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Feels good in the hand · Sips, Suds, & Smokes

• 0:00
  > Announcer>On the next episode of Sips, Suds and smokes.
• 0:03
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So Amami Cigars is a newer cigar brand that we ran into at PCA.
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  > >2025 and the premium Cigar association trade show.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Amin has been an entrepreneur with a deep passion for cigars. His is he began his cigar journey back in the early 2000s. After long years of experiment experience, he decided to go all in with his own cigar brand. Now with his team, this factory in Estelle, Nicaragua, make it some of the most premium quality cigars in the industry. Armin says we dedicated our brand to bringing a variety of premium cigars quality for anyone, for anyone's palates with 16 different cigars and adding 12 more to the lineup by 2025.
• 0:47
  > >Really great product line all the way across.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, uh, these guys are going to do very well.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Very well.
• 0:53
  > Announcer>We'll be right back after this break. Brought to you almost live from the dude in the basement studios.
• 1:21
  > >Why?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Because that's where the good stuff is.
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  > Announcer>It sips, suds and smokes with your smokin post the good old boys. Hey, man, got a light? It's time for smokes.
• 1:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Hey, welcome to smokes episode where everything life in everything good in life is worth discussing. I can't read the words struggle today.
• 2:07
  > >Can't read them big words.
• 2:10
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I'm good old boy Barger. To my left is good old boy Benjamin.
• 2:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>What up?
• 2:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>To his left is good old boy Mike.
• 2:16
  > >I think it's the cheesecake that you're inhaling that is causing the problem. What was it? Cinnamon roll.
• 2:21
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It's funnel cake.
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  > >It doesn't work.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's fair. Okay. We're at the fair anyway.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's good old boy Mike, everybody. Uh, then good old boy Barbert's in the corner. And then we've got good old boy Rich.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin All right, well, we are the best thing on at 2am right before you run out of beer and right after you stubbed your pinky toe on that coffee table.
• 2:44
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Oh, yeah. We all know what that feels like. As you know, and I hope you know, our smoke segments are all about cigars and, well, anything that can be smoked meats, whatever you want to smoke. Pause for jama. Yep. For today's segment, drum roll, please. We're gonna go and give you Imami cigars.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So strap on and hang in tight. We're gonna have fun today, but don't worry if you miss anything.
• 3:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You can download the full episode from wherever you listen to podcast. But before we dive in the shallow end of the pool without our helmet, Remember the buddy system. Where's your buddy?
• 3:23
  > >Well, what kind of lube do you want this time, Rich? Because I put pina colada in my left hand.
• 3:30
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, no wonder I smelled that. That's right. If you're a cigar newbie, fret not. We got you covered. In Cigar 101 episode I will Only.
• 3:39
  > >Drink Smell the Glove, Smell Robusto episode.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Where all this cigar speak will be decoded. Just search for sip suds and smokes. Smell my Foot episode should pop right up. Follow the link in the show notes. Uh, today, our smokes rating. We will be discussing these and rating them with our sip suds and smokes ratings one through five, plus our signature sounds. Here's a sample. All right, so let's get in here and talk about imami cigars.
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  > >3.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So, umami cigars is a newer cigar brand that we ran into at PCA.
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  > >2025 and the premium Cigar association trade show.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Okay. The Premium Cigar association trade show in New Orleans this year.
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  > >Y' all ain't from around here, are, Ah, you.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>No. No, we're not.
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  > >You got a pretty mouth.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Armin. Uh, Amin is his name. Not Armin. I don't know why I put an R in there. That's what Amin has been an entrepreneur with a deep passion for cigars. His is he began his cigar journey back in the early 2000s. After long years of experiment experience, he decided to go all in with his own cigar brand. Now with his team, this factory in Estelle, Nicaragua, make it some of the most premium quality cigars in the industry. Armin says, we dedicated our brand to bringing a variety of premium cigars for quality for anyone, for anyone's palates with 16 different cigars and adding 12 more to the lineup by 2025.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah, I did.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I will read anything.
• 5:18
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Good job.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Put it on the teleprompter, guys. I'll read it, I promise you. Um, but we're going to get started with the Cyrus King of Kings, Connecticut Grand Toro cigar. Benjamin, why don't you tell us a little bit about that?
