Not Just Blowing Smoke with Pastor Padron

Max Stokkebye, Brand Ambassador for Peter Stokkebye and Lane Limited pipe tobaccos for STG returns to the show for a pipe tobacco double header: Peterson's Elizabethan Mixture and Peterson's 3P's (ak…

Online shopping has revolutionized the cigar and pipe business. This has been a big plus for many people who are not near a B&M (Brick and Mortar) smoke shop.

But while websites can offer huge select…

It’s the NJBS 2020 COTY TOTY (that's geek speak for Cigar of the Year and Tobacco of the Year) Episode! At the end of each year, we look at what we think were the year’s best freshman releases for ci…

We often approach the pairings for the show starting with the cigar or tobacco and then asking what would it pair with. Tonight, we reversed that philosophy, and started with the drink and then looke…

Christmas is right around the corner, but this is 2020, and that means it is a COVID Christmas! While no one was sick with “the rona,” shipping delays and pet illnesses left us without the planned 7-…

Size Matters!

In this episode we are joined by 7-20-4’s Kurt Kendall who invites us look at how ring gauge effects the smoking experience of tobacco blends. We explore how size matters by smoking the…

In this  we are episode, we go back to one of our audience’s favorite topics: how aging effects tobacco. We focus on how aging effects pipe tobacco by smoking Night Cap that was tinned this year, and…

I know. You were expecting the Ladies to take over. But like the great philosopher Jagger wrote: “you can’t always get what you what. But if you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you ne…

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we will be sharing the 5 cigars and tobaccos that we are most thankful for this year...our top 5. 

While we talk about our top 5 cigars, we review the Byron Petit Poema…

Advertising, branding, and building name recognition, all work together to create consumer desire and to cultivate expectation for premium cigars and tobacco. But just how much influence does all tha…

Is it possible to have a great cigar or pipe tobacco without having to break the bank? Yes it is! In this episode the guys of NJBS smoke the Charter Oak Broadleaf Grande as the poster child of a grea…

A few months ago, Paul threw out the thought of recording an episode live at an event. We thought it was a great idea and decided to give it a go at our Tatuaje event on October 30th at Twins Smoke S…

For a long time, the most popular cigar vitola was the Robusto. But as the years have gone on, the desire for larger and thicker cigars have been gaining popularity in the marketplace. One of the pro…

While the most popular cigars and pipe tobaccos are on the mild side, we know that some people like to live on the wild side and light up strong, bold, in-your-face cigars and tobaccos. In this episo…

In this episode, we welcome Aida Ritnery, one of social media’s growing sensations on the cigar scene, IG's @cigar_bosslady, as we smoke the Roma Craft Baka Jengi, and The Balkan Sobranie by J. F. Ge…

“The Make Up Episode” welcomes back Ashton’s Lauren Ferraro. Life got in the way of her planned appearance a few weeks ago, but she’s back and will be in the studio with us as we ligh up with some As…

In this episode, we welcome back Erik Wentworth, Exec. V.P. of Cigars at Hammer + Sickle, and smoke their Berlin Wall Box Pressed Churchill! This leads to a great discussion on box pressing cigars: w…