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>> Speaker A: On the next episode of Sips, suds.

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>> Speaker B: And smokes for today's segment. Drum roll,

0:05

please. We're having tea with a Mathilde takeover.

0:12

>> Speaker C: Oh, I have this english accent coming over me.

0:15

Let's just have a tea with

0:17

matilda. >> Speaker B: That's right, isn't it? Now, the cigars we'll be

0:21

reviewing today are the Matilda

0:23

Maduro, the Oscuro,

0:26

the quadrata, and

0:29

the Connecticut, uh, the Serena

0:32

Connecticut. Right. >> Speaker D: Is this Serana Serena.

0:36

>> Speaker B: Serena Connecticut. >> Speaker D: Yeah, Serena. >> Speaker B: And there might be a couple at the end that are a little,

0:40

uh, extras there.

0:43

>> Speaker C: Serena's one at what, the big booty down at the clucking

0:46

chuck? Yeah, that's why we're

0:49

saying Serena, not. >> Speaker A: We'll be right back after this break.

1:17

Brought to you almost live from the dude in the

1:20

basement studios. Why? Because that's where the

1:23

good stuff is. It sips, suds and

1:26

smokes with your smokin host, the good old

1:29

boys. Hey, man, got a light? It's time

1:54

for smokes. >> Speaker B: Welcome again to the Smokes episode, folks, of

2:00

sips Hudson smokes. We are the best

2:03

part of this podcast. Everything in life is

2:05

worth discussing. And today we have

2:08

with us good old boy Mike.

2:11

>> Speaker C: See, senor, I'm here.

2:13

>> Speaker B: We have good old boy Benjamin. >> Speaker E: How's your dog Nelson?

2:17

>> Speaker B: Good old boy Nate. >> Speaker D: Howdy, y'all.

2:19

>> Speaker B: And myself. Good old boy barter. What's up, folks?

2:23

Happy, uh, new year. First of all, all of you. I don't know that

2:26

we've seen each. >> Speaker D: Other 2024, but it's

2:28

2024. >> Speaker B: Unless you're in Ethiopia, then it's like 20, I

2:32

don't know, 17. Yeah, they're behind.

2:35

It's weird. Anyway, we're

2:38

the best thing on at 02:00 a.m. Right before home medicine with doctor

2:41

Kevorkian and just after dumpster fires

2:44

with our congress. >> Speaker C: Yeah, that's for sure.

2:47

>> Speaker B: As you know, as well, I hope most of you know, our

2:50

smoke segments are all about cigars or, well, anything

2:53

that you can smoke. For today's segment. Drum

2:55

roll, please. We're having tea with a Matilda takeover.

3:03

>> Speaker C: Oh, I have this english accent coming over me.

3:05

>> Speaker B: Let's. >> Speaker C: Let's have a tea with Matilda.

3:08

>> Speaker B: That's right, isn't it? So strap on and hang in tight.

3:11

>> Speaker C: Whoa, wait a second. This is a

3:14

family friendly cigar show. Strap on and hang

3:17

on tight. >> Speaker B: That's right. Okay. >> Speaker C: Yeah, we're going into stuff.

3:22

>> Speaker B: We're gonna have fun today. But don't worry if you missed any personal

3:25

lube. >> Speaker C: Do I need for this show? That's what I need to know right.

3:28

>> Speaker B: Now, we're gonna go with banana flavored. >> Speaker C: Banana flavor.

3:31

>> Speaker B: That's right. Bananas today. If you miss anything,

3:34

folks, you can download the full episodes from

3:37

anywhere you have podcasts or anywhere you listen

3:39

to us. You can download them, take them on your drive,

3:42

get on that airplane, do it offline, whatever you want to do,

3:45

folks. But before we dive into the shallow end of the pool,

3:48

remember the buddy system? Where's your buddy? You got

3:51

a buddy? Who's got body? Who's got the

3:54

body? Nobody. >> Speaker C: Yeah, I only see somebody standing on the side of the pool with a strap

3:58

on and fresh lube. That's all I see at this point.

4:01

>> Speaker B: And we're swimming.

4:04

>> Speaker C: And the embutzman has been triggered

4:07

again. >> Speaker B: That's right. If you're a cigar newbie, fret not. We got you covered

4:11

on our cigar 101, where all of the cigar speak will

4:14

be decoded. Just search sip suds and

4:17

smokes cigar 101, and that episode should pop right

4:20

up for you on the link band. Yep, that's right.

4:23

So good old boy myself is gonna

4:26

be giving you our new smokes rating. So

4:29

over the smokes rating, we'll be discussing with our sip suds and

4:32

smokes new rating system, plus our signature

4:35

sounds. Here are those ratings. Now,

4:37

one, that sucked before it was lit.

4:44

Two, hey, at least I lit it.

4:50

Three, I would smoke this again.

4:56

Four. All right, how much you want for him?

5:03

I really like magnificent.

5:06

And five. Where are they? I need a

5:09

box. That's right.

5:15

Now, the cigars we'll be reviewing today are the

5:18

Matilda Maduro, the escuro, uh,

5:22

the quadrata, and

5:25

the Connecticut, uh, the serena

5:28

Connecticut. Right. Is that Serana?

5:30

>> Speaker D: Serena. >> Speaker B: Serena Connecticut. Yeah.

5:33

>> Speaker D: Serena. >> Speaker B: And there might be a couple at the end that are a little,

5:36

uh, little, uh, extras there.

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>> Speaker C: Serena's the one that with the big booty down at the cluck and

5:42

chuck. >> Speaker B: Yeah. Is she the one with the fish feet?

5:44

>> Speaker C: That's why we're saying Serena, not. >> Speaker B: We'Re gonna let Nate kick us off with the Maduro. Nate, why don't you tell us

5:52

a little bit about the Maduro? Good luck. Yeah. >> Speaker D: So the Matilda Serenae

5:56

Maduro is a bolder, darker version

5:59

of the original serenae. The Maduro

6:02

features an oily mexican Maduro wrapper,

6:05

a dominican criollo 98 binder

6:08

and a nicaraguan and dominican filler.

6:11

Uh, when lit, the serena Maduro offers a

6:14

deep intensity of flavors while

6:17

providing a well balanced smoking experience.

6:19

The cigars are handmade in dominican republic.

6:22

The binder is dominican republic. The

6:25

fillers, dominican and nicaraguan. And then the

6:28

wrapper leaf is going to be mexican san Andreas.

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>> Speaker B: Hmm. What do you think about that cigar?

6:34

>> Speaker D: I really enjoy it. To me, it's a nice, just

6:36

mellow, rich, chocolatey Maduro.

6:39

>> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker D: Nothing too intense. I love it.

6:41

>> Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. I'm a fan as well. I don't think

6:44

they're over oily. I don't think they're over, you

6:47

know, I think it's a nice baseline Maduro

6:50

to go with. You know, even it's. It's a non

6:53

Maduro smokers. Maduro almost. Yeah. >> Speaker D: No, I agree.

