Stogie Review https://stogiereview.com Mon, 18 May 2026 20:21:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://stogiereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cropped-SR-Circle-Icon-Avatar-32x32.png Stogie Review https://stogiereview.com 32 32 171065876 The Connecticut Cigar Morning Smoke Episode (Plus: We Talked About Food for 45 Minutes) https://stogiereview.com/2026/05/20/connecticut-cigar-morning-smoke-043/ https://stogiereview.com/2026/05/20/connecticut-cigar-morning-smoke-043/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://stogiereview.com/?p=41967 Look, we’re not going to pretend this one stayed on topic. If you’ve listened to Smoke and Steel for more than ten minutes, you already know that’s not really how we operate. What started as a conversation about cigars turned into a full tour of food prices, grilling season prep, Vegas buffets, Shady Maple raising […]

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]]> https://stogiereview.com/2026/05/20/connecticut-cigar-morning-smoke-043/feed/ 0 41967 Smoke and Steel Episode 042: We’re Building the Best Cigars of 2026 List and It’s Getting Heated https://stogiereview.com/2026/05/13/042-best-cigars-of-2026/ https://stogiereview.com/2026/05/13/042-best-cigars-of-2026/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://stogiereview.com/?p=41964 There’s a version of this episode where we just sit in the garage, light up, and have a normal night. Episode 042 was not that version. The second we pulled up the running list of the best cigars of 2026, it turned into a full-blown debate – who deserves a spot, where they rank, and […]

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]]> https://stogiereview.com/2026/05/13/042-best-cigars-of-2026/feed/ 0 41964 Smoke and Steel E040: Garage Session Cigars, Cubs & Chaos https://stogiereview.com/2026/05/06/e040-cigar-podcast-garage-session/ https://stogiereview.com/2026/05/06/e040-cigar-podcast-garage-session/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://stogiereview.com/?p=41962 There’s a particular kind of episode that doesn’t happen on purpose. Nobody plans it. You just show up, fire something up, and two hours later you realize the whole garage was locked in. That’s what went down this week. Eric crawled out of bed after ten days with Flu B – his kid couldn’t walk, […]

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]]> https://stogiereview.com/2026/05/06/e040-cigar-podcast-garage-session/feed/ 0 41962 Will The Cuba Crisis Affect Cigar Prices – Smoke and Steel E039 https://stogiereview.com/2026/04/29/will-cuba-crisis-affect-cigar-prices/ https://stogiereview.com/2026/04/29/will-cuba-crisis-affect-cigar-prices/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://stogiereview.com/?p=41959 There’s a conversation happening in the cigar world right now that most people are dancing around, and on Episode 039 of Smoke and Steel, we went straight at it. With Cuba facing rolling blackouts, a crippled infrastructure, and a fuel supply that’s been essentially cut off, the question on the table is a simple one […]

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]]> https://stogiereview.com/2026/04/29/will-cuba-crisis-affect-cigar-prices/feed/ 0 41959 Cigar Prices Are Too High. We Said It. (Smoke and Steel Ep. 038) https://stogiereview.com/2026/04/22/cigar-prices-are-too-high/ https://stogiereview.com/2026/04/22/cigar-prices-are-too-high/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://stogiereview.com/?p=41954 Nobody wants to be the guy complaining about prices. But when a Padron Black is sitting at 55 dollars a stick and guys are dropping 78 bucks on an Opus X just to watch it canoe, the conversation has to happen. Episode 038 of Smoke and Steel went there. A warm March night in Gilbertsville, […]

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]]> https://stogiereview.com/2026/04/22/cigar-prices-are-too-high/feed/ 0 41954 Is a Pricier Cigar Really a Better Cigar? Smoke and Steel Cigar Podcast Episode 037 https://stogiereview.com/2026/04/15/cigar-podcast-episode-037/ https://stogiereview.com/2026/04/15/cigar-podcast-episode-037/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://stogiereview.com/?p=41946 Another Tuesday night in Gilbertsville, another garage full of smoke and good conversation. Episode 037 of the Smoke and Steel Cigar Podcast is one of those episodes that starts with a simple offhand comment and somehow turns into one of our better discussions of the year. It happens a lot around here. Eric mentioned that […]

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]]> https://stogiereview.com/2026/04/15/cigar-podcast-episode-037/feed/ 0 41946 New Faces, Big Smokes, and a Packed Garage on Episode 36 of the Smoke and Steel Cigar Podcast https://stogiereview.com/2026/04/08/smoke-and-steel-cigar-podcast-ep036/ https://stogiereview.com/2026/04/08/smoke-and-steel-cigar-podcast-ep036/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://stogiereview.com/?p=41944 There are nights in the garage that just feel different. Episode 36 of the Smoke and Steel Cigar Podcast was one of those nights. We had a packed house, two new faces joining us, some seriously good cigars going around the table, and the kind of conversation that just flows. If you have ever wanted […]

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