New LL out today featuring the Cuba Aliados by EPC Toro paired with Glenmorangie The Nectar 16 Years. We welcome Drew Estate as a new sponsor, discuss resting, aging and acclimating cigars, Cuba’s declining tourism, developing your palate and DJ Khaled visiting Davidoff of London in jean shorts.
New LL out today featuring the Tatuaje Miami Havana Cazadores paired with ArteNOM Selection de 1414 Tequila Reposado. We discuss ProCigar 2027 and Davidoff’s exit, tequila with food, OpusX ReXilent Redux, vacation and cruising Lizards, listeners pulling back from Cubans and Chef trying to change a rating.
New LL out today featuring the Cuesta-Rey Centro Fino Sungrown Pyramid No. 9 paired with Blanton’s The Original Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey. We discuss the controversial Opus X ReXilient 9/11 charity release and recap Senator’s big birthday soirée.
New LL out today for Episode 250 featuring the Partagás 8-9-8 paired with The Macallan Sherry Cask 18 Years, plus a Fabrica5 Lonsdale. We debate whether we’d smoke more Cubans if price and scarcity disappeared, announce the big Episode 250 giveaway and accidentally reveal Bam’s beauty secrets.
New LL out today featuring the Arturo Fuente Añejo Reserva Xtra Viejo Limited #77 Shark paired with El Dorado 12. We cover Bond Roberts auction news, U.K. plain packaging and Spain’s smoking rules, discuss moving from tupperdors to humidors to dryboxing and share what the Lizards are watching and listening to.
New LL out today featuring the La Flor Dominicana 30 Years paired with The Glendronach 15 Year Revival. We discuss LFD’s unique vitola trademark, Pagoda losing another case, listener tupperdor issues, Cuba’s fuel and power situation, the conceptual Bam Bam Zone and feedback on our Cuba coverage.
New LL out today featuring the Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Edición Diamante Toro paired with A Midwinter Night’s Dram Limited Engagement. We discuss avoiding palate fatigue, the cost of members-only cigar lounges, a new Trinidad Reserva Cosecha, Bam and Giz at a RUSH concert in New York and Chen Zhi’s fate.
New LL out today featuring the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust 10th Jubilee paired with Penderyn Single Malt Whisky. We ask whether it’s Saka’s best cigar, discuss Meliá closing Cuban hotels, Cohiba Talisman moving into regular production, working in the cigar industry and humidor strategies for rehabbing dull cigars.
New LL out today featuring the Quai d’Orsay Coronas Claro paired with 123 Tequila Reposado Dos. We ask whether the golden age of Cuban tobacco has ended, distinguish body from strength and flavor, discuss Cuba’s supply-and-demand problems and changing blends, cover a new French Bolívar Regional Edition and welcome Lizard X’s wife back.
New LL out today featuring the Gurkha Nicaragua Series Toro paired with Paraduxx Proprietary Red Blend 2022. We discuss Gurkha’s marketing impact, the latest on bringing Cuban cigars into the U.S. in 2026, the Gurkha catalog and the newly announced J.J. Fox Selección line.
