It’s time once again for another issue of Brian’s The Week In Smoke. In case this is your first Week in Smoke, be advised that it covers many (though not necessarily all) of the cigars I’ve smoked in the past week (or the past month, or however long it has been since the last issue), […]
IPCPR 2019: Complete Digest
And now, our coverage of IPCPR 2019 is complete. We hope you have enjoyed the videos. As is tradition, here is our complete list of interviews for your convenience. Enjoy! Now it’s time to get back to our regular cigar review programming. Have a fine weekend and a fine cigar!
IPCPR 2019: Drew Estate: ACID 20
So you probably guessed it after seeing all the ACID intros to our trade show videos, Drew Estate pulled out the stops to honor the 20th Anniversary of ACID. Josh Roque takes us on a tour of a booth within a booth, the not-so-secret flavor playground of Fabien Ziegler, the ACID 20 booth. Once we […]
IPCPR 2019: Drew Estate Part 3
In this third part of our Drew Estate booth tour, we get the master blender’s perspective from the always dapper Willy Herrera. (How he hasn’t been cast as the next James Bond, we’ll never know.) We get started talking about the new BOTL, Willy gives us a break down of what you can expect from […]
IPCPR 2019: Drew Estate Part 2
In the second part of our Drew Estate booth tour, we talk to Josh Roque, Drew Estate’s Non-Traditional Brand Manager about new releases for Deadwood and Tabak Especial. Deadwood has expanded to include the new Fat Bottom Betty Toro vitola. And for Tabak Especial we check out the new Gorditos. They’re bigger than the name […]
IPCPR 2019: Drew Estate
You know what you can always count on at IPCPR? You can count on Pedro Gomez to bring it with a smile. And bring it he does again in the Drew Estate booth. We talk about the rebirth of the BOTL (Brothers Of The Leaf) cigar as a brick and mortar exclusive and the new […]
IPCPR 2018: Drew Estate – Tins, Isla Del Sol, and More
Drew Estate added a lot of new products to their catalog this year, and the highest concentration of new things were smaller cigars in tinned presentations. The Undercrown Sun Grown, Sweet Baby Jane, and Joya de Nicaragua Antaño 1970 are coming to tins. Dirty Fabien gives us the run down on the change from actual […]
IPCPR 2018: Drew Estate – Kentucky Fire Cured
You can’t not talk to Pedro Gomez when you visit the Drew Estate booth at IPCPR. This year Pedro was our tour guide through the world of Drew Estate’s Kentucky Fire Cured products. After a quick review of the fire curing process and previous releases, Pedro introduces us to the latest expansion, the Kentucky Fire […]
IPCPR 2018: Drew Estate Liga Privada & Herrera Esteli
Our long time friend Willy Herrera gives us the scoop on the latest Liga Privadas and Herrera Esteli cigars in the Drew Estate Booth at IPCPR 2018. In this video we talk about the new corona Viva, petite corona, and short panatela Liga Privada sizes, the Liga Privada Aniversario, the Liga Privada H99, the Herrera […]
Drew Estate Florida Sun Grown (FSG) Robusto
One of my favorite interviews at last year’s IPCPR trade show was talking about Florida Sun Grown tobacco with Jeff Borysiewicz. This is a passion project, and I could tell. Especially when he showed us the tobacco he brought with him. If you want the full scoop on the FSG, the process, see the actual […]