6:56

>> Speaker B: Benjamin, what do you think? >> Speaker E: Uh, absolutely. This is one of those full body,

7:00

right? You get all of the flavor profile that you're looking for, but

7:03

not overwhelming on the strength part of

7:06

it. A lot of that, like cafe Mocha. Cool

7:08

chocolatey notes. Uh, these things are

7:12

super, super tasty, Mike.

7:15

>> Speaker C: Little spicy, uh, up front. Um, you know, I caught

7:17

a touch of kind of oil and leather. Uh,

7:20

it actually feels really dense, you

7:23

know, as you're smoking through it.

7:25

Um, and I like to finish off

7:28

this, but I thought the way you started it, I thought was a good way to

7:31

describe it. It was just a good average Maduro.

7:34

You know, I don't think there was anything, you know, amazing

7:37

about it or bad about it. I just thought it was a good middle of the

7:40

road, you know, it's, um, something to throw in

7:43

the bag, you know, with the. >> Speaker B: Yeah, for sure.

7:45

>> Speaker C: You know, for the wedding guests and, you know,

7:48

absolutely. Uh, or whatever. >> Speaker E: Golf gar worthy.

7:51

>> Speaker C: There you go. Sure. >> Speaker B: Yeah. So what are we going to rate?

7:56

Looks like it's a four. It's a good maduro, folks. Check out

8:04

magnificent. It's gonna be fun time, man.

8:07

For sure. So here a little bit. Let's take a little couple minutes, and let's

8:11

talk about matilda. So, uh, Benjamin is gonna

8:14

tell us a little bit about him. Yeah.

8:16

>> Speaker E: Uh, so matilda is a resurrection

8:19

brand. Uh, they're one of the first brands to

8:22

be established in the dominican republic. Uh, originally founded

8:25

in 1876 in santiago de los

8:28

caballeros, uh, but then revived by the

8:31

Sejas family in 2014. Uh, so

8:34

the versions that we're smoking today. >> Speaker B: Um, now, Nate, you were talking to us earlier about

8:39

the Sejas family, right? Yeah. So why don't you

8:42

tell the listeners a little bit about what you were telling us. Yeah.

8:44

>> Speaker D: So the. Essentially the father, um,

8:47

was the master blender for Altidus

8:50

for about 30 to 35

8:53

years. Um, they're the manufacturers who make

8:56

Monte Cristo. They make

8:58

Romeo and Juliet, you know, a lot of Hldis is

9:01

a big umbrella brand, big umbrella, and it's a very

9:04

classic dominican factory. And so

9:07

he was the master blender there for a long time, like

9:10

even before the cigar boom in the nineties. And so,

9:13

uh, he wanted to retire and he retired. And then,

9:16

you know, from as I know it, he got bored and essentially

9:19

decided to start this company with his son Enrique.

9:21

And, uh, Enrique and I got to

9:24

meet, uh, years ago for the first time and sit down and have a

9:26

cigar. And it's cool because he grew

9:29

up in the cigar industry with a dad

9:32

who did it for a living. And I love that perspective. I've met

9:35

a lot of people who've grown up in this industry with

9:38

parents and that it's such an interesting

9:40

perspective because for him, even I remember him just

9:43

talking about how it's like at first it was like he had no interest

9:46

in that. He went to college, he had kind of a different

9:49

plan for his life, never to join the family business.

9:52

And then now his dad stepped down and he's running the

9:55

whole company now for multiple years. And so

9:57

it's cool to see how the family passion

10:00

comes full circle, um, with it.

10:03

>> Speaker B: Yeah, I got to meet him at PCA. He was a really nice

10:06

guy. Really nice guy, for sure. >> Speaker C: That's just a very common, you know, storyline

10:10

that you have with a lot of different, you know,

10:13

brands that, you know, I think a lot of people think

10:16

that the cigar industry is like, you know,

10:18

thousands of people that are involved, you know, with making a lot

10:21

of these brands. It's really not, I mean, the cigar

10:24

industry is really held in a very small number

10:28

of families. I mean, when I think of, you

10:30

know, it's really, it's really more like 100,

10:33

150 people that really, you know, are involved

10:36

in a lot of, you know, across, you know,

10:39

whole generations and different brands. And so

10:42

I, I think the storyline here is a very common

10:45

one. And I like the fact that this is turning

10:48

into passing, um, down.

10:50

>> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker C: You know, that skill set, which is something that you see

10:53

also, you know, quite a bit within this, you know, cigar

10:56

world as well, is that there's this multi

10:59

generational feel. Even if the son wanted to walk away, you

11:01

know, I'm glad that he decided to come back around and at

11:04

least leverage, you know, the skill and experience, you

11:07

know, from his father. Even if he, you know, even if he

11:10

walks away from it at some point in time, time, you know, later

11:13

in life at least he's embodied, you know, that

11:16

skill and experience. So that he can pass it on, you know, to,

11:19

you know, his children or other, you know, family

11:22

well, and I think that's. >> Speaker D: That's the cool thing. Cause it is. I do love meeting the

11:26

people where, like, you grew up with it at. Ah, you

11:29

know, none of us have had that experience. We have parents who

11:32

grew up with all different professions. But cigar rolling is

11:35

probably not that. And so it's weird because, you know.

11:38

>> Speaker C: Part of our family was involved in strap ons and personal lube

11:41

products, but other than that. >> Speaker B: And swimming. Right? And swimming.

11:44

>> Speaker D: Right. But, yeah, so you think about, like, I know barger.

11:46

He, like, if the moment he had the chance to roll a cigar

11:49

at the family factory, he would have done it. But so

11:52

that's. >> Speaker B: Right.

11:56

>> Speaker D: You have that contrast, and then it's like, then you kind

11:59

of, as an adult, as you get mature and

12:02

stuff, and you start to grow into that, it's cool to see

12:05

that contrast. >> Speaker C: I knew somebody had to make the strawberry switcher sweets.

12:09

>> Speaker B: That's right. I'm gonna talk about it. It's a dark

12:12

time in my family's history. Awesome,

12:14

Nate, thanks for sharing. What. What else you got for us, Benjamin, on

12:17

the, say, house family? >> Speaker E: Well, yeah, uh, just to lead off of where, you

12:22

know, Nate left us talking, uh, about,

12:25

uh, Jose, say has. He is a member of the cigar. Cigar

12:28

aficionado hall of Fame class of 2012, which would have been, uh, just

12:33

a year before he retired and then jumped right back in the game in

12:35

2014, both feet, and

12:38

gave the, uh, the rebirth of

12:41

Matilda and originally released, uh, the matilda

12:44

Renaissance, uh, which we are going to

12:47

get into a little bit later here. >> Speaker B: Um, and big shout out to them for sending us these

12:51

cigars and really making this happen. >> Speaker C: Thank you.

