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Friday Sep 26, 2025
Friday Sep 26, 2025
For Prime Time Episode 353, it is our 21st Media Panel Show. Tonight we tackle the good, bad, and ugly about cigar events. Joining Aaron can Coop for this discussion will be Bear Duplisea and Matt Tye (from How Bout That Cigar).
Plus we have our Florida Sun Grown Beef, Altadis USA The Ties That Bind, Alec Bradley Live True, Espinosa This Day in Sports History, and our Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Industry Deliberation segment.
Friday Sep 26, 2025
Friday Sep 26, 2025
For Prime Time Episode 353, it is our 21st Media Panel Show. Tonight we tackle the good, bad, and ugly about cigar events. Joining Aaron can Coop for this discussion will be Bear Duplisea and Matt Tye (from How Bout That Cigar).
Plus we have our Florida Sun Grown Beef, Altadis USA The Ties That Bind, Alec Bradley Live True, Espinosa This Day in Sports History, and our Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Industry Deliberation segment.
Monday Sep 22, 2025
Monday Sep 22, 2025
Tonight we present a special Collabview between two Cigar Coop Coalition Shows – Prime Time Special Edition and El Oso Fumar Takes. This show will serve as Special Edition #181 and Take #351 for El Oso Fumar. We are basically doing a combined show that brings the best of both worlds of both shows. This show will be hosted by Bear and Coop.
Our main topic will be an analysis of the Cigar Journal Awards. Bear and Coop have an annual tradition of going through these award winners and offering commentary and analysis.
Plus, we will have all of the usual segments you know on both shows – all in one package. This won’t be a regular thing as each show still has its identity, but it will be a fun experiment.
References
Monday Sep 22, 2025
Monday Sep 22, 2025
Tonight we present a special Collabview between two Cigar Coop Coalition Shows – Prime Time Special Edition and El Oso Fumar Takes. This show will serve as Special Edition #181 and Take #351 for El Oso Fumar. We are basically doing a combined show that brings the best of both worlds of both shows. This show will be hosted by Bear and Coop.
Our main topic will be an analysis of the Cigar Journal Awards. Bear and Coop have an annual tradition of going through these award winners and offering commentary and analysis.
Plus, we will have all of the usual segments you know on both shows – all in one package. This won’t be a regular thing as each show still has its identity, but it will be a fun experiment.
References
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
For Prime Time Episode 352, we are joined by first time guest Vance Taylor, founder of Stoic Cigars.
Vance comes from the great state of Utah, and he has launched a cigar brand that combines philosophy and cigar making. Tonight we will learn Vance’s story and get to know his brand.
Plus we have our Florida Sun Grown Beef, Altadis USA The Ties That Bind, Alec Bradley Live True, Espinosa This Day in Sports History, and our Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Industry Deliberation segment.
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
For Prime Time Episode 352, we are joined by first time guest Vance Taylor, founder of Stoic Cigars.
Vance comes from the great state of Utah, and he has launched a cigar brand that combines philosophy and cigar making. Tonight we will learn Vance’s story and get to know his brand.
Plus we have our Florida Sun Grown Beef, Altadis USA The Ties That Bind, Alec Bradley Live True, Espinosa This Day in Sports History, and our Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Industry Deliberation segment.
Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
The Diesel line of cigars has been a very successful brand for Forged Cigars and their long standing partnership with Rabbit Hole Distillery. The Diesel brand started out as a catalog only brand for Cigar International, but was moved under General Cigars in 2017. The cigars have been produced by AJ Fernandez since the beginning and still produces them to this day. Their have been several limited editions that have been produced annually under that name Founder’s Collection and for 2025, the new release is called the Raceking. These limited editions have the binder tobacco aged in whiskey barrels that were used by Rabbit Hole for their whiskey of the same name. The Raceking was introduced at the 2025 PCA Trade show in New Orleans, LA. In the press release sent to Cigar Coop, Joe Krzyston said:
Joe Krzyston, Assistant Brand Manager for Diesel, said. “This barrel-aged blend honors the history and legacy of Kentucky bourbon. Whether you’re watching the race or simply enjoying the quality of the craft, this cigar is truly exceptional.”
