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Put that in your pipe and smoke it · 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>We're going to cover crown heads and Oz family cigars.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Today we're going to be talking about crown, uh, head cigars. We're going to be going over the Broadway cigar and the La Imperiosa. And then from Oz family cigars, uh, we're going to go over the Oz family fearset and the Caritoba.
• 0:20
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin in a marriage of tradition with innovation. They are not here to do it like everyone else. When the rules don't make sense to us, they carve our own path. It was towards the end of 2010 that Cao was in the midst of this tumulous period. Tumultuous period.
• 0:39
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Tumultuous.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin and change.
• 0:44
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>How am I the one correcting the grammar here?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin CAO International, Inc. Oh, how the turns have tabled.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah. Nice.
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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. Why?
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  > Announcer>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin It sips, suds and smokes with your smoke and host the good old boys. Hey, man, got a light? It's time for smokes.
• 1:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Welcome to smoke's episode where everything good in life is worth discussing. Host intros are gonna be Good old boy Benjamin. To my left.
• 2:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>How's your dog Nelson?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Across from me is Good old boy Rich.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin And Good old boy Rabbert.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Good old boy Mike is doing the engineering today on the ones and twos. He thought we'd let him back on a microphone, but he was wrong. Our smoke segments is, uh, well, about anything that's smoked. And for this episode, we're gonna cover.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Drumroll, please. Oh, no. Drum roll. Today we're gonna cover crown heads and Oz family cigars. Uh, Benjamin's gonna tell us about that lineup and other plans, but if you haven't heard any of our episodes, we do have a Crown heads episodes in our back catalog. You can go back and check that out too. But these are all new products that are going to be going over today. So, Benjamin, tell us about the lineup.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Sick dude. Uh, so today we're going to be talking about Crown, uh, head cigars. We're going to be going over the Broadway cigar and the La Imperiosa. And then from Oz family cigars, uh, we're going to go over the Oz family fearset and the Caritoba. We're going to go over these Cigars and then give them our most respected opinions.
• 3:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>And we'll be rating the cigars with our sip suds and smokes. Smokes ratings from 1 to 5, with 5 being the best, plus our signature sounds.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>What are those?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Here's one of those examples.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Pick one. Number three.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>I'd smoke that well today. Yeah. Uh, so the ratings go from one to five. Uh, an example of one of those would be four. How much you don't for them?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Magnificent.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah, it is.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Well, it's our first time.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin You know, my name is Jeff.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin just keeping your Canadian passport as a means of defending your natural stupid. Your natural stupidity. Fret not. We got you covered on our Cigar 101 episode where all of the cigar speak will be coded. Just search for sip suds. Cigars 101. And that episode called Smell My foot should pop right on up.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Put your shoes on.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That was fun. We did all that with our feet.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin day.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin our show notes.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin using the term smell my feet and pop up with zero warning. Keep this conversation civil.
• 4:48
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Mental.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin steel toe flip flops are OSHA compliant.
• 4:56
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>They are. Oh, they're not. Uh, they are till you get caught. Yeah, that's right.
• 5:02
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>How else do you show off that pedicure at work?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, I know. Like, you know, my little girl painted them toenails for me. You guys are going to see them banned once again.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Well, we did have a chance to smoke all these cigars in advance, and most of us are going off the notes we recorded at that time. Some of us, Barger, will, uh, be using the Barger method of.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Oh, yeah, I don't need to write it down. Um, and hope we recall some of that information, uh, proportional to the THC dosage flowing through our system at that particular time.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I feel so sane.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 5:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Where's the bong sound effect.
• 5:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. Uh,>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin crown heads because I can handle all the big words and not be offensive.
• 5:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>We're about to find out.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Unless I feel like time out this episode.
