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PCA 2025 Coverage

The 2025 PCA Trade Show has come and gone. Below are the latest 3 interviews. Click here to see all of our interviews.

The Latest Simply Stogies Podcast Media

The very latest episodes of Simply Stogies media.

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...

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03 Clear the Air: The Simply Stogies After Show

Tim and James cover Episode 98 of Simply Stogies Podcast. James smokes the Don Olivan Intercontinental and talks about have Ish Olivan on the podcast. We talk about BAMF Cigars‘ use of different tobaccos...

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Episode 98: Ish Olivan & BAMF Cigars

James and Nick welcome Ismael “Ish” Olivan, owner of BAMF Cigars and part of owner of Rodriguez Olivan Cigars Facotry, to the show. We talk to Ish about how he started his cigar journey...

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02 Clear The Air: A Simply Stogies After Show

Tim brings James back into the after show  lounge following Simply Stogies Podcast Episode 97 where they recap one of the most long awaited shows in cigar listening history, The Smooth Draws Reunion Show....

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Episode 97: The Smooth Draws Reunion

Nick and James are pleased to present the Smooth Draws Reunion Show. Nick welcomes part of the old Smooth Draws crew back: Chad “the Hangman” Potiers, Valerie Bradshaw, and William “Cigar Coop” Cooper. We...

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The Latest Reviews

Cigar Review: New World Dorado Toro by AJ Fernandez Cigars

Most cigars tend to use tobacco from multiple farms or countries, so it is much less common to see a cigar constructed with tobacco from the same farm or country. The newest edition of...

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Cigar Review: Y Panda Toro by Luciano Cigars

The 2023 PCA Trade Show gave us a lot to look forward to, and one of those cigars was the Y Panda by Luciano Cigars.  I was lucky enough to steal the one that...

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Cigar Review: Seleccion De Fabrica Connecticut by Davidoff

Full transparency: there isn’t a lot of information out there about this brand by Davidoff. When you Google search for Seleccion de Fabrica by Davidoff the only thing that comes up are links to...

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Wessex Brown Virginia Flake

Frequent readers will throw up their hands and ask ‘What! Another Brown Virginia?’ New readers will ask ‘What even is Brown Virginia?’ As we’ve found in previous reviews, Brown Virginias are another name for...

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Cigar Review: El Gueguense Macho Raton by Foundation Cigars

The El Gueguense line was one of the first cigars I had from Foundation. I instantly fell in love with the medium-bodied blend and the company. If there was one cigar I would tell...

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