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Of course it's good, we are German · Sips, Suds, & Smokes

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  > Announcer>On the next episode of Sips, Suds and Smokes.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Drumroll, please. German Engineering Cigars. You asked, uh, for it. And here we are to fool one another again. So what's in the box? Oh, what's this? We have the RVGN 5x50. We have the RVGN Extreme 5x50, the Raum Zeit 5x50, the Weltschmeer 5x50, and the Kraftwicks 5x50. Thank you. I said it all correctly. These were all part of the new blister packs that they released at the PCA this year in New Orleans.
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  > Announcer>We'll be right back after this break. Brought to you almost live from the dude in the Basement studios.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Why?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
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  > Announcer>It sips, Suds and smokes with your smoke. And host the good old boys. Hey, man, got a light? It's time for smokes.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Hey, guys. Welcome to Smokes episode where everything in life is worth good and disgusting.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yes.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin All right, to my right, I got good old boy Rich.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Welcome back. Yes, it is I good old boy Robert.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah, Good old boy Justin Petersen. Uh, and then we got ones and twos. We've got Mike on the ones and twos today. He lost his microphone privileges a while back, and we'll talk about it in small group. But we are the best thing on at 2am right before tap dancing with Stephen Hawkins and Horse Riding 101 with Christopher Reeves. As you know, and I hope you know, our smoke segments are all about cigars and, well, everything that smokes.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>But today's segment is. Drumroll, please. German Engineering Cigars. You asked, uh, for it, and here we are to fool one another again. So what's in the box? Oh, what's this? We have the RVGN 5x50, we have the RVGN Extreme 5x50, the Raum Zeit 5x50, the Weltschmere 5x50, and the Kraft Vicks 5x50. Now, uh, these were all part. Thank you. I said it all correctly. These were all part of the new blister packs that they released at the PCA this year in New Orleans, which, if you haven't heard that episode, go check out that episode.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It's a lot of fun. But these blister packs were awesome. You guys think so?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah, they were fun.
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  > Bob>I think German engineering at its finest.
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  > Bob>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Are they four by 50s?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Okay, four by 50s. I'm sorry folks. Thank you for the correction. Rich. Listen, but strap on and hang in tight. We're gonna have fun today.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin It triggers you?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin flash from the past.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Ah, what was her name?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin If you miss anything, you can download it from our back catalog. From sipsudsandsmokes.com we might have video of Rich's summer camp. Not likely if you're a cigar newbie. Fret not. We got you covered in the one on one episode.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Also@sipsudsandsmokes.com where you can check us out. Also go follow us on Instagram. And if you don't, well, you just suck. Anyway, Robert is gonna go over the smokes ratings today. Robert, tell us about these V things.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin and rating them with our sip suds and smokes.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Smokes ratings plus signature sound. Here's a sample for your pleasure. I would smoke this again.
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  > Announcer>Three.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's three minus three. Little technical error.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>He's been drinking. So that's why he's not on Mike anymore. He can't stop talking. All right, listen, Justin's gonna tell us about German Engineered cigars. But before he does that, I just want to give a huge shout out to Klaus and Oliver and Utah and. That's right. That's right. Oliver's wife.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's right. You guys are awesome. And what you're doing in the cigar industry is awesome.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin You guys have nailed it 100%. And they actually won our best in show of award at the pca.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin And if you go look at German Engineered cigars dot com, you'll see on their landing page the award that we presented them with.
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  > Bob>Well, that's awesome.
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  > Bob>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Our words are the holy Grail.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin There was some, some other awards that other podcasts have put out and I was like, yeah, paid for that. We built ours.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Sudden Smokes.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's right. That's right. Mike wouldn't let us do that one because it didn't come out right. It was in Brown Fatou doo. Yeah. Uh, anyway, Robert.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin You did great. Justin, tell us about the German Engineered cigars.
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  > Bob>German Engineered Cigars was founded by Oliver, uh, and Klaus in 2015. The idea that cigar blending could be approached with same precision and discipline found in engineering rather than Relying solely on tradition or instinct, the goal is to create cigars through structured methodical process. Each component serves a defined purpose.
