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I was excited to receive samples of the new Powstanie San Andrés in the TNCC mailbox recently. I heavily enjoyed Powstanie’s Connecticut release that we featured on the podcast last year. It was a cigar that I kept wanting to revisit but, honestly, it’s a perfect example of a...
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Ho! Ho! Holy shit! It’s the Tuesday after Christmas and your inebriated friends in the TNCC have a very special present for you. Forget family, forget taking stock of your blessings, forget EVERYTHING that you thought would bring you happiness this holiday season. If you were genuinely happy, you...
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The Las Calaveras is an annual release from Crowned Heads that pays tribute to friends and family of the company’s staff who have passed away over the course of the year. I’ve personally experienced the deaths of both friends and family in 2024 so, yeah, it fucking sucks. But...
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The Doctor is a lifelong fan of learning and I enjoy taking deep dives into research. Having said that, I am equally at ease with someone else doing the legwork and freeing me to pursue my various leisure pursuits. TNCC chairman Cade is a natural leader and himself a...
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Let’s imagine a scenario together, shall we? What would happen if an atypically handsome podcast host selected two movies for the show’s nightly film discussion that divided the podcast crew to such extremes that it changed the course, the future, of the podcast forever? Wouldn’t that be fucking crazy?...
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Honest question: How do you react when you hear the news that one of your favorite limited-edition cigars is returning to store shelves BUT the manufacturer has completely altered the blend? For me, personally, my first instinct is to get angry. “If it aint broke don’t fix the sonofabitch!”...
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Like most creative types, cigar blenders are prone to keep notebooks of their blending recipes and within those notes are almost certainly blends that, for a variety of reasons, never made it in to production. The Safe Keepings from Alec Bradley is one such cigar, born from Alan Rubin’s...
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Who doesn’t like ninjas? I mean other than the dudes who are killed by ninjas, as they most likely hate(d) ninjas. Well, we here in The Corner Of No Hope love us some ninjas! And tonight that love, that passion for the hooded warriors, will be put to the...
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Full disclosure time, I’m a longtime fan of the Cabinetta series. It’s not only a regular rotation smoke for me, but it has proven to be an outstanding cigar to hand out to novice smokers over the years. There’s nothing scary about the Cabinetta as it’s always a smooth,...
I was excited to receive samples of the new Powstanie San Andrés in the TNCC mailbox recently. I heavily enjoyed Powstanie’s Connecticut release that we featured on the podcast last year. It was a cigar that I kept wanting to revisit but, honestly, it’s a perfect example of a...
Ho! Ho! Holy shit! It’s the Tuesday after Christmas and your inebriated friends in the TNCC have a very special present for you. Forget family, forget taking stock of your blessings, forget EVERYTHING that you thought would bring you happiness this holiday season. If you were genuinely happy, you...
The Las Calaveras is an annual release from Crowned Heads that pays tribute to friends and family of the company’s staff who have passed away over the course of the year. I’ve personally experienced the deaths of both friends and family in 2024 so, yeah, it fucking sucks. But...
The Doctor is a lifelong fan of learning and I enjoy taking deep dives into research. Having said that, I am equally at ease with someone else doing the legwork and freeing me to pursue my various leisure pursuits. TNCC chairman Cade is a natural leader and himself a...
Let’s imagine a scenario together, shall we? What would happen if an atypically handsome podcast host selected two movies for the show’s nightly film discussion that divided the podcast crew to such extremes that it changed the course, the future, of the podcast forever? Wouldn’t that be fucking crazy?...
Honest question: How do you react when you hear the news that one of your favorite limited-edition cigars is returning to store shelves BUT the manufacturer has completely altered the blend? For me, personally, my first instinct is to get angry. “If it aint broke don’t fix the sonofabitch!”...
Like most creative types, cigar blenders are prone to keep notebooks of their blending recipes and within those notes are almost certainly blends that, for a variety of reasons, never made it in to production. The Safe Keepings from Alec Bradley is one such cigar, born from Alan Rubin’s...
Who doesn’t like ninjas? I mean other than the dudes who are killed by ninjas, as they most likely hate(d) ninjas. Well, we here in The Corner Of No Hope love us some ninjas! And tonight that love, that passion for the hooded warriors, will be put to the...
Full disclosure time, I’m a longtime fan of the Cabinetta series. It’s not only a regular rotation smoke for me, but it has proven to be an outstanding cigar to hand out to novice smokers over the years. There’s nothing scary about the Cabinetta as it’s always a smooth,...
