• Favilli Announces a Specialty Brand Collaboration with Fabien Ziegler

    Fabien Ziegler has been somewhat of a ghost in the shadows since his last broadcast from the Happy Smokey Hour in Miami Fl. Leaving many to wonder, “what’s next” for the industry Titan, well it’s finally here! Fabien is joining the ranks at the famous Casa Favilli in Granada, Nicaragua, to bring a specialty series…

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  • Finding Flavor | Drew Estate’s Florida Barnsmoker

    Join Willy Herrera and Henry Pineda of Drew Estate Cigars as they walk you through the process of choosing and blending tobacco from American farms to the Nicaraguan factory!

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  • Tobacco Curing | Drew Estate’s Florida Barnsmoker

    Session 2 of the informational sessions at the Florida Barnsmoker deals with the curing process. Curing tobacco goes back centuries. Techniques of curing tobacco have changed with time and invention of machines, but it seems that for the most part Drew Estate relies on curing methods that are what you could possibly call “primitive”. Now…

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  • Ash Quarterly Announces New Cigar with Alec Bradley

    Ash Quarterly announces a new partnership with Alec Bradley to bring you, and our troops, the Alec Bradley Prensado Gran Belicoso. The partnership also includes Cigar For Warriors, the program that works with companies all over the United States to distribute cigars to our men and women serving across the world. About the cigar The…

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  • Seed to Stem

    Seed to Stem

    It’s great to be back on the road! First stop: Clermont Florida, USA! It’s the first of four Barnsmoker events for 2022 and the first MAJOR event for Drew Estate since the onset of Covid-19. CONTENT CONTENT CONTENT Per normal Barnsmoker fashion, there are multiple lesson sessions for every event, and 2022 continues that theme.…

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  • Culture Check: Ep. 1: Will McPhaul

    I’m intrigued with culture. Whether it be lifestyle, religion or hobbies I like to dissect it. Being enveloped in the cigar media world, I have the opportunity to meet a lot of people and have had the pleasure to make a lot of friends and new family along the way. Drew Estate Turrible Will McPhaul…

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  • I know it feels like I just wrote an article last week about this…because I did! Well this time, it’s worse! Much worse. YouTube has just handed us our very first actual channel strike, and just like in baseball once you get three strikes you’re out! We have gotten copyright claims before. They come with…

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  • Cigar YouTubers going down?

    We all know that the big social media companies have issues when it comes to ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms). All of the things that make life more fun, right? A handful of years ago it wasn’t demonized to post content of reviewing cigars, instructing people how to make the best cocktails or giving a…

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  • Finally! Drew Estate’s Barn Smoker is back!After a two year hiatus due to the global pandemic and Covid-19, Drew Estate is bringing back the single most awesome consumer targeted event for the cigar lover community! In the past, Drew Estate has held five events at farms from which they source tobacco – Florida, Kentucky, Pennsylvania,…

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  • Cigar Review: Liga Privada H99

    BLEND NOTES Cigar: Liga Privada H99Manufacturer: Drew EstateVitola: 6×52 ToroFiller Blend: Wrapper: H99 Connecticut Corojo Binder: Mexican San Andreas Filler: Nicaraguan, Honduran and Pennsylvanian Green River “one Sucker” Brief Over View“When you want a pause, maybe to punctuate a moment or a celebration, Drew Estate’s Liga Privada line never let down. With prestigious tobacco selection…

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