• 5:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin was two episodes that I was not a part of, and they'll be on the, um, show links. Um, notes of the cat of the episode.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Big Words.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin history that you should all know to understand about this iconic brand. This all started with Jeano, uh, Osner. He was an engineer at Dew Point in Old Hickory, Tennessee. Yes, that is the home place of Nate Bargassi. He started restoring and creating mirrors from pipes on the side, then developed a business into selling pipes, then humidors and cigars. The CEO brand was created and is still widely known globally. John Huber was CEO's main blender at the time. M and Tim was the sales side of it. Tim was named a president of CEO in 2006. CEO agreed to merge with General Cigars in 2007.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Right. That was a fun time.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
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  > Announcer>I wish to register a complaint.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yes.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin 2010 when the brand was bought out by Scandinavian Tobacco Company Tobacco Group. Sorry. CEO lost some core people. And with that goes the brand's identity. While John was not beholden to some non compete clause, Tim was for 10 years. He could work on the industry, but not build a competing brand which is CEO. This dedicated balance to John and Tim. This was a delicate balance to John and Tim.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin created by John and Mike Conder, who were formerly, um, employees of cao.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin and in a marriage of tradition with innovation.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Crown Heads feels that tobacco lives, breathes and speaks. It leads the blend. And its name, its name's the brand. I'm just thinking about the THC content.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin pride and integrity mattered. They are not here to do it like everyone else. When the rules don't make sense to us, they carve our own path. It was towards the end of 2010 that Cao was in the midst of this, uh, tumulus period. Tumultuous period.
• 8:28
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Tumultuous.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin change.
• 8:34
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>How am I the one correcting the grammar here?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin International Inc. Oh, how the turns have tabled.
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  > Announcer>Yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Nice.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin the media, uh, the middle of corporate merger between Swedish Match and uh, what, SD Group, Cao's parent company the time. The very foundation that CAO had built upon people, relationships, integrity and loyalty were being stripped away.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>The end result would be that many people whom they considered as family would soon be unemployed and CAO would find itself being being taken away from its hometown of Nashville, Tennessee and relocated to Richmond, Virginia. They use several manufacturing Companies, Uh, my father's cigar SA factory. Uh, Tabaccarella, Alonza, Naxa, and Takanaxa. So let's talk. Let's get off of this brutal English recap, and let's talk about the Broadway. Welcome to Nashville, y'.
• 9:42
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>All. Beer and trucks and bo.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin broadleaf wrapper over a binder from Yelapa, Nicaragua, and fillers from Astali, Jalapa, and Ometepe.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Ometepe.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin American Cigar SA factory, a factory that enjoys a very close relationship with Olivia Tobacco Company, one of the preeminent broadleaf suppliers. Some. This is a quote. Some of our most popular releases over the years have utilized Connecticut broadleaf wrappers. That was from John Huber, co founder of Crown Heads. When we were contemplating a new brand, the thought of taking a broadleaf way approach towards it, coupled with the fact that Nashville's lower Broadway district had become something of a legend, um, as a destination, was serendipitous. CAO offers more.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yo, Serendipitous. Continue>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin we might have gotten this thing back on the rails, but we will. We will let you tell the promises pretty quick here.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Huber was saying that when we were contemplating a new brand, the thought of taking a broad leaf way approach towards it, coupled with the fact that Nashville's lower Broadway district has become something of a legend as a destination, was. Was serendipitous.
• 11:32
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Waiting all day for that.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin on second Avenue and Church street, about a block from Lower Broad. So this was homage back to working in that part of Nashville. It was the one building that was completely destroyed in the Christmas day bombing in 2020. That was a weird day, wasn't it?
• 11:53
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, I remember that.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin the Robusto Extra, which is a four and three quarters by 52, the Epicure five and a half by 56, and the Toro, six and a half by 54. Thank God that's over.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Um, so the island.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I love that cigar, too.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin So what are we going to rate it?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I mean, I'm. I could go here. So we could go with five.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yes.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I mean, uh, the thing is, is the size that. That we got for this show. I, I feel like that's the perfect size for that cigar.
• 12:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah, it's not. Not too big, not too small. And.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And I love that Huber does the lower lines of the fifties in the ring gauge, because it really just brings the flavor in the. The binder and the wrapper out, you know. What do you think? Anybody?