Each limited edition Diesel is release in only one size each year.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: Nicaraguan (Aged in Raceking bourbon barrels)
Filler: Nicaraguan
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: Tabacalera AJ Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A.
Vitola: Toro
Size: 6 x 52
MSRP: $15.99
Final Score: 91
Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
The Diesel line of cigars has been a very successful brand for Forged Cigars and their long standing partnership with Rabbit Hole Distillery. The Diesel brand started out as a catalog only brand for Cigar International, but was moved under General Cigars in 2017. The cigars have been produced by AJ Fernandez since the beginning and still produces them to this day. Their have been several limited editions that have been produced annually under that name Founder’s Collection and for 2025, the new release is called the Raceking. These limited editions have the binder tobacco aged in whiskey barrels that were used by Rabbit Hole for their whiskey of the same name. The Raceking was introduced at the 2025 PCA Trade show in New Orleans, LA. In the press release sent to Cigar Coop, Joe Krzyston said:
Joe Krzyston, Assistant Brand Manager for Diesel, said. “This barrel-aged blend honors the history and legacy of Kentucky bourbon. Whether you’re watching the race or simply enjoying the quality of the craft, this cigar is truly exceptional.”
Each limited edition Diesel is release in only one size each year.
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
Binder: Nicaraguan (Aged in Raceking bourbon barrels)
Filler: Nicaraguan
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: Tabacalera AJ Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A.
Vitola: Toro
Size: 6 x 52
MSRP: $15.99
Final Score: 91
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Earlier this year at the 2025 PCA Trade Show, Altadis unveiled a new ultra-premium cigar in their Montecristo line called M. What makes this special is a 20 year aged Ecuadorian Connecticut that is used for its wrapper. This special wrapper was acquired from David Perez of ASP in Nicaragua. The blend for the Montecristo M was developed by AJ Fernandez and Rafael Nodal using this wrapper at AJ’s factory in Esteli, Nicaragua. Here is what Altadis had to say about the cigar:
“Crafted by the legendary cigarmaker AJ Fernandez, the story of this smoke lies in a wrapper that has been carefully and beautifully aged for two decades. Aging a cigar’s wrapper leaf, like a fine bourbon or wine, adds a tremendous amount of character and maturity to a smoke, heightening the tasting notes and taking the smoker on a journey far beyond what they have experienced from normal mass market offerings in the past. The Connecticut seed Ecuadorian leaf utilized for this project was cultivated and brought to life through the fifth-generation grower David Perez, resulting in a medium-bodied smoke that is uniquely proportioned to accentuate the subtle beauty of the wrapper.”
Vitola: Toro
Size: 6 x 52
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: Tabacalera AJ Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A.
MSRP: $15.99
Final Score: 93
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Earlier this year at the 2025 PCA Trade Show, Altadis unveiled a new ultra-premium cigar in their Montecristo line called M. What makes this special is a 20 year aged Ecuadorian Connecticut that is used for its wrapper. This special wrapper was acquired from David Perez of ASP in Nicaragua. The blend for the Montecristo M was developed by AJ Fernandez and Rafael Nodal using this wrapper at AJ’s factory in Esteli, Nicaragua. Here is what Altadis had to say about the cigar:
“Crafted by the legendary cigarmaker AJ Fernandez, the story of this smoke lies in a wrapper that has been carefully and beautifully aged for two decades. Aging a cigar’s wrapper leaf, like a fine bourbon or wine, adds a tremendous amount of character and maturity to a smoke, heightening the tasting notes and taking the smoker on a journey far beyond what they have experienced from normal mass market offerings in the past. The Connecticut seed Ecuadorian leaf utilized for this project was cultivated and brought to life through the fifth-generation grower David Perez, resulting in a medium-bodied smoke that is uniquely proportioned to accentuate the subtle beauty of the wrapper.”
Vitola: Toro
Size: 6 x 52
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Country of Origin: Nicaragua
Factory: Tabacalera AJ Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A.
MSRP: $15.99
Final Score: 93