12:54

>> Speaker B: Thank you very much. You guys have been great. Their correspondence is

12:57

great. Their whole team that I've dealt with has just

13:00

been amazing the whole time. >> Speaker C: We will return some strawberry lube in

13:05

return as a token of our gratitude.

13:07

>> Speaker B: I wouldn't go that far. >> Speaker C: Uh, uh, one of those prototype strap.

13:12

>> Speaker E: Lines, one of the quotes from

13:15

Jose that they have on their website

13:18

that really does a great job of

13:21

surmising this very.

13:24

>> Speaker B: We'll be right back with that quote. And we're back. Thank you for waiting and hope. Those

13:30

commercials were fun. Uh, Benjamin's gonna finish that

13:33

quote for us, though. What you got? >> Speaker E: Yeah, we just wanted to drive home, uh, that feel of,

13:37

you know, the generational, um, experience and the.

13:42

The homage to, um, not only

13:45

the family, but where the families are from. Right. And

13:48

so on their website, they have a quote, uh, from Jose say,

13:51

has. Making the best cigar in the world is what drives me,

13:54

Matilda, is how I pay homage to my country,

13:57

uh, which is. Which I think is. Is, uh,

14:00

absolutely the. The bow on this present,

14:03

if you will. >> Speaker C: I was gonna say it's the first step towards indictment.

14:08

>> Speaker E: Um, but. >> Speaker B: But it just. >> Speaker E: I think it drives home again, it drives home the

14:13

fact of how. How small, but at

14:16

the same time, like, um,

14:19

prideful, impactful and

14:21

passionate. These, uh, people are about

14:24

something that is. I mean,

14:26

absolutely handmade. This is

14:29

something that comes from the soil that is

14:32

touched hundreds of pairs of hands

14:35

from its inception to curing

14:38

to aging, to being rolled, uh,

14:41

blended and, uh, then aged again.

14:44

Um, and just having that

14:47

level of care and attention to detail and it

14:50

being such a part of your being that after you've

14:52

had almost a 30 year career

14:55

in an industry and literally made it

14:58

to the hall of fame,

15:00

that it's still not enough. You know,

15:03

you still. You still don't want to hang it up and you want to get back out

15:06

there and, uh, make an impact in the

15:09

right way by resurrecting a brand, you know, from

15:12

the 18 hundreds. >> Speaker B: Yeah. That's awesome. So up next, we've got the

15:16

escaro. And continuing to speak more on that is going to be

15:19

Benjamin. >> Speaker E: Yes, sir. >> Speaker B: Tell us about the escuro.

15:21

>> Speaker E: Yeah, so we've got the Matilda skirt here. I was

15:24

released in 2015 by Jose say, us and his family.

15:27

The second release from matilda cigars buses a dark san Andreas

15:29

rapper with a Sumatra sumatra binder

15:32

and fillers from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua in

15:35

Pennsylvania. Uh, be prepared to enjoy a medium

15:38

bodied, flavorful cigar with notes of cocoa,

15:40

espresso cream, and cedar.

15:43

The binder on this is Sumatra filler.

15:45

Dominican, nicaraguan. >> Speaker B: Demonic. >> Speaker E: Sorry,

15:51

I'm having a case of the bargers over here today.

15:54

Dominican, nicaraguan, and the USA. That would be

15:57

the Pennsylvania, uh, wrapped in a mexican san

16:00

Andreas wrapper. >> Speaker B: I love that San Andreas wrapper on that thing.

16:04

>> Speaker E: Amen. >> Speaker B: That is such a good cigar.

16:07

Yeah. Rating what you go. >> Speaker D: Well, I was just gonna get. I was gonna say no, this is

16:12

a tiny, short, little personal story about this cigar. So y'all

16:15

been to PCA? >> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker D: So the first year that they released this cigar

16:19

at PCA, IPCPR, whatever.

16:22

Um, the first day. Now, you guys

16:25

have been to the show. The guys in the room have. And

16:28

you smoke a lot of cigars. >> Speaker B: Yep. >> Speaker D: When they first released that cigar, I was so stoked to smoke it

16:32

that. That was the first cigar I smoked on the first day of the

16:35

show. And I feel like after tasting that

16:38

cigar, uh, I couldn't taste

16:40

anything. But that was the first

16:43

cigar of the trade show I chisel, huh?

16:47

>> Speaker E: Yeah. >> Speaker C: Well, I think if. When you hear some of our, you

16:50

know, tasting notes, you know, about this cigar, I think you'll understand

16:53

why. Because it really is, um, an

16:56

embodiment of both a really good

16:59

scur. Um, you know, with the San Andreas wrapper. I mean,

17:02

it's really brought an awful lot of. The

17:05

thing that I wrote in very, very big letters is mint.

17:08

This was a mint factory through and

17:11

through, all the way from the point it was lit

17:13

until, you know, it finished out. It just stayed. And it

17:16

wasn't like a menthol, you know, kind of, uh, uh, an

17:19

alcohol induced kind of, you know, mint. It was just.

17:22

It literally tasted like somebody had just stuck your head in

17:25

a big bowl of mint and rubbed it, you know, back and

17:28

forth in those oils were. I wasn't. I

17:31

actually had this, you know, this is.

17:33

>> Speaker E: This is mojito all day, every day.

17:36

>> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker E: A nice, beautiful aged rum,

17:40

some fresh mint. A little bit of cake, for sure.

17:43

>> Speaker C: Big flavor bomb. >> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker C: Yeah.

17:45

>> Speaker B: Well, what I love about that, man, I think that it

17:48

blends the Oscar. Oh, and

17:51

with the San Andreas wrapper, it just. Those

17:54

spices blend together to just,

17:56

uh. I absolutely love this cigar. This was

17:59

absolutely. So what's our rating?

18:04

We're gonna go five with that

18:07

first five on the new rating. Congratulations, Oscar. Uh oh.

18:12

>> Speaker D: Get you that box of escaros. >> Speaker B: Come on.

18:14

>> Speaker E: Gotta get them. Um, where's. >> Speaker B: Feel free to send us a box.

18:17

>> Speaker E: Where's a box? I think the other thing that, uh,

18:20

really, Nate and I had a small conversation

18:23

about San Andreas rappers earlier today,

18:26

uh, and we were talking about a little bit of that

18:28

minerality, almost metallic

18:31

kind of taste. And 300%.

18:34

>> Speaker B: Yeah, that. >> Speaker E: That is what runs through this. And that mint

18:37

just evolves that into

18:40

something that is as

18:43

deep and as bold as this cigar

18:46

is. It has this nice, cleansing,

18:49

refreshing finish. >> Speaker B: Yeah. It's not pungent and beats on your

18:52

flavor like. Like, it beats on your palate like

18:55

a typical Oscar. Oh, would. >> Speaker E: Right.

