, Yeah.
Oh yeah.
We have the Connecticut that's
really good and the broadleaf, I
think the broadleaf is slightly
better than the Connecticut.
Wasn't really that impressed
with anything else that came out
of foundation.
We'll talk about more about that
later on the Patreon.
Oh.
OK.
But.
Patreon.
Still never got that Joe Rogan.
Oh, I smoked this delicious.
We smoked the Joe Rogans.
Yes, we did.
You had one.
Yeah, we did.
Did he have it?
Yeah, me and you smoked it.
Yeah.
He didn't.
Yeah, OK.
Or did me and you get one and
he?
Didn't I feel like you just said
that you smoked and it was
delicious?
I did smoke.
He did.
Get.
Here it comes.
He got one too.
Yeah, here it comes.
I smoked one.
There were there were guys on
smoking trying to get.
Tastes like a tamarindaple.
Trying to get him to carry him.
The Joe Rogan's ago.
Yeah, the Joe Rogan's ago.
How do you carry it?
Abe can't.
That's what Abe was trying to
explain to people.
That's not how this.
Works.
It's not.
Sold.
I can't just go buy it.
It's Joe Rogan's.
But I did enjoy telling them all
what it tasted like.
Number 7 and this cigar didn't
get any, you know.
It didn't get any fucking
attention.
What is it?
Nothing from the phosphorus.
Which is which is retarded for
me.
I just don't understand how this
cigar didn't make lists.
Is it not a big enough brand?
Maybe not A not a further
reviewer smoked it.
I could tell you that the
Phosphoro is doing extremely
well.
Hey, buddy's on factory.
In Connecticut, in the
Connecticut they made, in the
Habano that they produce and
then this limitata, they all do
fantastic.
But for me, the limitata was the
best one.
Yeah, and I he hasn't made a bad
cigar.
No, he hasn't.
So for people not to acknowledge
that, I think just goes to show
you mother fuckers aren't paying
attention.
I don't think it's a big enough.
Brand.
I don't fucking care.
I don't care.
Yeah, but you don't care.
Yeah, but cigar does well, the
cigar moves.
It's in enough stores, yeah,
yeah.
And it's consistent enough where
it should make some notoriety
for sure.
So yeah, this is this is one
that I think that a lot of
people slept on.
Phosphorola matata.
Yeah, definitely delicious.
Coming in at #6, you know I'm
counting.
Oh, number six number. 6.
The Volstead.
Which volstead?
I mean, personally, for me, the
box press is the best one,
right?
I can't think of the name of it.
Noble experiment.
Noble.
Experiment Bam.
Bam.
I don't have any right now.
Oh, but that how good it is.
But that was the best one.
This one that I grabbed was the
George Remus, yeah.
You know, truly, all of them are
good.
Look, here's what's really funny
about this cigar and what's
what's really kind of remarkable
that nobody's fucking talking
about 'cause there's probably 3
or 4 Sumatras that came out into
this industry this year, and I
can tell you that the only one
of them's worth a shit.
The other three are terrible.
This one is amazing.
Amazing.
Hands down and it goes to show.
Look, you know Sumatra is not an
easy rapper to work with.
No, I'm gonna tell you, I
believe you.
A lot of them don't taste well.
And the price is unbelievable.
As far as price point is
concerned, as far as cigar
flavor profile, damn man, this
thing was a fucking banger.
Banger.
Noble experiment.
That was the best of the 75
sizes that we're looking after
these.
We have a lot of symmetric.
Keep pumping things out.
It's all core 75 sizes all.
Right.
Is it because he had so many
names to use?
I've got all these names, though
I need different sizes.
You know what's funny is we have
some Pennsylvanias upstairs.
Pennsylvania.
The new Pennsylvania brothers.
We should fucking smoke that
shit.
Why are we what?
Are we doing?
I have no idea.
Smoke that next week.
I'm waiting on the press
relation read that I have to
write to tell people that we're
not smoking or something.
OK, top five.
Ready, Top five.
Oh, it's very exciting.
All right, here we go.
I don't have a drum roll, that's
all.
Quin quad Genario, Yes.
Quin Quan Genaro.
Super delicious.
And look, here's, here's what
makes me.
Here's what makes these cigars a
top 10 for me.
Yeah, cigars that I've gone back
to time and time again
throughout this year.
I'm like, I would smoke it
again, right?
All right.
I'm gonna smoke that.
I'm gonna smoke that, right?
You know these top ten?
I would smoke all of those.
I smoked all of them multiple
times.
You.
Would probably smoke all of
those but.
I'm going to tell you, these top
five, I smoke all the fucking.
Time.
The only thing I don't like
about the Quin Quan Gennaro is
it's a one timer.
Yeah, it's what I would say.
There's nothing wrong with that.
I mean, I understand, but for
his heart.
Hurts.
His heart hurts that they will
not be available one day.
