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There might be some wood · Sips, Suds, & Smokes

• 0:00
  > Announcer>On the next episode of sips, suds, and smokes.
• 0:03
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>We're gonna hang with crux cigars today, so strap on and hang in tight while we navigate these cigars they sent to us and a couple we picked up along the way.
• 0:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin How about that?
• 0:17
  > >He said the magical word. So, yeah.
• 0:19
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Is this pee wee's playhouse in here wood?
• 0:23
  > >Absolutely. Yes.
• 0:25
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin uh, creamy, uh, but it did give into a little bit of spiciness throughout. Uh, medium body.
• 0:34
  > >Um, I did find it a little underwhelming, to be honest. Yes, um.
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  > >A little underwhelming.
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  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 0:43
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You know, I really had higher hopes for these.
• 0:45
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I just need to lower my expectations.
• 0:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Turn the sidebar with these fellas.
• 0:53
  > Announcer>We'll, uh, be right back after this break.
• 1:17
  > Announcer>Brought to you almost live from the dude in the basement studios. Why? Cause that's where the good stuff, uh, is. It sips, suds, and smokes with your smokin host, the good old boys.
• 1:51
  > Announcer>Hey, man, got a light? It's time for smokes.
• 1:57
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Welcome to the smokes episode, folks, where everything good in life is worth discussing. You're with us today. Our host, I'm good old boy barger, and with me is good old boy Mike on the ones and twos.
• 2:06
  > >I have an exit strategy.
• 2:09
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, I've seen it. And good, uh, old boy rich.
• 2:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin And good old boy Benjamin.
• 2:16
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Don't push the red button.
• 2:17
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>How we doing today, fellows?
• 2:19
  > >Oh, I'm sorry. That was the red button.
• 2:21
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Oh, man. How we feeling today, boys? We good?
• 2:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Mmm.
• 2:26
  > >Yeah. So I'm just as good looking as I was last time you saw me.
• 2:29
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That checks out. Checks out.
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  > >And I'm just as humble.
• 2:34
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That also checks out. Well,
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  folks, we're the best thing on at 02: 00 a.m. right before those great reruns of golden girls and just after. Where are they now? Where are they now? As you know, and I hope you know, our smoke segments is all about cigars and, well, anything that smokes well, one day. As for today's segment. Drum roll, please.
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  folks, we're the best thing on at 02: We're gonna hang with crux cigars today, so strap on and hang in tight while we navigate these cigars they sent to us and a couple we picked up along the way.
• 3:07
  > >Uh, there's that town, uh, in Canada that says, please do not use the word strap on. So I'm here to, uh, we'll just.
• 3:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Have to mute that and post. That's fine.
• 3:17
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Fix it in post. That's fine. Great. So we're gonna have a fun day today. But don't worry, if you miss anything, you can download the full episode from everywhere. You can get a podcast.
• 3:33
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>But before we dive into the shallow end of the pool without our helmets, let us remember, if you're a cigar newbie, fret not.
• 3:39
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>We got you covered in our cigar 101 episode, where all this cigar speak will be decoded. Just search for sip, suds and smoke cigars 101. And that episode should pop right up on the link below.
• 3:52
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Good old boy rich gets the honors of giving our smokes rating today.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Take it away.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin and rating them with our sips, suds, and smokes.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Smokes ratings. Plus our signature sounds. Here are those ratings now.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>One, this sucked even before it was lit.
• 4:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Two, at least I lit it.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Three, I'd, uh, smoke this again.
• 4:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Four, how much do you want 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 box.
• 4:44
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So crux provided us with some cigars in their line, and, uh, I actually picked up two different cigars along the way. So it's going to be a fun little show to you today.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>The first cigar we're going to go over is their bull and bear robusto. So all of the little, uh, quirks of these cigars we pulled straight off their website. So if you guys have anything to, uh, add to that, please let us know in the comments. Uh, so the bull and bear robusto curated. For those that understand hard work and rewards are not mutually exclusive. The defiant ones that never rest on their laurels and work to continually improve themselves. This is raw horsepower of flavor with a smoky pull and an authentic experience. It as it is, it's confusing there. It's a lifetime of really big words. Really big words.
• 5:33
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It's a lifetime of wisdom we've wrapped up in a cigar.
• 5:36
  > >Four and a half. Great. Uh, did you.
• 5:39
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Did you fifth grade those two two syllable words, it's called, like, 4.5.
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  > >Is that how far you got?
• 5:44
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. My GPA got to the big seven letter words. Yeah.
• 5:47
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I read good.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Conjunctions are tough.
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  > >I'm a good reader.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>They took two words. Big words.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Ah, they're really big words.
• 5:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh huh.
• 5:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Smash them together.
• 5:56
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
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  > >Is it good reader or gooder reader?
• 5:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It's a gooder. It's a gooder.
• 6:01
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So the filler is nicaraguan, the binder is nicaraguan, and the rapper is a nicaraguan habano from halapa. So, tell me what you guys thought about this cigar.
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  > >Oh, yeah. You, uh, mentioned horsepower. This is horsepower, I heard.
• 6:16
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Oh, yeah. Big, bold horsepower.
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  > >Yeah. So, um, I think that's going to be a common way.
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  > >I'm going to describe quite a bit of these. It was just a lot of wood up front. Something that, you know, it's kind of overtly sweet in the middle, you know. Um, I thought the wood kind of subsided in the, you know, in the mid part of it.
• 6:37
  > >Um, but had this kind of pleasant, sweet, uh, you know, cedar finish off of it. So, um, it was kind of in the middle of the pack, you know, for me. But did I mention there was lots of wood?
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  > >You know, there was. There was lots of wood.
• 6:52
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Was there wood in that?
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  > >There's just a little bit.
• 6:54
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I just didn't notice that. How about you guys?
• 6:57
  > >Hang on. There's a tree falling.
• 6:58
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Oh, I heard that.
• 6:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>That bird.
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  > >That was the back half of that cigar.
• 7:01
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>The tree falls in the wood. Does it make a sound?
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  > >It was the back half of the bull and the bear. I mean, it was just the bear, you know?
