Not Just Blowing Smoke with Pastor Padron

We are joined by Ashton rep Joe Gonzales and Tequila Talia as we review Ashton's La Aroma de Cuba CT Robusto and Ashton's The Consummate Gentleman pipe tobacco, pairing them with Rabbit Hole Bourbon! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We review the CLE Eiroa Dark 11/18 TAA 2023 cigar and Kendal Dark Classic Cut pipe tobacco! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We review the Liga Privada H99 toro and 7-20-4 Briary Blends 603 Roast pipe tobacco! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We review the Red Anchor Gunner and Cornell & Diehl's newest Small Batch blend, Steamworks! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

Cornell & Diehl's Master Blender, Jeremy Reeves and Laudisi Distribution Group's Kaz Walters join us for our 4th Anniversary show as we review the Stillwell Star Holiday 2022 that Reeves collaborated on with Steve Saka for Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, and 2022 Carolina Red Flake, one of Reeve's most popular Small Batch series that he created. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

Tequila Talia is back with a new tequila in her portfolio, Codigo Blanco, which we pair with the Room 101 Johnny Tobacconaut Robusto and 4th Generation Tobacconist's Twilight Blend. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

603 Brewery's Dan Leonard joins us as we review the Just released Aladino Limited Edition Toro and the new 7-20-4 Briary Blends: Little Gold Dust. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We light up the new Epicure Habano Toro from Crux Cigars and this year's Sun Bear release from Cornell & Diehl, Sun Bear Tupalo. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

In recognition of the 149th anniversary of Kurt Kendall's iconic 7-20-4 brand, we each pick our favorite cigar to smoke on the show. We also each pick our favorite 7-20-4 Briary Blend, the pipe tobacco extension of the 7-20-4 brand! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We review the RoMa Craft CroMagnon Fomorian, talk about what is going on at this year's PCA trade show, and announce that the live recording of NJBS is moving back to Tuesday nights. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We review the Aladino Classic Toro and record live from our Hooksett location.

Terence Reilly V.P., Aganorsa Leaf Joins Not Just Blowing Smoke and Cigar Hacks as we celebrate Twin's 25th anniversary with the newly released Aganorsa Leaf Corojo Twins 25th anniversary cigar. 

In this episode the new Fuente/Newman rep., Kristyn Castaldi joins us as we smoke the Diamond Crown No. 3 Natural from JC Newman and pair it with Coste di Moro Montepulciano d'Abruzzo wine. Will they pair? We will find out! Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

In this episode we smoke the newly released Rare Leaf Maduro by Aganorsa Leaf and GL Pease Triple Play. Tequila Talia joins us with two flavored gins from Malfy--Grapefruit, and Blood Orange. Will they pair? We will find out! Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

Londonderry based microbrewery founder and co-owner of 603 Brewery, Dan Leonard, joins us fresh off 603's 10th anniversary block party celebration with a selection of brews being paired with the newly released West Tampa Red Toro. Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

In this Memorial Day episode, we talk about the holiday, the unofficial kickoff of summer, conspiracy theories, and review the Illusione TAA ESP 2022 and G.L. Pease Fillmore. Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

Is the government moving to stop the FDA from banning flavored cigars? A new bill to fund the FDA would prevent them from moving ahead with that. While we discuss what this could mean to the cigar and pipe tobacco industry, we smoke the Plasencia Cosecha 149 and Gawith Hogarth's Ennerdale Mixture Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

Fresh off of our pipe event with Erik Stokkebye, president and founder of 4th Generation Tobacconist, we review his two latest releases, Erik's 2023 Small Batch series, Resolution and his new bulk tobacco, Night Slice. Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

In this episode Kurt Kendall, the owner of Twins Smoke Shop and 7-20-4 Cigars, introduces the Twins 25th Anniversary cigar from Rocky Patel. Mike LaRiviere, the New England rep for Rocky Patel join us as we smoke the cigar and hear from Kurt about his recent trip to Honduras and about reaching the quarter century milestone with Twins Smoke Shop. Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, N...

This episode we welcome back Nic O. Tine to the regular NJBS panel of tobacconists, and review the Joya de Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo El Martillo, and the newest release from GL Pease, Geometrie. Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

This week we review the West Tampa Tobacco Co.'s Attic release. Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

Today being Tax Day, we talk about the locations with the highest and lowest cigar taxes in the country. Did your state make either list? For our cigar review, we dug into the Twins vault and found a box of HVC Black Friday 2020. With more than 3 years of age on it how does this cigar perform? Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

It is all hands on deck--literally, as we air live from the deck of the 7-20-4 Lounge! We review the highly anticipated Tatuaje Lomo de Cerdo, and the just dropped release from 7-20-4 Briary Blends, Dexter's Secret, the third release in the line blended by Cornell & Diehl's Jeremy Reeves for Kurt Kendall. Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

Rocky Patel's Mike LaRiviere joins us as we discuss the year's new releases as of March 31, 2023. As we talk about the new releases, we will be smoking the Rocky Patel Decade Habano! Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

The FDA announce on March 10, 2023, its intentions to implement rules to regulate cigar factories that import to the US. Our resident law student, Certified Retail Tobacconist, and co-host Patuente has read his way through the FDA's proposal and leads on a discussion of what this means for the industry. While we discuss, we will give a live review of the Sindicato Maduro Toro! Recorded live at the...