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  > Bob>From the start, the brand focused on consistency, balance and performance, treating each blend as a system to be refined and perfected. This foundation laid the groundwork for a new way of thinking about cigars. Combining technical analysis with craftsmanship to deliver a dependable and repeatable experience. German Engineered Cigars is celebrating 10m years of applying unique, precision driven approach to cigar craftsmanship. From the beginning, the brand is focused on combining the discipline of German engineering with the artistry of traditional cigar making, resulting in blends designed with structure, balance and consistency in mind. Over the past decade, this methodical process has set cigar engineers apart, emphasizing calculated blending and repeatable results. Rather than relying solely on tradition, each cigar is developed with careful attention how each component works together, creating a refined and dependable smoking experience. And Rich is going to start us off with rvgn.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Now listen, Rich is going to start us off with the rvgn, however, beforehand.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin were, you did that well. Very well.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Spot on.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin again.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I would listen to an audible book from you, but only if it was spoken in Germany.
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  > Bob>Yeah, I'd be happy to do that job.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, I'm not paying for that either. It's free,
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  > Bob>of course, but are you Jewish?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Too soon, Justin. Too soon. All right, listen, it's so funny because when we first met Oliver, uh, and Klaus, we met him in Vegas. Me and Rich met him in Vegas.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin And I think Mike was there. Were you there with us? And Justin, you were there as well, right?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, yeah, he was lurking in the background somewhere. Yeah, it was a lot of fun when we met them. But we. Listen, the way that they describe their cigars to people is unlike anyone describes their cigars to anyone. And you know, for the first, you know, year or so, it was like the, you know, the butt end of the joke a little bit. Like, yeah, they do this and that. No, but the more that we think, uh, the more and more I meet them and the more and more I spend like a little bit of time talking to them. Like, those dudes have passion behind what they do.
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  > Bob>They really warmed up over the years
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>and man, they have just when, you know, when they see us coming, they're like, oh, hi. You know, and they're just always happy to see us and, and we're happy to see them. And I am m so glad that they're celebrating 10 years. Congratulations. To German engineering cigars for celebrating 10 years.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's huge.
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  > Bob>Wunderbar.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. 10 years on anything is huge. And like.
• 9:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin gonna go from here.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And I, and what's funny is that from the day one of smoking their cigars, like I saw the quality in their work.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin And so me just, you know, making jokes, uh, uh, at, you know, at the Germans, you know, it's fun, but like, what they're doing, like, they've got it, you know, they're, they're really pushing forward with the new, the new, um, era of cigars.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin You know, and that goes in with their packaging and their branding and, and everything that they're doing. And it's really, it's, it's humbling and awesome to see a brand come out like that and be so strong. And it.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin That's right.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin these cigars.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yes.
• 10:49
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yep.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And we'll be right back after this. Hey, welcome back from buying all of these precious items that we have taught you to purchase.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Buy some.
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  > Announcer>Do it now.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Anyway, Rich is going to start us off with the rvgn.
• 11:16
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin translate roughly into smoking pleasure in German.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>This is how they describe this cigar.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, you gotta read it in a German accent.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin magnificent Sunday sunny morning. Yeah, it's all right.
• 11:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It's great. Uh, I'll give it a 4.
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  > Bob>It could be Sunday.
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  > Bob>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin day it is. From the first impression you hit with a highly aromatic chocolatey wrapper. The cold draw brings fresh hay, green fields and a touch of mint. Once lit, the cigar opens into cedarwood, alpine herbs and moist forest layered with notes of peat, coffee, ginger, and even a mechanical edge. What they describe is. No, what they describe is brake fluid. And what is that?
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  > Bob>Snooshen pepper.
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  > Bob>Szechuan.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Szechuan.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin feel fast, bright and consistently evolving.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Now, if I'm not mistaken, this was their very first cigar blend they released. Okay. And this cigar reminds me of some of the more vintage Davidoffs that I have smoked.
