Cigar Hacks Podcast

We are visited by “JoJo Mo” and “Drew the Hooker” for a few days and have them with us in person. Joe and Drew came up to New Hampshire from the New Jersey / Pennsylvania area to attend a cigar event and go on a lounge tour. With special guests on hand and recording back at home-base we have a full house of ten. This causes us to switch the peanut gallery in two shifts to get everyone on. We do a recap of the Federal Cigar Anniversary Cruise that was an Ashton and Makers Mark event. The Podcast Juice is flowing and we have lots of laughs. The Hidden Herf is a special cigar selected by Joe just for us, no one is even close with the guessing. All we had to do was mention the “whoop button”. Joe and Drew give us a report on their lounge tour.

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Local Spotlight: Plaistow Cigar Company; Plaistow, NH

Conspiracy Corner: Q&A from Q-Anon, Area 51, Aliens, and Building 7 on 9/11

Plaistow Cigar Company; Plaistow, NH

Hidden Herf 45 / Best Lounge Chairs Anywhere

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Looking to extend the summer we get out on the lake but then run into problems forcing us to head back to the dock and record on dry land. Skippy and the Mate of The Retrohale join us from Colorado for the full experience with a Hidden Herf as they go end-to-end on this episode. We recap both the Two Guys and Twins Smoke Shops’ anniversary events. The list of current events is so long that Skippy is packing a bag to come and experience it. The Federal Cigar anniversary party is previewed, we will have a group there. The side topics are, as usual, all over the place and a bit zany. Comedy Chris nails the Hidden Herf’s brand out of the gate and earns another partial credit.

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Local Spotlight: Stanza Dei Sigari; Boston, MA

Conspiracy Corner: The aliens have abducted the Conspiracy crew this week.

Stanza Dei Sigari; Boston, MA

Hidden Herf 44 / SakaSquatch

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We head out on the boat again after 6 weeks of getting rained out for some fishing, podcast juice, and cigars. The range of topics include; Smokey and the Bandit/Burt Reynolds. World Championship Cigar smoking. Nurse Rick wears boxer shorts for the first time. Anchors away! Deadliest Catch. Industry Night. The Snack Authority and the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe. Beards, Canadian Cubans and more. For the second week in a row we have a Hidden Herf totally pegged, but this time by Taco Steve who wasn’t even smoking it! How is this possible?

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Local Spotlight: Red Lion Smoke Shop; Salem, MA

Conspiracy Corner: Mustang Mike joins us for some conspiracy talk about the FBI and Supreme Court nominees.

Red Lion Smoke Shop; Salem, MA

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Hidden Herf 43 / It’s Birthday week again

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We do our second live-in-lounge recording where we recap of the Fuente event and much more. This one is loaded with lots of general cigar talk. We recruit a guest right off the bar! Another first is ordering Podcast Juice Cocktails on-mic with the bar tender. Some of our listeners come to the lounge to meet us and we do an impromptu interview at the end of the episode. Nick pulls a rabbit out of the hat and nails the Hidden Herf at the last second.

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Local Spotlight: Twins 7-20-4 Cigar Lounge; Londonderry, NH

Conspiracy Corner: The Aliens have not returned the abducted the conspiracy theorists yet.

Twins 7-20-4 Lounge; Londonderry, NH

Hidden Herf 42 / Fuente Event / The Unicorn Forest Auction

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In typical Hack fashion we throw an episode together in a couple of hours. We put out the call to the troops and with three regular Hacks and one call in guest we pull off another gem, impromptu. JoJo Mo (Joe Morasco) fits right in and coincidentally is calling from New Jersey just a few minutes from this weeks Local Spotlight. The conversation takes the usual twists and turns somehow we go from sending a package to Mark and Bret at The Retrohale to to lubing up cables for a massive pull. The Hidden Herf reveal is priceless! What does any of this have to do with the price of pipe tobacco on New Zealand?

Current Events: September is annual dinner month – there are multiple shops celebrating. See CigarPlanner.com for more details, filter by your state or city.

Local Spotlight: Hoboken Cigars; Hoboken, NJ

Conspiracy Corner: Aliens have abducted the conspiracy theorists again.

