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Please forgive the brevity this week, but we had an abbreviated Episode. Episode 072, now known as the Demi Lance show, was a bit different for us. Craig was actually very much under the weather, but troopered on to make sure we got something recorded. We opted to forego the typical show format and simply answer a few listener emails we needed to catch up on. So, rather than the normal 1.5-2 hour show, we have a brief show focused strictly on answering YOUR questions. We covered items from Bruce S., Dan C., Louis A. and Michael S. this week. Our regularly scheduled Cigar of the Week has been reset for July 11th – the Tatuaje Tattoo Caballeros. This week, Craig wasn’t smoking but I had something new to me in the Villiger Cabarete. Tune in to get the full details!
Next week, our Cigar of the Week will be the Trinidad Ingenios, so be sure to check back in next Friday night at 9:30pm EST at Cigar Federation ****We still only have chat access on our Show Page on halfashed.com. We have outgrown our previous chat, and it has been overloading the server and causing various and sundry issues with our hosting provider. In fact, they shut down our site this week during the show. I have installed a stopgap chat for the time being, but it will not frame into the Cigar Federation page. We will remedy this as soon as possible.****, 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), or find us on iTunes to subscribe. Video, as always, will be available from 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!
Good day, and welcome to Episode 067! This week, we’re smoking one of Kip’s go-to cigars, the Flor de González 90 Miles. Tune in to get the full scoop on how it fared. Cigar news was pretty scant this week, but we managed to cover a few items, including Smoke Inn’s new Microblend Series release, further FDA instructions, 1502 lanceros, the new My Father La Antiguedad, Room101’s “Big Payback,” and La Jugada’s “Nunchuck.” We talked a bit more than normal about our respective weeks in smoke, and wrapped up with a listener email. We also made a couple of mentions about projects we have in the works for this summer’s show lineup…..
Welcome back, everyone. I’ll be brief this week with the summary, but definitely want to publicly thank Jacob Pinkas for another fantastic Unbanded submission – so, thank you Jacob! In the news, we discussed items from Lou Rodriguez, Aging Room/Boutique Brands, My Father, ScrewPop, and Sam Leccia. Our big news of the night was 
Good evening, folks. I apologize for the late post this week…I was distracted by (quite frankly) more important things like family time and making a living. This week on Half Ashed, we’re smoking the Tatuaje El Triunfador lancero, one of Craig’s favorite picks. We covered several late-breaking news items, including new cigars from Camacho and Alec Bradley, the Chattanooga Tweetup, Tatuaje, legislative updates, and Nicholas Melillo’s departure from Drew Estate. As always, we also discussed what we’ve been smoking and reviewed some listener emails. So, tune in and enjoy a couple hours of cigar shenanigans!
Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 063 of Half Ashed, featuring Unbanded #014 as our Cigar of The Week. This particular cigar was supplied by long time friend of the show Maria Elena González. Here is just a sampling of a few items covered in Episode 063:
Good day, folks. I apologize for the late post; I’m still on the road until tomorrow. If you caught the show live, you’ll know that I was broadcasting from my parents’ garage in Tennessee. I’ll be brief for the show summary, and just tell you that we smoked the La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor “Magnifico.” It is a delicious 6″X52 offering from Ashton (produced by My Father). Listen in to the show to catch our thoughts on it. We had updates on previous stories concerning the Fuente Casa Cuba and Kelner cigar we smoked as the CoTW in Episode 061. In the news, we covered items from Viaje, Room101, Tatuaje, and Min Ron Nee’s upcoming 2nd Edition of “Illustrated Encyclopedia of Post Revolution Havana Cigars.” There were a couple of interesting tidbits in “what we’ve been smoking,” – notably, the Caucus houseblend from Georgetown Tobacco in Washington, DC. Finally, we covered a viewer question from the forum.
It has come to an end….well, not the entire show; just our vertical tasting of all six as-yet released Oliva Serie V Maduro. This week, we’re smoking the 2013 edition, and wrapping up with a summary of our takes on all six releases. In the news, we kicked around a few topics, including stories from Cigar aficionado (a very interesting item on 2013 US cigar imports), a new blog entry from Frank Herrera, La Palina, Flor de Gonzalez, and Tatuaje. Legislatively, we had some good news from Florida. We covered what we’ve been smoking this week as always, and wrapped up with some final thoughts about all six Oliva Serie V Maduro releases that we’ve been smoking as our first formalized vertical tasting.