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  > Bob>Oh, interesting.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It's very much a nice smoke mouth feel, very chill burn. Doesn't get Hot in your hand. Like really, you could. There's patience involved in making this. And the wrappers are extremely thin because it's, it's what, uh, did you read the. What it was.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin binders in Dominican criollo, 98 fillers.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Dominican, Nicaraguan, Pennsylvania, uh, USA, um, paleto style.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So, yeah, now, uh, this is what we were able to pull offline. So if I'm incorrect, any of that, we apologize.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah. But the, the rapper, that Ecuadorian is just. Yeah, go ahead.
• 13:26
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin In a second. Okay, will you calm down, sir?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin We're talking about this cigar.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin You eat vineyard already?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Very satisfying.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, I, I love the cigar. What about you, Robert?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, Is that all you got?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin what, For a cigar like, you know, just what you're reading about. It's, it's a lot smoother than I expected. It just had a great taste. Had a great, um, smoke. Construction was great.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. Justin, what do you think?
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  > Bob>This cigar started out amazing, but I wouldn't recommend smoking it in a hot tub because that could cause relight issues with the extreme humidity. So smoke it in a dry place.
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  > Bob>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Ah, for sure. I mean, that would be any cigar.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I mean, his hot tub is inside of his sauna, so let's just. He tries to get stoned with two birds at once.
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  > Bob>You must be multitasking.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's. That's right. Maximum effort. But honestly, this was the, this was the cigar out the gate a few years ago at PCA that they give us and when they only had one or two cigars in their line and, um, I remember walking away going, man, I really, you know, in my mind, you know, you see brands, you judge brands based on branding, right?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin And it's very minimalist branding. And so when I.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Walking away from that, I'm like, uh, I'm probably not gonna like the cigar. And I remember smoking it and going, yeah, I was wrong. And their branding has grown upon me. Very much so. To where, like when they start talking about the, the robots that gives you a slice of cake and driving around, you know, the Nuremberg Ring with, you know, the sun down, you know, sun beating on your face and it's just like, yeah, I could, I could get behind that, like that's cool, you know. So, um, what are we gonna rate it here? What are we gonna give her? Yeah, we'll give it a four.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Magnificent. And I'm gonna tell us about the RVGN Extreme. The RVG and Extreme is a medium bodied hand rolled long filler made by Inter Cigar in the Dominican Republic. German engineered cigars describes the aromatic experience as leading the race in Nuremberg. Managing the wet track. It says. I'm gonna butcher this. Yeah, that was horrible. There's a reason that I don't live in Germany. Yeah. Uh, the rapper gives a rose. Yeah, because I hear ginger. That's right. That's right.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>They don't like ginger. I wish to register a complaint. The wrapper gives aroma of honey and mint. The cold draw shows lavender honey, wet grass and cool rain. And the smoke brings oak, alpine herbs, wet leather, pine, forest espresso, hot titanium, dark cocoa, cherries and white pepper. And it's available as a 54cm cubed Toronto and a 6.25 by 52 cubed is to the third. Right?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, I listened in math class at least.
• 17:03
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Uh, it's a Mexican indisclosed seed wrapper. I'm assuming it's going to be a San, um, Andreas, but maybe not Dominican. Olor Jacuagan, uh, Zone carbonel variety. Somebody helped me with these words. I need help. Um, the fillers are Peloton Crio 98 from the Dr. Mayo like mayonnaise and Nicaraguan Condega. What's the. Is it Mao? Is that what it is? Is it Mao?
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  > Announcer>Mao.
• 17:39
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Mao. Okay. Yeah. I'm telling you, this little English is hard for me.
• 17:44
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Hawaqua. Oh man, I'd have never got that one.
• 17:49
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, Uh, I got. Maybe that's going to come up next to my Duolingo. Hopefully Duolingo tobacco.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, listen, I just smoked this cigar today actually. This was the last one in the flight that I had to smoke and it was, it was pretty pleasant, a little spicy. Um, had a lot of that pepper up front. Um, but other than that it was, it burned great. They call it the V. Yeah, the>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Right, yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin And I keep thinking of the old metal band Extreme.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You remember that?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Do you want to play?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin than the RVG and.