• 5:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Good luck.
• 5:41
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>I got my winch. The Cyrus King of Kings, Connecticut, uh, Grand Toro. It's a, uh, six and a quarter by 54. Grand Toro.
• 5:52
  > >Are you talking about Girthy?
• 5:54
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>They were going to be demonstrating how to measure girth.
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  > >Girth is a very important measurement when determining Sizes first.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Take your tape measure, place it at.
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  > >The center of the shoulder, bring it down through the crotch, and back up again.
• 6:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Oh, and so how many square foot is that, Margaret?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I don't know.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I don't want to talk about it.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Uh, so the filler on this, uh, Cyrus King of Kings, Connecticut is Balato, Uh, Estelle Habano.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>The binders, uh, Carajo Desolorado. And the rapper is Connecticut Des Florado from Ecuador, Pilon.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Uh, so this one's a, ah, really nice Connecticut.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Uh, I think that, um, my favorite thing about this Connecticut. It was a first, uh, of the day, ah, coffee experience for me, which is always appreciated. Um, the, you know, a little bit of subtle spice ran, uh, through this thing. But I, um, think this is a spot on, um, for maybe like, the heavier cigar smokers, Connecticut.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Right.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Because it's like a. A medium to mild.
• 7:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Right.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>So it's got some cool body to it. Um, and, you know, great way to start your day.
• 7:21
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
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  > >You know, I guess the thing that I was, you know, kind of hopping in is thinking that, well, this is a Cuban. This is Habano style, you know, Connecticut. And it's like, okay, so, I mean, what were they aiming for, you know, that really kind of aligns with that La Gloria, you know, really kind of comes to mind. Um, uh, you know, but I just. I don't really think of, you know, a lot of Connecticuts that are on the market today are really cut in that, you know, Cubano style.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Punchy, punchy, medium body.
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  > >They don't have that much spice forward. Usually when they come around, they're. They're like puffy, you know, marshmallow stuffed with vanilla and a lot of other. I mean, it's great things, you know, But I'm just saying that, uh, your brain says one thing, and this cigar is something that is not like the others.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I actually shy away from Connecticut most of the time. Um, there's been very few recently that, you know, good broadleafs that I really enjoy. And actually this. I enjoyed this Connecticut.
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  > >Yeah. I think it was the novelty, you know, that I think probably was definitely getting to me of going. My brain is wired one way, but I really like the cigar, which is not what, you know, I think if you were just to say Habana style, Connecticut, I don't know that everybody, at least in the US Market, would be lined up to say, oh, I know exactly what you're in it for. They're gonna think Davidoff, all Day long, you know. Um, and so I think that's, I think actually is a good thing is to kind of catch people off guard from the connection of the description of the product to actually, you know what it was.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So. Well, what do you think, Rich?
• 9:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah, I just didn't, I didn't really. I wasn't feeling it. I don't know.
• 9:21
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Enough out of you.
• 9:22
  > >Yeah, that's all right.
• 9:25
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It's okay. Yeah.
• 9:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin everybody else.
• 9:30
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I love her. I love it. It's good.
• 9:32
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Um, but that just shows taste. Subjective.
• 9:37
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin big, um, you know, Connecticut. You know, I don't, I don't reach for Connecticut all the time.
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  > >You don't walk into a shop and go, I like a Cuban style Connecticut man. Yeah.
• 9:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 9:52
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin That's right.
• 9:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin certain places.
• 9:59
  > >Because it's the whole freaking wall.
• 10:01
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, they have a huge wall. But anyway, enough about Davidoff.
• 10:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin wasn't really. It didn't really like, um, bring out anything that I thought was definitely interesting.
• 10:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, what are we going, what are we going to give this one, guys? Uh, we're going to give it a four.
• 10:20
  > >Wow.
• 10:21
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. And like we say all the time here, folks, magnificent taste is subjective. And I always miss that cue. Taste is subjective. But listen, don't go try these things. What are you gonna say?
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  > >I had a few more things that I really love. The burn line and the draw on this. It was really, really good.