• 7:07
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin like, uh, metallic flavor out of mine.
• 7:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Have you been checked for lead poisoning?
• 7:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yes.
• 7:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Are, uh, you still eating lead paint?
• 7:17
  > >It was right in the last 48 hours. Rich.
• 7:23
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I noticed you have an aluminum toothpick in your mouth.
• 7:25
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
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  > >Of, like, stares over there or you looking over here. I don't know about that.
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  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin half an hour.
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  > >You know, that's what happens when you drink too much sweet tea.
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  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin a half sweet, half unsweet tea.
• 7:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Don't tell me you're that guy.
• 7:50
  > >I might have.
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  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It's too sweet.
• 7:53
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Not too sweet on my teeth.
• 7:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I gotta tone it down.
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  > >Cool. Rich, we can smoke these anytime since you've already figured out the perfect pairing.
• 8:03
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Plus, it will offend the two of them, and they will just leave us alone.
• 8:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I'll bring the chainsaw. It's good.
• 8:09
  > >Wait a second here.
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  > >That's right.
• 8:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>What about you, Benjamin? What do you think, man?
• 8:16
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>This was my. So, I've been smoking crux for a couple of years now. Um, one of our good friends at one of our favorite local tobacconists turned me on to this cigar, uh, brand.
• 8:26
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It wasn't on Nader salad.
• 8:28
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>No, man, it was Jordan.
• 8:29
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Jordan. What's up, Jordan?
• 8:30
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>And, uh, uh, I think it was like, maybe they had first picked him up or got a new shipment in or something. But he was like, man, I'm really into these right now.
• 8:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 8:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Which is something I lean into, you know, anytime I'm checking out, uh, a humidor.
• 8:42
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. Trust the palate of the employee.
• 8:44
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>No. Hundred percent. Um, and this bull and bear, though it is Woody, that. That bit of sweetness for me does calm it down enough.
• 8:53
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah, this is a. This is a great after dinner option.
• 8:56
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Like an aperitif.
• 8:58
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Digestif.
• 8:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>But, yeah.
• 9:00
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Dessert. Right. But, uh, uh, all the way. Right. This isn't a dainty little, you know, oh, no. Raspberry tart. Right.
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  > >I'm sorry. I thought it was mentioned it was a little woody because it was a little woody.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So I kind of got that, uh, that heavy, woody body with the. The little hints of that dark chocolate.
• 9:21
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>100% dark chocolate. The taste of notes that they put out says black pepper. And I didn't.
• 9:26
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I didn't get that either.
• 9:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Spice for me on this thing.
• 9:29
  > >Negative. This isn't, uh, even close.
• 9:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 9:32
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Um, but I do definitely identify well with rich's comments about the metallic. Right. No.
• 9:41
  > >With your choice of half.
• 9:42
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yes.
• 9:45
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Either do or don't. You know? Uh, and so that metallic, it's.
• 9:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>And for me, I feel like I consistently pick it up with nicaraguan pure os. Some of them have that, like, minerality that. That little bit of, like, soil d stone that you get from. From the soil where they're grown.
• 10:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Little slag.
• 10:06
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah, some. Sometimes it's overwhelming. Uh, this.
• 10:09
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>This was just enough for me.
• 10:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>I like this cigar.
• 10:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, I liked it as well. So let's, uh, uh, what, are we giving it a rating here? So we're gonna go with force.
• 10:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It was half and half nificent.
• 10:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It was half and a half. We rounded up.
• 10:30
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Can't believe it.
• 10:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>All right, so Ben's gonna give us the, uh, the crux epicure robusto.
• 10:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Let's talk about that.
• 10:37
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Unofficially dubbed the Steve McQueen m of cigars.
• 10:40
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Steve McQueen.
• 10:40
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>This is the crown jewel in the brand, specifically designed for someone that understands indulgence isn't a bad thing.
• 10:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Epicure is a true testament to the hard work you put in.
• 10:49
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>With a creamy flow and a clean caramel finish, it invokes and brings together the five senses, making for a legendary blend. Just don't call it a comeback. M. We've been here for years, uh, filler nicaraguan binder. Nicaraguan rapper.
• 11:03
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Ecuadorian Connecticut.
• 11:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Thoughts that Ecuadorian Connecticut really brings out that nicaraguan.
• 11:15
  > >Soil.
• 11:16
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Um, for me, like, it really pulls out that, that earthy, nutty, kind of just full around good body vibe. You know what I mean?
• 11:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>So it definitely pulls, pulls it into a more nutty walnut skin on, uh, experience for me. This isn't, um. It really tones it down and turns it into something that I thoroughly enjoy.
• 11:41
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Uh, anything that kind of takes that terroir driven flavor profile and kind of turns it into, you know, even something that I enjoy, like, locally. Like it is. It was black walnuts. It was the overriding flavor profile for me on this.
• 11:56
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Sure.
• 11:56
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>And I thought it was super delicious. I had oiliness to it.
• 12:00
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I think if they, if they did this in a Lance arrow, bro.
• 12:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>What if they did it in a.
• 12:07
  > >Oh, I'm sorry I hit you said lane Cerro. That's just a, you know, that's just a natural gesture I have.
• 12:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>But the petite lancero is where it's at.
• 12:15
  > >Yeah, definitely not that, uh, Mike hates those. I'll even, I'll give that two buzzers.
• 12:21
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Just because you said Mike's a six by 70 guy, in case you guys are wondering, he really enjoys those large cigars.
• 12:29
  > >Is that one and a half or two hands cigars?
• 12:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Okay, Mike, what'd you think about it?
• 12:34
  > >Um, well, you know, the thing I'm sitting here wondering is every time.
• 12:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 12:38
  > >Why? Well, that, yeah, that is correct. That is exactly right. Yes. That is, that is a very common theme that I'm thinking of.
• 12:46
  > >Exactly. Why am I sitting here?
• 12:49
  > >All right, so it was, the thing I was thinking about was every time they use the word Steve McQueen to this, he collect, like, royalty rights. I mean, do they have to, like, call and license, you know, to use his name in the, you know, in the marketing copy where he gets part of the clicks?
