Episodes
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Friday Mar 24, 2023
The Amendola boys are back!
Tonight we welcome back Jeffrey Amendola and Chris Monaco, the two principals behind Amendola Family Cigar Company. We’ll catch up with Jeff and Chris and we’ll get the insights behind their first release in their NYC Series – the West Side Story..
In addition, we will have our Cattle Baron Steak Question of the Day, Alec Bradley Live True, Tabacalera USA, and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Deliberation Segments.
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Prime Time Jukebox Episode 92 Audio: The 2023 Dedications Show
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
An annual tradition continues Prime Time Jukebox, the Dedications Show for 2023
The Dedications Show was started by Dave Burck on Cigar Jukebox. Each year, listeners would get the opportunity to submit a dedication song in honor of a loved one or someone special who has passed away.
A tradition on the Dedications Show is to light up a Las Calaveras Cigar by Crowned Heads. Las Calaveras is an annual limited edition cigar that pays homage to those who have passed away over the past year. As opposed to being a mournful symbol, it is intended to be a celebration of those lives and remembrances of those who are no longer with us. We will smoke the Las Calaveras Edición Limitada 2022.
Tonight’s playlist has been primarily generated by our audience who was kind enough to submit their dedications.
As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:
References
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Prime Time Jukebox Episode 92: The 2023 Dedications Show
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
An annual tradition continues Prime Time Jukebox, the Dedications Show for 2023
The Dedications Show was started by Dave Burck on Cigar Jukebox. Each year, listeners would get the opportunity to submit a dedication song in honor of a loved one or someone special who has passed away.
A tradition on the Dedications Show is to light up a Las Calaveras Cigar by Crowned Heads. Las Calaveras is an annual limited edition cigar that pays homage to those who have passed away over the past year. As opposed to being a mournful symbol, it is intended to be a celebration of those lives and remembrances of those who are no longer with us. We will smoke the Las Calaveras Edición Limitada 2022.
Tonight’s playlist has been primarily generated by our audience who was kind enough to submit their dedications.
As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:
References
- Crowned Heads Las Calaveras Edición Limitada 2022 Announced
- The Million Masks of God, Manchester Orchestra
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Prime Time Special Edition 137 Audio: Alec Bradley Mt. Rushmore
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
It’s been a while since we visited the cigar version Mt. Rushmore, but tonight we once again journey to this iconic monument. This time we look at candidates from Alec Bradley.
A new era is coming to Alec Bradley as Scandinavian Tobacco Group has acquired the company and the brands that go along with it. We will look back at the history of Alec Bradley and give our thoughts at what might be ahead for the future.
Plus we will have our Tabacalera USA Great Things are Happening Here and United Cigars’ U.S. Presidents Segment!
References
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Prime Time Special Edition 137: Alec Bradley Mt. Rushmore
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
It’s been a while since we visited the cigar version Mt. Rushmore, but tonight we once again journey to this iconic monument. This time we look at candidates from Alec Bradley.
A new era is coming to Alec Bradley as Scandinavian Tobacco Group has acquired the company and the brands that go along with it. We will look back at the history of Alec Bradley and give our thoughts at what might be ahead for the future.
Plus we will have our Tabacalera USA Great Things are Happening Here and United Cigars’ U.S. Presidents Segment!
References
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
This year the Battle of the Bands Competition turns to the 1980s.
While last year we selected artists, this year we have decided to focus on albums - specifically from the decade of the 1980s. Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars and John McTavish of Developing Palates are once again back ad participating.
The concept works as follows: Dave, Coop, Hector, and John will each pick eight albums. The selections will occur via a "Draft." Once the albums are selected, each participant will seed them, place them into brackets and you will decide who should move on. We will go through each round on Twitter, until there is a winner from each of the four brackets. From that point, the four bracket winners will square off in a final four.
The tournament commences the week of March 27th with two matchups a day to vote on. Each vote will be eligible to compete to win one of three special prizes that will be announced
For this show, Hector smokes the Knuckle Sandwich 55, John smokes a RoMa Craft CroMagnon, Dave smokes the Rocky Patel Winter Collection Robusto, and Coop smokes the Espinosa Sarsaparilla.
Because there are 32 albums drafted, there is no playlist for this episode.
References
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
This year the Battle of the Bands Competition turns to the 1980s.
While last year we selected artists, this year we have decided to focus on albums - specifically from the decade of the 1980s. Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars and John McTavish of Developing Palates are once again back ad participating.
The concept works as follows: Dave, Coop, Hector, and John will each pick eight albums. The selections will occur via a "Draft." Once the albums are selected, each participant will seed them, place them into brackets and you will decide who should move on. We will go through each round on Twitter, until there is a winner from each of the four brackets. From that point, the four bracket winners will square off in a final four.
The tournament commences the week of March 27th with two matchups a day to vote on. Each vote will be eligible to compete to win one of three special prizes that will be announced
For this show, Hector smokes the Knuckle Sandwich 55, John smokes a RoMa Craft CroMagnon, Dave smokes the Rocky Patel Winter Collection Robusto, and Coop smokes the Espinosa Sarsaparilla.
Because there are 32 albums drafted, there is no playlist for this episode.
References
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Prime Time Episode 259 Audio: Rob Dietrich, Blackened American Whiskey
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Late last year, headlines were made when it was announced that a collaboration between Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate, Metallica’s James Hatfield, and Blackened Whiskey’s Rob Dietrich was happening. That collaboration would be the Blackened M81 cigar. Tonight we talk to one of the principals in this project, Rob Dietrich.
Rob is the Master Distiller and Blender and Blackened Whiskey. We’ll learn about his story, his journey in the whiskey business, and what it was like to participate in the M81 project.
In addition, we will have our Cattle Baron Steak Question of the Day, Alec Bradley Live True, Tabacalera USA, and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Deliberation Segment.
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Prime Time Episode 259: Rob Dietrich, Blackened American Whiskey
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Late last year, headlines were made when it was announced that a collaboration between Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate, Metallica’s James Hatfield, and Blackened Whiskey’s Rob Dietrich was happening. That collaboration would be the Blackened M81 cigar. Tonight we talk to one of the principals in this project, Rob Dietrich.
Rob is the Master Distiller and Blender and Blackened Whiskey. We’ll learn about his story, his journey in the whiskey business, and what it was like to participate in the M81 project.
In addition, we will have our Cattle Baron Steak Question of the Day, Alec Bradley Live True, Tabacalera USA, and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Deliberation Segment.
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
The Smoking Syndicate: Los Statos Deluxe Robusto (Audio)
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Los Statos Deluxe got a refresh this year and was introduced at the 2022 PCA trade show. The Los Statos Deluxe was reblended by Justin Andrews of General Cigar (STG) and Matt Booth of Room 101. Room 101 was acquired earlier in 2022 by STG and, even though General Cigars was not going to be attending the PCA trade show, Room 101 had already committed to a booth at there. Justin and Matt used this opportunity to introduce the new Los Statos Deluxe. Los Statos Deluxe was released in 4 sizes: robusto, toro, gigante, and churchill.
- Vitola: Robusto
- Size: 5 x 50
- Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra
- Binder: Nicaraguan
- Filler: Nicaraguan, Dominican
- Country of Origin: Honduras
- Factory: Honduran American Tobacco S.A. (HATSA)
- MSRP: $8.49