Yeah, exactly.
Like once you smoke through him,
that's it.
And maybe, maybe in another nine
years, when he turned 60, he'll
make some kind of geriatric
cigar with Ernie.
You know he'll be.
Like 60s geriatric.
I'm just a couple of years away,
Mike.
I got I got news for you, buddy.
You're on the wrong side of 40,
PAL.
Be lucky to make it through the
year.
Don't say all that.
You guys get maybe record all of
these cause for my memorial.
This that's actually when the
show stops.
All right, let's go.
Yeah, who's gonna do the work?
Yeah, it's it's done at that
point.
Palmer's dead show's over.
Palmer's dead.
I mean, we tried to do 1 Fucking
Mobile Show and you saw how that
ended up.
You did do the one COVID show
with the the skeleton.
Was not set up for success.
Was that with Brandon?
No, no, it was the two of you.
I still had to edit and
everything, but I wasn't still
edited.
But I wasn't in here though.
So.
Quinn sent it to me.
So the Quinn Quadrinarial.
It's the only Dominican cigar
that doesn't taste like it's
from the Dominican Republic.
Yeah, I don't really like
Dominican.
That's great.
It's incredible.
It's flavorful, it's full
bodied, it's sweet, It's
undertones of spice.
I mean, it's everything that you
would expect from a cigar.
It's like hugging, skip.
It's like hugging.
Skip Exactly.
Well, it's like a big.
Skip, hug.
Big skip.
Hug.
I.
Think it's crazy is it?
Tastes like it's from Nicosueno.
Yeah, there's no difference.
It's it tastes like it's been it
was blended by Skip.
Yeah, yeah.
Was it blended by Skip?
Yeah, him and Ernie.
It's just crazy.
I think it's pretty much just
Skip at Ernie's.
Factory.
Can he go to any factory and do
that?
Not necessarily.
Yeah, you got to find, see.
Well, here's what's great with
Ernie's Ernie has a lot of
tobacco, so you can't just walk
into any factory and say, you
know.
I'm going to make it well.
Because a lot of them have some
bullshit.
Maybe he could.
Maybe he could.
He should try that.
Just walk into any random
factory and go.
I would like to make a cigar.
I.
Am I am Skip Martin?
I would like to make a cigar.
Skip.
Bring me your best tobacco and.
If not, I get some of my pocket
here, yeah.
If not, I've got my own hair
rolled.
All right, top 4.
All right, heavy coming in, the
tobacco.
Land coming in at #4.
Number that's a four.
SBC 22.
Oh, you didn't blend it.
I didn't blend it.
There you go.
That's like #4 it's that I.
Remember no is This is a really
good cigar.
Super delicious.
You know what?
It's amazing.
And this cigar means a lot to
me.
It represents a lot of things
surrounded by champions,
acknowledging all the people
that make it all part.
And it's it's even better that
Skip Axton blended the cigar
this year.
I thought that was fantastic.
I mean, this is probably our
best seller, right?
Like everybody gets excited
about the cigar every.
Yeah, when it comes out,
everybody.
It's never a disappointment.
And it's really cool to see the
the people that have them
collected, like Julian Gordon,
some of these other guys, they
have, they have the spread of
all 5.
And that's cool because the
color schemes, they all happen
within the year.
Like, I want to do this this
year, right?
And to see them all come
together and none of them make
sense is awesome for me.
But they all stand out, right?
So yeah, this thing is, it's an
amazing cigar for sure.
Is it better than these top
three?
I don't know.
I wouldn't say I would tell you
that these top three I smoke, I
smoked these top three cigars
every day.
What happened to cutting back?
Did that guy just.
I tried.
We're just.
Going to move on that that did
we're.
Just going to move.
On it was it was a good run.
It was a good, like week.
Found another book and you read
something new and it was like
cigars are bacon.
Yeah, why you should smoke those
cigars.
Listen.
Listen, I've been going through
some mental processes as of
late, OK?
And I thought that maybe maybe
scaling back was the answer, but
then apparently it's not.
That wasn't it, OK.
No, no.
All right.
All right, top three. #3 So this
cigar is not new.
Not new.
But it's different this year,
huh?
It tastes different this year.
I didn't think that this cigar
could get better.
Yeah, it does.
It does taste a little.
Different, and This cigar tastes
better than what it did two
years ago.
Oh, and that's why is that.
I think the fermentation process
is different in the in the
factory.
Oh, because you got the bodegas.
And that's the Neanderthal HN
I'm going to tell you right now.
It's on.
No one's list.
No, because it's not brand new.
It's not new.
I'm going to tell you right now,
this cigar is a cigar that will
fucking attest time.
This is a cigar that will be.
Stand the test of time.
That's it.
Thank you.
I forgot.
Stand the test of time.
Thank God, Palmers.
Appreciate you.
I'll help you with the words as
your read.
Studs.
That's right.
Champions.
All champions.
