Shoulder Monkey! Shoulder Monkey funky. We review this blended Scotch as well as the Cohiba Connecticut and the Plasencia Alma Fuerte cigars. And don't miss our refresher about cigar wrapper leaves and about the outlook for skill-based gaming in the (clueless) casino near you.

Podcast 433: Shoulder Monkey; Skill-Based Gaming; Cigar Wrappers; Cohiba CT; Plasencia Alma Fuerte

Casino gaming + premium cigars + adult beverages = bliss.

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In this special and glorious return to our normal podcasting schedule (because something has to return to normal in this clusterfrack of a year), Jason offers some updates plus the "new normal" for VLO before enjoying an aged Liga Privada No. 9 cigar and a bottle of Founders Porter. We wrap up with a brief recap of the June visit (with Tony!) to a local tribal casino on the first day it opened post-lockdown. You can't miss this extravaganza of vicey goodness!

Podcast 445: Updates, an Aged Liga Privada #9, Founders Porter, Casino Trip Post Lockdown

Time to resurrect VLO this Easter season, with an admin note about the last few months plus a reflection on enjoying cigars and rum in Bonaire. Jason is joined by his friend Alaric to review the Big Bad Baptista beer plus the Underberg herbal digestive.

Podcast 444: Back from the Brink; Cigars in the Caribbean; Big Bad Baptista; Underberg Digestive

In the first podcast in the post-Tony era, Jason outlines the 2020 strategy for content and programming, then pays homage to his former co-host with a collection of outtakes from the last 100 or so episodes.

Podcast 443: Welcome to the New Age; Plus, Honoring Tony with Outtakes

Tony goes out with a bang, as we toast the new chapter in his podcasting life with a pour of the 2008 Dom Pérignon champagne. Jason smokes the Rocky Patel Aged, Limited & Rare cigar -- then we wrap with our annual tradition of offering our gaming predictions for the coming year.

Podcast 442: 2008 Dom Pérignon; Rocky Patel Aged, Limited & Rare; 2020 Gaming Predictions

Warning: The VLO Christmas train derailed upon entering the station. We sip the spiced pear bourbon cockail before Jason shares his experience with the Micallef Bold Mata Fina cigar. We wrap up with a reflection about how -- thanks to The Cal -- Las Vegas may claim to be the ninth Hawaiian island. Ho ho ho!

Podcast 433: Shoulder Monkey; Skill-Based Gaming; Cigar Wrappers; Cohiba CT; Plasencia Alma Fuerte

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