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  > Announcer>Bueller?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, Bueller. Bueller.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah, man. I think, I think also paired with the release of, like, the rebrand and. And new, um, face that they put on crownhead cigars.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Um, also built a lot of anticipation, uh, around them, also at the same time releasing something new. Um, and, you know, the Broadway is one of those just kind of, you know, instant classics.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>It's a great foundation for this line of cigars.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Um, and, you know, I think if you are, um, looking, um, to. To get into crowns, I think a lot of the things that they've done have maybe been a little bit more, um, kind of le. The production isn't. Or at the time, wasn't necessarily huge. I think that they've put a lot more weight into that side of things, are putting a lot more cigars there out on the market. Uh, and with the new brand are a lot more visible on a shelf. Yeah, you know, obviously, we're a little bit spoiled, uh, being in the hometown for the brand. Um, but what a great way to, you know, start off 20, 25 for them.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Um, so the rebranding, I think, in my opinion, is a step up, you know, because they've always had the quality. Like the, the, the quality in their cigars has never been in question for me because they're always my go to. Does that make sense if I'm in a humidor and I can't figure something out?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, I'll just get a crown heads because I know it's consistent. Right. So I think now that consistency and quality is reflected in the packaging now. And, and it's. It's very much. It pops on the shelf, it's cohesive. Yeah, they're all cohesive now, you know,>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin recognizable. I think before, um, their. Their branding wasn't kind of cohesive, so it was kind of confusing. But I. Let me just say something about this particular cigar. I've smoked this several times, and every time I smoke it, the more the, The. The more of the cigar I smoke, the better it tastes to me. Like, the lower to the bottom, it's like it, it builds In a very interesting way for me.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Is that why your fingers are yellow?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin we won't get into adult jaundice. Beaver nuggets.
• 15:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, let's, uh, we're going to move on to the lime pra. Uh, yeah. Though the rating is. That rating was a 5. For those who didn't hear.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. Um, so, yeah, good job on that cigar. Way to top that list there. Uh, so the Lamp Priosa, tell us a little bit about this because this has been released a couple different times.
• 15:48
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah. So The La Imperiosa 2015 was the follow up to the most sought after crown heads release of all time, the Las calaveras edition limitada 2014.
• 15:58
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>The first in what has now become an annual limited edition release for the company. Uh, it was produced by my father's cigars. Um, the first time crown heads made a cigar outside of the Ernesto Perez Carrillo tobacco, uh, lira, um, La Alianza.
• 16:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Um, this cigar is constructed of an Ecuadorian habano oscuro wrapper, uh, binder and filler, both from Nicaragua. Um, length four and a half, uh, by 52. And uh, is considered a petite robusto in the Vitola world.
• 16:30
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, yeah. The size we got was, was the smaller size. Now you remember when, if I'm not mistaken, didn't they make that in a Lance era at one time?
• 16:45
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>I don't think so. Yeah, you know, I think you're dreaming
• 16:48
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>like the same time about the meal kick and stuff.
• 16:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Barger.
• 16:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>What?
• 16:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah, I don't think they've ever put it out in a Lancera.
• 16:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I thought they did once. Well, I've been wrong before. Yeah, I'll be wrong.
• 16:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>We warned you about thinking to be real honest.
• 17:01
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, if they haven't, then they need to.
• 17:03
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah, they need to bring it out as. Yeah.
• 17:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>As a Lancero, uh, as an Ellie.
• 17:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>But I'll jump into the deep end. Man. I smoked this thing weekly.
• 17:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, right.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Uh, it's one of those things. Uh, this is a, uh, on deck cigar for me. This is one that, um, if I'm, you know, digging through the humidor a little bit and I can't really put my finger on, you know, something that I want to try out that's new or, you know, whatever, do whatever. I'm like, well, this is definitely going to do the trick.
• 17:37
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 17:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Right.
• 17:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Um, it just goes to the consistency.
• 17:40
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>This, this thing is a banger.
• 17:44
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 17:44
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Period. Uh, so if you're out in the world and you come across, pick, uh, up as many as your Little hands can hear.
• 17:54
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>What'd you think about Robert?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 17:57
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah, that's the, that's it.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin six.
• 18:03
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, thank God you're not six fingers. You get that pinky removed.