Hoboken Cigars – Hoboken, NJ

Online Photos: Exterior View Lounge  Humidor Interactive

Hidden Herf 41

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This episode starts a new chapter for the Hacks, we record our first in-lounge remote at Two Guys in Seabrook NH, we are joined by Big Jim (aka Mr. Bojimbles). Jim is one of the regular staff at this location which gives us an opportunity to learn more about this lounge and Two Guys Smoke Shops in general, there are three locations. You can hear some faint shop and lounge activity in the background, we were there during the regular Friday evening hours in the back lounge. We follow our standard show format but the in-lounge dynamic made this one a little more interesting, there was a birthday in the house; Happy Birthday Dave! There are three Daves mentioned in this episode, try to keep track. Since Jim is somewhat of a cigar expert, and is familiar with everything Two Guys carries, we had to come up with a Hidden Herf that would be a bit of a challenge, and it does not disappoint!

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Local Spotlight: Two Guys Smoke Shop; Seabrook, NH (In-lounge episode) With two lounges it’s a very comfortable shop.

Conspiracy Corner: More from Q-Anon. Who knew that Mr. BoJimbles was a conspiracy buff! See Episode 27 for the referenced Conspiracy Corner.

Two Guys Smoke Shop; Seabrook, NH – Front and Back Lounges / Walk-in

Hidden Herf 40 / Podcast Juice – Hammer + Sickle Vodka

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We record with The Retrohale for almost 5 hours this week – cutting this down to 1:07 was a real challenge, leaving plenty of gems for future episodes.

The topics: Don’t get too technical. Email, social media and telephone scams. Can you see Boston from Colorado? Driving distances – NE, East Coast – NJ and NC. Dominican Rejects, somehow we both smoked the same cigars on last weeks’ shows. Cigar Craig. Perdomo Cigars. Use the promo code “RETRO”. Podcast Juice Classic Cocktails, Ballots and Bottles. The Smokin’ Butt-Head Hobo from United Cigar. Comedy Chris guesses the Hidden Herf – sort of… Alex the Snooker Bastard. The Red Sox and Patriots are not in the “Current Events” segment. Java Red – still a surprise. Lobbie Omelets and Lobbie Sauce. The Rhode Island Cigar Crawl and too much Dominican coffee.

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Local Spotlight: Havana Cigar Club; Warwick, RI

Conspiracy Corner:  Aliens have abducted the conspiracy theorists.

Drive to all NE states in a day;  Podcast Juice Cocktails;  Bret’s Mug

The Smokin’ Butt-Head Hobo;  Dom’s B’Day Cake;  Hidden Herf 39

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We record in “Rick’s Recluse Hut” for the first time. In this episode we talk a lot about cigars and related topics including the recent Nat Sherman/FDA news. The Hidden Herf is an unusual one with split reviews from the panel.

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Local Spotlight: Castro’s Back Room; Manchester, NH

Conspiracy Corner – An Update on QAnon; going viral.

Castro’s Back Room – Manchester, NH

Hidden Herf 38

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We try to do another episode from the boat but the weather rolls in just as we are about to start and are forced to pack up, head back to the dock and go inside. Nurse Rick sent another Lobster Care Package to The Retrohale so we have the boys from Colorado on as guests before they cook them up. While we wait for Mark to get out of work Bret keeps us in stitches talking with The Brooklyn Chick. We have the ladies in the peanut gallery and we create one of our highest LPM (laugh per minute) episodes. The Hidden Herf is pretty good too.

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Local Spotlight: Castro’s Back Room; Bedford, NH

Castro’s Back Room – Bedford, NH

 

Hidden Herf 37 / Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival / Big Papi

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Nick opens up with a rant about cigar & scotch posts on social media. We get into various flavor profiles and it takes us in a few directions. The Hidden Herf is enjoyed by all, but still no one had an accurate guess. There’s some heavy breathing, the train whistle and something else in the background. More fish stories and jokes from the panel. Corespondent Mike meets a fan. We do a limo update and talk about commercial verses private plates.

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Local Spotlight: The Cigar House – Old San Juan, PR

Conspiracy Corner: Facebook is clearing out certain “alt” page types.

The Cigar House – Old San Juan, PR

Hidden Herf 36 / The Cigar House Entrance

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