• 10:42
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Ding, ding. So that is one thing that we're gonna talk about after the break and that was really at the forefront of this entire freaking line.
• 10:52
  > >Yeah, uh, that was just so good.
• 10:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>We'll be right back, folks. And welcome back to Sip Suds and Smokes, our smoke segments. We are going over Imami cigars and let us just jump right into this. Mike hit the nail on the head over here right before the break about construction. I, construction wise, have absolutely nothing to say about this brand.
• 11:23
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>These things are bulletproof.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I'm telling you. Every cigar that I smoked had a perfect burn line. The ash held and consistent all the way through.
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  > >Yeah, I, that is very true.
• 11:39
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>He must be a wizard.
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  > >There was, there was one cigar ahead that you know, was a little. A little off from that. From their own high mark, you know, and so I think that that was, you know, part of the. Is they were a victim of their own success.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Sure.
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  > >You know, it was. It was almost every single stick, you know, that I picked up. It just. It felt great in the hand. I. I always found the burn lines to just be, you know, incredibly consistent.
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  > >I don't think I've. If I say the word canoe at all today, I would be incredibly shocked because I didn't.
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  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You was rowing. Rowing your other boat on the last episode.
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  > >Yeah, yeah.
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  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin was great, Burn was great, Ash was great. You know, so, yeah, more to come.
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  > >I mean, instead of saying that for, you know, five or six sticks a day.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. Let's just blanket that out there.
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  > >I would just absolutely say that, you know, if. If those things to you, and they're very irritating to me.
• 12:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>100. Nobody wants to work on a cigar that they have to pay $20.
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  > >Absolutely. Um, you know who was serving who here?
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Right.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>I actually found myself, you know, like, out on the back porch smoking through this line, and I would set it down to go do something else. Run in the house, refill a drink, whatever.
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  > >Exactly.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>And almost. Almost kind of like, forget about it.
• 12:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Right.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>You're just, you know.
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  > >I know.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>And, and just. And just right back to smoking. Uh, yeah.
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  > >I was like, I, I. Where's this been my whole life?
• 13:10
  > >Yes. I was like, this is the way it's supposed to be.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Oh, yeah.
• 13:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>I got them started. And I don't think I touched a torch or a match or anything at all through that whole hour, hour and a half.
• 13:21
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Absolutely. Absolutely. So let's get up here.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Mike, talk to us about the Petra.
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  > >Uh, so the Petra, um, it's called the car from Stone Maduro Torpedo. Um, it is. The, uh, wrapper is habano oscuro pilon. Uh, the filler is, uh, bolada jalapa. Uh, the seco is Esteli Criro, and the ligiro is jalapa habano. Um, yeah, so. Really?
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  > >Ah, interesting. Um, for sure. A couple of my own notes here about this. Nice and balanced. M. A bit sweet. Um, I am gonna have nothing but crushing great things to say about this cigar.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Well, you were talking to us about the 1985 Petra concert you went to.
• 14:18
  > >Yeah.
• 14:19
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, it brought up your memories, right? Yeah. Uh, or Was that riches? Well, 1985, I think in the Metro.
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  > >Concert of having this, it's gonna make.
• 14:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Me the same one. No, was that the same concert.
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  > >Uh, in the middle of having this really great Maduro, I went and grabbed something that I thought might be a good choice of pairing. And I have to say that, um, it is one of those magical moments where I was like, oh, my gosh, the heavens have completely opened up and welcomed my palette into just a moment of bliss. So I, oh my. I grabbed.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>He's got the vapors. He's got the vapors. He has vapors.
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  > >So I went and grabbed a, uh, Kalila's, uh, scotch.
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  > >Um, it's 12 year from an independent modeler that you may not know, which is called Fergan Harris.
• 15:09
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Can you say that a little faster?
• 15:11
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Uh, can you say that on the radio?
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  > >The very unique aspect of this particular Kalila, it was actually finished, uh, off in a, um, uh, uh, Brunello, um, you know, wine. And it was just absolutely magical. I just even had to pause myself. I was like, okay, I can't believe that I have slapped two things together that work really this well. And, uh, so since that drag show. Well, so one is that particular wine is, um, I mean, I knew the scotch already incredibly well, and there's not a lot of people that use Brunello as a finishing barrel, uh, for Scotch. And I really thought that that was going to be a great choice.
