Episode 294: The Overpricing of Cigar Accessories

Filmed at the Stork Club Lounge at the Albion Hotel in Summit, NJ, this special episode of the podcast sees Chris sit down with singer-songwriter and frontman of the Grammy-nominated band KALEO, JJ Julius Son, to talk about his new cigar with Kingmaker Cigars and his wine with Maison Wessman.

This week marks the 300th episode of the Long Ash Podcast. For this special occasion Chris has a few guests come onto the podcast to talk about they're favorite moments from previous episodes.

This week, Chris goes over some of the rarest cigars a smoker could find (or not find) today.

On this episode, Chris talks about what your favorite type of cigar says about you as a person.

On this episode, Chris and Tyler smoke cigars from the Tatuaje Monster Smash and rank each Horror villain represented in the collection based on scariness.

This week, Chris has Nick on the podcast to talk about the process it took to make the new JR Revival 80's cigar.

This week, Chris talk about the difference between buying cigars to collect and trade versus buying them to smoke and enjoy.

This week, Chris talks about cigar accessories and how they've been overpriced.

This week, Chris and Nick react to Cigar Aficionado's top 25 list for 2025 and give their thoughts.

Chris is out this week so Nick is filling in as he talks about the upcoming year in the cigar world.