• 18:33
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 18:33
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin A little bit more extreme. Oh yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
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  > Bob>The Extreme maximum M flavor.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's right.
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  > Bob>Da.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's right. It was really good. Um, I enjoyed it. Did you smoke it?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin else in the sample pack.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Correct.
• 18:48
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Anyway, so it hit, it hit all the things that I like in a cigar.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
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  > Bob>Justin, this one started out like a normal cigar.
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  > Bob>And then by the second, third, it went to the extreme style.
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  > Bob>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Uh, it had a great balance of fruit, floral and pepper. And, um, this one. Kick butt right to the end.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was real good.
• 19:18
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin were real consistent throughout too, with the, with those.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So that's one thing we're going to get into when we come back from break is this blister pack. And how we're gonna figure that out. Um, you know, there's a lot that going on with that blister pack and humidification. How is that going to play in?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Because I did notice a couple of things.
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  > Bob>It tried it a little bit. Yeah.
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  > Bob>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>There was a little bit of dryness, but I think it can be mitigated. And we'll be right back to talk about it. Hey, Envia. Ah, back. Welcome. We, uh, are talking of German engineering cigars and just went over the RVGN Extreme. And what were we going to rate that? Give it a four all around.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Magnificent. Now, I want to take a second and talk about this blister pack>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin me and Robert are arguing about.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin humidification in these blister packs.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Oliver or I don't know if you did, but I was there. Talk to Oliver and, um, um, what's his name? Klaus. Sorry, Oliver and Klaus. And, and they, they never said that this was supposed to be a humidity humidified pack.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>They did. They did not say that. Correct.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin your humidor.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 20:48
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah.
• 20:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin be, you know, it would be humidified.
• 20:56
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Like if you could somehow, when you're running them through the line and sealing them, humidifier. If you could put a little bit of humidity in there with them, you know, But I don't know what that would be because then you run the risk of promoting mold inside the packaging.
• 21:11
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin begin with and they're sealed in a blister pack, there's nowhere for that humidification to go.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin The plastic on the bottom isn't.
• 21:26
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin What about the bubbles on the bottom?
• 21:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Aluminium.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin It's not a long term thing.
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  > Bob>No.
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  > Bob>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So. But. But to their. What they were saying, and I was there when they were talking to him about it, because they're perforated. You can rip one cigar off. They prefer you cut it. Because I will say I went to push one of the cigars out and pop two out.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin By mistake. And that was my fault because I was being a little rough with it. But you know, if you. They want you to cut scissors down.
• 22:01
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin That's right. That's right. I was in a hurry. My hands were slippery. Um.
• 22:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin it that way. Because sometimes my concern when I first saw them was, am I going to ruin the cigar by pushing it through?
• 22:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 22:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin across.
• 22:17
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So simple to break.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin more gimmicky than it is anything else at this point. And I say gimmicky, but I don't think gimmicky is the word I would use. I would say utilitarian. Well, like, it's utilitarian to the point where. Why not? Because if I've got him in my humidor and I'm going to play golf with Mike and watch his horrible golf game.
• 22:40
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Like, I'm gonna go and, uh, I'm gonna.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin bring more than five.
• 22:45
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's right. Because he's hacking and slashing. I will be. That's right.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin convenient. It's a pack you can get. It's easy to give people. It's easy to throw in your back.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. I.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Or even if you're going out with the boys or girls or whomever.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin it's not going to. It's not protecting the cigars in any ways. You can still crush them.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. Yep.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Correct. So.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin be. It is kind of easy and convenient.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin talking about it.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's all they talked about.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin there. Gimmick or whatever you want to call it.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Everybody was talking about it.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 23:29
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin to be long term in the cigar industry. Everybody's going to go see.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I disagree.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin No, I even disagree with that. I think as it is is a standalone product right now. I think if more brands would put something in, in. In that category that's an ease of access item that then you'll see more things fall.
• 23:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin mean it has to be a blister pack.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin They're trying to find a way to get. Not this smoker, but they're trying to get the next generation of smoker right.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, you know, not the kids.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin looking at that next generation going, how do we get them? Uh, what's the appeal?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, yeah. Now that's going to be with their band Offset.
