Tonight the Cigar Coop Coalition Team gathers together for Post Game Show on the 2023 PCA Trade Show. We will talk about what we saw, what we liked, what we didn’t like – and we will take you behind the scenes on what the happenings and drama that is associated with a PCA Trade Show. Plus […]
Tonight we continue 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 […]
The Smoking Syndicate teams up with El Oso Fumar Takes to review the Tatuaje Avion 13 Tuxtla. This is an edited version of the live show that was showcased on El Oso Fumar Takes Episode #252 on Facebook. Wrapper: Mexican San Andres Binder: Double Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Country of Origin: Nicaragua Vitola: Perfecto Size: 6 […]
Prime Time Special Edition is back, and tonight we are honored to welcome back the one and only Rafael Nodal. He is the Director of Product Capability for Tabacalera USA, and the co-founder of Aging Room Cigars. Bear and Coop will smoke the new Aging Room Nicaragua Quattro Sonata – it’s the sequel to the […]
Let the madness begin. It’s that time of the year when we cover the annual Premium Cigar Association Trade Show. This will be our 13th year covering the show on Cigar Coop. While the Trade Show takes place from July 7 through July 11, we will have plenty of opportunity to deliver PCA content to […]
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. […]
Tonight we celebrate our six year anniversary of Special Edition. We are pleased to welcome Hendrik Kelner Jr of the Kelner Boutique Family. Hendrik comes from one of the most renowned tobacco families out there, and for the past several yeas has struck out on his own with his own factory. We will dive into […]
Tonight we turn our attention to Sophomore Releases. These are the second releases from either a company, a brand, or a line. We look at some of the better known Sophomore releases and determine if they were a success or a failure. Finally, we have our United Cigars Presidents, Tabacalera USA Great Things are Happening, […]
Baseball’s back and so is the Prime Time team ready to cover it. Tonight, we bring back our guest cigar industry panel of Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars, Miguel Schoedel of Crowned Heads, The Smoking Syndicate’s Ben Lee, and Rob Rasmussen of Cigar Dojo as we preview the 2023 Major League Baseball Season. We will […]
