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Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
The #17 2023 Cigar of the Year is the La Palina KB Part Three. The story of La Palina’s KB is quite interesting from both the La Palina end and the Cigar Coop end.
In 2011, La Palina Cigars introduced its second line, El Diario. La Palina positioned El Diario as an everyday smoke and was one meant to be more affordable than its ultra-premium Family Series. El Diario went on to capture Cigar Coop’s #1 Cigar of the Year for 2011. The following year, La Palina unveiled a 4 1/4 x 40 petit corona line extension with a more robust tweaked blend known as KB. KB stands for “Kill Bill,” and it was named because the prototype of the sample given to La Palina owner Bill Paley was so strong that it threw him for a loop. Later, La Palina released a second KB size in the form of a 6 x 40 vitola, the KB II.
Fast forward to 2021, and La Palina decided to discontinue the El Diario line while launching a new line around KB. In addition to the KB and KB II sizes coming over, La Palina added two new sizes: Part Three (5 x 52) and Part Four (6 x 54). It’s the Part Three vitola that lands on this year’s Countdown
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Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
The #18 2023 Cigar of the Year is the Knuckle Sandwich Maduro Toro H. One of the big stories of 2022 was the announcement that celebrity restauranteur Guy Fieri would be teaming up with Espinosa Cigars to launch the Knuckle Sandwich brand of cigars. Knuckle Sandwich Cigars is a brand produced and distributed by Espinosa Cigars. The brand has proliferated and now has three regular production lines and three limited edition lines. The Knuckle Sandwich Maduro is a regular production line and is one of the two original blends released when Knuckle Sandwich launched. It's the Maduro that has earned a spot on the Countdown.
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Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
The #18 2023 Cigar of the Year is the Knuckle Sandwich Maduro Toro H. One of the big stories of 2022 was the announcement that celebrity restauranteur Guy Fieri would be teaming up with Espinosa Cigars to launch the Knuckle Sandwich brand of cigars. Knuckle Sandwich Cigars is a brand produced and distributed by Espinosa Cigars. The brand has proliferated and now has three regular production lines and three limited edition lines. The Knuckle Sandwich Maduro is a regular production line and is one of the two original blends released when Knuckle Sandwich launched. It's the Maduro that has earned a spot on the Countdown.
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Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
We are pleased to welcome the one and only Nick Perdomo, President and CEO of Perdomo Cigars back to Prime Time.
Perdomo Cigars is finishing up a big year, capped off with the shipping of the long-awaited Perdomo 30th Anniversary. We’ll get the update on this and all things Perdomo on this very special, Special Edition to finish up 2023!
Plus, we have our Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group U.S. History segment, Tabacalera USA Great Things are Happening Here, and Espinosa This Day in Sports History segments.
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Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
We are pleased to welcome the one and only Nick Perdomo, President and CEO of Perdomo Cigars back to Prime Time.
Perdomo Cigars is finishing up a big year, capped off with the shipping of the long-awaited Perdomo 30th Anniversary. We’ll get the update on this and all things Perdomo on this very special, Special Edition to finish up 2023!
Plus, we have our Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group U.S. History segment, Tabacalera USA Great Things are Happening Here, and Espinosa This Day in Sports History segments.
References
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
The #19 2023 Cigar of the Year is Weller by Cohiba 2022. The cigar comes from General Cigar Company. Over the past few years, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG), General's parent company, has collaborated with the Buffalo Trace Distillery. The brands from Buffalo Trace that STG has worked on include Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Fireball Cinnamon, and Weller. The first collaboration between STG and Weller was the release of the Weller by Cohiba in 2021. The Weller by Cohiba aimed to provide a cigar that could complement Weller Bourbon. For those who don’t follow the spirits world, Weller refers to a line of premium bourbons sold under the W.L. Weller brand. W.L. Weller stands for William Larue Weller (1825–1899). The following year, there was another release featuring an all-new blend, appropriately called the Weller by Cohiba 2022. Since then, there has also been a 2023 release. All three differ, but we'll focus on the Weller by Cohiba 2022 release.