• 24:10
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin That's the. The big thing is their bands. Now let's talk about the next cigar right quick before we go into the bands because we are going to be crunched for time. So let's hear. Uh, Justin, tell us about the Weltschmir
• 24:23
  > Bob>M. The Weltschmerz is a feeling of melancholy and world weariness. It's a cigar for the darker moments of life. Weltschmirz is the emotional core of the brand. The cigar rooted in nostalgia and reflection. The experience described is back in the rolling hills of home. The oven still warm and childhood memories in the air. All is well. The first impression brings mahogany wood, stable notes and a touch of lavender. The cold draw introduces chocolate raisins, candied orange and fresh meadow air with a hint of mint. Once lit, it unfolds into green grass, sandy soil, hazelnuts and toast with raw oak layered in vanilla, blueberries and toasted walnuts. And a deep sense of warmth and darkness. It's a medium bodied cigar designed to feel personal, grounding and atmospheric. This was a very floral cigar for me.
• 25:33
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Oh. Oh, sorry. What? What?
• 25:35
  > Bob>A very floral cigar. Like the green grass and the was very prominent. But it all came together with the other notes like in the last third.
• 25:45
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. So reading was putting me to sleep. I was really so soft. Voice.
• 25:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin That's right. That's right. So what was the rapper binder filler on that one?
• 25:58
  > Bob>It was Ecuador Albano Oscudo. The binder was a Nicaragua Jalapa, and the fillers was Nicaragua, Estelle and Jalapa.
• 26:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Now, the Weltschmere is one of my favorite cigars in their line.
• 26:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Justin, tell me what you thought about it when you smoked it.
• 26:19
  > Bob>So the first third, like I said, was a lot of grass and floral notes. Flowers and all the other notes came in, um, mostly in the last third. So this is one you smoke to the very nub till it almost burns your fingers.
• 26:33
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Absolutely.
• 26:34
  > Bob>You're gonna miss out.
• 26:35
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, I smoked it down to the nub as well. I love this, you guys.
• 26:39
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I mean, what are we gonna give it? We're gonna give it a 5.
• 26:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin at night and you have a black light, you can find it. Because the word glows in the dark.
• 26:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It does, right? It glows in the dark. The band glows in the dark. Yes. But that's not the coolest thing about their bands. Let me tell you guys a little something. And this was. Tell us some of the pca. Some of the. You know, we stayed in the place and had the.
• 27:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin The thing with the people and the stuff. And it's like, no. When, uh, I sat down and started talking about German engineered cigars at the fire pit and the other podcasters were there, none of them thought about this. All they wanted to talk about was the blister pack. And I looked at him and I was like, guys, hold your phone to this band real quick. And they held their phone to the band. And what happened? Robert, tell them what happened.
• 27:32
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin when the cigar was made, where it was made. It gives you all the flavor notes of the cigar. It also gives you a place to put any comments you might have for the cigar.
• 27:44
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin talking about, you know, being able to track their cigars, so getting in touch with the actual end user of the product. They encourage you to, uh, log in your experience so that if you did have a problem, they can actually track that particular scar back to the actual batch number.
• 28:04
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin helps them troubleshoot any issues they might have.
• 28:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin you, uh, try that?
• 28:13
  > Bob>Yes. And I said the first third was very grassy, and then all the flavors just kind of melted into it.
• 28:22
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>But did you try the NFC part on your phone, is what they're talking about?
• 28:26
  > Bob>Yes. Yeah, the NFC was really cool.
• 28:29
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Did it pull up your search history?
• 28:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin But no, absolutely. So I don't mean to cut you off, Justin. I apologize. We got a minute left here on this segment. So let me tell you guys something. Let me tell you something. Uh, this is the technology of the future. So this is the technology that cigar manufacturers need to really grab hold of.
• 28:53
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin And I told Oliver, I said, I will invest. If you make this a business, I will invest in this business. Oliver, if you're listening, I want to be a part of this business. Now, that being said, when it pulls up the link of what you're smoking, it gives you the opportunity for feedback.