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  > >I, I, it was better than great. I mean, it was just absolutely stunning.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>What do you think this thing is? Dessert wrapped in a tobacco leaf?
• 16:11
  > >There you go.
• 16:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, smooth.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>These, uh, big, like, beautiful, oily notes, uh, all the way through this thing. Um, it also the smoke concentration here, it's a, it's a big, oily kind of velvety smoke as well. So, uh, the, the retro hell is just as smooth.
• 16:34
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, the retro was fantastic.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Uh, it's one of those things where, you know, I use it as a, as a tool to try to look for some complexity and some nuance, uh, and kind of found myself, uh, enjoying it a whole lot.
• 16:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, rich.
• 16:52
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin go as far as Mike did. I think he had some sort of, uh, transcendental experience. But no, I really enjoyed it. Um, yeah, everything you said.
• 17:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I had a little, I tasted a little bit of cocoa.
• 17:10
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, some coffee for me, so it's great.
• 17:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, I absolutely love this cigar. I mean, I've got nothing bad to.
• 17:19
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Say, so I guess don't have anything good to say.
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  > >One question I'll throw out Uh, I love it. So, you know, we have reference standards with a lot of other products. Would you consider this like the reference standard for what Maduro's can be?
• 17:32
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>This, this could absolutely be a control point.
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  > >I, I really think so.
• 17:37
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
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  > >I mean, uh, it. I, I would absolutely put it in the top five Maduro's I've ever had.
• 17:43
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, I can bet you, I can tell you what we're gonna rate it here. Oh yeah, everybody gives it a five.
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  > >Because that is exactly how many boxes of this Maduro that they should send to us. Yeah, yeah, they send us five boxes.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>There you go.
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  > >Robert, I'm taking your half.
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  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 18:03
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Do we get the lawyer in them? We get a Petra album with that?
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  > >I have to take my 33 and a third somewhere.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's right. All right. So, uh, Benjamin, tell us about the diamond series Habano Grand Toro.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah, the diamond series Habano grand toro. Uh, another six and a quarter by 54 here. Rapper, uh, is going to be Habano from Cueca, Ecuador. Pilon, uh, filler is Bilato San Isidro, Seco, Esteli, Habano Des Florado and the la hero is Sumatra. Um, this one was uh, very enjoyable just like the rest of the line. Right. Like, uh, say I can't say enough about Razor Edge burn line. Uh, nice heavy oily smoke through this, uh, Habano always kind of piques my interest because I do enjoy the heavier spice complexity from a lot of cigars. It's just in my wheelhouse.
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  > >I think it's a moment where I have a lot of, um, optimism. Yeah, that would be how I would describe an Habano.
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  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>However, the diamond series here for me didn't uh, deliver that real big spice bomb, um, that I was expecting it. Subtle, uh, yeah, very, very subtle.
• 19:20
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Uh, even on the retro didn't, uh, knock you down.
• 19:23
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>It didn't leave that kind of, you know, like red pepper, uh, in your nose at all. Um, but that being said, it's definitely still a really solid production for me, Mommy.
• 19:38
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>All right, all right. What about you?
• 19:41
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin it was enjoyable, but it was, it was pretty light and smooth. So, um, yeah, I'd go back to it, but I didn't find it to be like, extremely.
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  > >We'll be right back.
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  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
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  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And we're back. We hope you enjoyed those commercials. This is good old boy Barger with sip suds and smokes and our smoke segments going over anything you can Smoke. Today we're talking about imami cigars. And, uh, Benjamin, why don't you tell us about the diamond series habano grand tour rope?
• 20:18
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah, absolutely. So this diamond, uh, series habano Grantoro is a six and a quarter by 54. Uh, the rapper is habano from cuenca, Ecuador pilon.
• 20:29
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>The filler is B. San Isidro Seco here is est.
• 20:34
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Habano des Florado, and the lero is Sumatra. Um, when I see habano, right, I think big, bold, spicy notes. Um, honestly, one of my favorite blends.