• 13:04
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, they clicked on that.
• 13:06
  > >Right. You know, or do you queen was there, or every time you fire up, you know, an epicure that you have to say the word, oh, this tastes like Steve McQueen.
• 13:14
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 13:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I think like gym socks and porsches.
• 13:18
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Maybe mixed together like you left your socks in the Porsche floorboard and. Yeah, who knows? Well, we're going to take a break. We'll come right back with that review.
• 13:28
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And welcome back to the show. I'm so glad that you got to listen to those ads. Please buy whatever they were suggesting.
• 13:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Lots and lots of money commercials. It really helps. It really helps.
• 13:42
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So we're talking about the crux epicure robusto.
• 13:45
  > >So we're just discussing getting screwed. So, um, you know, out of some royalties.
• 13:49
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 13:50
  > >So yeah, yeah. You know, so I wonder, you know, when people are using that marketing copy. I mean, is there like a dime or a quarter that slides over, you know, to his state? I don't know.
• 14:01
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Or if they're okay with just like a node.
• 14:03
  > >Uh, well, I will talk first about the cigar.
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  > >But after we're done here, we seriously have to have a good discussion about, you know, sweet tea.
• 14:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>We will talk about this.
• 14:14
  > >So for epicure, here are my tasting notes.
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  > >For the crux epicure, I wrote down full, uh, flavor smoked, uh, black pepper, um, more deep wood flavor the size of the rick associated with this Washington 20ft tall. Um, it was a. I'm sorry, did I mention that it was a lot of wood? Uh, because it's.
• 14:45
  > >It was a lot of wood.
• 14:47
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin You know, uh, it actually turned, um, a bit quick. Uh, prior to the band, uh, for me, in the flight we had here from crux, this wasn't particularly one of my favorites.
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  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin know, we talked about how, um, before off air, we talked about how it was kind of consistent all the way through. But it. To me it had that spice that really made it interesting. So that allowed me to smoke it all the way down. I did pick up a little bit of maybe dark cherry m. It's kind of what I mean, like a lot.
• 15:21
  > >Of wood and then a lot of wood. Is that where you're trying to say.
• 15:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>There, rich, Mike's on this wood kick today. I guess he's gonna be a lumberjack.
• 15:29
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Almost like it's his surname.
• 15:30
  > >Yeah.
• 15:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>But I did fill it.
• 15:33
  > >Did I tell you about the first cigar? It had a little bit of wood. This one had a lot of wood.
• 15:37
  > >Okay, so.
• 15:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>All right. So listen, when you just, uh. Rich, you just pinged on a very good, uh, topic that I want to dive in a little bit here.
• 15:47
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Consistency.
• 15:48
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I will say that out of all five of the cigars that we smoked.
• 15:55
  > >They all had a lot of wood.
• 15:56
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, I will say they were consistent. Yeah, the burns were consistent. The ash was great.
• 16:04
  > >It's true. I did not run into any construction.
• 16:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>No construction issues in the flavor. Uh, there was a couple of them. The flavor was kind of consistent through, but very much, um, on this couple, like this epicure where that changed halfway through. I really enjoyed that as well.
• 16:19
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin necessarily. If it's a good.
• 16:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I think it's a great flavor. Yeah.
• 16:25
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 16:27
  > >You consistently have everything that tastes like wood, then, you know, I mean, I don't know that that's really kind of a.
• 16:37
  > >Oh, I'm sorry. You, uh. Did you say consistently would?
• 16:40
  > >Because that's what I heard.
• 16:41
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So we're gonna take that thing away from him.
• 16:43
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Now, the next episode, we tie back to the chair.
• 16:48
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 16:49
  > >Again.
• 16:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So let's give it.
• 16:53
  > >I don't think. Did Benjamin talk about it?
• 16:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Benjamin, tell me what your thoughts are.
• 16:56
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>I mean. Yeah, absolutely. So this one for me, uh, actually my least favorite.
• 17:00
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Really?
• 17:01
  > >Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.
• 17:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Uh, just. Just out of the lineup, this one, even though it does have, like, a decent body to it, there was. There was just, like the. It says in their tasting notes, light pepper. Uh, it would maybe light, stale pepper for me. Like, it just wasn't.
• 17:20
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 17:21
  > >Rose smoked black.
• 17:22
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah, it wasn't. It wasn't something.
• 17:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It's because you're smoking it that I enjoyed.
• 17:26
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>I, um. You know, I don't think, you know, we've talked about this plenty of times that definitely don't let our opinions skew your opinions.
• 17:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Go try this.
• 17:39
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Go try them. I encourage everyone to see, and that's one thing that, uh, going back to the consistency, their branding.
• 17:45
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Absolutely gorgeous. The white boxes with the distinct color bands, excellent branding, excellent brand.
• 17:53
  > >Oh, yeah. That really improved the quality of the.
• 17:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Cigar, I think, for me. I mean, it improves the quality of my experience. If I see that the consistency throughout the branding and the consistency through the burn and the quality of the construction of the cigar, like, I definitely will enjoy that more than having to work on a canoeing cigar that I can't keep lit.
• 18:12
  > >Oh, I hate that.
• 18:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You know what I'm saying?
• 18:14
  > >That pisses me off.
• 18:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You know, I really enjoyed this one as well.
• 18:18
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Um, I thought it was, you know, top three out of the. Out of the bunch, for sure.
• 18:23
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin too.
• 18:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Morning.
• 18:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin so, yeah, it.
• 18:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Could definitely be anytime cigar, for sure. Especially the golf course. This would be a great golf course cigar. Yeah, in a petite lancero.
• 18:39
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>So golf course cigars.
• 18:40
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 18:45
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Walking through the weeds looking for my.
• 18:47
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin looking for the drink cart.
• 18:53
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I got one of those airtags on my ball, you know, that you can find it.
• 18:57
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>It's pretty much a portable top golf.
• 18:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, that's right. Yeah, for sure. So what are we gonna rate this one, guys?
• 19:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Oh, see, that's a 50 50 split. We're gonna go with a three.
• 19:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Makes it a three.
