Liberty on Nicotine

Send us Fan MailPreparing to make signs for activism, we take a break by the beach with the My Father Blue 2025 cigar.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThis episode features the Bariay 1492 Red cigar and Cloud Cola Rocket Pop.  We also are mentioning Jack Axe Entertainment and Americans for Prosperity.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThis episode features the Kristoff Veinte 20th Anniversary Cigar from 2024.  We are also featuring this weekend's event the Charleston Smoke Out!  Other mentions in the episode are an Arnold Palmer (the drink, not the golfer), my friend Jonah and my neighbor's dog, Buddy.Support the show

Send us Fan MailToays episode is a rant and lecture about the rise on fall of Cuban Cigar Dominance on the world stage.Support the show

Send us Fan MailLet us start out and apologize for incorrectly saying "Liga" instead of the correct "Limitada" when I identified the Kristoff Corojo Limitada I was enjoying.  But, given that I was drinking beer and in a flop sweat... I am going to give myself some grace.Support the show

Send us Fan MailTripp has returned home and is thinking about entropy and lawn maintenance.  He is smoking the Gloria Cubana Classic and dog sitting Ellie.  Surprisingly, he is also enjoying a Health-Ade Kombucha Mango Lemonade.Support the show

Send us Fan MailTripp silently mourns the passing of his aunt after her burial in East Troy, Wisconsin.  He is smoking a Kristoff Ligero in the rolling hills of the great white tundra.Support the show

Send us Fan MailDrinking a Rum & Pepsi Zero on the porch after burying my little Tribble next to my previously passed pets, Tripp Eulogizes his blessed beasts while enjoying a Drew Estate Tabak Especial.Support the show

Send us Fan MailAnd tonight… it’s doing what cigars have done for centuries. This JFR Titan (20 Years) is doing its job.It’s helping a man think.Because the last 48 hours have been… well… let’s just say the universe filed two departure notices.  The passing of my Aunt and my beloved Tribble.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThis is Liberty on Nicotine, and today’s episode comes to you from the sands of Myrtle Beach on a glorious Easter morning.I’ve got a hot cup of coffee in one hand and a Drew Estate Undercrown Sun Grown in the other, which—if you think about it—is the libertarian version of the Holy Trinity: coffee, cigars, and voluntary association.Support the show

Send us Fan MailSmoking a quality stick that is still in the single digits while attending a public "free" concert in the park!Support the show

Send us Fan MailAnxiety as I wait to go on another web based presentation meeting.  I am smoking an exquisite Drew Estates ACID 20th Anniversary Edition cigar.Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe are putting in a garden while smoking a delicious CRUX Limitada cigar.  it is a windy day and the Tribble is sunbathing.  Agorism is on my mind during this episode.  Sorry for the scratchy throat due to pollen allergies.Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe are smoking the Rocky Patel Vintage 1992 at Cherry Grove Beach, SC.  We meet a couple moving from New York to Florida.  I am drinking (go ahead, judge me) a Strawberry Margarita.Support the show

Send us Fan MailEnjoying the CAO BX3 at the annual Myrtle Beach Run to the Sun Car and Truck Show.  Drinking from a Red Plastic Cup.  Beautiful weather....Support the show

Send us Fan MailToday we are talking with Michelle B. of Cigar South, here in the Grand Strand of South Carolina.  She is one of my favorite Tobacconists and she is also becoming a certified Cigar Sommelier!  Listen as she tells us of her journey in the land of the leaf expertise.Tune In to Microphone MonkeysSupport the show

Send us Fan MailThis is a supplemental episode from our last one.  It is the story of the company behind the cigar.  For more information go to the Bariay 1492 website for even more information.  And possibly, purchase one of their fine cigars.....Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn this episode we combine the experience of a Spring Motorcycle Rally and the Blackened M81 Maduro cigar from Drew Estates. We also address the ABATE organization.Support the show