18:57

>> Speaker D: But the thing I. >> Speaker B: One. >> Speaker D: The thing I love is, like, as you guys are describing the cigar, if

19:01

somebody on, um, the interwebs had never

19:04

seen it in person, you know, you might think it's a lot

19:07

lighter of a shading. That it is. And that's the thing, too,

19:10

is I do find that it has a good amount of

19:12

nicotine strength to. To carry forward with that

19:15

refreshing kind of aspect to it too. So it is.

19:18

It's just a night. It's. I don't know. It's not what you

19:21

expect. >> Speaker B: Yeah. Uh, I will definitely be revisiting this cigar

19:24

again. All right.

19:27

Up next, we're gonna have, uh. Let's see. We're gonna

19:31

have. What are we doing?

19:33

>> Speaker E: The quadratic. >> Speaker C: Quadrata. >> Speaker B: Oh, that's me on the quadrata, isn't it? Oh,

19:38

hey. Oh. Got my notes mixed up here,

19:40

folks. Sorry about that. But the, uh, the

19:42

quadrata is the Matilda quadrata.

19:45

What I've got is it's a medium bodied cigar

19:48

blend by the, say, host family in la Romana, dominican

19:53

republic using ecuadorian habana wrapper,

19:56

dominican binder and fillers from Dominican

19:59

Republic in Nicaragua. And this is the third

20:02

line released by the company. And,

20:05

man, that ecuadorian habana rapper

20:09

is great. So good.

20:13

>> Speaker C: Um, I wrote down smokey, um, spice, kind of like almost

20:16

like a chipotle, um, you know, kind

20:19

of that smoke that you would get when you

20:22

typically, you know, would smoke a, uh, uh, jalapeno,

20:25

um, um, wood that would have kind of a subtle

20:28

spice on it. There were, like, hints of meant through this.

20:31

So there was a little bit of a

20:33

cornucopia. There was a lot going on here. >> Speaker B: Um. >> Speaker C: Um, this was, you know, kind of middle of the road for me. I

20:38

didn't think it was, you know, like, amazing, but I didn't think it was

20:41

bad either. I was definitely something. I felt like it was

20:44

just, you know, it was good. It wasn't a good representation

20:47

of the rest of the product line. >> Speaker E: Did you pay for the extra guac at Chipotle?

20:52

>> Speaker B: No, he gets it. And for free.

20:54

>> Speaker C: It's because I bring the strap on and their favorite lube.

20:57

That's the reason why I get all the good stuff in Chipotle.

21:00

>> Speaker B: That's his. >> Speaker C: Don't you know? That is the secret.

21:04

>> Speaker B: That is his. Just the. >> Speaker C: Did you not get the company minimum

21:08

once again? Absolutely. >> Speaker B: For sure. That's right.

21:11

>> Speaker D: I get a really strong, like, nutmeg kind of

21:14

presence on this cigar. >> Speaker B: Really? >> Speaker D: Yeah.

21:16

>> Speaker B: I was kind of in the allspice family on, uh,

21:19

it. It was, it was good.

21:22

>> Speaker E: This one, for me is the. The, like, nice

21:24

toastiness, uh, of like, fresh roasted

21:27

almonds. Like it is. It is very much so.

21:31

Uh, we're not talking Marcona here. These are skin

21:33

on, kind of waxy,

21:36

um, almonds. A lot of that, like, toasty,

21:38

nutty, uh, finish comes all the way through this. I think

21:41

one of the other things that's one of my

21:44

favorite flavor nuances to Matilda

21:47

is they all seem to have, like, this

21:50

really well balanced spice

21:52

undertone, uh, though it's not

21:54

necessarily pungent or, or well

21:57

expressed. You definitely get it on the retro hell. But

22:00

they all have this just, like, real nice,

22:03

almost cleansing

22:06

palate resetting spice that are

22:08

underneath a lot of their blends, which I really, really

22:11

enjoy. >> Speaker B: Yeah, I definitely enjoy the retro on that one, for

22:15

sure. It's definitely very,

22:18

uh, it's, it's very clean

22:21

for a habano, you know, and I think

22:24

the Gary on you, the Gary to

22:27

carry our point, you know, it was very

22:30

crisp and clean, kind of just all

22:32

around good Habano. >> Speaker E: And I've been on the Habano train this year.

22:35

>> Speaker B: Oh, man, I love it. I love

22:38

them. >> Speaker E: Habano.

22:40

>> Speaker B: Yeah. All right, so what's our rating on this, guys?

22:46

So we're gonna go with a four. Magnificent. All right,

22:56

so up next, Mike is gonna go over

22:59

the Serena Connecticut. And that's, uh,

23:04

yeah. What do you think about that? Tell us a little bit.

23:07

>> Speaker C: So the Matilda Serena offers your palate

23:09

a mild to medium smoke with earthy, dark

23:12

cocoa, black pepper, and sweet notes made in the Dominican

23:15

Republic at the Matilda factory. The cigar

23:18

has excellent burn construction and draw. The

23:21

binder is Dominican, filler is Dominican

23:23

Nicaragua. The wrapper is ecuadorian Connecticut

23:26

shade. So, uh, some of my own notes

23:29

around this. I have to say, I am a sucker for

23:32

this, you know, combo. Um, I

23:35

wrote down, like, a fresh can of mixed

23:38

nuts with creamy, uh, cashews dominating

23:41

the flavor. Big, uh, marshmallow puffs

23:43

to fill the mouth with all that sweet, creamy

23:46

mouthful. Um, there's no lube

23:49

involved with this, by the way. Um,

23:52

I got a little barnyard in the last third of the stick. Um,

23:55

kind of horse blanket hay, some tack

23:58

leather. Um, m I really liked it. Uh, uh, this is a

24:01

complete ecuadorian, you know, Connecticut

24:03

wrapper and doctor filler experience. I mean, if somebody

24:06

walked in the shop and said, hey, this is, you know, this is

24:09

what I'm looking for, I would have no problem in saying

24:12

this is one of many. This is probably going to be in the,

24:15

you know, in the top 10% of, you know, that combo

24:18

for sure. So I would absolutely go back to this.

24:21

Great. >> Speaker E: This is, this is breakfast all day

24:26

long. This is, this is that first cup of coffee,

24:29

right? You know, get that latte going. Uh uh,

24:32

this one is a great way to start your day. Uh,

24:34

uh, still with, like, this nice kind of

24:37

fresh hay, kind of crisp finish on the end

24:40

of it. It doesn't necessarily like linger. It's not super

24:43

oily on the palate. Uh, uh. So it's something that you

24:46

can smoke first thing in the day,

24:49

you know, afternoon, but it's not going to cling to you, not really going to

24:52

ruin the rest of your day. Love, um, this

24:55

Connecticut also too. Um, since starting with the sips,

25:00

suds and Smokes podcast, I've really

25:02

brought. >> Speaker B: He was gonna say posse there for a minute.