• 19:14
  > >Well, you know, so I wanted to talk about this whole sweet tea thing. I mean, rich, this is an important topic as a, you know, a true southerner.
• 19:23
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Do we have crickets that we can play?
• 19:25
  > >No, this is not, you know, so I can play the tree falling a little more.
• 19:30
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>No, I'm done with the tree. But this is definitely the, uh. This. This drink choice is definitely the Catalina wine mixer of drinks here. Oh, yeah, let's talk about it.
• 19:40
  > >Well, so, uh, where did you get. Where did you get your sweaty?
• 19:44
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Loveless cafe. So it was a half and half. It wasn't the full sweet. It was half sweet, half unsweet, which I felt.
• 19:53
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>But it's still a gallon of sugar for 2oz of tea.
• 19:57
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin because you cannot get.
• 20:02
  > >Any more diabetes than walking into the loveless cafe.
• 20:06
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin And ordering a half and half sweet tea.
• 20:09
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I mean, when you walk in, they go, how y'all doing, sweetie?
• 20:12
  > >Would you like something to drink today?
• 20:14
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Oh, yeah. Uh, absolutely.
• 20:18
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. They give it to you while you wait. It's free, complimentary, at the door.
• 20:21
  > >I know everybody in the UK go to sweet tea.
• 20:23
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>And so split. Split.
• 20:26
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Base your rums for cocktails, not your tea.
• 20:29
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Right? Absolutely.
• 20:30
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Commit here, boys.
• 20:33
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>There's a reason that there's sweet tea and there's unsweet tea. Right? And that's because they're meant to be. Do you.
• 20:42
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Singular experience.
• 20:43
  > >Do you know who keeps track of. Of where you know, you have to serve sweet tea and where you have to serve unsweet tea?
• 20:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Do you know, uh, is it next to the dialysis clinic?
• 20:53
  > >It is. Cracker barrel.
• 20:54
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Oh, yeah. Fair, okay.
• 20:56
  > >Yes. Cracker barrel keeps track of exactly where they. The line exists where you have to serve sweet tea or unsweet tea. That is correct. Yes. So there's. There's this one person at Cracker barrel. That's their only job. Only job.
• 21:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That is exactly their analytics. That's the analytics job you need. Right. There you go.
• 21:17
  > >What do you do? What do you do here, cracker barrel?
• 21:22
  > >Sweet t arbitrator.
• 21:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, I don't mean to brag, but I'm a sweet tea expert.
• 21:28
  > >Here you go. Yeah, but I mean, seriously, uh, when you go through a drive through in the southe and they ask and you're ordering iced tea, sometimes they'll even ask you, you want that full or half and half? Yeah, yeah. And I'm like, where are these places?
• 21:45
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I have no idea.
• 21:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 21:46
  > >They do it everywhere. This is misses Winters.
• 21:49
  > >They do it there. Yes.
• 21:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Where is it? Misses winters.
• 21:52
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Here.
• 21:54
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You point out a misses winters and I'll succeed.
• 21:56
  > >This hardee's, they do it at Popeyes. Uh, yeah. Where have you been? Where's your southern part? I'm, uh, that bad boy, so.
• 22:06
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 22:09
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Did you split it?
• 22:10
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 22:11
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>All right, then.
• 22:11
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Good the way it is.
• 22:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 22:16
  > >Ton of sugar in it. Well, right.
• 22:17
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Oh, so what you're saying is the loveless cafe doesn't know how to make sweet tea.
• 22:21
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Can we go on record, uh, saying that?
• 22:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Excuse me.
• 22:25
  > >A touch lawsuit coming my way as you're saying those words, because that is not true.
• 22:30
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Loveless Cafe cannot make three lard biscuits.
• 22:34
  > >And, uh, they drop it in and they stir clockwise.
• 22:37
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Amen.
• 22:37
  > >You should know these things.
• 22:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I will say those biscuits. Amen. We talk about biscuits all day.
• 22:42
  > >Oh, yeah.
• 22:42
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I'll fat kid it up with some biscuits.
• 22:44
  > >Of all the flavors of jam, who's.
• 22:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Got m the best biscuits?
• 22:47
  > >What's the best flavored jam at loveless?
• 22:49
  > >Here we go. This is, this is gonna divide us right here.
• 22:52
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>See, I'm a strawberry guy.
• 22:54
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 22:55
  > >That's when you're a five year old kid.
• 22:58
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I'm required by law, because I'm a ginger.
• 23:01
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I am required by law to eat a certain amount of red food.
• 23:06
  > >Okay?
• 23:06
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I have to. So strawberry jams, my.
• 23:09
  > >You have to journal it. Do you have to keep track of it?
• 23:11
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Did you not get the memo?
• 23:12
  > >I didn't get the memo.
• 23:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>See, that's the brown. And you come.
• 23:15
  > >I just, I keep tabs of things. And my freckles. I know. You know, grape, one, peach wine, strawberry wine.
• 23:22
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You have to color them in with the different colors.
• 23:24
  > >Now, the best, the best flavor is peach.
• 23:26
  > >Absolutely loveless, hands down. Yeah.
• 23:28
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Seasonal.
• 23:29
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 23:32
  > >Uh, my wife is. She loves the BlackBerry, for sure. She's a BlackBerry jam gal about it. Benjamin?
• 23:37
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>No strawberry.
• 23:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Uh, strawberry. My entire life. Oh, my gosh. All day. This is, this is a nostalgic thing for me, though.
• 23:43
  > >Rich are you feeling of them and us setting in here? Because I do. Because it's game on.
• 23:48
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>My mother makes strawberry freezer jam every spring.
• 23:52
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Again.
• 23:53
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>It's a whole thing.
• 23:54
  > >I'm gonna put half tea in your car every day this week. You're gonna get in there and go, what's this? And you take one sip, and you go, wow, this is really good, man.
• 24:02
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>There's no way I would be like, this is half and half. Somebody forgot to finish this beverage.
• 24:10
  > >So, listeners, uh, reach out to us. I really want to hear whether you enjoy sweet tea, unsweetened tea, or half and half, if you are married to someone that likes iced tea. Do you guys get along? Can you order the exact same style of iced tea? You know, I think these are important things that we need to know.