Send us Fan MailTodays feature is the Rocky Patel 30th Anniversary cigar.  I am smoking it while the Tribble and I are observing the runners go by during the Myrtle Beach Marathon.  While they run, I get a bit philosophical about  dark subject.  It is one that is on all of our minds, war.Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe are laughing alone in a cigar lounge with a Flathead Speed Shop Habano.  While delighting this cigar, we have to laugh about the "No Smoking Cigarettes" signs in the lounge.Support the show

Send us Fan MailEnjoying a flavor filled Drew Estate Kentucky Fired Cured "Just a Friend" in a venue along the Grand Strand of South Carolina just before the Myrtle Beach Marathon.  How this particular cigar was brought to our attention may surprise you!  Listen in and get the full story....Support the show

Send us Fan MailToday’s broadcast is coming to you live from a camping center event that looks like the United Nations of cabins on wheels.  And in my hand — the true guest of honor — the Rocky Patel Sun Grown Maduro Robusto.Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, we are smoking the Drew Estate ACID 20th Anniversary Edition cigar while going through the dread of waiting to go on another planned webinar type meeting.Support the show

Send us Fan MailTonight on Liberty on Nicotine, we light one up for a man who treated time itself like a polite suggestion… the legendary, eternal, eyebrow-arched high priest of the slow burn — George Burns.Support the show

Send us Fan MailToday’s broadcast comes to you from my humble front yard, where the sky can’t quite decide whether it’s misting romantically or testing my commitment to combustion.  The Esteban Carreras Bronze Cross Sumatra Toro in hand. Support the show

Send us Fan MailBroadcasting from the Conway Riverwalk, where the Waccamaw River slides by like it’s late for a dinner reservation and refuses to explain itself to anyone.  In my hand: the Esteban Carreras Covenant Madero Toro. Dark wrapper. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThis episode is about the journey to find your home for cigars, your "cigar mother ship" if you will?  Tripp takes you through the differing types and styles of home bases where one can discover their next cigar purchase for the day, week or even month.  Sorry, the Tribble is nowhere to be found in this episode.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThis episode features the San Luis Rey - Hecho a Mano Carenas Toro.  We explore the Lenten ritual of "giving up a vice" and why cigars don't qualify.  We also admire the Tribble for her thoughts of escape!Support the show

Send us Fan Mailthis episode explores having an Esteban Carrreras Cashmere Connecticut along an unfamiliar stretch of Surfside Beach.  Along the way, we contemplate Voluntarism and Activism.Support the show

Send us Fan MailSmoking the Estaban Carreras Blood Line Scarlett Sixty Single while musing about Libertarians and their fierce independent streak along with watching the Tribble go into camoflage mode.Support the show

Send us Fan MailIt’s Super Bowl Sunday, the national holiday where chicken wings disappear faster than federal budget restraint. I’m outside the house, tonight’s companion: the Esteban Carrera Chupa CabreSupport the show

Send us Fan MailTonight, I’ll be heading to a favored local tobacconist in Myrtle Beach for an Esteban Carreras Cigar Event. Three to eight PM, Brand reps., Deals and Special releases.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe beginning of February and it is a freak snowfall and freezing temperatures across the south.  I am smoking a humidor filler, the Throwouts No. 49 Sweet and drinking a cup of hot cocoa.  Support the show

Send us Fan MailI’ve got the Punch Classico lit, and let’s pause right there, because the name alone feels appropriate. “Classico” suggests tradition, structure, a cigar that knows what it is and isn’t trying to reinvent itself with kombucha fermentation or influencer hype.   Tonight’s episode of Liberty on Nicotine comes to you from the outer perimeter of civilization—or at least the parking lot of a very loud biker bar in Pawleys Island.Support the show

Send us Fan MailTripp describes his experience with the Sancho Panza Extra Fuerte cigar while raking leaves on a mild winter day, drinking Sweet Iced Tea.  His trusty little Tribble bounces about the yard as he rakes and muses.Support the show

