The Ash Holes

In numerology the number 30 represents great communication skills, being super-creative and entertaining … this pretty much sums up The Ash Holes. This week we light up the Diamond Crown Maximus, a cigar developed by JC Newman and and Carlos Fuente, JR. The cigar features Carlito’s secret blend of specially aged Dominican filler tobacco’s, combined with the special Ecuadorian tobacco wrapper exclu...

During a century, between 1717 & 1817, the Spanish Crown prohibited cigar production in the Caribbean Islands & the rest of the American Colonies, and although its precious leaves continued growing on the other side of the ocean, the “puro” cigar rolling that we all know today, could only be done at the Sevilla Royal Factory, supplying an even more demanding market in the world. But such absurd pr...

This week Dan "Pastor Padron" Ledwith is joined by Mr. Jonathan and special audience guest Aaron Noonan to give unfiltered thoughts on the Nicaraguan Diadema by Davidoff. We highlight @burninsticks as the Instagram pic of the week and bring our collective thoughts to bear on the AshHole of the week. 

A company is nothing more than a legal entity formed to conduct business transactions. RoMa Craft Tobac it is the realization of a dream. Skip Martin has owned a retail shop, served in the Navy and has a love of cigars. His partner Mike Rosales was already established as a cigar maker when the two joined forces to start something special. Today, on Ash Wednesday the Ash Holes light up the Neandert...

It’s Ash Wednesday, which means its time for The Ash Holes.  This week we smoke Flor Del Valle by Warped Cigars. Made at Casa Fernandez in Nicaragua the cigar features a Nicaraguan Jalapa Corojo 99′ wrapper over a dual binder of Nicaraguan Jalapa Corojo 99′ and Criollo 98′ with a mixtures of Nicaragua tobaccos. The cigar is 100% Aganorsa tobaccos. Join us as we give you our in depths thoughts, and...

Episode 25 finds the show sans Oliver, so Dan (Pastor Padron) is joined by Mr. Jonathan from the Cigar Authority as The AshHoles take on The Tabernacle Toro by Foundation Cigar Co, read viwer mail, and talk about what they have been (and maybe you should be) smoking.

Dan and Oliver light up the Serino Royale Connecticut Toro for their 24th episode. @Golfer6315 and @MrsGolfer6315 were named as the Instgram pics of the week, and we look at viewer mail.

Episode 23 has Dan and guest host Mr. Jonathan from The Cigar Authority to smoke the Indian Motorcycle Toro Habano made by Debonaire Cigars. @johnniehd77 is named the Instagram pic of the week, and we dig into The Ash Hole mail bag. 

Dan and Oliver sparked up the Oliva Serie V Figurado on today's episode.  Two thumbs up from The AshHoles for this beauty! Checkout @JohnPapaJohnny on Instagram and follow @michellestyles18 on Twitter or @Michelle_Styles18 on Instagram.  

Dan and Oliver are joined by Jeremy Soares of My Father Cigars and smoke the Flor de Las Antillas Robusto and the My Father Le Bijou Petite Robusto. Plus The Ash Hole of the Week, Pastor Padron's Thou Shalt Nots, Viewer Mail, and Miles with Styles.

Episode #20 brings in guest Jonathan Carney to The Ash Holes. This week, the boys will light up a Reserva Especial Belicoso. Join us as we light up some cigars that are the hottest of the industry, and find out the latest happenings at LFD. In addition we announce the Ash Hole of the Week, and into two new segments: Pastor Padron's thou Shalt Nots, and Miles with Styles.

With Derek gone, the boys continue their adventures on The Ash Holes. This week, we take a look at one of the industries most sought after smokes, the Diamond Crown No. 6. A large perfecto shaped cigar that has won over the hearts of enthusiasts across the world. On top of that, we will go over some more mail and announce this weeks Ash Hole of the Week. Stay tuned at The Serino Royale Cigar Studi...

Today on The Ash Holes LIVE Radio Podcast, broadcasting from The Serino Royale Cigar Studio comes Big Papi, a cigar made by El Artista under the supervision of Boston Red Sox legendary designated hitter, David Ortiz. After over 20 years playing on the field, Big Papi wanted to fulfill his passions outside of the game. We take a look at some hatemail and have an Ash Hole of the Week that might surp...