• 24:28
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I think we should just circle this back to the cigars here.
• 24:31
  > >Oh, yeah. This is cigar show.
• 24:33
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I forgot we're just sitting a sweet tea. But that's another episode of Sip Sudden Sports.
• 24:37
  > >Well, it's an important topic.
• 24:39
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Search for it.
• 24:39
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Ask, uh, Alexa to search for that.
• 24:42
  > >Rich, you and I are right.
• 24:43
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin That's all I have to say.
• 24:44
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 24:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Ah.
• 24:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>All right, so we ranked that epicure robusto a three, and we're gonna go on to the.
• 24:53
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>To the epicure habano robusto. And Rich is gonna tell us about that.
• 24:58
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin even begin to do epicure Habano justice. And coming from a distinguished family lineage with a name like epicure, you know, it can hold its own. Its medium blend proudly put its mix of walnut and espresso on a full display in a smooth finish. Epicure habano might be new to the league, but it's already on the same shelf as the veterans. The filler is nicaraguan.
• 25:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>The binder is nicaraguan. The wrapper is surprise, nicaraguan habano. And what are your thoughts on this one, guys?
• 25:35
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, I want to hear mouth, uh, of the south over here first, so, Mike, take it away.
• 25:39
  > >Well, so the thing that I think is funny is that I actually, uh, transposed the habano and the connecticut. So those previous, uh, tasting notes that I were actually for, he probably cut.
• 25:54
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Them in half and tried to fuse them.
• 25:56
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I think he got his en suite with his sweet.
• 25:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Is that what happened?
• 26:00
  > >M. Uh, what I find funny is I rated them both exactly the same. So would you like to know what I thought of the other one?
• 26:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>No, no, no. Let's just move on to rich. Rich, what did you think about that.
• 26:11
  > >Well, so this one had the.
• 26:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Oh, you got your time, sir. You had your time.
• 26:15
  > >I'm sorry. It had.
• 26:16
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>The council yields.
• 26:17
  > >All you need to know is because it had lots of wood.
• 26:26
  > >That's all that you need to know. Uh, now, the size of this rick was about 17ft. So that's really what was different with this epicure, you know, as opposed to the other one.
• 26:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, I did.
• 26:37
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin about that?
• 26:41
  > >That's right. He said the magical word. So, yeah.
• 26:44
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Is this pee wee's playhouse? We hear wood.
• 26:48
  > >Absolutely. Yes.
• 26:49
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin creamy. Uh, uh. But it did give into a little bit of spiciness throughout. Medium, uh, body.
• 26:58
  > >Um. I did find it a little underwhelming, to be honest. Yes, um, a little underwhelming.
• 27:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You know, I really had higher hopes for these.
• 27:10
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Oh, my gosh.
• 27:11
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Looks like we just need to lower my expectations.
• 27:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>The sidebar with these. So I feel like this epicure is like kind of their baseline.
• 27:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 27:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Right. And then we're kind of just changing out the. The rapper shit, probably. Yeah, the habano. The habano wrapper on this turns this thing up all the way for me, dude.
• 27:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I thought so as well.
• 27:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>I. That nice. This is what pepper supposed to be for me in a cigar. But that white pepper, 100% cocoa, fresh cracked black walnuts.
• 27:53
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. Love. Ah, it.
• 27:54
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>This. This is my favorite of all of the ones that we smoke.
• 28:00
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>This was my number two.
• 28:01
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Okay.
• 28:02
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>But I'll say that out of this cigar.
• 28:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I could smoke this cigar anytime in any size.
• 28:09
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>I will be keeping a handful of these in my humidor.
• 28:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Absolutely.
• 28:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>At all times.
• 28:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Absolutely. And we'll take whatever they want to send us to.
• 28:19
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Now, listen, I. I really enjoyed this cigar. I got. I got the woods out of it.
• 28:29
  > >I got a second. You mentioned the word wood. I'm just, you know.
• 28:34
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Sir, we apologize for all these.
• 28:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>You could. You could turn this episode into a drinking game.
• 28:41
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely.
• 28:42
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So, uh, I. As we know, if you listen to our episodes, I'm a fan of Habanos. I really like them. And Mike's not really a fan of habana.
• 28:50
  > >No, no, no. Don't lay that.
• 28:52
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Everyone go back and listen to all the things that Mike. Somebody can put a list together, email it to me.
• 28:59
  > >There's at least four habanas that I like on the planet.
• 29:02
  > >Okay.
• 29:03
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, yeah, yeah. And yeah, we're not gonna go there today. Uh, I actually really like. I said, I really enjoyed this stick.
• 29:11
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And, uh, you know, I definitely see what you're saying about they're taking the nicaraguan piro base and they're putting the different rappers on it, but that. I think that that complements the nicaraguan Pirro in it, and I think that each new rapper they put on is opens up that whole different level of complexity out of that pure binder and filler.
• 29:34
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>And I think that's a fun point to have with the conversation of cigars in general and how much the rapper means to the cigar.
• 29:43
  > >Well, I think, you know, looking here in my notes, that you got the right ones there.
• 29:48
  > >I'm saying that it didn't matter which, whether it was the Connecticut or the habano. I thought they both were.
• 29:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>We have a Connecticut.
• 29:56
  > >So I arrived at. I think that sucks. Yeah, I did. I just, you know, I. I just did not enjoy the.
• 30:05
  > >The combo between the two. I actually like the habana better.
• 30:09
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Oof. Can I get that in writing?
• 30:10
  > >Yeah, but, uh, for.
• 30:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>You gotta record it.
• 30:13
  > >That's the same things you're saying, Benjamin. I liked it kicked up, and I thought that it. Yeah, the Connecticut felt like just a floor mat that, you know, the filler and binder were just stomping all over it, and it was just completely unbalanced. But when you swapped out and had the fuller body, you know, habana wrapper, I was like, okay, this is standing up to it. It still sucks to. But I thought that it had a fighting chance.
• 30:39
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 30:40
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, just psa. Mike's views and opinions do not reflect the views and opinions of that.
