Not Just Blowing Smoke with Pastor Padron

Blues Hall of Famer Jeff Pitchell and Twins owner Kurt =Kendall join us as we smoke the Twins 25th Anniversary Gran Corona from Aganorsa Leaf! We talk music, cigars, bourbon, and what the story is behind Jeff's hit song, Fat Cigars. Daved and Confused was unable to produce so the video presented here is straight from Pastor Padrón's phone. Special thanks to Cigar God Dave and Nurse Rick of The Cig...

With St. Patrick's Day approaching, it seemed only fitting to highlight our top picks for lighting up on the holiday. Our choice for the cigar is the just released Aladino Candela Robusto, and for a pipe tobacco Gawith Hoggarth's Brown Irish X. NJBS alum, Nic O. Tine joins drops in as well as Laudisi Distribution Group's (aka LDG) National Sales Manager, Kaz Walters. LDG is the US distributor for...

The Spring 2023 CRA Pack recently hit the shelves of retailers across America. Proceeds from the pack go to support the CRA, Cigar Rights of America, an organization that represents, defends, and fights for pro-cigar legislation. In this episode, we smoke 4 of the cigars from the pack and talk about the CRA, what it does, and why you should support it through purchasing one of these packs. Recorde...

St. Patrick's Day is coming up, and that means that Alec Bradley's Filthy Hooligan has hit the stores again. Ironically, his release coincides with the purchase of Alec Bradley by Scandinavian Tobacco Group. Tequila Talia joins us as we pair the Holligan with Red Breast's Lustau Irish Whiskey, discuss the acquisition of Alec Bradley by STG, and candela tobacco. Is Candela something people want as...

It's Fat Tuesday! What better way to celebrate than with Aganorsa Leaf's latest release, the coveted Supreme Leaf Toro! Aganorsa Leaf's Brett Bowersox joins us as we smoke and review this cigar and talk TPE (the Total Product Expo) that is kicking off in Las Vegas February 22-24. Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

It was bound to happen. A live podcast recording on Valentine's Day. Is that really such a big deal? We will talk about the pros and cons of Valentine's Day, and perhaps even the Super Bowl. But whatever is talked about, we will be doing it while smoking a new arrival to the Briary at Twins, Louisiana Flake by Gawith Hoggarth & Co. This Virginia/Perique blend can be hard to get, but is it worth th...

This episode reviews the Olmec Claro Corona Gorda, the NJBS pick for best new blend of 2022. Pastor Padron shares about his trip to the JRE farm and factory in Honduras. Recorded live in the 7-20-4 Lounge.  Not Just Blowing Smoke is the cigar and pipe podcast that brings the knowledge, expertise, and fun of Twins Smoke Shop right to you. Wherever you are, and whenever you want it. New episodes eve...

They say, "the best things come to those who wait."  It's 2023 but the 2022 TAA release from Pete Johnson and Tatuaje Cigars just dropped. Was it worth the wait? Plus, Pastor Padron shares about his upcoming trip to the JRE factory in Honduras, NJBS crossing the 10,000 downloads milestone, and more! Recorded live in the 7-20-4 Lounge.  Not Just Blowing Smoke is the cigar and pipe podcast that brin...

What were the best pipe tobaccos of 2022? We share the list, while smoking two of our favorites, including the one that the members of Twins Pipe Club picked as their favorite new blend of 2022 in a blind tasting! We will talk about our picks for Best Line Extension, Best Limited Edition, Best New Blend, and will reveal the Pipe Club Consumer Choice for Best Blend in the Briary! Recorded live in t...

In this episode we reveal our picks for the categories of best line extension, best value cigar, best limited edition, and best new blend of 2022. While we conclude our discussion on the best cigars of 2022, we will be smoking the cigars in the Twins Consumer Choice pack, a four pack of the consumer favorites in our humidor. These cigars were un-banded and given numbers so customers have been smok...

Last week we announced our nominations for the categories of best line extension, best value cigar, best limited edition, and best new blend of 2022. We encourage you to smoke our nominations for these categories and let us know what you think should be the winners The list of our nominations is below)!  In this episode we look at some of the other top cigars of 2022 lists from around the industry...

In this episode we look back over 2022 and talk about our favorite cigars and discuss what each of us thinks should be contenders for best value, best line extension, best limited edition, and best new blend. While we debate the merits of this year's cigars for these categories, we will be smoking the favorite we smoked on the show this year: The 7-20-4 Club Humidor Cigars, Cars, & Cycles Toro! Re...