This cigar is amazing.
It's fun.
It's incredible.
They broke the mold.
When they did it, they did
something totally different.
They should stop making all the
others.
This cigar has been attempted to
be replicated by other people.
Have they really?
Of course.
Just listen, just listen to
anybody when they say San
Andreas with the big, with the
Green River Valley,
Pennsylvania, everybody.
Else does the Green River?
Oh yes, they do.
Yes, they fucking do.
Who else does?
I mean, there's a list.
I could look at them up.
Oh, OK, maybe later.
But dude, I mean, if you just
say, hey Skip, tell me the
people that have tried to
replicate San Andreas, he would
tell you exactly the people.
It's a delicious cigar.
Is cigars amazing?
It's good.
It's.
Absolutely.
Absolutely incredible.
I smoked 2A night.
Again, price point.
Yeah.
Oh, everything about it.
Amazing sugar, amazing #2.
And I'm going to tell you right
now my number one and my number
2, they're they were tough to
decide which one would be one
and which one would be number.
Two, I would.
When did you say they tied?
I'm not going to say they tied.
I determined which one I think
is #1.
I think your favorite child,
Michael.
I tell her all the time.
She's my favorite.
Oh, well, Teddy, Yes, yeah.
In front of the other two in.
Front of the.
Other two, I say.
You're my favorite.
Be better?
Jesus, he tells.
The other two so much to.
Be sorry, be better.
We we were kids, he tells us,
too.
We were at, we were at the
dinner table for Christmas, I
think, and she said, who's your
favorite pick?
I said you and look at the other
two like that.
You're not close.
Wow.
Wow, Dad.
No listen, No stutter.
Nothing.
I love you both.
Straight to head She's my.
I love you both.
She's my.
Got into my head.
You guys are dead sorry.
Jesus.
Got into my head you guys.
Wow.
Right, like we're going to shoot
what?
We're going to shoot two of the
kids.
Pick one.
No, that's not going to happen.
I wouldn't let that happen.
It'd be like a John Wick moment.
She's my favorite.
Well, I understand she's
amazing.
She is.
She will rule the the family one
day.
Yes she will.
Her and her dog.
You ever see Gladiator where
he's talking with his daughter,
He's like, if only you were a
man, you'd have been fucking
Caesar, you know, like, 'cause
your brother's a slap Dick, you
know?
Not that my other.
I love my other kids, obviously.
Tremendously.
Right, right, right.
Just not as much as her.
She's my favorite, right?
She's the girl.
You have a fucking favorite.
Don't tell me you don't.
Yeah, but mine changes.
I could understand that to some
degree.
I would see that as things like
time, progress, and yeah, but as
of right now, she's Nummarono
and you got a favorite, Sir.
Yeah, I do.
Exactly, so don't tell me.
Hey, I didn't say anything.
I I understand.
I'd have to.
I want to guess who your
favorite is.
You already know who I favorite.
Sophia.
Yeah, yeah, she's cool.
She's a cool kid.
Yeah, you know what I mean?
And Ava's still too young.
Yeah, she's too young, Yeah.
Whereas Sophia's at that age
where shit's, you know, and
she's just a happy kid.
So anyways, I could pick my
favorite number 2.
The Warbear.
Is a Poisonia Warbear Corona
Gorda Box Press.
And I'm going to tell you right
now, man, I fucking love this
cigar.
It is absolutely amazing.
It has not gotten the notoriety,
you know, it's awesome, is I
think that I would say arguably
8 or 9 of the 10 cigars that
I've picked didn't get the
notoriety that they deserve.
Right, Yeah.
Every door in a band with San
Andreas Barber pulling a box
press is just fucking bar none.
How many of those do you smoke a
week?
These a fuck ton?
Yeah, yeah, probably 2 every
day.
I think out of all the war
bears, I think that's my
favorite size.
There was one more that I liked
better than this one.
The non box the last one.
The original.
The perfecto.
The Perfecto was so good.
It was.
It was so and it aged so well.
I've never smoked it.
I have a couple of my human
robot.
I won't smoke.
Just get on it, bro.
What are you doing?
They're meant to be smoked.
If I find more, I'll smoke.
Those.
They're in the cage upstairs.
How many SBCS are there?
655?
I have 6. 16/18/20 and 22.
No, 4/4 is 40 I5 because maybe
you do some on the fifth one.
Maybe.
We'll see.
We'll see.
All right, So what when you were
making the Warbear this this
time for that size, why did you
do the the box press?
It was just a different size for
me.
What's cool about box presses?
You don't have to stay on top of
them, like here as Exhibit A.
Because I put the cigar down a
few times.
I got to relight it.
This shit, you don't have to
relight, really.
You can put it down.
You go right back to it.
Boom.
Right.
You're in business.
I was going for walks with this
cigar, man.
This cigar is fucking awesome
for just kind of hanging out and
bullshit and talking.
