Long Ash Podcast

This week, Chris and Tyler give some ideas for cigar lines and collaborations that they wish existed, from cigars based on movies to wacky creations. What is your dream cigar that you would want to be produced?

A solo episode for this week. This time, Chris discusses the increasing popularity of cigars and what factors can be attributed to it.

This week, Chris has another guest on the podcast. This time, it's Robert Caldwell from Caldwell Cigars.

This week, Chris has on Hostos Fernandez from Tabacalera la Isla to talk about the recent Juan Lopez cigar that they made for JR.

This week, Chris sits down with Reinier Lorenzo, the Founder and President of HVC Cigars to discuss the brand new HVC Pan Caliente Crafted by JR Cigar!

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.

Happy New Year, folks! On this episode, Chris goes over some of his cigar resolutions for 2026.

Here it is, folks! Chris, Nick, and Andy go over the final top 10 cigars on our top 25 list of the year. It's all come down to this. Let us know what your favorite cigars of the year were in the comments.

This week, Chris sits down with Nick to go over numbers 15 to 11 in our top 25 list of cigars for the year.

This week, Chris sits down with Warren to go over numbers 20 to 16 on our top 25 cigars list of the year.

It's finally here, our top 25 list of 2025! Join Chris as he sits down with Andy to go over numbers 25 to 21 on the list.

This week, Chris sits down with James to discuss the value in a $4 cigar versus a $30 cigar. Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

This week, Chris sits down with our videographer Tyler to talk movies. This time, they each go through their picks for their favorite movie from each year they've been alive.

On this episode, Chris sits down with Diego Castellanos from International Packing Co. to talk about what goes into manufacturing cigar packaging.

On this week's episode of the Long Ash Podcast, Chris (virtually) sat down with Erik Calvino of Cigar Snob Magazine. Chris and Erik talked about everything from Erik's cigar roots to the magazine and even one of his coolest experiences within the industry. Check out the full episode now!

For our latest episode of the Long Ash Podcast, former long-time host Nick Libretti is back to talk about all things spooky and horror! Check out the full episode today!