As we wrap up 2022, we welcome the one and only Tom Lazuka back to Prime Time. We will catch up with Tom on all things Asylum and CLE. We will also talk some industry topics with Tom, and of course we will see how Tom is holding up during a tough year for professional […]
Prime Time Special Edition 132: Reviewing the 2022 Reveal
William Cooper Podcast No Comments Cigar Aficionado, Cigar Coop Coalition, El Oso Fumar, Espinosa, Podcast, Prime Time Special Edition, The Smoking Syndicate
CA has published its Top 25 list and it was embroiled in a lot of controversy. Was this justified or not? Tonight, we will have the Cigar Coop Coalition in the house and will also be joined by Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars and John McTavish of Developing Palates for commentary and analysis of the […]
Prime Time Special Edition 131: The Baseball Show – 2022 Season in Review
William Cooper Podcast No Comments Cigar Dojo, Crowned Heads, El Oso Fumar, Espinosa, Podcast, Prime Time Special Edition
The 2022 Major League Baseball Season is in the annuls of history. Tonight Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars, Miguel Schoedel of Crowned Heads, and Rob Rasmussen of Cigar Dojo join members of the Cigar Coop Coalition Team to recap the 2022 Season. We will look back at the stories, teams, and players that highlighted the […]
Prime Time Special Edition 130: The 2022 Election Night Cigar Show
William Cooper Podcast No Comments El Oso Fumar, Podcast, Prime Time Special Edition
In what has now become somewhat of a tradition on Special Edition, we will do a cigar show while the 2022 Election Results come in. We will look at the results from the key Gubernatorial, Senate, and House races. While the results are pouring in, we will some cigars and see as the tabulations come […]
Prime Time Special Edition 129: Cigar Company Power Rankings & Aging Experiment #4 Conclusion
William Cooper Podcast No Comments El Oso Fumar, Podcast, Prime Time Special Edition
On Prime Time Special Edition 129, we wrap up our Aging Experiment on the Aladino Corojo Reserva Figurado and introduce our first cut of Cigar Company Power Ratings. With the Aging Experiment, we pick a cigar and smoke it, we smoke it six months later, and then another six months after that. Tonight we revisit […]
Announcement: Prime Time Special Edition 135 – Glynn Loope & Joshua Habursky, Premium Cigar Association
William Cooper Announcement No Comments Announcement, El Oso Fumar, PCA, Premium Cigar Association, Prime Time Special Edition
Tonight we welcome back Glynn Loope & Joshua Habursky of the Premium Cigar Association to Special Edition. Glynn and Josh will give us a legislative update at things on both the federal and state level. In addition they will update us on the PCA’s advocacy efforts. Plus we will have our Tabacalera USA Great […]
Announcement: Prime Time Special Edition 134 -Aging Experiment #5, Part 1: Padrón Family Reserve No. 46 Maduro
William Cooper Announcement No Comments Announcement, El Oso Fumar, Padron, Prime Time Special Edition
Tonight we begin Aging Experiment #5 as we discuss and smoke the Padrón Family Reserve No 46 Maduro. With the “Aging Experiment” Series, Bear and Coop smoke a cigar, smoke another cigar six months later, and a third cigar one year later. The idea is to see how the cigar responds to aging over a […]
Announcement: Prime Time Special Edition 132: Reviewing the 2022 Reveal
William Cooper Announcement No Comments Announcement, El Oso Fumar, Espinosa, Prime Time Special Edition, The Smoking Syndicate
Last week, CA published its Top 25 list and it was embroiled in a lot of controversy. Was this justified or not? Tonight, we will have the Cigar Coop Coalition in the house and will also be joined by Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars and John McTavish of Developing Palates for commentary and analysis […]
Announcement: The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable #10 – Cuba Aliados by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo
William Cooper Announcement No Comments Announcement, Cuba Aliados, El Oso Fumar, Oliva, The Smoking Syndicate, The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable
The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable reconvenes tonight as we smoke Oliva’s Cuba Aliados by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo in the Torpedo size. A year ago, Oliva stunned the cigar world indicating it was acquiring three Honduran brands from the Reyes family: Cuba Aliados, Puros Indios, and Roly. Just before the Trade Show, Oliva relaunched the Cuba Aliados […]
Announcement: Prime Time Special Edition 131: The Baseball Show – 2022 Season in Review
William Cooper Announcement No Comments Announcement, Crowned Heads, Developing Palates, El Oso Fumar, Espinosa, Prime Time Special Edition
The 2022 Major League Baseball Season is in the annuls of history. Tonight Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars, Miguel Schoedel of Crowned Heads, and Rob Rasmussen of Cigar Dojo join members of the Cigar Coop Coalition Team to recap the 2022 Season. We will look back at the stories, teams, and players that highlighted the […]