The Cigar Pulpit

Coming your way from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios, the guys connect by phone and bring you a show, better late than never. Nick is enjoying the Villiger Connecticut Kreme while Jeff is smoking the La Gianna Havana from United Cigars. They discuss a few different things including a new piece of cigar shop etiquette that needs to be addressed and an exorcism.  Find out if Gator is shitting...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studio at Top Shooters, the guys take your calls for this month's Ask the Boys segment! They fire up a new cigar from Casa Cuevas, the Sangre Nueve, and answer a wide variety of questions from all of you. They also decide what gets cut in the United Cigars One Must Go segment and discuss some of the tv and movies they've been enjoying in the Villig...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios in Jeff's ex-wife's garage, the guys take it easy with a favorite cigar, the Aladino Corojo toro. We find out if Jeff is trying to trick us or not about whether or not the CIA used cats as listening devices in the Cold War.  We also do another round of 80's tv show elimination in the United Cigars One Must Go, discuss Three Cigars We've Smo...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios at Jeff's ex-wife's house, we fire up the Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real Twisted Love from the January My Monthly Cigars box. Nick discusses how his plan to purchase a private island to establish a sovereign nation is finally coming together. We also determine what 80's sitcom must go in the United Cigars One Must Go segment, further discuss...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios at Top Shooters, the guys crack open the January My Monthly Cigars box. They fire up the La Aurora Preferidos CT and discuss proposed cigar related legislation around the United States. And they give an update on the Tiger King?!? Find out what gets cut in the United Cigars One Must Go segment, get some great show suggestions in the Villige...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios at Top Shooters, the guys are proud and thrilled to welcome Rene Castaneda, president of Villiger North America, to the show and to announce that Villiger Cigars has joined the Pulpit family as the newest partner in the show! The guys light up the brand new Villiger De Nicaragua and find out all about Villiger from Rene and introduce the co...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios at Top Shooters, the guys sit down and talk with Rick Rodriguez, owner of West Tampa Tobacco Company, and congratulate him for his cigar, the Black, being named the Pulpit Parishioners Top Cigar of 2022. They fire up the West Tampa Tobacco Black and discuss Rick's career in cigars, the creation of his new company, and even some upcoming cig...

Nick is down with the stomach flu so unfortunately we're putting out a Pulpit Rewind today featuring our interview with Tim Swanson of Cigars Daily and a recap of our 2020 trip to Chicago.  The guys recap their wacky adventures in Chicago on the first stop of the Nick and Gator Traveling Freakshow and Cigar Evangelical Revival while smoking the AJ Fernandez Dias de Gloria. Nick speaks with Tim Swa...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios, the guys play smokers choice and announce the Parishioners Picks for the Top Ten Cigars of 2022.  The list was generated by the members of the Cigar Pulpit Parishioners Facebook group. They nominated the cigars and they voted on them. The list is fully listener and consumer driven. Congratulations to all of the winners! We also find out wh...

Coming at you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios at Top Shooters, the guys give their personal lists of ten cigars they smoked and enjoyed in 2022 on the show. And you can even experience how much show prep Gator put into the process!  They also discuss issues with storage units, Nick's recent trip to Indy for New Years Eve, and more. We also name the winner of the Christmas Carol contest...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios, its smokers choice as Nick lights up a Perdomo Reserve 10th Anniversary Maduro and Jeff smokes a Padron 1964 and they discuss Cigar Journal's Top 25 Cigars of 2022. They go over each cigar and discuss the differences between Cigar Journal's list and Cigar Aficionado's recent list. They also discuss a recent life event Jeff is dealing with...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios at the Rivermen Cigar Company, Nick sits down with Dan Ponder to smoke the Opus X Oro Oscuro and discuss the trials of cigar retail in the first quarter of the year. We also discuss the importance of supporting your local brick and mortar cigar shop and ways you can do so. We also determine what gets cut in the United Cigars One Must Go seg...

Coming at you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios at Top Shooters, its Christmas with the Pulpit! The guys fire up the Blackened M81 by Drew Estates and not only open some Christmas gifts they received but also listen to your entries from the Christmas Carol contest!  They also address some other calls in this week's Ask the Boys, we play Is Gator Shitting Us?, find out what New Years food...