Send us Fan MailTonight’s episode of Liberty on Nicotine features the Obsidian by Pinar del Rio—a cigar that looks like it should come with a villain monologue and a non-disclosure agreement. Dark, brooding, unapologetic. A cigar that doesn’t ask permission and definitely doesn’t fill out a form in triplicate.Support the show

Send us Fan MailToday’s companion is the Micallef Herencia, and there’s something poetically appropriate about smoking a cigar named “heritage” while standing on a January beach, wrapped in too many layers, questioning my life choices but refusing to regret them.Support the show

Send us Fan MailTonight’s cigar is the Rocky Patel Vintage 1999 Connecticut—which already sounds like it should come with a leather-bound certificate and a smug nod of approval from a man wearing loafers without socks. This cigar is often described as mild, refined, creamy, elegant. In other words, the opposite of how I’m currently dressed while blocking a side door that technically says “Emergency Exit Only”.Support the show

Send us Fan MailOn the eve of the Packers v Bears WildCard Game, Tripp enjoys a Fonseca My Father Edition MX while watching his neighbor's dog play in the cool front yard.Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe have a rare treat to speak with Meir Ezra, the host of the Truth About the Truth podcast from Israel.  Meir is not only a cigar enthusiast, like us, but has unique insights and straight forward talk that delights cigar lounges throughout the world.  So sit back, light up and enjoy Tripp's conversation with Meir.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe joy of the Micallef Experiencia La Creama on a December Day at the Mini Airport!  The final cigar experience share for 2025!Support the show

Send us Fan MailHere, we take a dive into the world's largest manufacturer of cigars... STG and their General Cigar Company.Support the show

Send us Fan MailWelcome, friends, to a very merry, slightly smoky, and entirely good-spirited edition of Liberty on Nicotine. Today we’re unwrapping the holiday spirit like it’s a fresh box of long-aged Dominican magic. If you’re sitting by a fire, pour yourself something warm. If you’re in the garage because your family banished your cigar habit to the North Pole, turn on the space heater and pretend it’s Santa’s workshop. Either way… you’re home.Support the show

Send us Fan MailToday’s episode is a road trip—literally. We’re talking about traveling with your smokes.We’ll look at everything from humble Tupperware to those fancy lunchbox-style traveling humidors. There will be an examine the noble one- and two-stick protective sleeve. How to plan your ash-disposal strategy. And we’ll talk lighters—what work, Get ready for this ride before YOU hit the road...Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe Brotherhood #1 by Oscar Valladares doesn't arrive quietly.  From its loud, oversized label wrapped around a majority of the stick, to the suggestion of boldness that arrest the taste buds in the crisp December air.Support the show

Send us Fan MailAn Interview with Dean Smith of the White Ash Cigar Lounges in Myrtle Beach, SC.  Here he discusses his history of a tobacconist and his philosophy on pairing.Support the show

Send us Fan MailToday we’re heading into the digital wilderness… the shadowy, button-clicking universe of online mail-order cigar retailers.We’ll take a friendly, humorous, and slightly mischievous stroll through the three online cigar retailers I’ve used personally: JR Cigars, Cigars International, and Thompson Cigar.Support the show

Send us Fan MailToday, we’re puffin’ on a value hero — the Odyssey Habano, in a proud Churchill size. The workhorse. The reliable Ford F-150 of cigars. The one you smoke when your wallet says “be practical,” but your spirit says “I still deserve a good smoke.”Support the show

Send us Fan MailToday, we’re diving into one of the most sacred temples in the cigar universe: the humidor. Yes, the wooden womb of flavor, the private property box that keeps Big Humidity at bay. Around here, we respect two things—self‑ownership and proper cigar storage.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe Drew Estate Deadwood Series - Leather Rose Petite Corona measures in at a tight 4 inches with a 43 ring gauge. That’s short and shapely — the kind of figure that gets your attention before she ever says a word. The construction is perfect, the wrapper dark and oily, just begging to be touchedSupport the show