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Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
The #19 2023 Cigar of the Year is Weller by Cohiba 2022. The cigar comes from General Cigar Company. Over the past few years, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG), General's parent company, has collaborated with the Buffalo Trace Distillery. The brands from Buffalo Trace that STG has worked on include Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Fireball Cinnamon, and Weller. The first collaboration between STG and Weller was the release of the Weller by Cohiba in 2021. The Weller by Cohiba aimed to provide a cigar that could complement Weller Bourbon. For those who don’t follow the spirits world, Weller refers to a line of premium bourbons sold under the W.L. Weller brand. W.L. Weller stands for William Larue Weller (1825–1899). The following year, there was another release featuring an all-new blend, appropriately called the Weller by Cohiba 2022. Since then, there has also been a 2023 release. All three differ, but we'll focus on the Weller by Cohiba 2022 release.
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Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
The Grammy Awards are scheduled for Sunday February 4, 2024 and the nominations are out. On Episode 116, we take a look at the key categories and who the nominees are, then decide who we want to win and who we thin think the Grammys will pick.
For this show, Dave smokes the Paul Stulac Red Screaming Sun and Coop smokes the E.P. Carrillo Pledge Prequel
As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:
References
- Complete 2024 Grammy Nominations
- 2024 Grammy Nominations Announced
- Shane MacGowan, Pogues Frontman, Dies at 65 | Pitchfork
- Taylor Swift Caps Banner 2023 with Person of the Year
- Top 50 of 2023 / #25 – 21: Hip Hop, A Collective and Interesting Collabs
- Top 50 of 2023 / #30 – 26: Our First Reggae Track, A Lot of Gecs and Some More Bunnies
- Top 50 of 2023 / #35 – 31: Songs About Time, Reclaiming Your Music and Some Spice
- Top 50 of 2023 / #40 – 36: More Foundational Comebacks, Made – Up Languages and Aussie Music
- Top 50 of 2023 / #45 – 41: An Emotional Tribute, A Bunny and a Brit Pop Third Act
- Top 50 of 2023 / #50 – 46: Spiderman, The Blues and Metal
- AVO Cigars to Collaborate with DJ D-Nice for AVO Expressions 2024
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
The Grammy Awards are scheduled for Sunday February 4, 2024 and the nominations are out. On Episode 116, we take a look at the key categories and who the nominees are, then decide who we want to win and who we thin think the Grammys will pick.
For this show, Dave smokes the Paul Stulac Red Screaming Sun and Coop smokes the E.P. Carrillo Pledge Prequel
As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlists:
References
- Complete 2024 Grammy Nominations
- 2024 Grammy Nominations Announced
- Shane MacGowan, Pogues Frontman, Dies at 65 | Pitchfork
- Taylor Swift Caps Banner 2023 with Person of the Year
- Top 50 of 2023 / #25 – 21: Hip Hop, A Collective and Interesting Collabs
- Top 50 of 2023 / #30 – 26: Our First Reggae Track, A Lot of Gecs and Some More Bunnies
- Top 50 of 2023 / #35 – 31: Songs About Time, Reclaiming Your Music and Some Spice
- Top 50 of 2023 / #40 – 36: More Foundational Comebacks, Made – Up Languages and Aussie Music
- Top 50 of 2023 / #45 – 41: An Emotional Tribute, A Bunny and a Brit Pop Third Act
- Top 50 of 2023 / #50 – 46: Spiderman, The Blues and Metal
- AVO Cigars to Collaborate with DJ D-Nice for AVO Expressions 2024
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
The #20 2023 Cigar of the Year is the Manolo Quesada 75th Anniversary by Quesada Cigars. On April 10th 2022, Quesada Cigars Founder and President Manuel “Manolo” Quesada turned 75 years old. Commemorating the occasion, Quesada Cigars released a special limited edition cigar dubbed the Manolo Quesada 75th Anniversary. More recently, Manolo’s daughter Raquel has been playing an increasing role in the operations of Quesada Cigars, but according to Quesada Cigars the Manolo Quesada 75th Anniversary was a project specifically blended by Manolo himself.
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