• 29:11
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin And they read that feedback. I know, because I was trying to show Mike that on the phone. But, like, that is so cool. And that opens up a whole realm of customer engagement. Not only would it be customer engagement, if you can help to continue to tie that to the factory. Yeah, you could. Now, you can, uh, um, you can mitigate any problems from. From lines of tobacco.
• 29:34
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin But we'll get back to that after this commercial.
• 29:41
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And welcome back from those advertisements. Dad said I've been missing the cue, but here we go.
• 29:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Welcome back to German Engineered Cigars, episod, where we are talking about everything related.
• 29:54
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Who's there? We will ask the questions. It's a good German joke. I love that. Uh, we just went over the welt schmear, and we gave it a rating of five.
• 30:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin And we were talking about the RFID chips and how they're in. This is an invaluable item for. For the cigar industry and how much value it can bring just from not only a manufacturer standpoint, but from a consumer standpoint and also boost the engagement into your brand.
• 30:28
  > Announcer>Yeah.
• 30:29
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And so, like, that is a huge thing. We're not going to spend a whole lot of time because we've got two more cigars to go over and some more, you know, cool German. German stuff about. Yes.
• 30:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin But Robert's going to be going over the Ramzite.
• 30:43
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin You better say it right.
• 30:45
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin traveling at the speed of light far beyond the next galaxy, while a Friendly Android serves cake.
• 31:01
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Ramsite, meaning space time, is one of the most imaginative cigars in the lineup that starts with a light, silky, fragrant wrapper. The cold draw brings dry leaves, birch bark, antique furniture and walnuts, often things you don't often think about in a cigar. As the scar burns, it develops into nuts, cream and honey layered with what they call stardust and malt alongside white pepper, minerals, cloves and nutmeg, creating a sweet, complex, almost otherworldly experience. This is their medium, our mild to medium blend, built to feel clean, futuristic and endless, nuanced. It is a, um, Nicaragua, Connecticut wrapper. The binder is Indonesian Sumatra and the fillers are Nicaragua, Jalapa and Dominican Republic Piloto. I liked the cigar.
• 31:57
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I do as well.
• 31:58
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin What'd you say?
• 32:01
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I don't like.
• 32:04
  > Bob>Was bold. Um, I like the white pepper. But, uh, it had its grass relighting issues as well.
• 32:13
  > Bob>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 32:16
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Was this another hot tub excursion?
• 32:18
  > Bob>It could have been. Yeah. Maybe it's better to smoke it in Nashville.
• 32:22
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That could be a segment. Tales from the hot Tub.
• 32:25
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah. Tails from the hot tub is the next step.
• 32:28
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Says the smoke segment and it'll be done one relight at a time.
• 32:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin You know, I, I this cigar I got last year at PCA from them and I absolutely love the cigar. It is great. Again, there are certain times you're like, I want something to go wrong with a cigar so that it won't be good.
• 32:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin But I couldn't find that should have
• 32:52
  > Bob>been in the hot tub with me.
• 32:53
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's, that's. Well, next time. Is that an invitation?
• 32:58
  > Announcer>Absolutely.
• 32:58
  > Bob>You've been there before.
• 33:00
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I've been in your hot tub. Clothing is optional.
• 33:04
  > Bob>And of course it's Florida.
• 33:08
  > Bob>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 33:09
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's right, that's right. All right, well, let's. Before we get too deep in, let's give it a rating. We're gonna go. It's fives. Sorry. Higher vote wins two fours and two fives. In case anyone was laundering.
• 33:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I round up rockets, sprockets.
• 33:29
  > Bob>Best German television. And now he's on.
• 33:32
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Meet your host, Dieter. Welcome to Sprockets. I am your host, Dieter. Uh, man, it is springtime. And like the blood and gorge gazelles at the Garmish part in Kirk and>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Well, listen, I know we give that rams out of five But I really did enjoy that cigar. And everyone that I've smoked from that line has just been, no matter what size it is, it's been a great cigar.
• 34:09
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah, I agree, I agree. Now, uh, I'm going to talk a little bit about the Craft Vicks. This is a quote from them. Entering a, uh, giant engine hole surrounded by the hum and roar, feeling a massive energy. Someone is playing the techno with spices.
