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This week on The Ash Holes we light up the La Gianna Havana Natural. The La Gianna Havana brand first came to market in 1994 and has continued non-stop ever since. Totalamente Hecho a Mano is Spanish means Totally Made by hand using tobaccos from Danli, Honduras and this is where and how La Gianna Havana cigars are born. We share our thoughts today on the La Gianna Havana which recently got a face...

This week on The Ash Holes with light up a cigar from Boris Wintermans, Balmoral. Made in their boutique factory in San Pedreo de Macrois, Dominican Republic the Balmore Anejo XO Connecticut is crowned with a shade grown wrapper that is grown in the Connecticut River Valley and the fillers contain their signature Brazillian Mata Norte. Be an Ash Hole by joining the Ash Holes as we share our though...

The Ash Holes step into the Aging Room as they fire up Pura Cepa Rondo. The name translates to Pure Bred and we light up this Nicaraguan Puro made at Nestor Plasencia and distribute by Altadis USA. It was a 2018 contender for cigar of the year and today Jessica, Aaron, Ed and Mike with give you the low down on this cigar. Be an Ash Hole by joining the Ash Holes as we share our thoughts on the burn...

This week we welcome to the show Christian Eiroa from CLE Cigars. Christian has been around tobacco since he was 9 years old as it is his family legacy. He became known in the cigar industry with Camacho cigars before moving on to his own company, CLE. Today he makes some of the top cigars in the industry such as Eiroa, Wynwood and Asylum to name a few. We will fire up the CLE Prieto Diadema and s...

The fools are back for another episode of The Ash Holes and on today we fire up a cigar that shares its name with a card game that is synonymous with James Bond. There won’t be any shaken Martini’s but we will be smoking Baccarat Toro. It’s one of the iconic cigars of the cigar industry with its sweetened cap. We will fire up the Toro and let you know if it’s iconic stature is deserves. Be an Ash...

The name Nyctophillia sounds like a disease or a weird fetish. But it is actually a cigar from CLE Cigars under the Asylum Umbrella. We will tell you what the name means, and all the details of this dark cigar that was exclusive to the TAA. Should you be afraid, or should you embrace it. Is Nyctophilia something you want to catch or should you avoid it like the plague. There is only one way to fin...

Today’s cigar comes to us from Mo Mali, it is a luxury brand called Patina which is the name of the green or brown film on the surface of bronze or similar metals, produced by oxidation over a long period.. It’s made at Mombacho Cigars SA which also serves as the company for which Mo represents as the Director of Sales. We fire up the Copper which is a Corona and Michael DiMare will give us the ta...

Forget about Taco Tuesday, it’s now Ash Holes Tuesday as Aaron, Jess, Ed and Michael fire up a box pressed cigar from Nicaragua. We will let you in on the tale of the tape on this heavyweight smoke that should be a staple in everyone’s humidor. Be an Ash Hole by joining the Ash Holes as we share our thoughts on the burn, taste and aroma before we close up the show with a rating from each of our ho...

New Time Slot, New Hosts, Still a bunch of Ash Holes. Aaron Noonan and Ed Sullivan are joined by new members of the team, Jessica Furnari and Michael Dimare. Tune in as we find out a little bit about each of our new hosts. On the new and improved Ash Holes we fire up an EPC La Historia Regalis. We will give you the tale of the tape on this cigar from The Godfather of Cigars Ernesto Perez-Carrillo....

On this week’s episode of The Ash Holes it’s all about the price. Jim Price that is, as we are joined by the New England sales representative for Christian Eiroa’s CLE. We fire up a cigar that features an iconic size the 11/18. We share our thoughts on the CLE Connecticut and let you know how this specific size was named. We will feature a Top 5 List and all the madness we know as The Ash Holes as...

Saturday Night Live has Alec Baldwin,Jimmy Fallon has Hugh Jackman, Jimmy Kimmel has Adam Carolla and The Ash Holes has Erik Wentworth. We light up the Hammer + Sickle Trademark Maduro as Dan returns from vacation. We will also have Miles with Styles, a Top 5 List and all the madness we know as The Ash Holes as we broadcast live on location from Studio 21 Podcast Cafe high above Two Guys Smoke Sho...

On today’s show we will be lighting up a cigar that at first glance might be the ugliest thing on the market if you don’t know the story behind it. Leaf by Oscar comes wrapped in a tobacco leaf instead of cello. Removing the tobacco leaf unveils a gorgeous looking cigar and today we light light up the Connecticut version. Speaking of unveiling, today we invite Michael DiMare to the show as Dan Led...

