EP186 - What makes a Good Cigar? Great Cigar? Bad Cigar?

What does it mean to you, when you say or hear, it's a boutique cigar brand? Well, we dive into that this week. We also have a couple of guests,  Omar Fernandez who has been in the industry since 1997 and the Motorcycle King himself, Ike.  Integra Boost Tabanero Cigars Case Elegance Humidors - Coin with Code: CIGARTALKCOIN Cigar Talk Merch Store Micallef Madness! For Cigars - Call The Leaf - 325-670-9955 Cigar Talk Patreons - Become a member of The CRUE --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cigartalk/support

The guys are committed or should be committed, but they will always search for the best and this week is a subject that not many if any have covered.  Tabanero Cigars Case Elegance Humidors - Coin with Code: CIGARTALKCOIN Cigar Talk Merch Store Micallef Madness! For Cigars - Call The Leaf - 325-670-9955 Cigar Talk Patreons - Become a member of The CRUE --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cigartalk/support

They guys give you their top 15 maduro cigar picks and Rob kind of reviews Top Gun. Tabanero Cigars Case Elegance Humidors - Coin with Code: CIGARTALKCOIN Micallef Madness! For Cigars - Call The Leaf - 325-670-9955 HUMANS NEED NOT APPLY --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cigartalk/support

Rob and Bryant talk about what they are smoking this week and name their Top 10 Bourbons for the first half of 2022 Tabanero Cigars Case Elegance Humidors - Coin with Code: CIGARTALKCOIN Cigar Talk Merch Store Micallef Madness! For Cigars - Call The Leaf - 325-670-9955 Cigar Talk Patreons - Become a member of The CRUE --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cigartalk/support

Rob & Julio discuss what actually makes a cigar good, great, and bad. Names some damn good ones, some great ones, and some bad. Tabanero Cigars Case Elegance Humidors - Coin with Code: CIGARTALKCOIN Cigar Talk Merch Store Micallef Madness! For Cigars - Call The Leaf - 325-670-9955 Cigar Talk Patreons - Become a member of The CRUE --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cigartalk/support

Rob & Bryant grade out Cigar Aficionado's Top 25 Cigars and Cigar Journal's Top 25 Cigars of 2021, then announce with media outlet wins for best Top 25 Cigars. Special guest Roxy joins us for a great interview.  Tabanero Cigars Cigar Talk Merch Store Micallef Madness! For Cigars - Call The Leaf - 325-670-9955 Cigar Talk Patreons - Become a member of The CRUE Case Elegance Humidors - Coin with Code: CIGARTALKCOIN --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cigartalk/support

The guys talk about the Streamathon after it's all over. Tabanero Cigars Cigar Talk Merch Store Micallef Madness! For Cigars - Call The Leaf - 325-670-9955 Cigar Talk Patreons - Become a member of The CRUE Case Elegance Humidors - Coin with Code: CIGARTALKCOIN --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cigartalk/support

Hold on to your seat, show starts off a little rough, Big Bryant says Rob used the unusable word...He swears he didn't, you be the judge. Guys do some awesome parings with bourbon and rum. Pow Pow Kitty joins the guys in the studio and discusses her journey in the cigar world. Then the guys talk Mike Tyson a bit and some other Tom Foolery!  This Saturday is the 8 hour Streamathon - Noon to 8pm central on FB & YouTube Charity Auction - support Cigars for Warriors Tabanero Cigars Cigar Talk Merch Store Micallef Madness! For Cigars - Call The Leaf - 325-670-9955 Cigar Talk Patreons - Become a member of The CRUE Case Elegance Humidors - Coin with Code: CIGARTALKCOIN --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cigartalk/support

This week, Rob & Bryant pick 2 cigars to pair with the Old Forester 100. Rob's little Brother is in town and jumps on the show. Bryant hurts Rob's feeling and they give their weekly Pick 6. Charity Auction - support Cigars for Warriors Tabanero Cigars Cigar Talk Merch Store Micallef Madness! For Cigars - Call The Leaf - 325-670-9955 Cigar Talk Patreons - Become a member of The CRUE Case Elegance Humidors - Coin with Code: CIGARTALKCOIN --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cigartalk/support

Big show this week as Rob cuts 2 humidors in half to take a look at build quality and as you know, there's always 2 sides to every story, so Rob talked to one of the top dogs at AJ & and shares the rest of the story.  Charity Auction - support Cigars for Warriors Tabanero Cigars Cigar Talk Merch Store Micallef Madness! For Cigars - Call The Leaf - 325-670-9955 Cigar Talk Patreons - Become a member of The CRUE Case Elegance Humidors - Coin with Code: CIGARTALKCOIN --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cigartalk/support