Coming to you LIVE from The Serino Royale Cigar Studios in Salem, NH, The Ash Holes are back with another hour of nonsense for you to enjoy (hopefully). Oliver is back and we will be lighting up a cigar from Asylum, the Ogre Lancero! We also have some hate mail to go through, along with another Ash Hole of the week! See you here from 4-5pm EVERY WEDNESDAY!

With the boys of The Cigar Authority down in the land of Cuba, The Ash Holes light up a Cuban cigar in their honor. Today, we have Vegueros, a new brand from the ISOM (Island South of Miami). On top of that, we give you our thoughts on the impending end of the Cuban Embargo that has been in place for over 50 years. What will happen to the industry? As always, we have some great hate mail to read,...

Coming to you LIVE from The Serino Royale Cigar Studios, The Ash Holes are back with special guest and North East Sales Representative Dan Davison of Kristoff Cigars. Tonight from 4 to 5pm, we will be lighting up the Pistoff Kristoff, one of the brands newest blends. Not only that, but we have even MORE hate mail to read for you and we will be announcing this show's Ash Hole of the Week! If you'd...

Coming to you LIVE from The Serino Cigar Studios in Salem NH, The Ash Holes are back once more. This week we will be lighting up a cigar with no band and do our best to guess what it is and give you a rating! This will be an interesting show, so you won’t want to miss it. We will also be reading more view submitted hate-mail and answer some questions while we’re at it. Also announced will be this...

As always, coming to you LIVE from the Serino Royale Cigar Studios in Salem, NH on The United Cigar Radio Network. We are The Ash Holes, and this weeks show we light up The Oscar Habano robusto by Oscar Valladares Tobacco Company. These strange looking cigars arrive in boxes of 11 in what appears to be an old-school cigar mold style package. Wrapped in a candela leaf sleeve, The Oscar Habano offer...

LIVE from the Serino Royale Cigar Studios in Salem, NH. On Today's show, we will be lighting up a new age classic, The Fratello, a cigar made by Omar de Frias. We will also be announcing The Ash Hole of the Week and read through some more HATE MAIL and let you know who is our INSTAGRAM PIC OF THE WEEK. It's a wonderful thing, right? Use the hashtag #TheAshHoles to be featured! As always, catch us...

In honor of our very first official sponsor, we will be lighting up the Serino Royale Maduro XX by Serino Cigar Company. To create this masterpiece, a blend of filler tobaccos from the fertile soils of Esteli and Jalapa are aged for over 5 years, and then draped with a dark and luxurious Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro wrapper, grown from the famed Habano 2000 seed, to bring you an endlessly complex and...

Coming to you LIVE from The Serino Royale Cigar Studios! The Ash Holes are finally all back together on this weeks show. Join us LIVE from 4 to 5 where we will be lighting up The Cigar Authority’s 2016 Cigar of the Year, the La Galera Connecticut El Lector. These handmade blends come to us from the Dominican Republic under the watchful eye of blender Jochy Blanco from Indian Head Cigars. In the fi...

Welcome to Ash Wednesday and n this weeks episode of The Ash Holes LIVE Unfiltered Cigar Radio Podcast, we light up the Eiroa CBT Maduro 6 x 60 with special guest and manager of Two Guys Smoke Shop in Seabrook, NH Mr. Terry Fournier. Derek is STILL gone, so Barry from The Cigar Authority is taking his place once more. AND NO OLIVER, he is off working in the great state of Arizona. This is sure to...

While Derek is away on vacation, Barry Stein from The Cigar Authority is stepping up to bat. This week, we light up a modern day classic. The Illusione 88. This is a cigar that hails from Nicaragua using tobaccos from the same country. They have won over the hearts of cigar enthusiasts across the country since its arrival several years ago. Don’t miss what is sure to be an interesting and cigar-ge...

Join us on this weeks podcast as we light up The Tabernacle, a new cigar from Foundation Cigar Company and owner Nick Melillo. He used his blending knowledge to bring us a heavy-hitting handmade that uses a Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper, a Mexican San Andreas binder with fillers from Nicaragua and Honduras. This is one of the industries most talked about creations, and we plan to let you kn...

On today’s edition of The Ash Holes Unfiltered Cigar Radio Podcast, we will be smoking a cigar that some say is one of Pete Johnson’s best. The Tatuaje Especiales Brown Label Lancero. Not only that but we will be announcing another Ash Hole of the Week and much more… Tune in to EVERY WEDNESDAY LIVE from 4 to 5pm!  Be sure to come check back again next week where we will be lighting up with "The Ta...