Not Just Blowing Smoke with Pastor Padron

Valentine’s and Red Wine

Is Valentine's Day still a big day for couples? Should we care if it is or isn't? In this Valentine's Day episode, while we share our thoughts on that subject, Tequila Talia stops by with some Camp Viejo Roija Gran Reserva wine to pair with the La Flor Dominicana Colorado Oscuro No. 5 and Cornell & Diehl's Blockade Runner pipe tobacco. 
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Coin Toss: Blind Tasting of 3 different coin cut tobaccos From Pastor Padron’s Library

Coming at you live from Pastor Padron's smoking room! Join us as we do a blind tasting of three different coin cut tobaccos--Davidoff Flake Medallions, Peterson's De Luxe Navy Flakes, and Escudo--each paired with Woodford Reserve. Will anyone be able to pick out which is which? Which will turn out to be the top one? Join us for this special off-site fireside episode of NJBS!
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Hammer + Sickle’s Erik Wentworth and the 2021 EPH Toro

Popular guest and rising boutique "cigarleberty," Erik Wentworth, Executive VP of Cigars for Hammer + Sickle joins us as we look at the second release of the EPH, a cigar Erik blended to honor the founder of Hammer + Sickle, the late Erik P. Hansen. Originally released as a torpedo in 2019, the 2021 release is a Toro which uses the same blend. We loved the original release and even did a follow up smoking the original with two years of aging on it, and it only got better. Will this vitola live up to our expectations? We will share our thoughts with you as we smoke it along with a Hammer + Sickle Vodka cocktail in this special all-cigar episode.
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Baseball Legend and Cigar Aficionado, Orlando Cabrera

Cigars, tobacco, drinks, sports, and a rare inside look at one of the leaders behind the scenes at Twins Smoke Shop--this episode has it all! Baseball great, Orlando Cabrera and Twins Smoke Shop GM Shawn Rienert perform an all-star takeover of NJBS. Orlando, a longtime cigar aficionado brings some cigars that he has been aging specifically to share with us. Shawn is excited to get to interview his good friend Orlando and talk about his colorful and storied career, but not as excited as Orlando is to interview Shawn who is Kurt Kendall's right-hand man who usually avoids the spotlight. Don't miss this one! 
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Something Old and Something New

In this episode we mix things up by doing our pipe tobacco segment first and revisit a tobacco we reviewed 2 years ago when it was initially released--G.L. Pease Penny Farthing. Does this tobacco still hold up to expectations now? In the second half, we look at the new and much anticipated release from Steve Saka and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust--The Sin Compromiso Paladin de Saka. Is this super premium cigar all Saka promises it to be? There is only one way to find out! But don't just take our word for it, break out your pipe and get a tine of Penny Farthing and a Paladin and smoke along with us and share your thoughts with us!
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2021 Cigar and Pipe Tobacco of the Year

In this episode we reveal our picks for best new cigar and pipe tobacco of 2021. There was a lot of competition this year. What made the final cut? You will have to tune in tonight to find out!
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Picking the Woodford Reserve Barrel Selection for the 7-20-4 Lounge

Kurt Kendall tasked us with choosing the next single barrel selection of Woodford Reserve for the 7-20-4 Lounge. And that is a responsibility we take with the seriousness it deserves! Woodford's local rep Tyler Tomlin joins us as we taste from 3 different possible selections. While we discuss which we think should be the next barrel selection for the bar, we will be pairing it with the newly released 7-20-4 Original Toro and with Esoterica's Penzance pipe tobacco from Pastor Padron's personal cellar. 
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2021 Top Five

When life hand you lemons, you make lemonade. A number of things that were out of control made it impossible to do the episode we had planned. So we adapted and decided to talk about our favorite new cigars and tobaccos of 2021. We each picked one of our top 5 cigars and tobaccos to smoke on the show, and each of us brought a whiskey: Paul smoked the Montecristo 1935 Toro and brought Old Tub, Pastor Padron smoked the Undercrown 10 Lonsdale and brought Old Forester 100 Proof, and Dave smoked the Stillwell Star English No. 27 and brought Glenlivet Caribbean Cask. We each planned to have a dram of each and see which paired best with what we were smoking. At the last minute, NJBS friend and previous guest, Kelly Shemeth, showed up with her own favorite cigar, a Fiat Lux Insight and a bottle of Hudson Whiskey's Do the Rye Thing. Fun and hilarity ensued!
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