The plan has been to do the Twins 25th Anniversary cigar that Kristoff made for us, but shipping issues made that impossible. Needless to say we were more than a little pissed off about that, so what better cigar to smoke with Kristoff's newest rep, Lee Graves, than the Kristoff Pisstoff Robusto? Recorded live in the 7-20-4 Lounge. Not Just Blowing Smoke is the cigar and pipe podcast that brings t...

In this episode, we are joined by Mike LaRiviere from Rocky Patel and Kaz Walters, the National Account Manager from Laudisi Distribution Group (LDG). Rocky Patel just released two new cigars, The Edge 20th Anniversary and the DBS, which we will be smoking on the show. Kaz was with us for our annual Savinelli Christmas Event, which seems to just get bigger and better every year. In addition to dis...

As we come to the end of 2022, we look back over the year's 4th quarter releases and start the conversation about what new cigars and tobacco stood out as the best of this year. While we have that conversation, we smoke of those 4th quarter releases: the Stillwell Star Holiday Y2022 from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge! Not Just Blowing Smoke is the cigar and pipe p...

TIn this episode, we start a series that we will be adding to in future weeks, looking at some of history’s most influential people who were also famous or infamous for being brothers and sisters of the leaf. In this inaugural episode we remember Sir Winston Churchill who’s 148th birthday was the day after this recording. In honor of the great statesman, we review the Davidoff Winston Churchill To...

Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge! Not Just Blowing Smoke is the cigar and pipe podcast that brings the knowledge, expertise, and fun of Twins Smoke Shop right to you. Wherever you are, and whenever you want it. New episodes every Monday. Subscribe to us on Podbean, iHeart Radio, Spotify, iTunes, Google, YouTube, and to our website, notjustblowingsmoke.com, to make sure you don't miss a thing!

Altadis' Adam Najarian joins us as we look at two cigars that came out of a team up of Raphael Nadal with AJ Fernandez: the Romeo Y Julieta Reserva Real Nicaraguan Toro and the H. Upmann Nicaragua AJ Fernandez Heritage Corona. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge! Not Just Blowing Smoke is the cigar and pipe podcast that brings the knowledge, expertise, and fun of Twins Smoke Shop right to you. Wh...

It's November, and that means it is time for our annual episode covering short cigars! Our featured cigars this year include the My Father Le Bijou Short Robusto, the Mi Querida Trici Traca 448, and the RoMa Craft Intemperance Intrigue! Recorded live at the 7204 Lounge!  Not Just Blowing Smoke is the cigar and pipe podcast that brings the knowledge, expertise, and fun of Twins Smoke Shop right to...

Edgar Dekermanji from JRE Tobacco joins us as we review the Aladino Cameroon Queens and Corojo Reserva No. 4. Recorded live at the 7204 Lounge!  Not Just Blowing Smoke is the cigar and pipe podcast that brings the knowledge, expertise, and fun of Twins Smoke Shop right to you. Wherever you are, and whenever you want it. New episodes every Monday. Subscribe to us on Podbean, iHeart Radio, Spotify,...

This week we look at the new El Gueguense Mocha Raton from Foundation Cigars and Gawith Hoggarth's Best Brown No. 2 Flake! De'Bree joins us as well as we record live at the 7204 Lounge!  Not Just Blowing Smoke is the cigar and pipe podcast that brings the knowledge, expertise, and fun of Twins Smoke Shop right to you. Wherever you are, and whenever you want it. New episodes every Monday. Subscribe...

De'Bree joins us as we review the Cojonu 2015 from Tatuaje and Peterson's University Flake live at the 7204 Lounge!  Not Just Blowing Smoke is the cigar and pipe podcast that brings the knowledge, expertise, and fun of Twins Smoke Shop right to you. Wherever you are, and whenever you want it. New episodes every Monday. Subscribe to us on Podbean, iHeart Radio, Spotify, iTunes, Google, YouTube, and...

We try out a new venue, the 7-20-4 Lounge and review the Ferio Tego Timeless Ten Years cigar and Gawith Hoggarth's Dark Flake (Unscented).  Not Just Blowing Smoke is the cigar and pipe podcast that brings the knowledge, expertise, and fun of Twins Smoke Shop right to you. Wherever you are, and whenever you want it. New episodes every Monday. Subscribe to us on Podbean, iHeart Radio, Spotify, iTune...

We review the Statement Toro by Rojas Cigars and Peterson's Flake (Formerly Dunhill Flake). Not Just Blowing Smoke is the cigar and pipe podcast that brings the knowledge, expertise, and fun of Twins Smoke Shop right to you. Wherever you are, and whenever you want it. New episodes every Monday. Subscribe to us on Podbean, iHeart Radio, Spotify, iTunes, Google, YouTube, and to our website, notjustb...