Not Just Blowing Smoke with Pastor Padron

Pastor Padron sits with Liz Santos, aka @remarkable_liz, co-owner of Noble Cigars. You might be tempted to think she is just a pretty face using cigars to build her social media persona, but you would be wrong! During our conversation, we delve into her personal journey into the world of cigars. We talk about her experience with building a brand from the ground up, all while juggling her responsibilities at home, nurturing her family, and managing her work commitments. Liz shares the driving passion that keeps her going through the challenges that come from being a business owner, revealing how her love for the craft and the connections she makes with fellow enthusiasts fuel her ambition and creativity.

Pastor Padron sits with Chris Topper, the president of Topper Cigars, the oldest continually produced cigar brand in America. Chris talks about Topper's 1894 line, named for the date his great-grandfather started the company, being the 4th generation of leadership, the importance of American-grown tobacco to the cigar industry, and more! Recorded live in the 7-20-4 Lounge on October 18, 2024.

Pastor Padron and Nic O. Tine smoke the Alec Bradley TAA 2023 and G.L. Pease Temple Bar and talk about March Madness, what is going at Twins, and more. 

In this episode we welcome Kaz Walters from Laudisi Distibution Group and local spirit maven, Tequila Talia, as we compare two popular navy flake style tobaccos: G.L. Pease Navigator and Cornell & Diehl's Speakeasy. While we light these up back-to-back, Talia provides some Green Spot whiskey to pair them with while we talk about just about everything from cigars and tobacco, to fashion trends and lots of things in between!

With Daved and Confused moving on, and Nic O. Tine on vacation, Pastor Padron hosts this episode solo with special guest Tequila Talia, the liquor rep for a number of spirits available in the 7-20-4 Lounge including Red Breast Irish whiskey, which she brought for us to enjoy--specifically the 15 Year. We paired that with the newly released Sansepolcro Small Batch from Cornnell & Diehl. We talk Irish whiskeys, her vacation in the VI, Greek food, and the upcoming Petey Blinders Peterson pipe event she will be at here at Twins.

The Cigar Hacks' "Cigar God Dave" fills in to produce, along with several other members of the Cigar Hacks Podcast and Yvonne Ramee from Dunbarton drops in on this crossover episode of NJBS! There is a lot of conversation as we smoke the Aladino Candela Toro and Two Friends Redwood from Cornell & Diehl. Recorded live in the 7-20-4 Lounge!

Tonight, we are joined by 603 Brewery's Dan Leonard and will be highlighting Lounge Cruiser, a beer done in collaboration with Twins that was brewed to pair with cigars and specifically with 7-20-4. Of Course, Dan never brings just one so it promises to be an interesting night! We will be pairing the selection with the 7-20-4 Original Churchill and Two Friends Homeward Bound, a new addition to the Two Friends line from Greg Pease and Jeremy Reeves. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

Tonight, we will light up the Tatuaje 10th Capa Especial Belle Encre and then C&D House Reserve, the Virginia Flake blend released back in 2022. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

Toscano, the Italian company famous for its cheroot style cigars made with Fire Cured tobacco from Italy and the US, has just released a series of three pipe tobaccos utilizing their Dark Fired leaf. We light up the Toscano Toscanello, the cigar made famous by Clint Eastwood's spaghetti westerns, and then light up Toscano Maestro Sonfonia. Do their tobaccos translate well in this blend? Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We light up two new arrivals: the newly released Polpetta from Dunbarton and Six Pence from G.L. Pease, which while not new, is new to the selection at Twins Smoke Shop. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We look back over the tobaccos we reviewed on our show in 2023 and talk about our favorites! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

Twins Smoke Shop has started a tradition of making blind 5 pack of cigars featuring a selection of the top selling cigars of 2023. On this episode, we reveal the cigars in the pack and name our pick for best cigar of the year! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We are bringing in 2024 with reviews of the Rocky Patel Dark Star and Samuel Gawith's Cob Plug. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We talk Christmas, the end of 2023 and start discussing our favorite cigars and pipe tobaccos of 2023 and smoke the Plasencia Cosecha 151 and the 2023 release of Anthology from Cornell & Diehl! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

Cindy Saka and Yvonne Ramee from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust join us along with Laudisi Distribution Group's Assistant Director, Kaz Walters as we review the Red Meat Lovers Beef Stick cigar and Savinelli's Doblone d'Oro pipe tobacco! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

This week we review the highly anticipated Perdomo 30th Anniversary blend, smoking the Maduro Robusto in that series. Keeping with the theme, we also light up 4th Generation Tobacconist's Jubilaeums Flake, a small batch blended to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Erik Stokkebye's brand. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

NJBS & Cigar Hacks!

Thanksgiving is a time you what to smoke something good, something worth being thankful for, and something that can hold up to and cap off a full dinner and a slice or two of apple pie. We have picked out the Aladino Sumatra Toro and Sliced Black Twist from Gawith Hoggarth for this year as we talk about Thanksgiving smokes. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

Does size matter? In this episode the boys bring out their favorite short pipes, often dubbed "nose warmers," and discuss the differences these small pipes have over more traditional sized offerings while reviewing Sliced Brown Twist from Gawith Hoggarth. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We review the Metapa Maduro Corona Gorda and the sophomore release of Cornell & Diehl's Small Batch: From Beyond! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

The days are shorter, and the nights are getting colder, and that means it is time for one of our favorite annual episodes covering our favorite short cigars! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

Kurt 60th Birthday celebration with Rocky Patel!

