Casa Fernandez Archives

Half Ashed Episode 085: Cigar Federation “Collective”

October 5, 2014 By Kip Fisher

Sorry for the late post again. I should be all caught up and back on schedule after this week. In the interest of brevity I’ll just include a short list of topics for this show:

Cigar of the Week: Cigar Federation’s “Collective”

News:

Don Kiki Berger passes
Cigar Federation charity raffle comes to a close
Crowned Heads has another LE coming down the pike – the “Hecho con Corazon”
Operation Chokepoint = potential bad news for cigar retailers
Room101 Uncle Lee has been announced
Speculation on some possible news items coming soon….

Next week, we will be featuring the My Father Flor de las Antillas 6×60 Binny’s exclusive as our Cigar of the Week. Be sure to check back in Friday night at 9:30pm EST on halfashed.com where you can catch us recording and participate in the chatroom. If you would like to contact us in the meantime, you can reach us through the contact page or at the following emails: [email protected] or [email protected]. Please feel free to drop us a line if you have any questions you’d like answered, comments to make…or even compliments and complaints. We love to get your emails! Also, remember you can always go back and listen to previous episodes, which can be found in the Half Ashed Archive. You can download this week’s audio directly below (right-click “Download” and save), find us on iTunes, or subscribe with any podcast app at our RSS Feed. Video, as always, will be available at our YouTube channel.

P.S. – If you have unbanded suggestions or contributions, you can get those to us by sending an email to [email protected]. This email address goes directly to my wife, so you can simply suggest an unbanded cigar for her to source, or send me an email to [email protected] if you have something you’d like to send in. I will provide an address to send them. Thanks!

Half Ashed Episode 077: Casa Fernandez 35th

August 13, 2014 By Kip Fisher

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I apologize for the terribly late post this week, everyone. I had a family funeral to attend that required some travel to Tennessee. So, we’ll have TWO episodes post this week. First up is Ep 077, featuring the Casa Fernandez 35th Aniversario. Tune in to hear Craig reneg on every negative thing he’s ever had to say about CF.

In the news, we had a couple of industry personnel shake-ups to talk over, as well as stories from My Father, The Cigarmy (pipe reviews are live!), and CAO. As always, we also covered what we’ve been smoking, and listener email.

Next episode will feature Bob McDuffee as our special guest – he sits in with Craig for Episode 078. So be sure to check in on the next download (as this show is now 2 weeks old at time of this post). You can catch us live at halfashed.com and participate in the chatroom every Friday night at 9:30pm EST. If you would like to contact us in the meantime, you can reach us through the contact page or at the following emails: [email protected] or [email protected]. Please feel free to drop us a line if you have any questions you’d like answered, comments to make…or even compliments and complaints. We love to get your emails! Also, remember you can always go back and listen to previous episodes, which can be found in the Half Ashed Archive. You can download this week’s audio directly below (right-click “Download” and save), or find us on iTunes to subscribe. Video, as always, will be available at the CigFed Half Ashed Video Archive.

Half Ashed Episode 049: Guest Frank Herrera

January 20, 2014 By Kip Fisher

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Episode 049 of Half Ashed is in the books, and if you missed the live show the download is now available below. This week, we welcomed Frank Herrera to the show. We talked trademark law (his specialty), the Herrera Biography, cigars in general, and various other lively topics. Join us for all the fun. Our Cigar of The Week was the Casa Fernandez Arsenio corojo – one of my alltime favorite cigars, and one that quite possibly might be the best $5 cigar on the market.

Next week’s Cigar of The Week has yet to be determined, but will be one of Craig’s favorites so I know it will be fantastic. As always, we’re constantly looking for suggestions about potential Cigars of the Week, and Unbanded cigars. So if you have one drop us a line at one of the email addresses below. Be sure to check back in next Friday night at 9:30pm EST at Cigar Federation (details on locating the show will be on the front page that evening an hour before showtime), where you can catch us recording and participate in the chatroom. If you would like to contact us in the meantime, you can reach us through the contact page or at the following email addresses: [email protected] or [email protected]. Please feel free to drop us a line if you have any questions you’d like answered, comments to make…or even compliments and complaints. We love to get your emails! Also, remember you can always go back and listen to previous episodes, which can be found in the Half Ashed Archive. You can download this week’s audio directly below (right-click “Download” and save), or find us on iTunes to subscribe. Video, as always, will be available at the CigFed Half Ashed Video Archive.

Half Ashed Episode 042: Casa Fernandez Miami Reserva Maduro

November 24, 2013 By Kip Fisher

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Hello everyone and welcome back to Half Ashed for our 42nd episode. This week, we had a last minute scheduling change and weren’t able to have our scheduled guest from Casa Fernandez. Nonetheless, we carried onward and smoked the Casa Fernandez Miami Reserva Maduro. In the news we discussed stories from Smoke Inn (upcoming Microblend Series), nicotine-free e-cigars (!), a couple legislative items, a new European market Oliva, and the Camacho Blackout. We also covered “what we’ve been smoking,” some corollary topics, and reviewed some recent listener emails (thanks; keep ’em coming).

Next week, our Cigar of the Week will be the Gran Habano Corojo #5 (Original Release). Be sure to check back in next Friday night at 9:30pm EST at Cigar Federation (details on locating the show will be on the front page that evening an hour before showtime), where you can catch us recording and participate in the chatroom. If you would like to contact us in the meantime, you can reach us through the contact page or at the following email addresses: [email protected] or [email protected]. Please feel free to drop us a line if you have any questions you’d like answered, comments to make…or even compliments and complaints. We love to get your emails! Also, remember you can always go back and listen to previous episodes, which can be found in the Half Ashed Archive. You can download this week’s audio directly below (right-click “Download” and save), or find us on iTunes to subscribe. Video, as always, will be available at the CigFed Half Ashed Video Archive.