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by CigarCraig | August 28, 2018 · 12:32 pm

Podcast: Singer Songwriter Nik Everett and A Joya Cabinetta

After a brief hiatus, I’m back with episode seven of the podcast. My friend Nik Everett is a local musician in the Wilmington, Delaware area who’s been a staple on the scene in the Delaware valley for a long time, and recently got into cigars. It’s always fun for me to hang out with Nik, so I thought it would be fun to share that with others. Nik and I talk about his music career, his enjoyment of cigars and meander through various topics as we hang around the CigarCraig lounge enjoying Joya Cabinetta Belicosos. First saw Nik at an open mic night at a local coffee house several years ago, it might have been a night our son’s band played there too, I can’t remember, and we have a bunch of mutual friends. Check him out at nikeverett.com or his Facebook page or wherever excellent music is sold. Without further ado, I hope you enjoy this installment of the CigarCraig podcast.

I’d like to thank Ed Sullivan, an old friend and the producer of several shows on the United Podcast Network for some valuable advice, which I hope I applied correctly on this episode! Until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | August 3, 2018 · 2:05 pm

Podcast: Episode 6: Litto Gomez of La Flor Dominicana and an Altria Rant

Last week I attended an event at my local CigarCigars store with La Flor Dominicana‘s Litto Gomez, and got a few minutes to talk to him afterwards. I wrote about the event in my Sunday post. Since it was a short interview, I decided to rant for a few minutes about this weeks Cigar Aficianado “news” story about Altria’s FDA nine page comment which drew their ire, but, it the grand scheme of things, probably wasn’t as evil as everyone thought! Welcome to episode 6 of the CigarCraig Podcast!

America’s Largest Cigarette Company Comes Out Against FDA Exemption For Handmade Cigars

CIGAR EDITORIAL: THE ALTRIA FALLOUT – 2 DAYS LATER

SIX THOUGHTS: ALTRIA’S PREMIUM CIGAR EXEMPTION STANCE

That’s all for today, until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | July 17, 2018 · 10:27 am

Podcast: CigarCraig Podcast Episode Five: Cigar Prop with Kevin Shahan

Kevin Shahan is an entrepreneur who makes products to suit his own needs and put them on the market! His cigar props are beautifully made and designed, and his lighter bleeding tool is something everyone who has a butane lighter needs to have. In my 20 years of interacting with cigar smokers on the internet, I’ve taken pride in the fact that I’ve personally met many hundreds of those people, and I’m quite pleased that Kevin is among those I have met face to face and feel privileged to call him a friend. He’s someone who came across my blog and started a conversation, like many of you. Cigars are good for that. So check out CigarProp.com to see Kevin’s wares, or check them out on Amazon.com.

We also smoked and talked about the Fat Bottom Betty from Drew Estate’s Deadwood Tobacco Company’s Crazy Bitches line, I enjoy those quite a bit for a change of pace, loads of unique flavors! Although some of the audio isn’t great, I hope you enjoy this episode! I’m still working on technical aspects, this time I thought I had something good, but it turned out I didn’t, fortunately Kevin had my back, recording it from his end. I’ll get this figured out, I promise…Thanks to Kevin for joining me on the show!

Until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | July 2, 2018 · 8:00 pm

Podcast: CigarCraig Podcast Episode Four

In this, the fourth episode of the CigarCraig podcast, I present another recap of the Drew Estate Pennsylvania Barnsmoker held Saturday, June 23, 2018 in Strasburg, PA., this time with Pedro Gomez, Drew Estate’s Factory Spokesman. Pedro talks to me about the event. A full recap of the event can be found here. I had hoped to talk with a few other people at the event, but everyone there is so busy, it’s hard to get people to get a few minutes uninterrupted, which, you’ll hear, didn’t even happen with Pedro, who was very generous with his time (we go way back!). Barnsmoker’s are a good time, a great mix of education, good food and smokes a great people. If there’s one you can get to, I recommend attending one if you can. I can hardly imagine one being disappointed if one were a fan of anything cigar related.

That’s all for today, until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | June 18, 2018 · 8:00 pm

Podcast: CigarCraig Podcast Episode Three

In episode three of the CigarCraig Podcast I talk about my annual Father’s day tradition of smoking a special cigar that was made to benefit the children orphaned by hurricane Mitch in 1998 and it’s origins, and talk for a few minutes with Room 101 brand owner, Matt Booth.

Esperanza para los Niños was a cigar that Christian Eiroa made in his Camacho Factory in 1999 along with several members of the alt.smokers.cigars Usenet group who flew down to Rancho Jamastran at Christian’s invitation in what might have been one of the first consumer factory tours. The resulting cigars sold for between $77 and $87 a box with about $37 per box going directly toward educating children who lost their parents in the aftermath of hurricane Mitch in late 1998. The cigars became available in July of 1999 and something like 2500 boxes were made. I purchased a box as a Father’s Day gift for myself in 2000, and will smoke the last one from that box in 2020. The second part of the podcast features a post event interview with Matt Booth, who got his start with Christian Eiroa, so it ties together.