Today we are smoking the Tabernacle Havana Seed No. 142 Corona by Foundation Cigar Co. From the Foundation Cigar website: Master blender, Nicholas Melillo, has been working with choice farmers in the Connecticut River Valley since 2014 to develop the Havana Seed CT #142 wrapper. The seed is extremely rare and unlike any other tobacco in the world. Due to the incredible amount of oil from the plant...

On today’s episode we fire up a cigar from Raphael Nodal’s Aging Room. It’s a cigar that debuted at the 2018 IPCPR trade show and Barry from The Cigar Authority called it one of his favorite cigars from last year. Today Dan, Aaron and Ed will share their thoughts on the Aging Room Pura Cepa and decide if we agree with Barry or not on the Nicaraguan Puro. We will also have Miles with Styles, a Top...

The trio known as The Ash Holes takes a look at Balmoral Dueto which is a joint effort between Royal Agio Cigars and E.P. Carrillo. The cigar garnered a lot of buzz at the 2018 IPCPR and today we will break down this cigar and share our thoughts of the Dueto Gran Toro. It’s a cigar that features a wrapper from the Jalapa region of Nicaragua, a binder from the Esteli region and fillers consisting o...

This weekend here in New Hampshire we might face white out conditions, so what better cigar to smoke than a Davidoff White Label. It’s time for us to put on our black tie and we light up a cigar that defines luxury. We fire up the Davidoff Special R and share our thoughts of this special cigar. We will also have Miles with Styles, a Top 5 List and all the madness we know as The Ash Holes as we bro...

Ella Fitzgerald once sang, hurry, get on, now it`s coming, listen to those rails a-thrumming, all aboard, get on the "A” train. Today we hop on board with the representative from La Flor Dominicana Stephen Poirier as we smoke a cigar that was limited to retailers who attended the IPCPR Trade Show such as Two Guys Smoke Shop. We will tell you all about the LFD “A” as well as find out what is going...

We closed out 2018 with a debate on who should win cigar of the year before announcing the victor. Today we kick off the 2019 Edition of The Ash Holes as we light up the Cigar of the Year. It’s a limited production cigar from Honduras from Julio & Justo Eiroa and we invite you to tune in as we inform you why this is the COTY. We will also have Miles with Styles, a Top 5 List and all the madness we...

It’s that time of the year where Cigar of the Year is named. In 2016, The Ash Holes  gave away our first ever Cigar of the Year tapping Serino Royale Maduro XX Sublime with the honor. On today’s show we we light up the 2017 winner, Wise Man Maduro as we debate our top 5 list for 2018 before naming the winner of The Ash Holes 2018 Cigar of the Year.  Who will the winner be? Will your top 5 match up...

Today we are back with a vengeance, Kristoff Vengeance that is. It’s a cigar that saw full distribution this year from Glen Case’s company. It’s made in the Dominican Republic and features a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. We will have all the details and let you know if you want this in your Christmas humidor. We also have the usual line up of the weekly Top 5 List which this week looks at the mos...

Today on the show we smoke a cigar from one of the biggest personalities in the cigar industry, so it’s only fitting we reach for the biggest size in the line. The cigar comes from Steve Saka’s Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust and today we light up the Mi Querida Gran Buffalo which measures 7 x 64 and features a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. We also have the usual line...

This week we travel down to one of the largest growers of tobacco on The Ash Holes as we broadcast live from Studio 21 Podcast Café. Plasencia started growing tobacco in Cuba where he located in 1865. In 1963 the family fled from Cuba to Mexico before landing in Nicaragua. Their tobacco is used in many different brands, but in 2017 the company began producing their own cigars. Today we share our t...

Welcome to this week’s episode of The Ash Holes broadcast live Studio 21 Podcast Café. This week we smoke a cigar from Omar de Frias’s Fratello Cigars. It’s a cigar that was introduced at the 2018 IPCPR. The Fratello Navetta Inverso features a Nicaragua Habano wrapper, Ecuador Habano binder and fillers from a single farm in Nicaragua as well as the Dominican Republic. We also have the usual line u...

Today we wrap up the Blind Taste Test. We are joined by very special guest Glenn Boivin who knows how to smoke blind better than anyone we know…because he is…blind that is. Today we are smoking the winner of the blind taste challenge and we will reveal the cigars that were included, look at which won and look back at the highlights and disappointments of said challenge. We will break it down round...

The Ash Holes turns 2 years old today, and we celebrate in style with Taino by Serino Cigar Co. We tell you all about this cigar that was a joint project from father (Anthony Serino) and son (Carson Serino). As we enjoy this great cigar we will look back at two years of fun, games and madness known as The AshHoles. We have this and the usual line up of the weekly Top 5 List, go Miles with Styles,...