Episodes

  • Florida Man Miami

    Florida Man Miami
    Dec 17 2025
    We light up Raymond Page’s Florida Man Miami, a limited run that somehow tastes exactly like its name: cedar, citrus, and a little chaos. Along the way we define “Florida Man,” read real headlines, debate underwear-in-the-window policy, and confess our most impulsive decisions—including a truly cursed teen car purchase.
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    47 mins
  • Cuba Aliados Cabinet Edition – with Pete Cooper

    Cuba Aliados Cabinet Edition – with Pete Cooper
    Dec 10 2025
    We fire up the Cuba Aliados Cabinet Edition by E.P. Carrillo with guest Pete Cooper of Goldberry Coffee. Sweetness, toast, graham, and steady retrohale spice pair with a conversation on third-wave coffee, roasting philosophy, the death of “coffee snobbery,” and teaching people to taste with curiosity instead of insecurity.
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    36 mins
  • Megilla Ltd. Edition Shofar

    Megilla Ltd. Edition Shofar
    Nov 26 2025
    We fire up the Megilla Ltd. Edition Shofar—a four-wrapper barber pole fever dream from Raymond Page—and use its twists and turns as a backdrop for talking through the stages of parenting. Grassy barnyard, sweet cocoa and building pepper ride alongside dad stories about Pearl Jam moments, border collie parenting, cross-country finish lines, and the coaches, friends, and “uncles” who help raise our kids.
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    46 mins
  • E.P. Carrillo Black Swan

    E.P. Carrillo Black Swan
    Nov 12 2025
    The third stop in our Black Swan mini-series: E.P. Carrillo’s take. Cocoa powder sweetness, pepper, and a creamy finish frame a long garage-night ramble on cuts, humidors, dry-boxing, and why Toro > Robusto (sometimes). Final third turns chocolatey; panel lands around a 7–8 overall.
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    46 mins
  • J.C. Newman Bricktoberfest

    J.C. Newman Bricktoberfest
    Oct 28 2025
    We light up the Bricktoberfest Churchill with guest Drew Newman of J.C. Newman Cigars—pairing it with Oktoberfest beer, warm spice, and plenty of laughter. Expect rich brick-house flavor, Tampa history, and family stories as we toast the only traditional cigar factory still rolling in the U.S.
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    43 mins
  • Oliva Black Swan

    Oliva Black Swan
    Oct 15 2025
    Jason’s out celebrating his anniversary, so the remaining trio lights up the Oliva Black Swan—part two of our running Black Swan series. We dive into what “limited” really means, chase cocoa powder and cedar notes, and somehow end up comparing spicy retrohales to fast-food chicken sandwiches. It’s chocolate, smooth spice, and light chaos in the garage.
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    48 mins
  • Rocky Patel Black Swan

    Rocky Patel Black Swan
    Sep 24 2025
    All four hosts are back in the garage to kick off our Black Swan mini-series with the Rocky Patel edition. We talk what “Black Swan” actually is (think pop-up tobacco batches), argue whether a cigar still “tastes like a Rocky” when the inputs change, and chase surprising notes—tea vibes, a cedar wall on the retrohale—while Jason workshopped “stop talking to me, swan” and we took a brief detour through legendary chili-dog lore.
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    39 mins
  • Building Our Dream Shop – E.P. Carrillo Allegiance Confidant

    Building Our Dream Shop – E.P. Carrillo Allegiance Confidant
    Sep 10 2025
    This week we light up the E.P. Carrillo Allegiance Confidant and sketch the blueprint of our dream cigar lounge—layout, airflow, lockers, staff culture, and what actually builds community. Jason stands us up (again), Ryan has a “Ghost” moment with a cigar roller, and we debate whether “limited” runs like Allegiance should shape buying habits.
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    54 mins