• 18:06
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Finally, dude.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Hell yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>We tried to tell him one time but you know, he's, he'd give us the six finger discount. All right, so I want to start off by uh, saying let's, let's rate this thing. We're gonna give it another five all around.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin consistent too. I mean, I know you guys keep saying it, but like they're rolled really well.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>The ash just fantastic. I mean everything, every one of these, every one of the, uh, crown heads quality is just top right.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin much. And the uh, Los Calaveras from 2014 is an incredible cigar, so I'm glad they've carried that over.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah, I think that maybe something else that endears me to that cigar too is I wasn't big into the cigar scene in, in 2014. So the first Las Calaveras released in 2014, I think it's something that I missed. But super cool for them to get that feedback right. Um, on a limited edition and then take that nod from the consumer and put it into consistent production.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, the thing about, you know, when he started it was more boutique.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Cigars. And so the le was all the craze that's like, you know, Lugio and Tatua and all them started doing those les all the time. And so that was the, my opinion that was the rat race to keep up with, you know. And so now that he's everything's more cohesive in a, in a, in a slated platform. And it's like we're just going to make good cigars.
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  > Announcer>Yeah.
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  > Announcer>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin you got to keep going with it.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, yeah. And we'll be right back with some more compliments about that. Hey, welcome back. We are, uh, crown heads and Oz family cigar episode today.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, we just went over the Latin Priosa, the 2015 to follow up to their Los Calaveras. This was the last year's though. We gave it a rating of five>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin That's right. I want to take a minute here and give some background to Oz family with some compliments to Tim. We get to hang out with Tim a lot, you know, he's helped us navigate the cigar industry to avoid quite a few landmines. It's great. We finally get to review some Oz family cigars. We've had some of these sticks in various stages over product development. So it's really cool to talk about some of these as final production shipping products. Um, at Oz Family Cigars, this is from them. At Oz Family Cigars, our goal is to deliver extraordinary, unique and outstanding flavors. That leaves you saying, wow.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Handcrafted under the highest quality standards, our cigars are made from, um, delightfully unexpected combinations using the finest tobaccos.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Honoring the tradition of cigar making as a combination of science and art, we implement meticulous practices in the preparation of the tobaccos and in the making of the cigar. This is paired with the creativity and innovation approach to blending in order to achieve the finest smoking ability and flavors. We aim to bring people pleasure really through our cigars, whether enjoying them in the solitude or in the company of others, and hopefully with good humor.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin combined around barter, solitude, pleasure, and cigars.
• 21:28
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>This sounds like a Tuesday.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin month? Watermelon.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, all right. Yeah. So we're going to transition into, uh, Oz family cigars.
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  > Announcer>M.
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  > Announcer>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Hiding Kichma.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, the first cigar we're going to go over is called the Frostat.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Crushed it. Forsat.
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  > Announcer>Yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Ah, nailed it. Uh, it's a Turkish word, when translated to English, means opportunity.
• 22:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>I'm glad you had the opportunity to say that again.
• 22:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. Thank you. Thank you for that opportunity.
• 22:18
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>For that first thought.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's what I said. For sauce. I got it. The Oz family cigars are inspired by the real life journey of. Of Essen and Jean Osgor. Um, miss him deeply. Yeah, he was. He was a nice dude. Uh, so the first thought represents the dreams, the dream of coming to America, a country representing freedom and opportunity symbolized by the Statue of Liberty. Through hard work and diligence, Jeano and Essen earn scholarships for graduate degree in the U.S. jeano at the Columbia University for a master's in mechanical engineering and Ehsan in ah as the Fulbright Scholar at the Bank Street College of Education. They met at the International House in New York City and fell in love and shared interest in arts, culture and industriousness. That's a big word.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>We're proud of you, dude.
• 23:19
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Thanks, man.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Congratulations.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I nailed it. I'm killing it today. Uh, Oz family cigars for SAT Blend features Highest quality Connecticut seed Ecuador wrapper. From a higher priming, it yields a bronze golden tan, oily leaf.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>The fillers are from the finest combinations of flavorful, mild Nicaraguan tobacco from the most fertile fields. As a result, the cigar is easily accessible in its mild medium body profile, yet with luscious rich flavors. Oz Family Cigars represents a real life example of how people from conflicting cultures and backgrounds overcame them through love, shared values with inhumanity. The rapper is a connective. Connecticut, Ecuador.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, I lost that word. Yeah. The rapper cohesive.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Connecticut, Ecuador.
• 24:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, the rapper is a Connecticut Ecuador. The binder is Habano Ecuador and the filler is Nicaragua. Um, you know, when this cigar came out, I was a little apprehensive about it. How's.