25:05

>> Speaker E: So close. I, uh, really thought he was gonna.

25:07

>> Speaker C: Say strawberry lube, but that's okay. >> Speaker B: How many times can we fit that in this podcast?

25:12

>> Speaker E: Yeah, right. >> Speaker C: Seven if you're counting.

25:16

>> Speaker B: But. >> Speaker E: That'S gonna, there's gonna be a drinking game for that.

25:26

But yeah. So this is, this is just one of those smokes, right? It's, it's a, it's

25:29

an all day kind of thing. It's uh, it's something that you can get

25:32

into, you know, it's not going to cling to you.

25:35

Uh, you can go on about your day, um, after

25:38

smoking this thing. >> Speaker B: Um, I thought it was the lot. It was a lighter side, but it was

25:42

also real earthy. Yeah. Like I got a lot of earth tones

25:45

out of it. A lot of like dirt, soil, kind of just

25:48

really what I like about a, ah, good Connecticut

25:51

cigars like that. It was very

25:54

much in my profile for Connecticut. >> Speaker C: Well, the one thing I'll add is this. That, ah, was actually my favorite

25:59

stick of the entire flight. And really, so, yeah, I did, I

26:02

thought it was that good, and I ended up

26:05

smoking it down to the nub. I was like, wow, I am disappointed

26:08

this is over. You know? What, uh, you think of it, Nate?

26:15

>> Speaker B: Yeah, uh, yeah. >> Speaker D: I mean, I, to me, I really like

26:19

this one. I find it's a, ah, what I'd call a utility

26:22

Connecticut, where it's just like

26:25

you, uh, can stand by it, but also

26:28

like for uh, me, it's just the thing I

26:31

love about it too, is how easy it burns. Like, it's got a

26:34

good draw, it's got a good burn. And especially when

26:37

you talk about morning cigars, like part of a

26:40

morning cigar is being able to

26:43

ease into your day and being able to take

26:45

that breath a lot of times before the morning. And so

26:48

to me, that cigar is always flawless

26:51

for just smoking perfectly too.

26:55

>> Speaker B: Yeah, I. What? Here's one of the things that I've

26:58

found that I really enjoy about the Matilda family

27:01

cigar lines. Okay. Um, um,

27:03

one is they're very approachable.

27:06

So if you have a friend or you know someone that's just getting into

27:09

cigars and you're like, I don't know if I like this. I don't know if I like this.

27:12

Or they're home about certain things. You can

27:15

go, let me put you onto this. This is

27:18

a, you know, the Connecticut, this is the Maduro.

27:21

This is, these are not overly, these aren't going to turn you off to

27:26

any of the shades that they have. Like, it

27:29

will help you come into what

27:32

you're finding out about cigars. So what

27:35

you're, it's a very, very much

27:37

approachable brand is what I'm trying. >> Speaker E: To say, and not just approachable from the flavor

27:42

of standpoint. Price point?

27:44

>> Speaker B: No price point. >> Speaker E: This, uh, hundred percent, you know, we in the, in the

27:48

whiskey industry, you talk about those bottles,

27:51

you know, that are the, the daily drinkers, the ones that

27:53

are underrated, overlooked, but at the right price

27:56

point, right, he's bang for your buck kind of sips. This

27:59

is the smoke for that. >> Speaker B: These are daily smokers, 100%. These are

28:03

$10 and under most

28:06

of the time. >> Speaker D: Um, I mean, the biggest size is pretty much

28:10

1011 bucks and under. >> Speaker C: Yeah, I actually think this is a good product line, you know,

28:15

entry point for, you know, people that not really

28:17

quite sure what you like and what you don't like. I mean, this

28:20

is, uh, well, even. >> Speaker B: If you do like cigars and you know, like, uh, as, uh,

28:24

avid cigar smokers, all of us, we're smoke this brand. Smoke

28:27

this brand like this brand is. Yeah, but absolutely

28:30

on to something. >> Speaker C: But, you know, Nate gets to see this all, all day

28:34

long. And a lot of, you know, things to talk about here on the show that people

28:37

are very, you know, brand, you know, rut

28:40

consistent. They, uh, fall in, you know, in

28:43

love with one or two things and. >> Speaker B: Then I'm guilty of that.

28:45

>> Speaker C: They just, you know, they'll, they'll wear it out to death and they won't

28:48

look, you know, to the left or the right. This is what I

28:51

call the step beyond the rut, which is, you know,

28:54

what I don't think we, you know,

28:56

what, you don't know. And you know, I think without, you know,

28:59

doing a swan dive in concrete and taking your down

29:02

some path where it's going to be, you know,

29:05

uh, uh, you know, a real

29:08

departure from what you have been

29:11

enjoying. If you were to go through this full product

29:13

line and then go back to your tobacco store and say

29:16

of these, you know, five or six sticks, I like these

29:19

two. These three are okay. This one is awesome.

29:22

That is really going to give you a kind of a reference card to

29:25

say, I like this flavor profile

29:28

and I like these sticks, but I

29:31

know there are going to be other people that are going to have some similar things

29:33

like this. I think, uh, that's how I

29:36

look at, you know, a lot of what they've done in this

29:39

product line is I don't think they've really gone after things that

29:42

are on the extreme end, you know, for a lot of these

29:45

combinations and almost pushing the

29:48

envelope of, you know, what the tobacco is going to give up in some

29:51

of these combos, I think they're going with good,

29:53

solid choices. I think they're sticking with

29:56

what works and it's really showing

29:59

through in a lot of the quality. >> Speaker B: I actually had that same conversation that

30:03

you're talking about with stump at the abbey

30:06

earlier today on my way in. Um,

30:10

uh, about another brand that I'm not gonna say now,

30:13

but, you know, we'll have them on. But

30:15

it, it was interesting. He was asking me about them and what I

30:18

thought, and I was like, well, this is neat, having this back and forth about,

30:21

you know, well, this brand. Like, there's a couple of solid

30:24

sticks and then there's a couple of sticks that are just like, man could

30:27

do with or without, you know. But that's just my,

30:30

my profile, you know? So don't just take one

30:33

person's profile and go, well, I'm gonna stack my humidor off one

30:36

person's profile because that's just silly, right?

30:38

>> Speaker E: Buffalo trace anybody? >> Speaker D: Well, and, and honestly, and something we don't always

30:43

talk about too, on this podcast, but is,

30:46

is the packaging is really

30:49

user friendly, I would say, in a sense, where I like the colors.

30:52

Yeah, the colors are nice. And the boxes all, they have the

30:54

boxes that match the colors. To me,

30:57

it's just if you want to get into this brand and start

31:00

smoking through it and diving through it, it's just some

31:03

brands make it real difficult to tell what is what.

31:06

And this one, it's really super straightforward,

31:09

coordinated, super easy. And so if even from a packaging

31:12

standpoint, it's really easy to dive into

31:15

Matilda. >> Speaker C: So part of what we were talking about is, uh, so

31:19

each of these, uh, cigars and the associated box

31:22

have a very distinctive color. And

31:24

so, you know, I think it's very easy for people

31:27

now. In fact, when we were going through this, I was like, well, did you have the

31:30

blue under the green one, you know, or did you have the orange one, you

31:33

know, even so, even as we were kind of talking about

31:36

our own notes and playing, you know, some of the show, we were actually

31:39

using those color references. It was a little bit easier

31:41

than, you know, what did the band say? Because, you

31:44

know, sometimes the way in which the branding, you

31:47

know, the band, it's like they all have the same name and the

31:50

same color. And then there's one small bit on

31:53

the band that tells you what that particular

31:56

stick is. And this is really apparent right under.

31:58

>> Speaker E: That major band that is. That is color

32:01

coded and has that classic,

32:04

well known Matilda logo. Uh, right underneath

32:07

that is the name. >> Speaker B: The name of the state of the.

32:10

>> Speaker E: Stick, which leads into its profile and just, like,

32:13

makes it. >> Speaker B: I'm very much a sucker for branding, and their branding

32:18

is on point. Well, after this commercial, we're going to

32:21

come back and talk about a couple more. Welcome back. As always, I'm sure those commercials

32:27

were riveting, and I hope you enjoyed every one of them.

32:30

But up next here, we got a couple

32:33

of, uh, special delights. >> Speaker C: We're going to rate the Connecticut.

32:37

>> Speaker B: Oh, that's right. >> Speaker C: We got to see. >> Speaker B: I'm getting ahead of myself. I love checks and balances,

32:41

folks. This is why we are together in one room.

32:44

So we're going to rate the Connecticut. What'd you guys think about the Connecticut?

32:47

There's. That is a resounding, resounding, resound across

32:52

the board. Five. We all

32:55

give it a five. That is a great cigar, great

32:57

stick. And we'll take a box if you send them to us.

33:01

>> Speaker E: But what was that, uh, term for across the

33:04

board? Again with. >> Speaker B: I don't know. Listen, words

33:08

are hard sometimes the english language.

33:10

>> Speaker C: My words are not the same as that.

33:15

>> Speaker B: That's right. Thank you, Kentucky, for

33:18

my education. >> Speaker C: Can he say that properly with a strap on?

33:21

>> Speaker B: That's right. That's right. But the strap on, what you were

33:24

saying. >> Speaker C: Oh, matilda. >> Speaker B: All right, so, Nate, we're gonna. We have a couple treats

33:30

here that they didn't send us for this podcast, but

33:33

we're gonna go ahead and talk about them because we love this

33:36

brand. Uh, Nate's gonna tell you about

33:38

the renaissance. I'm horrible at

33:41

pronouncing that. That's why I let him say it.

33:44

>> Speaker D: I said it. I said it too wrong the first time.

33:46

Anyways, uh, Jose cejas, the

33:49

legendary master blender who oversaw the

33:52

production of Monte Cristo, H. Upman, and

33:54

Romeo and Julieta, uh, for years, comes

33:57

back to the industry with the brand of his own,

34:00

Matilda Renaenzer. Renaenzer

34:03

means, in Spanish, means

34:05

rebirth. And this, uh,

34:08

portrays both the resurgence of Jose

34:11

Cejas and the rebirth of an old

34:14

dominican brand made by tobacco,

34:16

Lera la Matilde. In

34:19

1876 in Santiago, Dominican

34:21

Republic, Matilda renancer cigars

34:24

are made in predominantly dominican filler

34:27

with a bit of nicaraguan and dominican binder

34:30

and an ecuadorian habano wrapper. The

34:33

binder is dominican, the filler is dominican and

34:36

nicaraguan, and the wrapper is ecuadorian habano.

34:39

>> Speaker B: So tell us a little bit about this cigar.

34:42

>> Speaker D: First off, this is their first cigar they ever released.

34:45

>> Speaker B: This is the flagship. Yeah. >> Speaker D: So this is the first cigar they ever released. And the thing about this

34:50

one is, compared to the

34:53

quadrata. Cause on paper, they look like the same

34:56

blend. >> Speaker B: Yep. >> Speaker D: The quadrata is completely box pressed. This is completely

34:59

round. But to me, this one has a lot more

35:02

depth and a lot more. A little bit power behind

35:05

it. I get strong caramelly notes. So have

35:08

you. Have you guys, uh, smoked it? Has anybody else smoked?

35:10

>> Speaker E: You have smoked this? >> Speaker D: So you, Ben? You guys have. >> Speaker E: Okay, so I think I've smoked everything that they have.

35:15

>> Speaker D: So, yeah, so that cigar, to me, though, it's just, it's

35:18

a really rich, flavorful

35:20

cigar. I don't know, when they first came out,

35:23

they had that cigar out by itself for at least a year or

35:26

two. It was super solid to

35:28

me because it's just, it was very, like, old

35:31

world, old style. Um, but

35:34

very flavorful. >> Speaker B: Very. I was. I was very

35:38

earthy with it, so very earth notes, very cocoa.

35:41

Very, very much

35:43

what I wanted. A habano very much.

35:46

Words are hard for me. Uh, not to.

35:49

>> Speaker E: Not to use the. The over

35:52

burdened industry term, but terroir.

35:55

This thing is a taste of the

35:58

soil where it grows absolutely right in the

36:01

best ways possible, because it definitely has those

36:03

nice, earthy, you know,

36:06

um, soil rich

36:10

flavor profiles. But you also get

36:13

that nice little bit of, like, sweet molasses. You get a

36:16

little bit of the dark coffee. Um, and those of

36:19

you that may not know, like, Dominican Republic's rum country

36:22

also. And so this thing, like, I could just

36:24

imagine sitting with a

36:27

nice dominican rum with all of those

36:30

earthy vegetable flavors and pairing

36:33

the renaissance, uh, with it and

36:36

having an experience. >> Speaker B: I will say, if you have not had a renascear,

36:41

go get one. Go get to get three.

36:44

Get three. >> Speaker E: Might as well. >> Speaker B: You're gonna. You're gonna love it, and you're gonna thank us later for

36:48

it. Um, let's go with a rating on that, guys. What do you. What do we got?

36:53

So we're gonna go with a four. So I've. Magnificent. I always forget it. Says

37:03

that at the end I'm gonna catch them. We can tell on the

37:06

next episode. I'm not gonna say a word till I hear that. That's

37:09

right. You'll see. Folks, listen to the next

37:11

episode and hear me screw up again

37:14

on today's episode. So I've got a wild card for you guys. They, um, at

37:20

the PCA, I got one of their limited exposures,

37:24

uh, which. Have any of you guys had a chance to smoke with

37:27

it? >> Speaker D: Which one? One or two? >> Speaker B: It was red.

37:30

>> Speaker E: It's number one. >> Speaker B: It's number one. Number one. No. Number one. That's what I thought.

37:34

So, um, but the three of us, have

37:36

you, did you not? Okay. You didn't partake.

37:39

Banned. Once again, Mike. Yep. He always complains how he feels about.

37:46

So let me tell you about this limited exposure. It's, ah, written that

37:49

the limited exposure is a series of limited release

37:52

premium cigars by this brand, Matilda.

37:55

Uh, the cigar of the series will be available in limited quantities and

37:58

offered a certain times throughout the year. Each cigar in the

38:01

series bears the blends

38:04

number of the year that it was produced.

38:06

The beautifully crafted cigar features mouthwatering, oily,

38:09

dark mexican maduro wrapper placed over a

38:12

binder and filler made of dominican republic.

38:15

Uh, it's handmade in the Dominican Republic by

38:18

Matilda the tobacco lera

38:20

la asla isla isla

38:23

factory, uh, which is owned by hostess

38:26

Fernandez. Quesada. Quesada.

38:30

Quesadilla. I'm

38:33

horrible with names. Yeah. Quesada,

38:35

quesada. Thank you for having cigars.

38:38

>> Speaker D: Hopefully, uh, you sponsor us.

38:40

>> Speaker B: Yeah, sponsor us. Let's go. Cassada, man,

38:43

they made back in the day. Not. Not to,

38:46

uh. Well, we'll talk about that another day. We'll talk about that

38:49

another time. Uh, so the binder and filler, Dominican with a Mexican, uh,

38:53

rapper. Um, so what did

38:56

you guys think? I'll tell you what I think. What do you guys think?

39:00

>> Speaker D: First off, I do want to know a little bit about this

39:02

factory. Just because this factory

39:05

is a sleeper factory, in my opinion.

39:09

Well, there they opened up a couple years

39:11

ago. Uh, he. I'm not sure the

39:14

dude is somebody connected to the quesada family,

39:17

but, um, he.

39:20

So first cigars he put out limited, uh, with

39:23

was warped. He's done two cigars for warped. He's

39:26

done a couple for Mathilde. There's somebody else I'm blanking on.

39:29

But the thing about it is it's a

39:31

really, really small factory. And if you know anything

39:34

about, like the el Titendell bronze factory in Miami,

39:37

I get similar vibes off of that where it's just

39:40

you have like, a handful of people working there.

39:42

Everything is really quality

39:45

control about that place versus, you know,

39:48

a bigger factory where you're going to be pumping out cigars. This is,

39:51

this is about special projects, I would say.

39:53

>> Speaker B: Yeah, kind of. Everything's lte.

39:56

>> Speaker D: Yeah. I mean, pretty much so. I mean, the

39:59

warp stuff is regular production, but it's still, it's,

40:01

it's small production stuff.

40:04

>> Speaker B: Yeah. Uh, well, what would you say their productions are?

40:07

>> Speaker D: I don't know. I'm not, I'm not going to guess on that

40:10

today. >> Speaker B: I thought you knew everything. >> Speaker D: I don't.

40:12

>> Speaker B: Nate knows it all, folks. That's on the next episode.

40:15

>> Speaker E: He definitely tries. >> Speaker B: He tries. So what does the interweb say about this

40:18

factory? >> Speaker E: Yes, I'm just, uh, looking through here about

40:22

quesada cigars. Um, the Cassada family

40:24

has been a part of the tobacco industry for over a century.

40:27

Um, when they first arrived from Cuba and Spain, they were

40:30

bakers. Um, but in the early two

40:32

thousands, Manolo, um, Quesada assembled a new management

40:35

team around him, which included general manager Julio

40:38

Fajardo, Manolo's brother, Alvaro Quesada, who's

40:41

vice president, um,

40:44

and the company's farms. And, um, they

40:47

were in charge of a fledgling cigarette

40:50

operation. >> Speaker B: Okay. >> Speaker E: Um, 2002, a plane crash took the

40:54

lives, unfortunately, of all three, just leaving Manolo m

40:57

to run the company. Uh, today,

41:00

uh, Manolo Casado works with his two daughters, Patricia and

41:03

Raquel, and his niece, Esther Quesada, Alvaro's, uh,

41:06

daughter. The fifth generation of the Casada family.

41:08

>> Speaker B: That just goes on. I'm sorry to interrupt, but not sorry. That

41:11

just goes on to what Mike was talking about earlier, how the families

41:14

continue to pass these things down. Oh, yeah. >> Speaker D: And I don't know who this guy is because this guy is somebody

41:19

in that family. >> Speaker B: Sure. >> Speaker D: I mean, yeah, but all that to say, it's a

41:24

really cool factory. >> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker D: Check him out. >> Speaker B: No, I think it's great. So what are we gonna

41:28

rate this guy? Absolutely love this. And it's a five across the board

41:36

now. Ah, they also released the number two

41:39

recently, and the number three is

41:41

out, coming out that march. >> Speaker D: Well, they've all. I don't know about their plans, but they've

41:46

only done one and two, like. >> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker D: Ah, each year they essentially release

41:50

one, uh, in like spring and

41:53

one in the fall. But they've never done a three. There's never been talks

41:56

of. >> Speaker B: Well, hopefully they've got a three coming in the mix because I'm ready

41:59

to smoke it for sure.

42:02

So just like everything, life is good and worth

42:04

discussing. What did you guys pair with these things? Mike, we're going to start

42:09

with you. >> Speaker C: Hmm. Well, you know, um. Um, there were

42:12

a couple sticks that I had with, with a

42:15

few different things. I actually started off

42:18

with um. Um,

42:21

the um, quadrata I actually

42:24

had with a uh, rom that

42:27

was from Guyana. And

42:30

um, it was

42:33

okay. Um, I thought that rum was a good choice.

42:35

>> Speaker B: Where. No, uh. >> Speaker C: Um, the uh, guy in a rum that

42:40

I had uh, was. I forgot who the independent

42:43

bottler was off of this. I want to say it was

42:45

a um

42:48

k. Uh, Scott k uh.

42:51

>> Speaker B: Okay. >> Speaker C: The um.

42:54

Uh. So I thought rum was a good choice. Uh, with

42:57

the, with the quadretta, I probably would

43:00

have picked a different rum to go with.

43:02

Um, you know, something was probably a lot

43:05

sweeter than that particular uh, rum that

43:08

I chose. Um, let's see.

43:11

I actually had a scotch with the

43:14

uh, Serena Connecticut and that was spot

43:17

on. Um, I went to a uh,

43:20

kalila, um. Um, that had been uh, finished

43:23

in a sherry, uh, but

43:26

as well. And that was uh,

43:28

a ah, perfect combo. >> Speaker B: Yeah. Um.

43:31

>> Speaker C: Um, you know, the Connecticut is

43:33

just a ah, great way to set

43:36

things up where you can really go after

43:39

a huge flavor bombs, you know, to be able to

43:42

pair with that. I probably would have even gone

43:45

for even an ila, uh, um, you know,

43:48

base Scott would have been probably good. I can see it

43:51

laphroaig that working really well with that.

43:53

Um, would have went with that. Yeah, I think uh,

43:56

I probably would even gone, you know, some products

43:59

in the art bag line. Alligator, uh, heavy. What uh, if what uh, if worked out, I

44:05

don't think I would have gone full blown, you know, Octamore, you

44:07

know, paint, uh, thinner, but maybe like.

44:10

>> Speaker E: Like a brick lottie. Something that's got a little salinity to it.

44:13

>> Speaker C: Uh, well Brooklyn's not peded.

44:16

Um, but you know, I,

44:19

I think that that is a general, a good

44:22

pairing choice is when you have something that is, you know,

44:25

really sweet like those, you know, in a Connecticut

44:27

wrapper, is that you can really go after things that are really good flavor

44:30

bombs. And I tend to go after things

44:33

that have um, a lot of wood or have in

44:36

this case, you know, a lot of you know, peat or something that's

44:39

finished that's really going to. To really bring in a

44:42

tremendous amount of flavor, you know, with this

44:44

um, actually had a wine

44:47

with uh, the

44:50

um, not the askura, but

44:52

um, forgot uh, the other stick.

44:56

>> Speaker B: Talking about wine the renancer. >> Speaker C: Uh, yeah, no, the serena maduro. Serena

45:00

maduro. Uh, I actually had good. Yeah, I actually

45:03

had a red zen with that, and

45:06

I thought that was a really good choice. Um, it actually, uh, I thought

45:11

it really enhanced the wine, you know, quite a bit. I actually

45:14

enjoyed that combo. >> Speaker B: I would have went carbonier or cab frock.

45:18

>> Speaker C: Yeah, those are blending grapes. Um, but,

45:21

uh, like, blending grape, I think you needed something that was

45:24

a bit more beefier to kind of stand up to it all.

45:27

>> Speaker B: I'm not a wine guy. Just throwing that out there. >> Speaker C: That's okay. But obviously, um, I'm impressed

45:32

you knew the word franc without saying, you know, a

45:35

flavor of lou. >> Speaker B: You mean. >> Speaker E: Frank don't make wine.

45:37

>> Speaker B: No more dogs.

45:40

>> Speaker C: Um, you know, I think that's probably, what

45:43

if I had to maybe summarize some

45:46

of the pairing choices again, very good.

45:49

Hand in hand, I really think of that product

45:52

line is, um,

45:55

a very good reference guide. I mean, I think you can sit down and

45:58

say you're going to find good

46:00

pairing, uh, elements with things that you like. You may

46:03

not, you know, with some of those cigars

46:06

that maybe you just had with nothing else with it. If

46:09

it was paired with something, you actually might enjoy

46:12

the cigar a lot more and would really enhance

46:15

the entire experience. So, I mean, I think

46:18

that's why I really tend to think of, you know, this product line is a

46:21

good reference set, is to say, sit down and, you

46:24

know, have two cigars and three different products that

46:27

you pair with all three of them. Uh, and you're going to go, yes,

46:30

no, yes, no, yes, no. And you're going to figure out,

46:33

you know, pretty quickly, a bit of some process of elimination,

46:36

both what you like and what you don't like. So, you

46:38

know, that's what I like about this product line in

46:41

general. >> Speaker B: It's funny. Cause I did a rum as well. I

46:44

was Havana club, uh, seven. Okay,

46:47

so which was great with it. >> Speaker C: With which stick, do you remember?

46:50

>> Speaker B: Uh, that was with the Maduro.

46:54

And I thought it went really good well with it, but I

46:57

also did, like, coffee and root beer and,

47:00

and, and I went irish

47:02

whiskey with them. >> Speaker C: Huh.

47:04

>> Speaker B: So I was in there like a red breast.

47:07

>> Speaker C: Yeah. >> Speaker B: Like, uh, you know which one? Um, so I did

47:10

two different red breasts. I did one of them 15. Well, no,

47:13

one was a little style. >> Speaker E: Nice.

47:16

>> Speaker B: Which was great. Yeah. With it.

47:18

And then the other one was the. The 15. Yeah.

47:21

>> Speaker E: I think that the style sherry cass. >> Speaker B: Would be super tasty mead or hogshead cherry

47:28

cask or whatever. >> Speaker E: Hogs hogs. >> Speaker B: Meadow, dude,

47:32

let me start it. >> Speaker C: Yeah, I think that's a good setup in general, you know,

47:36

for Maduro's, um, lend itself pretty

47:39

well to a lot of, you know, broad range virus whiskeys.

47:42

Yeah, yeah, I think that's a, uh, that's a good go to.

47:45

>> Speaker B: I would encourage people not to. To hold yourself to one.

47:47

One different to one only

47:51

taste profile. When you're drinking something, pairing with a

47:53

cigar, branch out if you've got multiple bottles. Tries to

47:56

try different things. >> Speaker E: Oh, comparative and contrasting. Tasting

48:00

is a big, big thing. >> Speaker B: Yeah, because they'll pull out flavors, they'll pull out other nuances that

48:04

you didn't even know was there, you know? What about you

48:07

guys, real quick? We only got a short amount of time here. What is.

48:10

>> Speaker E: But I was on a heavy dose

48:12

of liquid, um, death lime

48:15

flavored soda waters for this. >> Speaker B: There you go.

48:17

>> Speaker E: Clean, crisp, refreshing. The lime brings on that kind of

48:20

island vibe. And just a great reset as you smoke

48:23

through these cigars. >> Speaker B: Nate. >> Speaker D: I'm just going to say some nice old filtered h two.

48:27

>> Speaker B: Oh, there you go. Some water, some agua.

48:30

All right, well, this has been a

48:33

great show. Product line, been a great,

48:36

absolutely hands down. Love this

48:39

stuff. But. But great stuff for the episode today,

48:42

you guys, I want to thank our guest and

48:45

our co host, good old boy Mike.

48:48

>> Speaker C: Hey, thanks for joining us on this episode of Sip sudden

48:51

smokes. I'll ask you to come back, enjoy another

48:54

episode, and to keep on sipping.

48:56

>> Speaker B: Good old boy Benjamin. >> Speaker E: Smug him if you got him.

48:59

>> Speaker B: Good old boy Nate. >> Speaker D: Come and see us again.

49:02

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49:04

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And I would encourage you to hit the like and subscribe button so you can see what

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49:22

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49:25

responsibilities from them. >> Speaker C: What would you pair that with?

49:27

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49:30

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49:33

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