Recorded in the original location [Plaistow Cigar Co.] with the original Cigar Hacks [Matty, Nick, Dave plus Rick &Harvey] we review the first year of The Cigar Hacks. We saved extra Hidden Herfs from almost every episode and each pick out a few favorites to smoke during this episode. There’s a segment covering all the Hacks and guests from the past year and one on the history of The Cigar Hacks, The Cold Draw and Podcast Juice.

We discuss a multitude of topics including:

Episode 5: It’s Black Friday Every Day

Featuring: Skippy, The Mate, The Brooklyn Chick, Comedy Chris, Dommie the Dominator, Dommies Doll, Erik Wentworth, and Corespondent Mike

Cigar Craig joins the Hacks for an hour and a quarter of cigar talk and banter about many of other topics; Cigar Craig’s Podcast, how the Cigar Craig Blog started, dogs, chickens, other animals, regional accents, growing tobacco, Carlito’s auctions, stopping at JR Cigars, “Presidential” cigars, Plymouth Pebble (Rock), Cigar Hacks back story, Saco River Trip, and Veterans Day.

Current Events: The Reverend Harvey tells us what’s happening at the shops we have featured.

Local Spotlight: Sosa Family Cigar; Orlando, FL

Conspiracy Corner: The counting of votes is not as difficult as it seems in Broward County.

Sosa Family Cigar; Orlando, FL / The “Sosa Handrolls”

Hidden Herf 52 / Lazaro the roller

Recorded north of Twins, Twins, Twins from The Stunning Christy’s garage, garage, garage. We are joined by JoJo Mo and The Happy Hooker on the remote. Nurse Rick pulls out a Hidden Herf that no one has smoked before. Cigar Planner site is down & Limo talk. Current Events reported by the Reverend Harvey. Local Spotlight from Big Man Tate. The Retrohale; Spooktacular and T.L. Johnson episodes. All y’all. The robotics challenge, an impromptu report from a passer-by.

Current Events: The Reverend Harvey rocks the Current Events this week.

Local Spotlight: Michael’s Tobacco; Euless, TX (Way to go Tate!)

Conspiracy Corner: The conspiracy panelists have not returned from the beyond, put out an APB!

It’s the Halloween edition, we are at a costume party while smoking and recording. A standard format episode except that Larry the dog is having too much fun with all the party activity. The Hidden Herf is an easy guess for most of the panel because of it’s distinctive characteristics. Bob the Painter (Ross) joins us for some “happy clouds”.

Current Events: See CigarPlanner.com for more details, filter by your state or city.

Local Spotlight: Corona Cigar Co.; Orlando, FL

Conspiracy Corner: The conspiracy panelists have not returned from the beyond.

Corona Cigar Co.; Orlando, FL

Hidden Herf 50

It’s a Patriots night game so we are at our regular spot to watch the game projected on the side of the house. Fire, Football, Cigars and Podcast Juice – a winning combination. The Red Sox are also on so it’s a double header at the fire-pit while we smoke lots of sticks and burn many pallets. We are joined by our fire-pit host for some laughs. The Hidden Herf is another crowd favorite. We call in JoJo Mo for the second half to talk football and cigars. Nick tells us a dog story, Rick coins a new podcast name for our host and we discuss Brazilian Wax.

Current Events: See CigarPlanner.com for more details, filter by your state or city.

Local Spotlight: Kevin’s Flaming Fire-pit; Somewhere in NH

Conspiracy Corner: Nurse Rick tries to give Skippy a hard time.

Kevin’s Flaming Fire-pit; Somewhere in NH

Hidden Herf 49

This week we do another in-lounge episode direct from the The Cloud Palace in Salem, New Hampshire. We are joined by Simon (Simon Says) and Joe (JoJo Notmo) the owners of The Cloud Palace. They tell us about cigars, hookahs, and belly dancing. The Hidden Herf is a giant log that turns out to be a real surprise for all on the panel. There are a couple of shout-outs to The Retrohale and Cigar Craig’s Blog/Podcast along with our other regular segments.

Current Events: See CigarPlanner.com for more details, filter by your state or city.

Local Spotlight: The Cloud Palace; Salem, NH

Conspiracy Corner: The conspiracy panelists have been abducted by aliens again.

The Cloud Palace; Salem, NH

Hidden Herf 48 / Recording in-lounge

From the fire pit comes a special multi-call-in episode with our Retrohale friends; “JoJo Mo”, “Drew the Hooker”, “The Skip” and “The Mate”. The regular format is sidelined for a week while sit around the fire, smoke cigars and talk about whatever comes up, including a preview of the January trip to New Hampshire.

We do a quick follow-up of the “JoJo Mo” and “Drew the Hooker” visit adding the Late Friday and Saturday stops bringing the lounge tally to 8 in under 48 hours. Somehow we get on a couple of religion topics before current events. Conspiracy corner gets into a couple of political topics. The Hidden Herf is one of the top cigars we have ever smoked.

Current Events: See CigarPlanner.com for more details, filter by your state or city.

Local Spotlight: Gold Leaf Tobacconist; Seabrook, NH

Conspiracy Corner: What’s really behind the allegations?

Gold Leaf Tobacconist; Seabrook, NH

Hidden Herf 46

We are visited by “JoJo Mo” and “Drew the Hooker” for a few days and have them with us in person. Joe and Drew came up to New Hampshire from the New Jersey / Pennsylvania area to attend a cigar event and go on a lounge tour. With special guests on hand and recording back at home-base we have a full house of ten. This causes us to switch the peanut gallery in two shifts to get everyone on. We do a recap of the Federal Cigar Anniversary Cruise that was an Ashton and Makers Mark event. The Podcast Juice is flowing and we have lots of laughs. The Hidden Herf is a special cigar selected by Joe just for us, no one is even close with the guessing. All we had to do was mention the “whoop button”. Joe and Drew give us a report on their lounge tour.

Current Events: See CigarPlanner.com for more details, filter by your state or city.

Local Spotlight: Plaistow Cigar Company; Plaistow, NH

Conspiracy Corner: Q&A from Q-Anon, Area 51, Aliens, and Building 7 on 9/11

Plaistow Cigar Company; Plaistow, NH

Hidden Herf 45 / Best Lounge Chairs Anywhere

Looking to extend the summer we get out on the lake but then run into problems forcing us to head back to the dock and record on dry land. Skippy and the Mate of The Retrohale join us from Colorado for the full experience with a Hidden Herf as they go end-to-end on this episode. We recap both the Two Guys and Twins Smoke Shops’ anniversary events. The list of current events is so long that Skippy is packing a bag to come and experience it. The Federal Cigar anniversary party is previewed, we will have a group there. The side topics are, as usual, all over the place and a bit zany. Comedy Chris nails the Hidden Herf’s brand out of the gate and earns another partial credit.

Current Events: See CigarPlanner.com for more details, filter by your state or city.

Local Spotlight: Stanza Dei Sigari; Boston, MA

Conspiracy Corner: The aliens have abducted the Conspiracy crew this week.

Stanza Dei Sigari; Boston, MA

Hidden Herf 44 / SakaSquatch