• 24:28
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Because it was new. You know, the, the. I knew Tim and I knew CAO and I knew Crownheads, but it wasn't.
• 24:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin It wasn't the old, you know, and I was worried like that what if it's not gonna have that standard? But when I smoked it, uh, all that went out the window. It was a slam dunk.
• 24:48
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin good brand, but it was really good brand at the time when they owned it, they ran it. I, uh, mean, they've. We've been over the, the um.
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  > Announcer>Yeah.
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  > Announcer>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin great folks. And I was the same when they sold the brand and they came out with a new one. You know, it's almost like having a new kid. You're like, wow, how can I love this one more than I love the one I have already?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin new level. I think they took everything they learned from CAO and they um. And they took it to, uh, kind of, I guess took all the good stuff with them as far as knowledge and, and the relationships that they made and where they get their tobacco and stuff.
• 25:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Absolutely.
• 25:37
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin No, no, no, no. Only you.
• 25:41
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin cigar. I really. I, uh, find it a little bit more mild than the other ones, which is good.
• 25:49
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Um, in certain situations, very approachable for anybody.
• 25:53
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin is a great Connecticut for everybody. I mean, maybe not for the, the new person because there's a lot of cedar on that end, but it's a great smoke. I love that thing. Especially with coffee.
• 26:11
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, well, coffee makes everything better.
• 26:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Especially the first thing in the morning. Uh, Benjamin, speaking of mornings.
• 26:19
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Morning.
• 26:21
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>What'd you think about the first hot.
• 26:23
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Um. Uh, the first out was obviously, uh, my introduction also into Oz family cigars. Um, but I also quickly found the Bosphorus, uh, soon after.
• 26:34
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Um, so, like, Rich, uh, brought up comparing your children. Um, you're not supposed to have a favorite, but the Bosphorus is.
• 26:41
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>But, you know, there's one you'd rather kick down the stairs.
• 26:44
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Um, but. But I think Robert nailed it, right?
• 26:47
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Like, I think this is a great. Start your day.
• 26:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Smoke. Right? I, um, think I've smoked many of these on a golf course as well.
• 26:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Oh, yeah, right.
• 26:56
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>This is. This is the perfect thing to just.
• 26:58
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah. 100%. It does. 100%. Um, but this is a holster cigar, man. Like, you keep this thing close, you hand it out to your friends, you take it to a wedding. Right? Um, it's like your everyday carry, dude. You're just, you know, if.
• 27:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>If you are trying to, um, share, you know, the leaf with some friends or get some. Some folks kind, um, of interested. Funny enough, when you drop the samples off to me, Barger, uh, one of my, uh, servers, uh, in. In the hotel that I work at, um, was like, oh, man, look at all these cigars.
• 27:33
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>You know, I've never really smoked a cigar. I said, you know, well, you want to dip a toe, right? And this is the one that I handed him.
• 27:40
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, right.
• 27:42
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Because I was like, man, this is. This is a great way to. To kind of, you know, introduce yourself to what premium tobacco is, what that smoking, you know, experience can be like, kind of walked him through it. And I was like, you know, if you've ever got some time and, you know, you want to sit down and share a stick, man, I'm happy to kind of share also some of the cool background. Um, you know, because about it, as a. As a, you know, born and raised Nashville native, man, you know, I'm big into the hometown team, so it's. It's super cool. Um, and. And I feel very fortunate to also have been able to spend some time with, um, 10 and. And John and the. The guys from Crown Heads and Oz family, um, and. And share something, you know, as local as you can find, um, you know, with, uh, with some new friends.
• 28:28
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So what are we gonna put on this one? We're gonna go with a four.
• 28:33
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Magnificent. Well, man, I absolutely love these brands. Um, we got a little bit. We know we have another segment, but, like, want to take a second just What? Out of these three, man, what are you guys. Which probably your favorite ones.
• 28:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah.
• 28:57
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin flavorful, a little bit more, you know, deeper. I mean, it's really hard to say because it kind of depends on what, what mood I'm in and what kind of day.
• 29:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So I think mine is the next one we're going to be talking about.
• 29:10
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I thought, of course it's an option.
