DogWatch Cigar Radio #238 - War of the Roses

Cigar of the Week - NUB 460 Maduro – Seems only proper to start September featuring the new cigar from NUB seeing as how Sam Leccia was one of the early supporters of the DogWatch Cigar Club after IPCPR last year. This year, Sam adds a Maduro wrapper to the NUB, and we’re tasting it in the 460 size – 4” x 60 ring gauge. Manufactured by Oliva Cigars, everyone by now knows all about NUB cigar. Sam has extended the line with this fine Brazilian Maduro wrapper – look for naturally sweet and deep flavors of chocolate, spice and nuts in a full flavored cigar that lasts surprisingly long & burns cool.  But is the 60 ring guage format in a short cigar really worth the effort?  Find out by listening to the show!
The Producer's Pick cigar in the September DogWatch Cigar Club selections is the El Primer Mundo. Sean Williams stops in to talk a bit about his new line of cigars.
Bob fills Dale in on his excursion with Colin Ganley around Little Havana in Miami.
Chip Eckhart is the winner of a one year subscription to European Cigar Cult Journal!
Bob & Dale seem to disagree about some of Bob's new found cigar knowledge - we discuss maduro wrappers, Cuban tobacco and other points of view.
The What's My Band segment is back! Bob smokes a Perdomo Habano Corojo Toro, Dale smokes a Perdomo Gran Cru Maduro.
How big are the Big Cigar Conglomerates? We discuss that the top 5 corporations now distribute over 350 different cigar brands! 
On the Dark Side - Dale plays catch up with the unbanded cigar the Bob & Craig reviewed last week, the Cohiba Millenium Torpedo.
What else have the DWCR guys been smokin'? La Aroma de Cuba Edicion Especial, Gurkha Assasin, Gurkha Sherpa, Cain Habano, Padilla 1932, Kristoff Sumatra, Pinar Del Rio Seleccion, La Tradicion Cubana Deluxe Anniversary Series.

Opening theme music provided by 25 Smokin' Figurados from their album Divine Spirits, Holy Smoke.
 
Closing theme Longboard Cowboy provide by The Surfonics.

 

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