Whatever.
The flavor profile is fucking
amazing.
And you know, what's really cool
is I like, I like doing shit
that's different, right?
So I said, hey, let's take a
Ecuadorian Habano, let's take a
Habano, and let's, let's offset
it with the San Andreas.
So it's not as overbearing.
So it has more of a complexity,
more of a flavor profile, right?
And it's a banger.
Yeah, yeah.
I've never seen somebody else
come out with a a Barber pole
that I'll smoke all the time.
Yeah.
Can I get your letter?
This letter sucks.
It's not happy.
Thank you.
All right, all right #1.
Numero Uno in this vitola as
well the Postania, Connecticut.
Yes.
Toro, go ahead, hit something.
Hit.
Give me something.
Yeah.
Yep.
Face the crowd.
It's never been this cigar has
never been done before.
This blend doesn't taste like
anything else you've had, ever.
And you can smoke it at any
point in time of the day.
Yeah, fucking amazing.
And it almost didn't happen.
That's what even makes the story
even better.
It almost didn't come to
fruition.
And I got to tell you, this
cigar is fucking stellar.
It's a good steak.
I can smoke a Neanderthal and
then smoke that right after.
And you can taste it.
Yeah, it's great.
And truthfully, for a while
there, I was smoking nothing but
that.
Every day, all day.
I start my day with this
motherfucker every day.
Every day it's a Toro.
So wait till the Camarono Gorda
drops.
Next year or this year.
It's going to be a banger, too.
Delicious.
Delicious.
So yeah, man.
That's a great top ten, because
that's something.
All the cigars are obtainable.
They're not all super expensive.
Your most expensive one is the
SPC out of that.
Yeah, well, the Quinn.
Maybe the Quinn?
The.
Quinn might be.
They're close.
They're close.
They're close in price.
But they're all super
attainable, and they're all
delicious.
You can.
You could take that line up and
smoke that in the next two days
and not have a bad one.
Not feel horrible about
spending, you know, $300.00 on
cigars.
Here's what I can tell you about
7 out of 10 of these cigars.
They're extremely unique in
their flavor profiles.
Oh yeah, they're not easy to
replicate by far, right?
And they're all totally
different.
Correct.
I mean, they broke them all with
the Volstead.
The Sumatra's fucking.
There's not.
There isn't a Sumatra out there
that's close and there isn't.
Sorry.
There isn't.
Limitata the phosphorus
limitata.
Fucking banger, man.
And again.
And nobody said anything.
About that, nobody mentioned
that cigar.
Incredible.
The Quinn, we were just talking
about SBC.
We were just talking about the
Neanderthal.
I didn't think the Neanderthal
could get better, and it did.
It got fucking better this year.
And then a lot.
Of those that didn't make
anybody's list.
Yeah.
And then the warbearer, the
warbearer and then and then the
Poisson in Connecticut, they
just stand on their own.
You know, I will say this
though, I saw some top lists
from some other some, you know,
maybe not the fucking half wheel
or whatever the case would be.
But you know, some of those
cigars did definitely get some
notoriety, and that was the
first year that I've actually
kind of experienced that, which
is pretty cool.
Oh, your cigars.
Yeah, yeah.
Coop's still doing his
countdown, isn't he?
Probably, yeah.
And Dojo just started today, I
think.
Yeah, Coop still has like a
week.
He's still doing that video
every single day.
Guy's guy's next level, yeah.
He he does a background on every
cigar.
True media.
What type of background like?
He talked about the cigar, where
it came from, who blended it,
the price point, the leaves,
everything he does like a little
5 minute show on each one.
On the Patreon, we'll talk about
the Scars are the biggest
disappointment of the year.
All right.
I think that'll be fun.
I'm sure, I'm sure all of us
will probably be in the grands
on a lot.
I'll give you 5.
I can get.
I'll give you 5.
You know, we'll talk about 5.
Oh, nice.
Yeah.
I just, I just saw someone come
across Facebook because you you
were talking about Sumatra and I
think me and my phone is
listening.
I'm not sure Espinosa is coming
out with a Sumatra.
Of course.
A Sumatra knuckle sandwich.
No, it's just a regular one.
Purple.
Oh.
It's a tough leaf to work with,
man, I'm going to tell you right
now.
But it does.
It looks light.
A lot of Sumatra is light.
How did?
How is his?
Because his is a little darker.
Probably its thickness plus the.
Voltage.
The voltage is not that dark.
Plus the fermentation.
Yes, it is as dark as far as the
Sumatra.
Yeah, that's dark, bro.
Oh, well, I'll tell you what.
We'll go grab the other Sumatras
in the fucking humidor and you
say tell me which one the
darkest one is I?
Believe you, it just didn't look
dark over there in your pile.
It's a pile of darkness.
Pile of darkness.
So there you go, There's your
top 10.
That's a great top 10.
Thank you.
