Stogie Geeks #334
Date: July 17, 2020
Show Overview:
This week Drew and Joe discuss what they have been smoking, we will have Cigar news, Stogie Geek Ratings, and stuff you might need to know!
Stogies of the Week
Drew’s Sticks:
HVC Cerro Toro 6 x 54
Monte By Montecristo /AJ Fernandez 4.2 x 54 Robusto
Aganorsa Leaf -Supreme Leaf – 5 x 52 box press Robusto First Run 500 Boxes
FRATELLO NAVETTA INVERSO – – Robusto 5 ½ x 54
Joe’s Sticks:
San Lotano Oval Connecticut
Joya de Nicaragua Añtano CT Toro 6 x 50
Illusione ~hl~ Candela
Blind Man’s Bluff Maduro 5 x 50
Hosts:
Joe Hozempa | Host of Stogie Geeks
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Everyone knows Joe Hozempa. The “Italian Stallion” of the Rhode Island cigar culture. Joe isn’t afraid to give a cigar an average review. He knows what he likes and isn’t afraid to say it.
Andrew “The Band Man” Galvan | Co-Host
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Andrew Galvan works in the Insurance Industry (Property Loss Adjuster). Andrew’s love for the cigar has been cultivated over the years and he made a goal to learn about the cigar business from seed to consumer. Thus, he has endeavored into the cigar business with Prestige Cigar and Tobacco in Bedford Texas aside his dual career.
“The Band Man”- Every time I smoke a cigar, I have a ritual. Going in I look at the cigar, the construction, color, smell the foot, taste the cap, I gently caress it in my fingers. Then I cut it, most time it will be a Deep ‘V’. I then look at the band, I read it, I study the artwork and fonts of any symbols or numbers, I imagine the person rolling this cigar and then putting the finishing touch of the band… I collect the bands and keep them as gifts of appreciation from the Tobacco growers, and procurers of said cigar. I become one with this cigar, I toast it, I wait patiently for the filler, binder, wrapper to ignite, the first hint of aromas fly through the air like an Aaron Judge Home Run…. Beautiful.
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