• 20:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>I'm a big spice forward. You know, give me all the black pepper, red pepper, jalapeno notes that you can get into a cigar. Um, and this thing didn't have that big, booming, overwhelming, uh, spice.
• 21:06
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>It was very subtle. It was consistent all the way through. But even on the retro hell, it didn't really pick up a whole lot. Still just kind of left that like, just kind of tingle of black pepper, uh, on the back end.
• 21:17
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 21:17
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Um, but that being said, still an incredible smoke. I can't say enough about, uh, imami cigars and putting these things together.
• 21:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin was, uh, it definitely smooth, um, but a very light smoke in. In my opinion. Um, you know, so it wasn't. Wasn't necessarily my favorite because I'm like you. I like the big flavors. I like the big boldness. I like the spice. This, um, is more of a, um, easy, maybe early morning smoke. Something like.
• 21:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Oh, yeah, big time, early morning. I start my day with this.
• 21:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, I like this one as a habano as well.
• 21:58
  > >Subtle.
• 21:58
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You know, it was. It was definitely subtle, but, you know, construction quality, everything just perfect. Spot on with a cigar.
• 22:06
  > >Um, well, you know, I think that's, you know, what I enjoyed about this was just all these, you know, subtle elements that were kind of bringing this around. And. Yeah, I think that, you know, from a sense of balance, um, I don't know that every, you know, Nika has to be just jacked up, you know, the whole time. Fair enough. And, you know, I think that there are definitely a group of people. I'm raising my hand that, you know, I'd like balance as opposed to these, you know, incredibly overarching, um, you know, these very high spice, you know, Nicaragua, you know, style, you know, cigars, uh, all the time. And I. I'm. I'm. That person would go, I would like to have something that has that flavor, but it's just not jacked up.
• 22:53
  > >And, um, that's, you know, what I really enjoyed about this particular cigar was just all those really subtle elements to them. I actually paired this, you know, with a real McCoy rum, uh, their 12 year old. And um, you know, it was just. Okay.
• 23:12
  > >Um, it probably wasn't, you know, and I think it was just that subtle on top of subtle component.
• 23:18
  > >It needed something that was distinctive to kind of jump out and you know, kind of drive a bit more flavor profile, you know, through it all. But I would absolutely go back to this stick all day long.
• 23:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>And I wonder if it's the Sumatra that's toning back the Habano.
• 23:36
  > >Yeah.
• 23:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Through that blend, the Sumatra is leading with more of those kind of like milder, almost like sweet flavors.
• 23:45
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 23:45
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Um, maybe a little bit of those kind of like cinnamon floral notes.
• 23:49
  > >If that's the case. Please, other people copy that would have no problem with that.
• 23:54
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Cinnamon.
• 23:57
  > >Yeah, yeah.
• 23:58
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>What do we give it, boys?
• 23:59
  > >Yeah. All day long.
• 24:00
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Out of four.
• 24:01
  > >Uh, for sure. Yeah. So.
• 24:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>All right, Mike, you're gonna go magnificent. All right. Mike's good old boy. Mike's gonna talk to us about the Labella Victoria.
• 24:21
  > >Yeah. So, uh, the, uh, Labella Victoria Maduro Turo. Uh, this was a 6 by 50. Uh, the wrapper is a Maduro San Andreas Mexican pilon. Uh, the filler is a Boludo Esteli Habano. The seco is Esteli Crillo. The leguero is Esteli habano. Top Premier 102, which I hadn't heard of before, so, um, I'd be really.
• 24:49
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Put numbers to be fancy.
• 24:50
  > >Yes.
• 24:52
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 24:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, it's ah, 1 above.
• 24:56
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin It's 1 louder.
• 25:00
  > >It's. It's the next roll over, man. Yeah, so that's right. Yeah, for sure.
• 25:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I um, absolutely love this cigar.
• 25:08
  > >Yeah, just, uh, really fantastic. Go ahead.
• 25:11
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Maduro smokers. Maduro, like just the bell of the ball, you know. It really was for me, it was, it was the full body spicy. Just powerhouse of a cigar. The burn quality. It had that real white, ashy ash to it, you know that. Well, it had. That was the potassium in the soil makes the ash white, you know, the real rich soil that you could just tell where those leaves came from. That just kept that ash nice and tight and together, you know, I actually had to like break the ash off a mine.