• 30:47
  > >I can fix that in post.
• 30:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You know, I think that that's good to consider, is that, you know, you liked that one more than you liked the other one, and.
• 30:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>But that shows the difference in the habano wrapper as opposed to ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper.
• 31:05
  > >I'm sorry, did you miss the part where I mentioned it had a little bit of wood?
• 31:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, I got the wood.
• 31:10
  > >Both of them.
• 31:10
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I got the wood for sure.
• 31:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>But let's go ahead and give it a rating here. What do we think, folks?
• 31:18
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>We're gonna go fours.
• 31:25
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Magnificent.
• 31:28
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Alrighty, folks, so we have reached that time in our show where we like to ask Mike anything.
• 31:33
  > >Ooh. Oh, this is. This is dangerous.
• 31:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 31:37
  > >Um, let's see. Sure.
• 31:44
  > >Cool. A microphone. You're asking me questions. You have no idea what I'm gonna say.
• 31:48
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's right out of this lineup. Which one would you smoke on the golf course?
• 31:52
  > >Ooh. Huh.
• 31:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>30 seconds.
• 31:56
  > >Oh, 30 seconds. Oh, man, I don't think so. Uh, you know, I I'm not a golf course smoking. You know, I have not found those two things pair very well. I would probably choose the habana just because I know it sucks and I wouldn't interfere with my golf game.
• 32:16
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin smoke.
• 32:19
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You can't play golf.
• 32:21
  > >Well, that's another full.
• 32:22
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's another thing.
• 32:23
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Oh, man. Mike, those questions we asked were so awesome. I'm so glad we got to know more about you.
• 32:32
  > >My, uh, favorite color. Chartreuse.
• 32:34
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, that's the liquor. So good. The name, the color after.
• 32:37
  > >See, I am a die hard fan.
• 32:39
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, wait, is it a Christmas movie or not a Christmas movie?
• 32:42
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 32:44
  > >Definitely. Chris.
• 32:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That settles it. That settles it.
• 32:47
  > >It's just the way you get to say nakato.
• 32:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Oh. Oh.
• 32:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Hey, we're back. We're back, guys.
• 32:52
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>We're back.
• 32:52
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>We're back. Oh, hey, guys. Welcome back from the commercials. We were just going over those questions for you guys in post.
• 33:01
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>We'd like to, uh, want to take a chance to thanks, crux for giving us the opportunity to sample their lineup and, uh, go over their product. They also give us a really cool backpack that we're going to work into. A giveaway.
• 33:13
  > >Oh, yeah.
• 33:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So when that giveaway happens, we'll be.
• 33:16
  > >Sure to keep your eyes going to pack it full of wood and then ship.
• 33:19
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Oh, my God. Packet full of cedar.
• 33:22
  > >If you do cedar splits. There you go. Backpack full of cedars.
• 33:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And there may or may not be crux cigars in it when we send it to you, so we'll see. But we picked up a couple different cigars along the way. Like I said, um, we picked up their limitata toro, the newest one that just released at PCA. And then it came out recently, and then we did the, uh, crux de connoisseur number one, lancero. Favorite size.
• 33:49
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And, uh, I'm gonna go over the limitata with you guys today.
• 33:53
  > >Cool.
• 33:53
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So, appropriately appropriately named limitata intelligently premium.
• 33:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>With only a thousand boxes produced a year, the limitata is rooted in exclusivity superior with notes of earth and pepper. This limited edition cigar has the anatomy of exceptional tobacco. When quality and craftsmanship get rolled into one, it becomes a national treasure that only makes select appearances during prime time.
• 34:20
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Is that kind of like the presidency?
• 34:22
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>I thought they were talking about Deon Sanders, bro.
• 34:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, like old Dion Sanders or, like, now Johnson.
• 34:28
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Is there a difference?
• 34:29
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I mean, I don't think he could.
• 34:30
  > >Like, with both feet working or just one.
• 34:34
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Didn't he, like, in a wheelchair now, come on.
• 34:37
  > >They haven't cut it off yet.
• 34:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Oh, yeah. Uh, the filler is dominican and Nicaragua. The binder is Connecticut broadleaf, and the rapper is nicaraguan. What did you guys think about this cigar, rich?
• 34:48
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah, yeah.
• 34:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin um, I was kind of excited when I first started smoking it, but after about a third of it got m a little, should I dare say, a little woody.
• 35:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Oh, my God.
• 35:06
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I hate you people. Sometimes there's nothing wrong with a little tree fibers.
• 35:16
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yes, that's it right there.
• 35:19
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah.
• 35:20
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Little tree fibers in your cigar.
• 35:23
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin others. It was, it was good, but it didn't, like, take me anywhere, if that makes sense.
• 35:34
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It was my favorite in the bunch, of course.
• 35:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>So this is, this is definitely one I.
• 35:39
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>One and two with.
• 35:40
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 35:40
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>This one in the habana.
• 35:42
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, absolutely. This is my, was my favorite. I'm actually glad I picked them up for you guys. The smoke, because the size that we got was that I was able to pick up was the five by seven, five by 54. Great. Um, cigar. Just all around good earthy tones.
• 35:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Good. You could really get that soil out. You could really taste that, that, that, that farminess to it. And, you know, I'm not gonna say what you think I'm gonna say with the w word.
• 36:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It was really w for me.
• 36:16
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin And, but it also, like, the dark chocolate came out over top of that for me.
• 36:22
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And, yeah, little shock who said it.
• 36:34
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>But, you know, that chocolatey note.
• 36:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And for me, again, I go back to consistency. And, you know, all jokes aside, there are a lot of brands that, that have a lot of quality cigars, but then they have construction issues.
• 36:48
  > >You know, we didn't have any.
• 36:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Not, uh, out of the four of us in this room today, didn't have a single construction issue with any.
• 36:56
  > >That's pretty amazing.
• 36:57
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And that, to me, speaks volumes of the brand.
• 37:00
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Like, on top of branding, I can say, hey, you need to go try this cigar, because this cigar will not let you down.
• 37:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And, you know, it may or may not be foresty.
• 37:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Have a bit of arbor accentuating it.
