On this show we celebrate the second anniversary of the Prime Time Jukebox. To celebrate, we bring two guests named Mike – Mike Szczepankiewicz and Mike Palmer, from the A Cigar Hustler’s Podcast. Keeping to the theme of two, on this show we will look at some of our favorite second albums from some […]
Cigar News: Powstanie Wojtek 2021 Edition Announced
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This week Powstanie Cigar’s 2021 installment of its Powstanie Wojtek series, the Powstanie Wojtek Toro, is heading to retailers. The Powstanie Wojtek 2021 Edition is a 6 x 52 box-pressed Toro, a first for the Wojtek line.The blend is highlighted by a barber pole wrapper consisting of an Ecuadorian Habano and San Andres Maduro leaf. […]
Agile Cigar Review: Powstanie Wojtek Toro (2020)
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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 […]
Cigar News: Pospiech to Release Collaboration with Room101 Cigars
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Pospiech Cigars has announced a new collaboration with Room101 Cigars known as Who Shot Ya. “Who Shot Ya is the second in our line of exclusive partnerships with our close friends in the cigar industry,” says Mike Szczepankiewicz, owner of Pospiech Cigars and Cigar Hustler, in a press release. The cigar itself is […]
Cigar News: Pospiech Set to Release The Bangarang
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Pospiech Inc, best known as the distributor of Powstanie cigars, has a new release known as The Bangarang. The Bangarang is a collaboration being done with Espinosa cigars. It features an undisclosed blend in a 6 x 48 format. It will be sold in 20-count bundles priced at $10.50 per cigar. “We believe we can […]
2020 Cigar of the Year Countdown: #15: Powstanie SBC18
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“…when a cigar excels in the flavor category it goes a long way. This is exactly the case when it comes to the Powstanie SBC18.” Wrapper: San Andres Mexican, Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Country of Origin: Nicaragua Factory: Fabrica de Tabacos Nica Sueño S.A. Corona Gorda: 5 1/2 x 46 Price: $16.00 […]
Cigar News: Powstanie Wojtek Toro Released
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Starting today, Powstanie Cigars’ 2020 installment of its Powstanie Wojtek series, the Powstanie Wojtek Toro is now heading to retailers. The Powstanie Wojtek is a limited edition cigar first launched in 2019 in a perfecto size. The cigar pays homage to the Polish heritage of owners Mike and Greg Szczepankiewicz. The name Powstanie means uprising […]
Summer of ’20 Spotlight: Powstanie Cigars
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For the past few years, Pospiech Cigars, the distribution company run by the owners of Cigar Hustler, Mike and Greg Szczepankiewicz, have been a part of RoMa Craft Tobac’s booth at the then-IPCPR Trade Show. Pospiech distributes several brands that are produced out the Nica Sueno factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. This includes Fable Cigars, FQ […]
Cigar Review: Powstanie Wojtek (Perfecto)
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One of the earliest contract brands that came out of Skip Martin and Esteban Disla’s Nica Sueño factory is Powstanie Cigars. Powstanie is a brand owned by Mike and Greg Szczepankiewicz, the owners of Cigar Hustler. The company has two regular production cigars with the Powstanie Habano and Powstanie Maduro. Over the past few years, […]
Cigar Review: Powstanie SBC18
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In 2018, a small-batch limited edition cigar named Powstanie SBC18 hit the market. Powstanie is a brand owned by Mike and Greg Szczepankiewicz, the owners of Cigar Hustler. To produce their brand the Szczepankiewicz brothers teamed up with Nica Sueño, the factory co-owned by Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac. SBC stands for “Surrounded by […]