• 25:49
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>A lot of these.
• 25:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 25:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Well, I think we touched on it with the Petra too, where maybe like the Petra is the bar for Maduro's, right?
• 25:57
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 25:57
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>And this one with that San Andreas, uh, wrapper brings that nice sprinkle of spice and pepper that takes a Maduro from being what you expect to then exceeding that expectation.
• 26:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 26:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Ah, right. And so this is. If you're. I think you nailed it. If you're a Maduro smoker and you're looking for something that's. That's really gonna, you know, pack the punch and hit the notes that you're looking for.
• 26:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 26:27
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Then this Labella Victoria is definitely one you should find today.
• 26:32
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin flavor on that, which, um, you know, it's in my palate. Love that. Um, had a. It did smooth out after a while, but it was still very flavorful, very spicy. Which, you know, when we're talking about the. The Grand Turo as being kind of mellow and, you know, not really m. My cup of. This is my cup of tea. This is the one that I would go to, um, and smoke most of the time.
• 27:00
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Sure.
• 27:01
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin that's what I want out of cigar.
• 27:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I even think the size matters in this. The 6 by 50. That 50 ring gauge is just a golden zone. You know, 48 to 50 for me is just that golden zone of flavor.
• 27:20
  > >Uh, a couple more things to add to our discussion.
• 27:23
  > >This, actually, this particular stick was a tad crispy, uh, for me. And, um, you know, I thought that it was a good, solid average. You know, Maduro, um, had, like, again, these very subtle, you know, spice hints with the, you know, touch of leather, you know, as well around it. I actually paired this with another rum, uh, the, uh, fake McCoy, the Black Tot 2020 Four Masters blend, which is a fabulous, you know, rum. I mean, easily. Um, I. I just. I thought it was working well, you know, the. The two of these together, but it just, you know, I don't know. I. Compared to the other Maduro, I would, you know, I would actually go back to the other one. This.
• 28:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 28:06
  > >I mean, this was.
• 28:06
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Okay, so what are we giving it? We got a four.
• 28:10
  > >All right.
• 28:17
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Magnificent. So we're gonna get some story time in right quick before we go to commercial. Remember meeting the mean.
• 28:24
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Pca. I remember walking up and being like, okay, this booth is. This guy's a little flashy. You know, got the big sunglasses on with great merch.
• 28:36
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>They were all wearing shirts and had hats that said it, but their logo and all the colors on their table. I was like, what is this? And then when I started talking to a man. That dude was just so happy to see us. Yeah. And just so happy that we were there. And what was great about it is, you know, we've touched on it before when we're at these, you know, that premier cigar association trade show. We're, um. It's like 50, 50 are happy we're there. The other 50 could care less. Yeah.
• 29:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin they get their business from.
• 29:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Right.
• 29:08
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin shop most likely goes to PCA to buy for the year.
• 29:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So these guys are out there selling and we come along and we're, we're trying to tell stories and, and hear about them. And most of them, you know, they like to see us because they know that it's part of their business that you guys listen to us.
• 29:25
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Um, this guy, uh, you know, I don't know that he knew who we were, but he definitely wanted to talk to us.
• 29:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yes. So, yeah, he made really cool feel like we were, you know, pretty, pretty happy to see us.
• 29:37
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Um, but anyway, I got to talking to you.
• 29:39
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. And then he got to talking to me. Yeah.
• 29:43
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin But, yeah, when we come back from break, we're gonna go over a couple more cigars and we'll be right back after this. And welcome back to Sip Suds and Smokes. Uh, we are the best thing on at 2am this is our smoke segments. We're going over imami cigars.
• 30:09
  > >Yes.
• 30:09
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And man, uh, we have just had so much fun.
• 30:12
  > >So good, man.
• 30:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>So much fun. Amin and your team, thank you guys for getting us product and putting, putting this together for us and, and helping us with this because we actually, ah, had a blast doing this one. Um, we're going to go over. Rich is going to go over the pompei rise of the ash double wrap torpedo.