• 34:32
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Kraftworks is their most powerful blend. Bold, industrial and intense. The experience is described as entering a giant engine hall surrounded by the home and roar with massive feeling energy. When someone plays techno music with spices. First impression is dark and smoky with chocolate, spice wood and black tea. The cold draw as leather, hay, earth and mushroom like depth. When lit, it delivers dark wood, coal, black pepper, espresso, dark chocolate followed by a minty freshness with a retro hell that continues to evolve with walnuts, jasmine, vanilla, clove. I think we're just throwing things at a dartboard here. Yep. Seeing what sticks. Uh, this is a full bodied cigar engineered for its intensity, complexity. This was the newest cigar in their line that they released at pca which kind of got overshadowed with the out of blister pack and RF chip bands. This is my favorite cigar.
• 35:33
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Um, um, it is a Mexican San Andreas wrapper with a Mexican San Andreas binder and a Dominican, uh, Republic piloto olo and corojo fillers.
• 35:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I love Mexican San Andreas.
• 35:49
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I don't care who knows it. I'll scream it to the rooftops. This cigar is the best cigar in their lineup. And it shows that the craft Vicks that they are working at really shines. And this shows that their palate, they have really good pallets on their cigars.
• 36:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin fantastic. I had no problems even burn, not a single burnishing, even in poorly humidificated.
• 36:17
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Humidified.
• 36:18
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah. Humidificator.
• 36:21
  > Bob>Now this, this was a perfect smoke.
• 36:23
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. And I mean, I can already tell you what rating we're probably going to give it.
• 36:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Everybody, Justin, hands up. Yep. Everyone give it a five. So absolutely fantastic cigar from them.
• 36:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Listen, I know that we say they've been around for 10 years, but a lot of people don't know about this brand yet. They're not in a lot of places.
• 36:45
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>They really should be and that kind of sucks that they're being overlooked. My encouragement to people listening to us and shop owners is you got to give these guys a try.
• 36:56
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin You really got to give these guys a try. Not only are they salt of the earth people, just fantastic to conversate with and just really down to earth.
• 37:06
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. They bring in their buddies with them for sure.
• 37:09
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin to is when you think about when the Deadwood series came out for Drew Estate, the audience they are reaching for, what German engineered cigars is reaching for, is this generation that needs something. They want to have the stuff on their phone, they want to look at stuff, they want to do all this stuff. They're putting it into a cigar company. They're doing all the right things to.
• 37:29
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. The brand, to bring all this stuff into their world. They're looking at that group of people and they're, they're targeting them to kind of go, hey, look at what we have.
• 37:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin look at this.
• 37:42
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Any last thoughts on this stuff?
• 37:45
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin they're not, they're not marketing to the snooty country club types.
• 37:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 37:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Justin, what are your thoughts on your final closing? Thoughts here?
• 37:57
  > Bob>I thought this was a really well balanced, well designed smoke that, uh, you're gonna miss that half hour. You smoke this.
• 38:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. Well, guys, I really want to thank you for your time today. I wish we had more time to go over German engineered cigars. And I really wish I could tell everyone to keep going and keep listening and keep smoking these. Uh, but honestly, if you haven't tried them, go try them.
• 38:22
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Good old boy Rich, what do you got to say about yourself?
• 38:25
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin me.
• 38:30
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's right. Good old boy Robert.
• 38:32
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah. Uh, Oh, I love that. Good old boy Justin.
• 38:37
  > Bob>I'm so happy to be here. It was so great.
• 38:40
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I would say good old boy Mike, but he doesn't have a mic. We did that on purpose. But listen, guys, keep on smoking, and thanks for listening.
• 38:49
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• 38:58
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Give it a little tappy.
• 39:00
  > Bob>Tap, tap, taparoo.
• 39:01
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• 40:04
  > Announcer>This has been a one tan hand production of Sips, Suds, uh, and Smokes, a program devoted to the appreciation of some of the finer slices of life from the dude in the Basement Studios. Your host, the Good Old Boys. We'll see you all next time.