Happy Hour - CAO Arcana Stokk Belicoso

Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy light up the CAO Arcana Stokk Belicoso, a limited-edition 6.5x52 cigar with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, Nicaraguan binder, and a distinctive filler blend that includes Cyprian Latakia pipe tobacco. The guys talk through the cigar’s odd-looking band, excellent draw, near-perfect burn, and the challenge of pinning down a flavor profile that seems to move between pepper, wood, tea, and a smoky note that keeps getting more interesting as the cigar develops. They also spend time digging into what makes a cigar worth revisiting, why construction matters just as much as flavor, and whether this CAO earns a spot in the humidor at around $13 a stick. Also in this Happy Hour episode: another round of Gas Station Finds with Pop Daddy Birthday Cake Popcorn, which somehow turns out to be both gimmicky and surprisingly good, plus talk about family-farm popcorn, sweet snack regret, and how close a man can get to accidentally eating an entire bag. It’s cigars, snack food, palate talk, and the completely unnecessary honesty that makes Eat, Drink, Smoke Happy Hour what it is. Find everything at EatDrinkSmokeShow.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.