Congratulations, Michael.
Should I build a sampler pack?
Yes.
What did you just send me?
I sent you the Sumatra.
Oh yes, a sampler pack.
You should do it Mikey's Top 10
Sampler.
That's a great sampler if.
You had enough of them.
Yeah, I probably could put it
together.
Maybe not the Charter Oak.
Which one do you like?
You like the Maduro better than
the.
These 151010 commandments What?
The Trotter Oak.
You like the Maduro better than?
The I do the the Connecticut's
really good too, though.
So there you go, Michael.
What was what was your favorite?
No, I don't know where we're
going now.
Palmer, what was your favorite
cigar of last year?
I don't know well mine.
The BDP.
The PDP.
But that was out a couple years
ago.
Where's it been that long now,
huh?
BDP 2.
BDP 2.
No, there's no BDP 2.
We can make ABDP 2.
We still got ones you.
Want ABDP 2?
The Dark Edition the.
Dark Edition.
The Dead Man Dead.
Big Dead.
Palmer.
Oh wow.
With the black band.
Same band but the black.
Wanna do some news?
Yeah, We'll hear a little bit of
news and then we'll get into
this, Patreon.
From the four quarters of the
world, all the cigar industry
news you could possibly need.
The Cigar Hustler podcast report
with Mike too, Fuerte Libre
turns to Luzon for fulfillment.
January 1st.
Fuerte Libre will use Ferner
International, the parent
company of Luzione, for the
fulfillment of its cigars.
Fumare operates a bonded
warehouse in Reno that will use
allow other companies to use.
Fumare.
Fumare Fumare In addition to the
physical space Fumare has other
has an other back end solutions
like software and logistics
services.
Fumare international position as
a brand owner coupled with over
15 years in cigar and blah blah
blah.
Caffe 19 O1 introduces Naked
cigars Nearly two years ago,
Caffeine 19 O1 moved production
to its portfolio from Honduras
to La Aurora in the Dominican
Republic.
Since that move occurred, the
company says it has been saving
the scraps of tobacco that are
left as part of the cigar making
process.
Now that tobacco's being used in
a new brand.
Naked Cigars by Caffeine 19 O
One.
What do we do with these?
What do we do with?
All these scraps, we're just
going to make some Cuban
sandwiches.
The naked part of the name means
the cigars will come with no
bands.
Like many mixed filler cigars,
they'll be sold in bundles.
There are three different
wrapper options, Connecticut,
Natural and Maduro, all coming
from Ecuador.
The fillers used in the brand
come from the different tobaccos
Cafe uses across its other
blends.
This includes tobacco from
Connecticut, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Hondura and Mexico,
Nicaragua, Pennsylvania, and.
Peru, you still coughing?
Yeah, I still got this cough
premium cigar imports near 2022
levels through Q3 of 2023.
Yeah, well.
The first nine months of 2023,
the number of premium cigars
imported in the US is tracking
very close to the record setting
numbers of premium cigars
imported in 2022.
According to the new report from
the CAA, an industry trade
group, the US imported 338.87
million of premium cigars from
January to September 2023.
That number is just 2.61 million
cigars fewer than the same
period in 2022, a decrease of
just .8%.
It's at the end of the third
quarter this year.
Premium imports have climbed
back to near break even when
break even when comparing this
year with the third quarter of
2022, said Daniel Cotter, chief
statistician for CAA.
They have a chief statistician,
right?
The data shows the low point
when comparing this year to last
year at the end of April as a
4/30/23 premium imports were
down almost 7% year end over
year.
Nicaragua continues to be the
top supplier premium cigars in
the US with 181.41 million
premium cigars imported in the
first nine months, roughly 53.5%
of all imports.
In order to beat the 2022
numbers, an average of 41
million cigars per month will
need to be imported during the
final months of 2020.
Three, it's gonna be those
numbers because of where PCA
lands.
Oh, because of.
Because it's Q1 now instead of
you know.
Q3 So everybody's bringing in
stuff.
Yeah, I think that I would.
I I would believe that people
are bringing in more inventory.
He's on his phone.
You know his phone, he's high
score.
He's high scoring.
Yeah, people are bringing in
more cigars right now.
To get ready for the show to.
Have inventory for.
There's a button.
I know we have a button.
I know, I know we do.
There's a button for.
That I can't get to it fast
enough.
To look ready.
There you go.
Good job.
Attaboy.
Thank you.
So I think that you know, you'll
see true numbers as far as on a
consumer level end of 2023 and I
think that it'll be down, but it
won't be down huge.
So they're importing, but
they're not necessarily selling.
I think that they're importing
and there's and they will sell
in Q1.
However, come the end of the
year there there'll be No 4,
there'll be no push in the
income Q2Q3, right, as far as
imports, right.
And you'll see that dip probably
between 7 and 10% is what I
would guess, right?
And then you would kind of sail
into the end of the year down
about 7%.
