On this show we celebrate the second anniversary of the Prime Time Jukebox. To celebrate, we bring two guests named Mike – Mike Szczepankiewicz and Mike Palmer, from the A Cigar Hustler’s Podcast. Keeping to the theme of two, on this show we will look at some of our favorite second albums from some our favorite artists. Plus we catch up on all of the happenings with the Hustler boys. When Mike & Mike come on the show – anything can happen! On this show, Dave and Coop smoke the recently released Bangarang. Tune in to the premiere on the Cigar Coop Facebook Live page on Monday 11/29 at 7pm EDT As always you can follow along with our Spotify Playlist: Full Episode 57 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3TiLHgI1z56yKFop2mawSa?si=ca15e69af0254324 References The Best of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years: https://open.spotify.com/album/6aBN9OWwAcB49LWlI95ekd?si=63UM1esHQiasNevpartS_A

Coming in at #7 is the 601 La Bomba Warhead VII by Espinosa Cigars. Over the years, Espinosa Cigars has built plenty of regular production and limited edition cigars. By far one of the company’s most popular limited editions is the annual Warhead release. Warhead is an extension of the original 601 La Bomba line, but it replaces the Nicaraguan Habano wrapper with a Broadleaf wrapper. As the name Warhead indicates, this is intended to be a stronger and bolder cigar. Each installment of the Warhead has featured a different size with a tweaked blend adjusted to that size as well as a different set of artwork. Warhead made its debut in 2013, and with a couple of exceptions has maintained an annual release schedule. 2021 saw the 7th installment – appropriately titled Warhead VII. It's the sixth different Warhead to land on the Countdown. The Warhead features 100% Nicaraguan tobaccos highlighted by a Nicaraguan Broadleaf wrapper. Warhead VII marked a return to the box-pressed format after Warhead VI was released as a figurado. In this case, Warhead VII is a 7 x 50 box-pressed Churchill. Production is handled by AJ Fernandez's San Lotano factory in Ocotal, Nicaragua. The Warhead VII delivers notes of earth, mocha (coffee/cocoa), dried fruit, and red pepper. The Warhead VII started out with medium strength and medium to full-bodied notes. The strength did progress to medium to full later in the first third. By the second half, both the strength and body crept into full territory. At the same time, while the second half was full-strength and full-bodied, this seemed much more dialed back than the Warhead VI. The Warhead VII is the second cigar from Espinosa Cigars to land on the 2022 Cigar of the Year Countdown, joining the Las 6 Provinces LV. As we have mentioned Espinosa Cigars has been quite successful on the Cigar Coop Countdown as it has placed a cigar on the Countdown for ten consecutive years.  Meanwhile, Nicaragua continues to dominate the Countdown. Of the 24 cigars we have unveiled, 16 of them have come from Nicaragua. Full Report: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-opG

From the 2021 PCA Trade Show, we talk to George Rico of Gran Habano Cigars If you were looking for a slice on A1A in Miami Beach, Florida, the Gran Habano booth was the one for you. It was a new booth for Gran Habano, but it was one of the best laid out ones at the show. With the COVID-19 pandemic still having its impacts, Gran Habano owner George Rico has delayed his long-awaited 20th-anniversary project. In the meantime, Rico has put together a series of six fresh-pack samplers that offer some of his most popular and highly acclaimed blends in a portable format. References PCA 2021 Report: Gran Habano Cigars: https://wp.me/p6h1n1-kSC

The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable is a format where we will be doing a live group review of a particular cigar, then have a shortened video posted later on our YouTube and social media accounts. The Roundtable could feature any member of the Cigar Coop or The Smoking Syndicate Teams along with guests. For this installment, Coop, Bear, Erron, and The Bull Shark get together to review the Drew Estate Undercrown 10 in the toro vitola. Wrapper: High Priming Mexican San Andres Binder: Connecticut Broadleaf Filler: Nicaraguan Country of Origin: Nicaragua Factory: La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate