Cigar Hacks Podcast

It has been 5 years to the week since we’ve done an episode at Federal Cigar and The Slow Burn Lounge in Dover. With the new management, a Hack behind the bar, and Jim from the Great Cigars Podcast in town the stars aligned in Dover. The lounge is full and the jokes are almost non stop, so get your score card out because there are a lot of panelists for this weeks raucous episode.

Local Spotlight – Federal Cigar; Dover, NH

Conspiracy Corner – Money Machine

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Jonathan Carney joins the Hacks this week to talk about his new venture; Bentley Tobacco | USA and Bentley Cigars. We start out be going to the beginning and telling stories around our collective cigar adventures. This is a long one so we smoke two different cigars, both are well received by the panel. Somehow we manage to get the peanut gallery on the the show and there’s a lightning round of questions at the end.

Local Spotlight – Twins Smoke Shop; Londonderry, NH

Conspiracy Corner – The Twin Towers

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Nurse Rick, Pat McGroin, and Mustang Mike return from Florida with tall tales. This week we record in the 7-20-4 Lounge at Twins Smoke Shop in Londonderry, NH where Nick Goss is holding an HVC Cigars event. The Hidden Herf is an unusual novelty cigar. Three new Hacks are sworn in.

Local Spotlight – Cigar Castle; Tampa, FL

Conspiracy Corner – The Velocity of Money

FYI – this episode dropped on Mario Day.

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The crew drops in to Grumpy’s Cigar & Lounge for the Oliva Cigar event this week and we seem to win the majority of the swag. We have to wait until after the event to do the recording because it was just too busy in the lounge. There is a contingent of half a dozen Hacks at Rocky Patel’s Burn Lounge in Naples Florida at the same time, so we sort of do this episode from both locations.

Local Spotlight – Grumpy’s Cigars & Lounge; Hudson, NH

Conspiracy Corner – Must Watch TV and Great Lakes Geometry

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We return to the The Mustang Barn for another panel stumping Hidden Herf. This week it’s cars and driving related stories along with our cigars and bourbon. Ricky and Pat are in Florida this week and leave us a few voice mail messages. Detroit Steve reports on his travels and the cigar lounges he stopped at; including The Rat Pack Martini and Cigar Lounge, The London Chop House Cigar Lounge, and Elite Cigar and Smoke.

Local Spotlight – Elite Cigar and Smoke; Rochester, NY

Conspiracy Corner – Kash is King

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Here is a Valentines Day we won’t soon forget! Nick Goss joins The Hacks for an episode on 2/14 after the Black Label Trading Company Cigar Event at Plaistow Cigar. We try a new format for the Florida Report with Nurse Rick. The Hidden Herf receives high marks.

Local Spotlight – Plaistow Cigar Company – Bar and Lounge; Plaistow, NH

Conspiracy Corner – JFK and other New Document Drops

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Hackapalooza 7.0 is all over but the shouting. We run down what happened after we recorded last week’s episode. The Hidden Herf is an old friend that no one recognizes, I guess it’s been too long. We spark up a second Herf and do some comparisons.

Local Spotlight – The Mustang Barn

Conspiracy Corner – Conspiracy Potpourri – Open Topics

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It’s the second day of Hackapalooza 7.0 with a cast of so many that we split the panel into two halves. We talk about the first 24 hours of the three day annual event and the six lounges we have visited so far. We add a couple new Hacks. Conspiracy Corner is back, no more DEI at The Hacks. The Hidden Herf is picked out early but surprises many of the other panelists.

Local Spotlight – Castro’s Backroom; Bedford, NH

Conspiracy Corner – Birthright Citizenship

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We bring a few first-timers to the infamous “Undisclosed Location” for this week’s episode. We have a couple of brief call-ins ahead of Hackapalooza. Pat McGroin gives us a run down of his adventure to the White Ash event with Mike the Cop from Rocky Patel Cigars. The Hidden Herf is easy to determine by process of elimination if you know your stuff.

Local Spotlight – White Ash Cigar Lounge; Pawtucket, RI

Controversy Corner – Executive Action

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We are back at Shack for the Hackapalooza pregame and rum tasting. Ricky calls in with the Florida report and another Hack is sworn in. The Hidden Herf is picked off early and receives both high and low marks with about an even split.

Local Spotlight – The Tobacco Shack; Rowley, MA

Controversy Corner – We Didn’t Start the Fire and Other Political Commentary

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