Oh, that would be my guess.
Yeah, for 2024.
Sounds reasonable, yeah?
All right, Gurkha, sues Dabitov
over a year of the draft.
I love this.
If you love a good lawsuit,
Gurkha has followed the lawsuit
against Dabitov over the latter
year of the Dragon Limited
Edition cigar.
Which Gurkha?
Power Dragon.
Violates its trademarks.
Gurkha Cigar Group versus
Dabitov of Geneva.
It was filed yesterday in US
District Court as actually last
week's story for the Southern
District of Florida and the
complaint Gurka claims that the
exclusive licensing of various
dragon related trademarks that
are owned by I don't can't
pronounce this Hansuta.
Hansuta.
HANSOTIA Hansuta and company
Kaisads Company Kaisers Kaisad
Kaisad Kaisad Kaisad Kaisad and
the owner of Gurkha Cigar Group
was a case case AD AD KZKZ.
Yeah, that's what I said.
Those registered trademarks
include Dragon Dragon, Fire
Dragon, Lord Dragon Slayer,
Imperial Dragon, Red Dragon,
Royal Dragon.
Two Dragons.
All the Dragons.
Dragon All the Dragons.
Double Dragon Fight the dragon.
They have a Double Dragon cigar.
Yeah, it's totally.
Totally, totally double.
Oh my God.
Earlier this year, they filed
for a trademark on Year of the
Dragon, which is?
There's two, apparently.
We are the Year of the Dragon.
Yes, Davidoff and Davidoff
company opposed the trademark.
As such, a particular trademark
is listed as opposing pending.
Gurkha's application was filed
on November 2nd, 2022.
Well, this goes back over a
year.
Gurkha claims that after
learning the Davidoff plan to
sell a Year of the Dragon Cigar
in or around July 8th, 2023, it
contacted Davidoff to demand it
stop selling that product, which
claims Davidoff refused to do.
So they didn't.
They didn't.
No, dab it off, offered Gurkha
some lovely Dab it off steak
knives and a coffee mug in
exchange for the rights of the
dragon.
They love the steak knives.
Everybody loves steak knives.
Gurkha loves the steak knives,
Caldwell adds.
Blind man's blind.
So, so just just to be clear, so
so we're going to get shitty if
Brian descended Privada Club
does a trademark infringement
and people come down on him and
all this other shit.
But if dab It off gets under
attack, it's no big deal.
They're allowed to infringe.
Well, they're being no.
No, they're being sued by Kirka.
Yeah, but Davidoff ignored.
It's not a big deal.
They said fuck you, we're going
to do it anyways.
Right.
We're done And if?
He ignored it and did it
anyways.
They were like, whoa, that's
fucked up.
Well, he's black sheep
children's thing with the
cookies and the, you know, the
Elmo.
And well, and what not.
Well, I'm talking about the FF
Fox.
Oh.
From Fuente.
And then Fuente gets mad about
that.
Oh, we'd never heard what
happened to the X either.
From the.
The, Cao the.
CAOXX.
Is that still out?
Can you still buy it, I guess.
I mean, it's what day is it?
The second Tuesday.
Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday.
I mean, Justin Andrews shouldn't
be in a meeting.
No, he's.
Just still be on vacation.
Yeah, he's.
He's, he's he posted on Facebook
Day.
Did he?
He Oh oh, We need to
congratulate Jack Turano on his
five year anniversary.
You want to give him a buzz?
Yeah, let's call him real quick.
Congratulations.
That's the next story.
Jack Torano celebrates 5 year
anniversary.
Yeah, this just in.
Jack Torano celebrates 5 year
anniversary with Espinoza
cigars.
He has not been fueling the
growth for five years.
Now does he answer?
He always.
Answers.
Your call has been forwarded to
voicemail.
What does?
The person you're trying to
reach is not available at the
tone.
Call Hector.
Try Hector.
Hey Hector, we just wanted to
talk to you about Jack's five
year.
Anniversary Want to congratulate
you on Jack's anniversary?
Thanks for keeping him there.
Are we calling Hector?
No, maybe.
I'll call Hector.
They're probably sitting next
to.
You call Aaron.
Fuck.
Go to the top.
He'll he'll answer, but you know
we'll have to hang up on him
eventually.
Yeah, bro bro bro bro.
Hey, where's Jack?
Thanks for calling me.
What do you guys want?
Where's that answer with my
smoker?
Wow, did you guys get the
knuckle sandwich?
Delicious did.
You vote.
Did you vote?
They're in a meeting together.
They must have an.
Opportunity.
No, he's looking at his phone
going.
They just call you.
I'm not answering.
Unbelievable.
Wow.
Hey, this is Hector.
Go ahead and give your name and
number in a.
Brief son of a bitch.
Wow, dude, no respect.
Call Tyler.
Oh oh, Jack Torano.
Oh.
Oh, Torano.