• 30:32
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin 52 Torpedo. The wrapper is, uh, what do you call it? A barber pole. It had the maduro and natural wrap.
• 30:41
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yep.
• 30:42
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin seco is the estelle criojo. Leguero is, uh, a, uh, uh, jalapa habano. So this thing was spicy. Had some, um, a little bit of, A little bit of cedar, a little bit of woody flavor to it. Uh, this thing is right up my alley.
• 31:03
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 31:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Back alley behind cvs.
• 31:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin It's only on Tuesdays. Right.
• 31:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah.
• 31:17
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>What time?
• 31:21
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>All right. So what, what, Mike, what'd you think about this one?
• 31:24
  > >I captured a little bit of subtle spice kind of up front for this. Um, you know, um, this was the only one that I had. Just a, you know, a touch of construction issues, just a few touch ups. I mean, nothing, you know, barely even worth mentioning.
• 31:42
  > >Uh, catch.
• 31:43
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah, I am.
• 31:44
  > >>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 31:45
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You probably smoke it too fast, get out.
• 31:47
  > >And I think it's just they set their bar, their own bar so high. It's like, well, which one of these things is not like the others, but, um, you know, kind of cashews, hints of cedar, um, you know, a little bit of spruce on the retrohale. Uh, for me, um, this was a, it's also a super solid, you know, product all the way around.
• 32:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>This thing was packed full of flavor. Um, I mean, absolutely packed. And what was interesting to me is I'm typically, I'm not a barber pole guy.
• 32:17
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah, same.
• 32:18
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Because it's really hard to get those flavors to be consistent that the wrappers that you choose have to pair well. It's not just a. Oh, this color looks good with this color. And I feel like a lot of cigar manufacturers get that part wrong.
• 32:33
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>What I think, for, for me also not being a normal fan of the barber pole style, it's like, it's this switch where the flavor, uh, profiles are off and on and off and on. Real, real sharp changes in the smoking experience all the way through. And I think they absolutely nailed it down, uh, with the blending piece, which to me makes a lot more sense from people that blend cigars. You think that, you know, this kind of harsh switch wouldn't be there with barber poles. And, and I, you know, obviously taste is subjective, but.
• 33:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Right.
• 33:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Uh, there's people out there that like it. Uh, but, but this thing just lines up and in. Flavor is cohesive all the way through.
• 33:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>You strike.
• 33:16
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>You don't get that they bold the sharp change.
• 33:18
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, yeah. Hands down. Love this cigar. Uh, give it a four.
• 33:24
  > >Interesting.
• 33:30
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Magnificent. So up next, I'm going to tell you guys about the Komodo series. Uh, this is the Komodo series. I'm gonna butcher this word so bad.
• 33:41
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Mord Adura. Not no vanilla. Yeah. How do you say this?
• 33:52
  > >You just offended half a country right there.
• 33:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Well, I mean, that's fine. This thing is a Churchill sized cigar. Okay? So thank you for getting the English word. And it's a Maduro.
• 34:03
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's Right. So the wrapper is a San Andreas Maduro. The filler is estle Condega.
• 34:08
  > >Very good.
• 34:09
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>And the seco is Jalapa. And the binders, Habano and Lajero is Estelle. This cigar, let me just preface. Churchill's not my size.
• 34:18
  > >Not my size.
• 34:19
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Not my size. But like I said earlier, the 48 to 50 is my cruising altitude. That's if I can get them in that ring gauge, I'll smoke them.
• 34:29
  > >But this thing, that's your altitude, your square foot.
• 34:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It could be my square footage. It's what's 7 by 50 square footage? You know.
• 34:35
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Oh, Lord chaos.
• 34:37
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. Right. This was my favorite cigar in the line. One of. We're at the premium cigar association trade show gave me a one of these and one of these. That is a triple harrow Connecticut.
• 34:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Huh? And dear God, that triple the hero Connecticut is really close to being one of my top five cigars that I've had in a long time. Wow, that cigar is fantastic. And I will take it.
• 35:05
  > >I praise.
• 35:06
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yes, absolutely.
• 35:07
  > >From somebody that likes everything.
• 35:09
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I know. I know. I don't like everything.