Tonight, we welcome Kaz Walters from Laudisi Ditribution Group and Yvonne Ramee from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust as we review the Mi Querida Black PapaSaka and BriarWorks Bacon Old Fashioned pipe tobacco! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

RoMa 2023 Volstead

Tonight, we review the Aganorsa Leaf Aniversario Connecticut Toro cigar and Cornell & Diehl's Carolina Red Flake w/Perique Small Batch release! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We are joined by Ashton rep Joe Gonzales and Tequila Talia as we review Ashton's La Aroma de Cuba CT Robusto and Ashton's The Consummate Gentleman pipe tobacco, pairing them with Rabbit Hole Bourbon! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We review the CLE Eiroa Dark 11/18 TAA 2023 cigar and Kendal Dark Classic Cut pipe tobacco! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We review the Liga Privada H99 toro and 7-20-4 Briary Blends 603 Roast pipe tobacco! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We review the Red Anchor Gunner and Cornell & Diehl's newest Small Batch blend, Steamworks! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

Cornell & Diehl's Master Blender, Jeremy Reeves and Laudisi Distribution Group's Kaz Walters join us for our 4th Anniversary show as we review the Stillwell Star Holiday 2022 that Reeves collaborated on with Steve Saka for Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, and 2022 Carolina Red Flake, one of Reeve's most popular Small Batch series that he created. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

Tequila Talia is back with a new tequila in her portfolio, Codigo Blanco, which we pair with the Room 101 Johnny Tobacconaut Robusto and 4th Generation Tobacconist's Twilight Blend. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

603 Brewery's Dan Leonard joins us as we review the Just released Aladino Limited Edition Toro and the new 7-20-4 Briary Blends: Little Gold Dust. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We light up the new Epicure Habano Toro from Crux Cigars and this year's Sun Bear release from Cornell & Diehl, Sun Bear Tupalo. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

In recognition of the 149th anniversary of Kurt Kendall's iconic 7-20-4 brand, we each pick our favorite cigar to smoke on the show. We also each pick our favorite 7-20-4 Briary Blend, the pipe tobacco extension of the 7-20-4 brand! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We review the RoMa Craft CroMagnon Fomorian, talk about what is going on at this year's PCA trade show, and announce that the live recording of NJBS is moving back to Tuesday nights. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!

We review the Aladino Classic Toro and record live from our Hooksett location.

Terence Reilly V.P., Aganorsa Leaf Joins Not Just Blowing Smoke and Cigar Hacks as we celebrate Twin's 25th anniversary with the newly released Aganorsa Leaf Corojo Twins 25th anniversary cigar. 

In this episode the new Fuente/Newman rep., Kristyn Castaldi joins us as we smoke the Diamond Crown No. 3 Natural from JC Newman and pair it with Coste di Moro Montepulciano d'Abruzzo wine. Will they pair? We will find out! Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

In this episode we smoke the newly released Rare Leaf Maduro by Aganorsa Leaf and GL Pease Triple Play. Tequila Talia joins us with two flavored gins from Malfy--Grapefruit, and Blood Orange. Will they pair? We will find out! Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

Londonderry based microbrewery founder and co-owner of 603 Brewery, Dan Leonard, joins us fresh off 603's 10th anniversary block party celebration with a selection of brews being paired with the newly released West Tampa Red Toro. Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

In this Memorial Day episode, we talk about the holiday, the unofficial kickoff of summer, conspiracy theories, and review the Illusione TAA ESP 2022 and G.L. Pease Fillmore. Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

Is the government moving to stop the FDA from banning flavored cigars? A new bill to fund the FDA would prevent them from moving ahead with that. While we discuss what this could mean to the cigar and pipe tobacco industry, we smoke the Plasencia Cosecha 149 and Gawith Hogarth's Ennerdale Mixture Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

Fresh off of our pipe event with Erik Stokkebye, president and founder of 4th Generation Tobacconist, we review his two latest releases, Erik's 2023 Small Batch series, Resolution and his new bulk tobacco, Night Slice. Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

In this episode Kurt Kendall, the owner of Twins Smoke Shop and 7-20-4 Cigars, introduces the Twins 25th Anniversary cigar from Rocky Patel. Mike LaRiviere, the New England rep for Rocky Patel join us as we smoke the cigar and hear from Kurt about his recent trip to Honduras and about reaching the quarter century milestone with Twins Smoke Shop. Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

This episode we welcome back Nic O. Tine to the regular NJBS panel of tobacconists, and review the Joya de Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo El Martillo, and the newest release from GL Pease, Geometrie. Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

This week we review the West Tampa Tobacco Co.'s Attic release. Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

Today being Tax Day, we talk about the locations with the highest and lowest cigar taxes in the country. Did your state make either list? For our cigar review, we dug into the Twins vault and found a box of HVC Black Friday 2020. With more than 3 years of age on it how does this cigar perform? Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

It is all hands on deck--literally, as we air live from the deck of the 7-20-4 Lounge! We review the highly anticipated Tatuaje Lomo de Cerdo, and the just dropped release from 7-20-4 Briary Blends, Dexter's Secret, the third release in the line blended by Cornell & Diehl's Jeremy Reeves for Kurt Kendall. Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

Rocky Patel's Mike LaRiviere joins us as we discuss the year's new releases as of March 31, 2023. As we talk about the new releases, we will be smoking the Rocky Patel Decade Habano! Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.

The FDA announce on March 10, 2023, its intentions to implement rules to regulate cigar factories that import to the US. Our resident law student, Certified Retail Tobacconist, and co-host Patuente has read his way through the FDA's proposal and leads on a discussion of what this means for the industry. While we discuss, we will give a live review of the Sindicato Maduro Toro! Recorded live at the 7-20-4 Lounge in Londonderry, NH.