Perfect.
Hello.
Hello, is this Jack Torano?
Jack.
Hey, Jack Tarano.
Congratulations, Jack, on five
years of not fueling the growth.
Five successful years on non
fueling of the growth.
Yeah, King, is this the longest
I've been with any company?
I was gonna ask if it was.
Isn't that crazy?
You'd.
Be politic.
To you, damn it.
And then tomorrow, tomorrow is
my birthday.
Oh.
That's when you're happy.
That's when that's when you get
fueled you.
Guys, get the party.
No, I didn't get it.
I didn't get an.
Invite Dude, what Greg did,
though, we did.
Greg got invited.
I got thanks Jack for the
invitation.
Yeah, I didn't.
I didn't get an invite.
See, I invite you to my kids
birthday and everything.
I send gifts.
Yeah, yeah, popcorn.
We got popcorn.
Oh, that's nice.
Fancy popcorn.
I'm yeah, fancy popcorn.
Yeah.
Fancy, of course.
I go Chicago popcorn, baby.
Chicago So is it, Are they
having a big party for you today
at the office?
No.
And tomorrow they will have the
Today I barely got AI got,
Junior said.
It's been a long five years and.
Wow.
And senior senior didn't even
acknowledge my anniversary, so
I.
Mean.
Have you ever?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Five years.
Whatever 5.
Years.
Yeah, sure.
I've been doing it for 40.
Years.
It was the worst day of my life
five years ago, that's what.
I you put in another 50, you
know that one.
Time I was drinking.
I heard you.
Beat me on cornhole.
Hey, look, Hector Alfonso.
Hector Alfonso just walked into
the room.
Oh, did he?
Oh, he's not answering his phone
either, he.
Called me.
He called you, He says.
You don't answer your phone.
I'm in the fucking.
Toilet.
He was in the toilet.
Was it #1 or #2?
He was three, he was rugby one
out.
Number 30 My goodness.
That's how he's celebrated by
anniversary.
Five year went in there with a
photo of you, huh?
Okay.
Dropping at the boost.
I had a boy.
Well.
We just wanted to wish you a
happy five year at Eric
Espinoza.
We look forward to your
anniversary cigar coming out
sometime this year, yes?
Working on it.
Hector will be a Nicaragua in
two weeks.
He's going to work on the the
big Jack the.
Big.
The big I think you might still
have some and suck.
The knuckle Jack sandwich,
That's what we'll call it.
Nice, that.
Sounds great.
It'll be great, a collaboration,
and then the events will only
have you and Guy Fury.
That's it.
Is anybody Is anybody on the
show?
Is anybody on the show?
Like, do you have a special
guest or anything?
Yeah, you you.
We have you on your special I'm.
The special guest, I'm honored.
Yeah, you're this special guest.
Yeah, isn't that amazing?
Give.
Me a heads up.
Yeah, we don't like to give
anybody a heads up.
No, no.
I like to get the real the real
guy.
What kind of fun is?
That and how was how was your
New Year's?
New Year's was fantastic for me.
I hung out of the house, had a,
you know, had the neighbors over
and you know, we just kept it,
kept it chill.
Yeah, New Year's night was was
nice.
We went to a neighbor's house
and and kept it quiet.
New Year's during the day.
They dropped 56 on us over there
and ball that wasn't too good.
Yeah, I saw that.
Yeah, so and now we got to pick
Buffalo for the, you know, I I
figure we'll lose this week and
then we'll go to Kansas City as
a sixth round seed after.
Yes, they're flirting with the
number one seed, but you know.
It was.
It was a good run.
It was a good run.
It was a good run.
The Dolphins always peak too
early, you know.
So by the way, we were released
a new cigar today.
I don't know if our Rep has
contacted.
You.
No.
We saw it on Facebook.
The Sumatra.
Fantastic.
Fantastic.
Never had that before.
Yeah, what's it taste like?
Yeah, how How's that burn?
It tastes like pure joy.
Wow.
Pure joy.
He rolled on Hector's side.
Oh, I can't wait for it sounds
amazing.
Love to have one of.
Them we'll see our Rep about
April.
Yeah, yeah, he'll swoop in here.
What we call Tyler get Tyler's
in this.
Yeah.
And Tyler plays the order for
us.
Tyler Tyler is Tyler.
Tyler Jones Unprecedented
salesman of the year this year.
There's no tie.
Thank you.
Yeah, exactly.
That's our boy.
Need I fucking say more?
No, you know you you need not.
Alfredo comes in, you know, he's
great out of the gate, but he's
not one for stamina, you know,
number. #2 Yeah, dude, Stick
fucking Alfredo in Oklahoma.
Let me know how he does, OK?
Tyler doesn't have Oklahoma
super.
No.
Yeah, but he could.
No, Tyler has fucking Montana,
Missouri and some other shit,
right?
No has Indiana.