• 35:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Is that a cigar?
• 35:13
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. Well, you got there.
• 35:15
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin So. But. But no, this Maduro, it was like punchy and. And real earthy, subtle, sweet hints, little cocoa like, man, it was just on point the whole time. What do you think?
• 35:32
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I'm leaving.
• 35:35
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin don't know that I would rate it up there, like, as the best of the best. I like the cigar.
• 35:47
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's not what I said about this. I said that about the Connecticut version.
• 35:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin I haven't had Connecticut version, which he didn't.
• 35:53
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin was going to be, to be honest with you. Yeah, I thought it was.
• 35:59
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>It was good.
• 36:00
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin expectations were like, this is really going to be like, you know. You know the Komodo dragon.
• 36:09
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah.
• 36:10
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin And I love the tail on the. On the head of it, too. But I, you know, but I stick a dynamite.
• 36:18
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah.
• 36:19
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin didn't feel like it was what I was expecting.
• 36:26
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Yeah, along the lines with Rich here, rather. I think they're a product of their own success with this smoke. I think the Komodo was great. Uh, I think I would lean more into, uh, Victoria or the Petra. I think those definitely wowed Me more, um, than The Komodo did. 100% solid. Solid. Smoke anything that talks about, like, the. The venom, right? Venom. No.
• 36:53
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Uh, yeah.
• 36:54
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Uh, I definitely have high expectations for still bulletproof construction. Had no issues with this.
• 37:02
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I did not have to touch it. I did not have to relight it. Did not have to nothing.
• 37:06
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Because we have the opportunity to smoke so many cigars, we also get the opportunity to kind of pick them apart.
• 37:11
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin
• 37:14
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>I get a little fatigued commitment as, uh, fast as you smoke.
• 37:18
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin took me almost 10 minutes to finish the Earth and Earth.
• 37:25
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Dude, that's good.
• 37:32
  > >That's really good.
• 37:33
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Good. That's good. I think I smoked this thing for like, an hour and a half.
• 37:37
  > >No, no, uh, canoeing issues overall.
• 37:40
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>What are we gonna. What are we gonna give her there? We'll give it a four. Yeah.
• 37:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah.
• 37:47
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Yeah. Magnificent.
• 37:50
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>I think solid's an understatement.
• 37:51
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, absolutely.
• 37:52
  > >Really great, uh, product line.
• 37:55
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah. These guys are going to do very well. Very well, especially with the, you know, online presence.
• 38:02
  > >Send us more boxes.
• 38:03
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Yeah, send us more boxes, for sure, Petra, please.
• 38:07
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's right. So thanks to my co host today, good old boy Benjamin.
• 38:11
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Smoke him if you got him, kids.
• 38:12
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Good old boy Mike.
• 38:13
  > >Hey, thanks, uh, for joining us on this episode of Sip, Suds and Smokes. Check out our back catalog, which is stock full of plenty of things where Barger screws up facts. I will ask you to once again and to keep on sipping.
• 38:30
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>Rich.
• 38:31
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Go out and try it for yourself, man.
• 38:35
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>That's right. Please go try these for yourself. If you find Imami cigars in a.
• 38:40
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>>> Unidentified Good ol’ Boy Benjamin+++ Benjamin Ask for them. Tell your shop owners. Tell your shop owners that you want them to carry these cigars.
• 38:46
  > Good ol’ Boy Benjamin>Go directly to their website.
• 38:47
  > >I found really interesting is that, you know, these guys have. They've not picked up a lot of distribution yet. So, um, you know, I mean, it was really cool. You can buy from them directly, but, um, you know, I would definitely say that don't, uh, be afraid to, uh, tell your retailers. Say, why don't you have this in the humidor, man? Yeah, for sure.
• 39:05
  > Good ol’ Boy Barker>All right, well, the. The court leaves this chair now. Is that. No, this is good old boy Barger telling y' all to keep on smoking.
• 39:16
  > Announcer>We hope you enjoyed this episode. If you're listening to us online, do yourself a favor and tap, tap it in the subscribe button.
• 39:25
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• 40:23
  > Announcer>Uh, 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 y' all next time.
• 40:41
  > >It.