On Special Edition #28, we look at cigar industry faux pas – those miscalculated moves that seem to be repeated by the cigar industry over and over again. Bear and Coop give their selections and discuss the impacts their moves have had.

Plus, we have another Aging Experiment project – where we smoke a cigar now, and smoke the same one later. We will reveal the cigar and give our thoughts on how it is currently smoking now.

On Special Edition #28, we look at cigar industry faux pas – those miscalculated moves that seem to be repeated by the cigar industry over and over again. Bear and Coop give their selections and discuss the impacts their moves have had.

Plus, we have another Aging Experiment project – where we smoke a cigar now, and smoke the same one later. We will reveal the cigar and give our thoughts on how it is currently smoking now.

For Episode 49 we celebrate the one-year anniversary show of the Prime Time Show. This show was broadcast live from Davidoff of Geneva since 1911 Tampa and as we welcomed Scott Kolesaire of AVO Cigars as our special guest! While we will celebrated our anniversary, we also highlighted 30 Years of AVO!

The Cigar Coop brand has a long history of covering the AVO brand, and Scott to the show gives us insights into the brand. We will get the rundown of what AVO Cigars has planned to commemorate the brand’s 30th anniversary. Plus we smoke one of the most legendary cigars AVO has released – the AVO 22!

On our Debonaire Ideal segment, we will do a pairing with Angel’s Envy Bourbon. And in our Deliberation Segment, we will talk about golf, the Masters, and cigars.

References

PGA Grand Slam Comparison

Contest Prizes

For Episode 49 we celebrate the one-year anniversary show of the Prime Time Show. This show was broadcast live from Davidoff of Geneva since 1911 Tampa and as we welcomed Scott Kolesaire of AVO Cigars as our special guest! While we will celebrated our anniversary, we also highlighted 30 Years of AVO!

The Cigar Coop brand has a long history of covering the AVO brand, and Scott to the show gives us insights into the brand. We will get the rundown of what AVO Cigars has planned to commemorate the brand’s 30th anniversary. Plus we smoke one of the most legendary cigars AVO has released – the AVO 22!

On our Debonaire Ideal segment, we will do a pairing with Angel’s Envy Bourbon. And in our Deliberation Segment, we will talk about golf, the Masters, and cigars.

References

PGA Grand Slam Comparison

Contest Prizes

On Special Edition #27, we return to some hard-core industry talk as we welcome Todd Naifeh of ZT Cigars as our special guest. We will learn about Todd's retail operation out of Oklahoma City, but we will also get some insights into his role on the current IPCPR board of directors.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued three ANPRMs that impact premium cigars. We will review what these are all about, and discuss our thoughts on how the cigar industry is responding to this.  

References:

Special Edition #8: The Gottlieb Doctrine

Tobacco-Product Use by Adults and Youths in the United States in 2013 and 2014, New England Journal of Medicine

“Cigars Being Poor Method for Nicotine Delivery” by Dr. Gaby Kafie

ANPRM on Nicotine Levels

ANPRM on Flavored Tobacco

ANPRM on Premium Cigars

Public ANPRM Comments on Nicotine Levels

Public ANPRM Comments on Flavored Tobacco

Public ANPRM Comments on Premium Cigars

Assessing the first 457 Comments to the ANPRM for Premium Cigars

On Special Edition #27, we return to some hard-core industry talk as we welcome Todd Naifeh of ZT Cigars as our special guest. We will learn about Todd's retail operation out of Oklahoma City, but we will also get some insights into his role on the current IPCPR board of directors.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued three ANPRMs that impact premium cigars. We will review what these are all about, and discuss our thoughts on how the cigar industry is responding to this.  

References:

Special Edition #8: The Gottlieb Doctrine

Tobacco-Product Use by Adults and Youths in the United States in 2013 and 2014, New England Journal of Medicine

“Cigars Being Poor Method for Nicotine Delivery” by Dr. Gaby Kafie

ANPRM on Nicotine Levels

ANPRM on Flavored Tobacco

ANPRM on Premium Cigars

Public ANPRM Comments on Nicotine Levels

Public ANPRM Comments on Flavored Tobacco

Public ANPRM Comments on Premium Cigars

Assessing the first 457 Comments to the ANPRM for Premium Cigars

On Episode 48 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Tony Bellatto He is the man behind La Barba Cigars and one of the principals involved with the Lost & Found project.

Tony’s also a wine sommelier, and we will dive into his background in this area on our Debonaire Ideal. Finally on our Deliberation segment, we continue to wine discussion as we discuss wine reviews and put Tony to the test with some rapid fire questions.

On Episode 48 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Tony Bellatto He is the man behind La Barba Cigars and one of the principals involved with the Lost & Found project.

Tony’s also a wine sommelier, and we will dive into his background in this area on our Debonaire Ideal. Finally on our Deliberation segment, we continue to wine discussion as we discuss wine reviews and put Tony to the test with some rapid fire questions.

On Episode 47 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Master Sensei aka Eric Guttormson of Cigar Dojo. Master Sensei has created a powerful media medium and community for cigar enthusiasts, and tonight we will learn a little more how that all came to be.

In our Debonaire Ideal segment, we will talk some NHL Hockey. We will also have a “beef” update as we hear about Master Sensei’s Philadelphia cheesesteak run and Coop’s Tomahawk Chop dilemma in Alabama.  Finally we will put Master Sensei in the hot seat as we go through some of our best Deliberation topics in a rapid fire motion.

On Episode 47 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Master Sensei aka Eric Guttormson of Cigar Dojo. Master Sensei has created a powerful media medium and community for cigar enthusiasts, and tonight we will learn a little more how that all came to be.

In our Debonaire Ideal segment, we will talk some NHL Hockey. We will also have a “beef” update as we hear about Master Sensei’s Philadelphia cheesesteak run and Coop’s Tomahawk Chop dilemma in Alabama.  Finally we will put Master Sensei in the hot seat as we go through some of our best Deliberation topics in a rapid fire motion.