He has Ohio, OK, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Illinois.
OK.
All right.
So just to be perfectly clear,
you didn't say anything about
the top three markets that are
in the cigar industry, Florida,
Texas?
Tyler In all reality, Tyler can
have any fucking state he wants.
Exactly.
Yes, exactly.
Guy's a beast.
He's the guy.
That's how good a little kid is.
That's how good he is.
Absolutely.
I totally agree with that
statement.
So yeah.
Hey, happy birthday bro.
Thank you.
Well.
You know I'll call you.
Sure, We'll call you back
tomorrow.
I'll call you midnight.
I'll call you midnight.
Not today's anniversary date.
Tomorrow's birthday day.
Today's anniversary.
Day Happy anniversary.
Happy anniversary, Sir.
All right guys.
Thank you all.
Right, B.
Bye, bye.
There you go.
The Legendary.
Jack Tarano.
All.
Right.
Two more story.
We got a story and then a
Florida story.
All right, hurry up.
All right.
Casa Cuevas is increasing prices
on core lines.
Casa Cuevas is now Instead,
it'll be increasing the price on
its core line as it aims to keep
the rising, keep up with the
rising costs that are affecting
nearly every aspect of cigar
manufacturing process.
Let's see.
They are going up.
Where was it?
It's like 7% like everybody
else.
All right.
All right.
And we got Florida story.
Here it comes.
Deputies in Polk County said a
man faces charges after he's
accused of walking into an
unlocked apartment and stealing
the ingredients to make a
screwdriver, according to the
news release.
Yeah.
The man, later identified as
Toby Foster, entered into an
apartment.
Toby.
November 23rd, around 5:30 AM
and made off with a bottle of
vodka and a bottle of Florida's
Natural.
Orange juice.
Wow.
How do they price that?
The victim told deputies at the
door used by the suspect at the
secondary door they don't often
use.
They had no idea it was
unlocked.
That's right, the burglar stole
the ingredients to make a
screwdriver and then he left,
Detective said.
He tried to open the door to the
department across the hall, but
it was locked and he left and
released in part so.
It was the neighbor.
No, no.
He walked into one apartment get
and stole the vodka and the
orange juice and then he went to
try to cross the street across
the hall and it was locked.
So anyone who's waiting on
Bloody Mary's with Toby, he's
not going to be coming back.
Deputies said that the total
value of the theft was just $35.
That's that's over.
That's over 20.
Bucks.
Oh yeah.
So poor Toby is in the pokey.
There's no screwdriver.
God, what a horrible New Year's.
Toby Brad doesn't have all of
his teeth.
No, he didn't.
He actually looked like a normal
guy.
Oh yeah, They have a picture of
him coming out of the door with
the vodka and the orchard juice.
Oh, it was a setup.
Must have a ring camera.
It was a setup.
Oh, you let Toby go with that.
I don't call him like you know.
What type of vodka was it that
would be better than that?
Probably some skull or
something.
No, no, the the one with the
Sweden or whatever.
Svedka, Svedka.
Platinum 5X.
Svedka it's six times the.
Stiff.
It was Florida, Florida, OJ
though.
I mean some good stuff.
That's expensive though. $35
apparently.
All right, let's get on the
Patreon guys.
We gotta go.
Thank you.
All right.
Thank you so much.
None.
Show Notes
Join the Cigar Hustlers Podcast as they delve into the latest buzz in the cigar world. In this episode, the hosts kick off with the revelation of Kafie 1901's innovative move to repurpose leftover tobacco scraps into a new line, Naked Cigars. Discover the story behind this eco-conscious initiative and how it's shaping the landscape of cigar production.
The discussion shifts to the intriguing report detailing the surge in premium cigar imports through Q3 of 2023, closely rivalling the record-breaking numbers of 2022. What does this mean for the industry's growth and consumer trends? The hosts dissect the implications and potential future shifts.
Controversy surfaces as Gurkha takes legal action against Davidoff over the "Year of the Dragon" issue. The podcast unpacks the legal intricacies and potential ramifications in the competitive cigar market.
But that's not all! Caldwell stirs things up with the addition of Blind Man’s Bluff Sweet Tip to their lineup, while Casa Cuevas takes a bold step by increasing prices on their core lines. The hosts analyze these strategic moves and their potential impact on aficionados and the market at large.
In the midst of industry updates, the podcast touches on the arrival of Viaje Skull and Bones Tsar Bomba at select retailers, enticing enthusiasts with this exclusive release.
However, the episode takes an unexpected turn as the hosts discuss a bizarre incident in Polk County, Florida. A man's peculiar escapade involving the theft of vodka and orange juice ingredients for a screwdriver cocktail leaves everyone baffled. Join the hosts as they explore this curious news story, adding a dash of unexpected intrigue to the episode.
Tune in for insightful discussions, industry news, and a dash of unexpected tales on the Cigar Hustlers Podcast.