• 37:19
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Shall we call it tree service?
• 37:25
  > >You knew that was going to happen. This is a little chipper.
• 37:29
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>What do you say?
• 37:29
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah, druid.
• 37:34
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Great. A jewish princess.
• 37:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah. Big fan of this cigar. Chocolatey creamy in all the right ways. This is, this is, uh, the little bit of, like, cream on the top of an espresso, though, right? Like, it's got more of a depth to it.
• 37:54
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>It's not. I'm, uh, not, I'm not thinking like, uh, whipped cream kind of creaminess, right? We're not, we're not thinking like, milk. This is a nice spoon on top of a cappuccino right here.
• 38:10
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Can you spell that?
• 38:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Espresso?
• 38:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Right? M. But absolutely. This is another one that, you know, even though the limited production, if you have your chance to get your hands on it, I think this is definitely worth grabbing, too. You want to share this with a friend? Pair this with a nice rum?
• 38:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Absolutely. A great room would be awesome.
• 38:35
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yes.
• 38:35
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, Barbados.
• 38:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Like big Tom. Big oft, man.
• 38:40
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Get you some privateer.
• 38:41
  > >Yeah, those are some good choices.
• 38:43
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, that would be so great because it would bring that chocolatey out, but it would also add you a little bit of citrus to it.
• 38:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yes.
• 38:51
  > >Mmm.
• 38:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Sweetie, lose a copper.
• 38:54
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Copper would be good.
• 38:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Probably unsweet.
• 38:57
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, probably unsweet.
• 38:58
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Just unsweet, though.
• 38:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Um, maybe some black or some earl grey.
• 39:03
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>I'll be fan.
• 39:04
  > >I'll be quick with my comments.
• 39:12
  > >Well, you know, did you. Don't get ahead of the finger.
• 39:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Okay.
• 39:17
  > >Seriously.
• 39:22
  > >So, uh, you know, so this was the very, uh, this is the first stick that I grabbed out of the flight because it was one I'd never had before, and I was very excited. I was like, oh, I had read about it, and, like, well, this, this actually sounds, you know, rather interesting.
• 39:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You are talking about the right cigar.
• 39:40
  > >I am talking about the limitata. Yes, I am.
• 39:43
  > >Um, so I like the word toro, not the word petite. Lancero. But so, um, I was like, okay, this will be something a little bit different. Um, and I wrote down the word cedar, which is a. And then some other words about it being.
• 40:06
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Timber.
• 40:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So you picked up some tree in it.
• 40:09
  > >It was very woody, like a rick of wood. It's what I wrote down. So there you have it. Uh, you know, so it was kind of in the middle of the product line for me. I didn't think it was like, this is amazing. It's a limited series, you know, so I, uh, you know, it was probably my second favorite out of the flight.
• 40:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Okay.
• 40:28
  > >But it's just, just a little, you know, had that thing on it, so.
• 40:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. Something say? Because you look like you had something to say over there.
• 40:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>No.
• 40:37
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Okay, well, let's, uh, give it the rating, boys. What do we got here? Fours?
• 40:43
  > >No, not all fours.
• 40:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>It was a four across the board.
• 40:51
  > >Felt like something smacked me on it.
• 40:53
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Maybe. Maybe 3.549.
• 40:55
  > >We'll go see if I can read these.
• 40:56
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Big Mike's gonna go over the crooks de concierge number one. Lancero.
• 41:03
  > >Yes. Uh, so, for this particular cigar, here is their marketing. Uh, schtick. Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. Did you hear that?
• 41:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You're the one with the keyboard.
• 41:15
  > >Mm hmm. M. Yeah. You're not listening. Anyway, that's why wisdom does not listen. Yeah.
• 41:22
  > >So, uh, dew connoisseur is crafted for the maverick and all of us, for the soul man. Hand wired to go against the grain, but still staying true nonetheless. Duke Connoisseur is captivatingly rich, revealing its true glory with notes of carmel and espresso for a restrained finish. I never use the words restrained and espresso in the same sentence, but it's distinctive.
• 41:45
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Is it half and half?
• 41:46
  > >No, it's distinctive shape is the perfect partner for introspective nights. As opposed to what other kind of nights are there? And restless spirits. Wow. This filler, uh, is honduran. The bonder is. The binder, is nicaraguan. The rapper is habano jalapo. What did you think about it, Benjamin?
• 42:10
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Bottom of the totem pole for me, this thing. And I think because I was able to decisively delineate flavor profile advancement through.
• 42:27
  > >The rest of the line, this thing was not like the others.
• 42:29
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>This. This one was kind of single note for me. Uh, dare I say, just kind of ho hum. I didn't really. I wasn't super stoked about smoking this. About halfway through it, um, which is something I don't often experience. Uh, I think it's worth revisiting, maybe there. I feel like there's something that I'm missing, the way that everybody's looking at me right now.
• 42:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So, um. Uh, I'm just gonna chime in here for a second.
• 43:02
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I agree with you that this was the bottom of the list for me.
• 43:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Um, which is extremely painful, because lancero is my favorite size.
• 43:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Um, I thought that it really didn't change flavor.
• 43:22
  > >Same.
• 43:22
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And it was consistent. The burn was consistent.
• 43:25
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It was very well constructed cigar. But you expect when you're smoking a lancero that you're going to hit those flavor profile changes throughout it, and it just didn't happen for me.
• 43:37
  > >Hmm.
• 43:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 43:39
  > >Mike, this was, uh, mild up front.
• 43:44
  > >I, um, thought it was very well balanced. There were some burnt sugars and caramel, uh, in the middle. Um, kind of easy would, uh. See, I'm not gonna hit the button on that one. Yes, I had, uh. What was it? Uh, it was an introspective night. Uh, so, um, it was sweet on the finish. I thought this was, uh, above average. This was my, uh, best of the flight. I actually like this.
• 44:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So you like half and half sweet, unsweet tea and cigars that don't do connoisseur?
• 44:13
  > >Yeah. No, this had flavor.
• 44:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That tracks.