• 29:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah, I know what I said. You know what I meant.
• 29:17
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin That's right.
• 29:21
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>That's why you have to wear open toed shoes at work.
• 29:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Because I gotta count to 20.
• 29:26
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin go?
• 29:30
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Oh, wait, I got these steel toe flip flops.
• 29:32
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Right. Well, we'll be right back after this few messages. And we're back, folks. We just went over the furat from Oz Family Cigars and we gave it a rating of a 4. Magnificent. But I want to go over just a few things real quick. We. We had mentioned the rebranding of crown heads. They had actually sent us some Tennessee, uh, waltz to go over in this episode as well. But we had already done that cigar on one of our previous episodes, which you can go back and listen to in our back catalog online. Uh, but Robert was making a question about it. What were you saying?
• 30:17
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin on the original blend or if it's a different Vitola.
• 30:22
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And it's not. But that's what the packaging makes you think.
• 30:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Because the new branding in the packaging makes you think it's a new cigar.
• 30:32
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Which is funny how that works, right? Marketing 101.
• 30:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin side just to kind of get that out of my head.
• 30:39
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, good luck finding the old.
• 30:41
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>And I think we've seen it. You know, you see it with other brands too, right? Like, um, they. They repackage or the opposite. They do like a line extension. And you think because it's from the same company that it's just, you know, a new thing or an old thing in a new package.
• 30:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Right.
• 31:00
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>And that's not the case at all. But yeah, uh, man, the power suggestion works every single time. But also cool that, like, you also got to have that experience. Right.
• 31:09
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin You also got to step into something that you were like, I I think I know what this is. And then because your mindset had changed just that little bit because it's in a new rapper, because it has some new branding on it. Um, you, you probably picked up something that you didn't pick up before, Right.
• 31:26
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Right?
• 31:29
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 31:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So another thing people don't realize is Tennessee Waltz is part of a four part series.
• 31:35
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin You guys remember that Yellow Rose, Tennessee Foxtrot, the Tennessee Rumba, the Tennessee Wall, uh, the Yellow Rose from Texas, which you can only get in Texas exclusive. And you got the Ohio Buckeye, which is from Ohio, and then the Hawaii, which you remember what all those are for. Right.
• 31:54
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So that's where he met his wife, where she's from, where he's from, and where they got married. And so that's, that's, that's a little, uh, fun fact for you. Fun fact for you today, folks. Awesome.
• 32:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Uh, but yeah, anyway, uh, let's go over the Caritoba. Robert, why don't you tell us about the Caratoba.
• 32:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Oz Family Cigars. Yes.
• 32:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. As it is done with, uh, other lines before, Oz Family Cigars created the word kerato by combining two words together. Kara is the Turkish word for black and dark, like the heart of my first wife.
• 32:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yikes.
• 32:41
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin the largest volcanic lake in the world. While Crownheads and Oz Family Cigars are two separate companies, they share a lot of connections. The company uses the same sales force and warehouse.
• 32:56
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Furthermore, Tim Osner, founder of Oz Family Cigars, has been a longtime partner with Crownheads. Mike Conder retired from Crownhead as Crownhead CEO and the role was taken over by Tim.
• 33:09
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>In addition, Osner bought Condor shares. Many people involved, including Huber, Osner and other staff, worked at CO as founded by Tim's father, Jeano. So this is offered in four the Robusto 5x52, the Robusto Extra 5 and a half by 55, Gordo 6x60 where's that lube? And Toro 6 and a half by 50 girth.
• 33:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I think we did the Robusto we did. Is that right?
• 33:40
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yes, I think you're thinking correctly.
• 33:42
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I think. I think you're right. All right, guys, what are we gonna give this?
• 33:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Everyone puts their fingers up and then we've all Got five fingers. So Robert had six. Yeah, well, he got it cut off. Remember, you didn't hear the conversation. There's a six.
• 33:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin That's right. There's not one yet.
• 34:02
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Hey, as you guys know, Holy Grail. Yes. As you guys are aware, we go to PCA every year and we do an episode on that and it's usually coming up and it's next month in like three weeks, right? Yes.
