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Episode 103: My Old Kentucky Herf 2023
James visits the crew of FatAsh Cigar Lounge in Ashland, Kentucky for the third annual My Old Kentucky Herf! James talks with Dwight Adkins, owner of FatAsh Cigar Lounge and founder of MOKH, to...
Episode 102: Zoom with Zev
Nick and James are joined by Zev Kaminetsky of Toscano Cigars. We get Zev’s take on a litany of cigar issues: brokers, manufacturers, the PCA, the CRA, and cigar media. Zev doesn’t hold back...
07 Clear the Air: A Simply Stogies After Show
Tim is joined by James and Nick as they discuss Episode 101 with Dr. Oscar Rodriguez of GTO Cigars. The trio discuss the interview and hit the highlights while adding their opinions and expanding...
Episode 101: Dr. Oscar Rodriguez of GTO Cigars
James and Nick are joined by the CEO of GTO Dominican Cigars, Dr. Oscar Rodriguez. Dr. Rodriguez gives us the history of growing tobacco on the family farm in the Dominican Republic and some...
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...
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...
64 Clear the Air: A Simply Stogies Podcast After Show
Episode 164: Zack Van Ginkel of HDA Cigars
63 Clear the Air: A Simply Stogies Podcast After Show