• 44:16
  > >I thought. It's interesting. I don't read the marketing, you know, tasting notes in advance, and I thought it was interesting that it could kind of, you know, paired up with it.
• 44:24
  > >So.
• 44:25
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 44:26
  > >All right.
• 44:27
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin it, um. I used the word subdued. The flavors were a bit subdued.
• 44:35
  > >I won't use the w, but respective.
• 44:37
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Restrained.
• 44:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin great looking.
• 44:42
  > >A bono that beat you over the head.
• 44:46
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin non introspective way, but, um, I think it got really good towards the end, especially for me. I did pick up a little bit more spice as I went through, but.
• 44:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Okay.
• 44:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin two.
• 45:03
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So ratings. Number four.
• 45:07
  > >Finally.
• 45:10
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>We lost on that one.
• 45:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Sometimes you're right, sometimes you're wrong, so.
• 45:16
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, I do want to take a moment here. I know we only have a short time left in our luscious voices this evening. Um, I want to just remind the listeners that taste is subjective.
• 45:28
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Um, you like what you like, and you don't like what you don't like.
• 45:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So, uh, all jokes aside, we like to tell all of our listeners, give it a try. Go out to a shop, ask for some croaks, give them a try. For sure, you know, a solid brand.
• 45:45
  > >Don't stare.
• 45:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Solid.
• 45:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah, absolutely.
• 45:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin worth it. It's worth the smoke all the way around.
• 45:56
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So, other than teas, what did we pair?
• 45:59
  > >Hmm.
• 45:59
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 46:01
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 46:01
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah.
• 46:03
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I had some bourbons.
• 46:05
  > >Um, yeah, I had this in a couple of, uh, tasting rounds with a lot of. A lot of things.
• 46:11
  > >Whiskey, rum, scotch. Yeah, I didn't really find anything that.
• 46:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I was like, I wouldn't have put scotch with them. Cause as much wood as you picked up, why would you want to put peat on top of.
• 46:20
  > >I intentionally had all scotch as Petey. Dude, I actually had, uh, that privateer rum that you have in front of you with, uh, the habano. And I actually like the rum more than I did the cigar, so I.
• 46:35
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Thought the rum was for you.
• 46:36
  > >I thought the rum was rescuing the cigar. You know, the whole time, I was like, wow, thank God there's something to stand up to. A little bit of this wood.
• 46:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, all right, so what are y'all's favorites out of this line?
• 46:52
  > >Uh, I already said mine was the duke connoisseur.
• 46:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Duke connoisseur. I'm a lemitata. You're a lemitata.
• 46:58
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Epicure habano.
• 46:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Okay. Epicure habano.
• 47:00
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Okay, well, see, there's a lot of different taste palates here represented, so all in all, crux, you guys are doing a good job.
• 47:09
  > >Chris?
• 47:10
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, great dude. The, uh, one that hooked us up with this today.
• 47:13
  > >Thank you.
• 47:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>He also has, uh, the world's largest pumpkin, I think.
• 47:19
  > >Really?
• 47:19
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Or something? Some kind of gourd of. Oh, it might be a carrot. I can't remember. It's.
• 47:25
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>He's got a Guinness. He's got a Guinness world record of something.
• 47:30
  > >So where do you put that on your resume? Do you put it at the top lead with that?
• 47:33
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I don't know.
• 47:34
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Special skills and talent?
• 47:35
  > >Is that how you openly. Is it, like, your superpower for small talk?
• 47:39
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Hey. Uh, my name is Chris. I, uh, grew the biggest carrot.
• 47:43
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It is the, uh, it is a carrot. Absolutely a carrot.
• 47:48
  > >Cool.
• 47:49
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 47:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And there's a picture of him with it. It was the world's largest carrot.
• 47:53
  > >Oh, uh, that's chick magnet.
• 47:54
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I mean, this carrot is, like, the size of his torso.
• 47:58
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>That's a wild looking carrot.
• 48:00
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's a wild looking carrot.
• 48:01
  > >Do you get, like, free daiquiris at Applebee's? A few.
• 48:04
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You know, he's got a Guinness Walker world record in his, uh, under his.
• 48:10
  > >Belt, so I have one. I am the world's biggest hater.
• 48:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's believable.
• 48:16
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, guys, I really want to appreciate everybody for coming out, uh, like, you want to, but. I want to, but I'm not so good. Everybody.
• 48:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>No. Good old boy. Mike, what do you have on us today?
• 48:29
  > >Um, you know, I think that you should decide exactly what kind of sweet tea that you need to enjoy in life, you know, before you're going to sit down and enjoy any of these cigars. Yeah, you know, for sure. Um, but, uh, you know, I, uh, I thought it was a ah, really good line. You should go and check it out. Um, listen, uh, thanks for enjoying us on this episode of sip Sudesen smokes. I will ask you to keep on.
• 48:54
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah.
• 48:58
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And smoking. That's all you're gonna say?
• 48:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Not thanks for being here.
• 49:01
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Oh, yeah. You're welcome, Rich. That's cool.
• 49:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Always good to see you dudes.
• 49:06
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Always good.
• 49:07
  > >Just glad you said the word sweeter.
• 49:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Unsweet. Stop mixing your teeth.
• 49:10
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah yeah, don't mix your teeth.
• 49:11
  > >It's not like crossing the street.
• 49:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Don't be like those people. Those are serial killers that mix teas. Yeah, uh, those are serial killers. And I'm good old boy barger. And I'll ask you to keep smoking whatever you're smoking with your right hand.
• 49:23
  > >Or your left hand today.
• 49:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You pick. You pick.
• 49:26
  > >We could talk about the guy with the arm.
• 49:28
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Ambidextrous. Yeah, we'll save that for the next episode.
• 49:32
  > >For another episode, for sure.
• 49:33
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Oh, yeah.
• 49:34
  > >Yeah. I don't think the arm would have picked the limitata.
• 49:37
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>No, it probably would have beat itself to death.
• 49:43
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Anyway, thanks for listening, folks, and y'all have a wonderful evening.
• 49:48
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• 49:59
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• 50:59
  > Announcer>This has been a one tan hand production of sips, suds, 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, will see you all next time.