• 34:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So three weeks from when we're recording this episode. Uh, this episode will probably come out while we're there or the following weeks. But I want to tell you guys a little bit about what they're set to introduce out there. So Crown Heads is to introduce their Moon Flower, which is a new regular production line that might that marks its significant milestone for the brand and its long standing partnership with My Father Cigars. Uh, the release will make its global debut at the PCA Trade Show 2026 in New Orleans. Representing the first all new regular production brand Crown Heads has developed with my father's in more than a decade, a milestone collaboration. Over the years, Crownheads and the Garcia family at My Father Cigars have collaborated on some of the brand's most recognizable releases. Moonflower continues that relationship while signaling a new chapter.
• 35:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>One that blends familiarity with fresh direction for the portfolio. And I think this has a lot with rebranding. This is an excellent push on that.
• 35:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It's a Nicaraguan puro with layered complexity.
• 35:17
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Moonflower is built as a Nicaraguan puro, incorporating tobaccos from multiple grown regions to create a balanced and evolving profile. Um, the blend features a dark corojo wrapper supported by the double binder from Estelle and Jalapa, along with fillers sourced from Esteli, Jalapa and Kondega. Together these components are designed to deliver a cigar that opens with more assertive profile before transitioning into a layered experience. Um, says flavor wise. The cigar begins with notes of white pepper and spice, gradually developing into creamy cedar and nutty notes before finishing with a clean, slightly mint like character. Overall, profile is positioned in the medium plus range, offering both strength and balance. You'll have to catch our full review and rating on their Instagram channel. Uh, it was just timing thing when we recorded this and the product. When and when the product will be released, it'll be offered in Robusto Toro and Corona Gorda. I actually smoked this cigar last week at their office with them.
• 36:17
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Nobody cares, dude.
• 36:19
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin The only one Oz family is also Dropping a couple of new joints at pca. Yes, they are some, Some World cup additions.
• 36:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 36:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>And then Marcano, which is inspired by the soccer, uh, stadium and Rio de Janeiro. So got some heat coming from them at pca. Ah, too. Which is awesome.
• 36:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, that's awesome. Uh, but it was fantastic and it will be a very good addition to their core line.
• 36:44
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin for sure.
• 36:47
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. So, so obviously, which cigar stood out to most of you guys? Karatova. Yeah. And that was, uh, one. One of the cigars from last year is best of, right?
• 36:58
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin And if you haven't heard our best of episode, you need to go back to our back catalog again and listen to that online. We, uh, go over about 20 different cigars that episode. Is that right?
• 37:11
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 37:11
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Or. Exactly.
• 37:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. So be on the lookout for that. What did you guys like about this lineup?
• 37:18
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah, yeah.
• 37:21
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>No notes.
• 37:22
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>No notes. Just. Just consistency. Right.
• 37:24
  > Announcer>Yeah.
• 37:25
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, I definitely, you know, want to thank you guys for coming out today. It's a lot to do this episodes, so I want to make sure that we, we take time and appreciate one another.
• 37:37
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Well, I think it's also love you guys. Um, important to mention that, like, even though this is a hometown brand for us, um, and. And their cigars got great ratings. It's. It's not only because they're the hometown team. These cigars absolutely rock.
• 37:52
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, so, yeah, I'd like to give a good thanks to good old boy Benjamin for your time today.
• 37:57
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Thanks for having me, coach.
• 37:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And good old boy Rich.
• 38:00
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin And good old boy Robert, thanks for>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin That's right. That's right. That's right.
• 38:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>We have nothing to do with that.
• 38:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I would say, Mike, thanks for the ones and twos, but, you know, he kind of does what he wants to do over there.
• 38:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 38:15
  > Announcer>Once again.
• 38:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, but yeah, this is good old boy Barger telling you, hey, if you like what we're doing, go check out our back catalog online and, and give us a like and follow on our Instagram page. We got a bunch of stuff coming out. We do live interviews at PCA in April. So just be on the lookout for that.
• 38:32
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Facebook.
• 38:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's right. Send us a M letter with a star in it. That's right. And then, uh, you know, just keep on smoking. No matter what it is. Just. Just keep on smoking and have a good time.
• 38:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin uh, obviously we're all on the same team here.
• 38:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's right.
• 38:52
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Same team. See you later, folks.
• 38:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 38:56
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• 39:05
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• 39:08
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• 40:05
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