This week we welcome back James Brown to the Prime Time Show. It’s ten years since Brown launched Black Label Trading Company, and today Brown has established himself as a force in the small batch world of cigars. We will talk to James about the latest happenings at Black Label Trading Company, Black Works Studio, […]
The Amendola boys are back! Tonight we welcome back Jeffrey Amendola and Chris Monaco, the two principals behind Amendola Family Cigar Company. We’ll catch up with Jeff and Chris and we’ll get the insights behind their first release in their NYC Series – the West Side Story.. In addition, we will have our Cattle Baron […]
Back on Episode 78, we looked at the best first tracks on albums. This time, for Episode 97 we take a look at the best final tracks on albums. We will go through what we think makes a great final track and come up with some of our all-time favorite selections. We also pay tribute […]
On Episode 96 we look back at the life and career of Harry Belafonte. Harry passed away on April 25, 2023 at the age of 96. Harry had a very versatile music career and a great commitment to social causes – and we will cover it on this episode. In this episode, Dave smokes the […]
On Episode 95, Dave and Coop take on a project known as “The Beginning of the End”. There is a point an artist releases an album, but for several reasons the signs are beginning to point that things are heading downhill. It could be because the artist isn’t keeping up with the times, the band […]
The 2023 edition of the The Great Smoke (TGS) is in the annuls of history. Tonight we welcome one of the key members of the team at Smoke Inn that puts on that event, the GOAT – Alex Tavella. Alex will join the whole coalition team as we will talk TGS and some industry talk. […]
It’s been a while since we visited the cigar version Mt. Rushmore, but tonight we once again journey to this iconic monument. This time we look at candidates from Alec Bradley. A new era is coming to Alec Bradley as Scandinavian Tobacco Group has acquired the company and the brands that go along with it. […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning at […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Drew Estate has announced a new ten-count gift set that features its ACID Kuba Kuba and ACID Kuba Kuba Maduro Cigars. The ten-count gift box features five 5 x 54 Fat Robustos of the ACID Kuba Kuba and five 5 x 54 ACID Kuba Kuba Madras. The cigars are packaged inside a collectible ACID-branded four-bay […]