Coming at you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios, Nick is joined by My Monthly Cigars and Fahking Good Coffee owner Nick Gervais as they crack open the December MMC box and smoke the Graycliff Turbo Edicion Limitada and discuss the recently announced 2022 Cigar Aficionado Top 25 Cigars of the Year. The guys have... thoughts... about this year's top cigar. We also discuss Three Cigars We'v...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Mobile Studios in the Ice Tent of Love, Nick sits down and talks with Kenn Klarich, owner of The Ash and Ale Lounge in Palm Coast, Florida. They fire up a Villiger Black Forest and discuss what its like to buy a lounge and to make it your own. We also decide what kind of beer gets cut in the United Cigars One Must Go and get a new pairing in the Final Third Frida...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios in Nick's (very cold) driveway, the guys speak with Stacey who owns Smoked the Collection, which is jewelry and cigar accessories made with cigar bands. Stacey was at the Ybor City Cigar Heritage Festival and gives us an update on that and discusses her product line.  Also, the guys smoke the Jose Dominguez Maduro from United Cigars and ans...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios at Top Shooters, we fire up some Bandolero Serie T Picaros and go off in all sorts of random directions. Nick plays a Bill Burr clip that reminded him of Jeff about men taking baths, one of the Top Shooters gals makes an appearance, and Jeff triggers Nick into a brief discussion about how politics isn't ever about the subject at hand and ju...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios at Top Shooters, the guys light up one of Gator's newest favorites, the M by Macanudo Dark Rum, and detail how Nick saved Gator on Saturday night. It truly was a confluence of stupid... The guys also answer listener calls in the Ask the Boys segment, get a bit grinchy in the United Cigars One Must Go segment, and discuss Three Cigars They'v...

Coming to you from a fancy new JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studio at Top Shooters, the guys are having a fireside chat about a lot of different topics while smoking some cigars of their choosing. Nick fires up the Aganorsa Leaf Signature while Gator enjoys the Timeless Prestige.  The guys discuss chicken fried versus country fried, Scrabble, the MCU, Spotify numbers, and more. Find out what gets cu...

Coming at you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios on the back of Jeff's ex-wife's house, we're smoking the new JC Newman Black Diamond and discussing drugging children to sleep, Steve Martin movies, and we get a surprise phone call from Nick Gervais of My Monthly Cigars. We also answer listener calls during this week's Ask the Boys, figure out what gets cut in the United Cigars One Must Go...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios at Rivermen Cigar Company, the guys fire up and try the 2022 Aladino Corojo Reserva No. 4 and discuss a wide variety of subjects including space travel, algebra, and a fake high school...? We also determine what gets cut in the United Cigars One Must Go, get a new pairing in the Final Third Friday segment with Broccoli Rob and Isaiah, and G...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios, the guys are smoking cigars graciously sent to them from Kenn at Ash & Ale Lounge in Palm Coast, Florida. Nick lights up the K by Karen Berger Maduro while Gator has the Connecticut version. From there the wheels go off and Gator wants to discuss chemtrails and government programs to reflect sunlight back from the earth.  We also listen to...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios in the Ice Tent of Love, Nick flies solo and brings you some cigar news. While enjoying the Aganorsa Leaf Anniversario Maduro, he goes over import numbers for the first three quarters of the year (...ish) and discusses an age limit being proposed on tobacco sales in Hong Kong.  We also listen to listener calls in this week's Ask the Boys, l...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Mobile Studios, Nick sits down to chat with Nick Gervais, owner of My Monthly Cigars and Fahking Good Coffee, and to find out what's in the November My Monthly Cigars box. The guys fire up the Partagas Anejo and discuss Nick G's new smoking tent and what all went into that purchase, tv shows they've been watching, and a new cool feature coming to My Monthly Cigar...

Coming to you from the JRE Tobacco Aladino Mobile Studios in Nick's driveway, the guys commemorate Veterans Day by thanking the men and women of our armed forces and lighting up The American by JC Newman. Gator talks about his brief time in the Air Force and then gives us some story about a muddy cross country event. Nick wasn't impressed... The guys also listen to listener calls on the Ask the Bo...