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Cigar Review: LH Cigars Aniversario
Jimmy D returns from The Drawing Room in Davenport, IA to review the latest release from Nick Syris and LH Cigars, the Aniversario. This LE from LH is Nick’s...
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Cigar Review: Justice by Stoic Cigars
Late in 2024, Vance Taylor launched Stoic Cigars. For those who might be unfamiliar with what Stoicism is, it is the philosophy of self-discipline...
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Cigar Review: Entropy Toro by Domain Cigars
Jimmy D returns to review the Entropy toro by Domain Cigars. Featuring an Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, over a binder and fillers from Nicaragua. This...
The Latest Simply Stogies Podcast Media
The very latest episodes of Simply Stogies media.
06 Clear the Air: The Simply Stogies After Show
Tim, Nick, and James discuss the 100th episode of Simply Stogies. The trio discuss Micallef Cigars and Andy Yaffee’s appearance, and what it takes to be a sales person in the cigar industry. They...
Episode 100: Micallef Cigars’ Andy Yaffee
James and Nick welcome our friend Andy Yaffee, the National Sales Director for Micallef Cigars, to the show. For our 100th episode, we ask Andy about the new sizes of the Micallef Leyenda...
05 Clear the Air: The Simply Stogies After Show
Tim welcomes both hosts from Simply Stogies, James and Nick, to Clear the Air this week. The trio discuss the Festival del Habano and Cuban cigars in general. Nick gets the full Clear the...
Episode 99: Festival del Habano 2023
James and Nick discuss the 2023 Festival del Habano that was held in Cuba from Feb. 27 – March 3. Nick battles through the lingering cough from the “Commie Corona” to walk us through...
04 Clear the Air: The Simply Stogies After Show
Tim and James have no show to discuss. Is it really an after show? Regardless, the pair discuss proposed rules for cigar factories by the FDA and how that will impact both mainstream and...
The Latest Reviews
Cigar Review: Casdagli “Brothers of the Sabre” Forrader
A few months before the 2023 PCA Trade Show I was fortunate enough to sit in on an online cut & light with guest Jeremy Casdagli. It was three amazing hours of sampling Casdagli...
Top 10 Cigars of 2023: Honorable Mention
The LH Cigars Nikos was originally released in November 2022. It features an Ecuadorian HVA binder, Ecuadorian Habano binder, and fillers from Nicaragua and Brazil…along with two ligero tobaccos from the Dominican Republic and...
Cigar Review: All Saints Cigar Solamente (2023)
If you are familiar with All Saints Cigars, good; if not, you should be. The self-stylized Holy Trinity, consisting of friends Micky Pegg, Marty Corbon, and Frank Layo, started in 2019. Their first cigar,...
Cigar Review: Las Calaveras Edicion Limatada 2023 LC54 from Crowned Heads
Each year Crowned Heads releases the Las Calaveras line of cigars. They began releasing Las Calaveras in 2014 as a way to honor and remember those in the cigar industry who passed away the...
Cigar Review: Lomo de Cerdo from Tatuaje
I once again find myself reviewing a cigar that has its beginnings pre-2018. (For those not in the know, 2018 was the year I started smoking cigars.) This time, it’s the Tatuaje Lomo de...
Episode 150: Pre-PCA with Charlie Minato
James and Nick welcome Charlie Minato of halfwheel.com back to the program. This special bonus episode and all of our 2025 PCA Convention & Trade Show is sponsored...
52 Clear the Air: A Simply Stogies Podcast After Show
Tim brings James and Nick back for another Simply Stogies After Show. Last week James and Nick interviewed Vance Taylor, founder of Stoic Cigars. The three talk about the...
Episode 149: Vance Taylor of Stoic Cigars
James and Nick welcome the owner and founder of Stoic Cigars, Vance Taylor, to Simply Stogies. Vance tells us how he was first in the cigar industry with LUJ...