Beyond The Humidor ~ A Cigar Podcast for the Rest of Us!

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If you saw the promo on our social media, you already know. If you didn't, we're not explaining it here. Press play and find out.

The Beyond the Humidor crew is back with another episode. Tonight we're lighting up the Cavalier Geneve Inner Circle and pouring a little scotch, because that's how responsible adults do research.

On this episode:

• 📬 Fan mail: Two emails from you, our listeners. We read them, we respond, and we may or may not stay on topic.
• 🆕 New releases from Permin Cigars and Quesada Cigars: We go through what's hitting the shelves and what's worth making room for in the humidor.
• 🎟️ An Espinosa Cigars promotion: We break down the deal so you don't miss out.
• 😔 Sad news from the podcasting world: A fellow podcaster is leaving the market. We take a moment to talk about it and give them the respect they've earned.
• 🔥 The usual chaos and BS: Tangents, insults, and questionable decisions come standard with every episode. We wouldn't dream of taking them out.

Grab a cigar, pour something nice, and join us for Chicken After the Show!

📲 Follow along and join the Nation: Like, subscribe, and share with a fellow cigar smoker who needs better friends.

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Buckle up, Humidor Nation. This one's already off the rails, and we haven't even lit anything yet.

Greg, Scott, Larry, and Anthony fire up the Rocky Patel Gold Cameroon, courtesy of our friend Tommy Elledge of Traveling with Cigars and Pipes. Tommy sent the smokes, so any blame for what comes out of our mouths goes to him. Cameroon wrapper, Rocky Patel craftsmanship, four grown men who should know better. What could go wrong?

Holy Horse Hockey, we're drinking Smoke Wagon Whiskey. And folks, it's SMOOOOOTH. (Say it with us. Horse whisper. You know the one.) Several pours later, the "professional podcast" part of this show is officially on a smoke break.

Here's what's in the humidor this week:

🔥 The Gold Cameroon smoke-down: Flavor, construction, burn, and whether it earned a spot in our personal stash. Spoiler: our opinions are free, and worth every penny.

🥃 Smoke Wagon Whiskey: The pairing was a bold move. Our judgment got a little looser with every pour.

📰 The usual cigar news: Three brand-new cigar releases hit the scene. We break down what's coming, what's worth your wallet, and what's just a pretty band with a hopeful price tag.

✉️ Our FIRST international fan mail: It comes all the way from Bogotá, Colombia! We've officially gone global, which means we can now be embarrassing on an international scale. Thank you to our listener for making the trip into our inbox. We read it with all the dignity we could muster, which wasn't much.

🐂 And of course, our usual BS: Tangents, insults, inside jokes, and a few things Larry probably shouldn't have said out loud. You came for the cigars. You stayed for the chaos.

Whether you're a cigar smoker, an industry pro, or just someone who wandered in from the podcast aisle and got lost, pull up a chair, grab something smooth, and enjoy.

🎧 Listen now, then subscribe, rate, and review. Tell a friend. Tell an enemy. Tell Rocky. We'll take the downloads either way.

Beyond the Humidor: four hosts, one humidor, zero regrets. 💨

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Scott is back, fresh off his brief and dramatic run as the poster child for Life Alert — "I've fallen and I need... a cigar." He rejoins Greg, Larry, and Anthony for a mixed bag of a smoke session that somehow makes even less sense than the episode title, which, yes, we promise will start to make sense. Eventually. Maybe.

This week's lineup: Greg's puffing a Joya de Nicaragua Cabinetta, Scott treats himself (and his ego) to an Opus X, Larry's working through a DBL, and Anthony's throwing down with a Grand Habano Vintage 2002 Zulu Zulu Black. Four cigars, four opinions, zero consensus — as always.

We've got the latest cigar industry news, our usual brand of unfiltered, borderline-unhinged banter, and a listener note from James up in Grass Valley that we absolutely will get to right after we forget and then remember we almost forgot. Oh — and before you go thinking we didn't save the best for last: we crack open a bottle of Three Hearts Rum, the new spirit from Johnny Depp, because apparently pirates and cigars were always meant to be paired.

Cigars, chaos, and a little bit of rum-soaked wisdom — grab a stick, pour a glass, and settle in. This is Beyond the Humidor.

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Man down! Scott's officially graduated to Life Alert candidate status and is sitting this one out, leaving Greg, Larry, and Anthony to hold down the fort (and the lounge) solo. Down a host but never down on quality, the remaining three fire up the CAO Flathead Steel Horses Ape Hanger, courtesy of Tommy Elledge of Traveling with Cigars and Pipes, and put it through its paces.

Of course, no episode of Beyond the Humidor would be complete without a deep dive into the cigar news that matters — and this week the big talk is all about new releases from Casa Carrillo, Tatuaje and a few more. What's dropping, what it means for your humidor wish list, and whether it's worth the hype — we've got thoughts.

Between the smoke, the news, and the noticeably empty chair, expect the usual dose of bullshit, banter, and borderline disastrous hilarity that keeps you coming back. Grab a cigar, settle in, and join three-quarters of the crew for another unfiltered ride.

🎙️ Featuring: Greg, Larry & Anthony. Cigar: CAO Flathead Steel Horses Ape Hanger (courtesy of Tommy Elledge, Traveling with Cigars and Pipes) 📰 News: New releases from Casa Carrillo and Tatuaje 🏠 Missing in Action: Scott (get well soon, buddy)

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Cigars. Rum. Chaos. Sponsored by Murphy's Law.

Grab your lighter and your patience, folks — this week the Beyond the Humidor squad (Greg, Scott, Larry, and Anthony) fires up the Artista Buffalo Ten Connecticut and pours a little rum, because apparently that's how you properly mourn legends. And mourn we do: this episode we raise a glass and a toast to Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Peter Cullen — three icons who shaped soundtracks, screens, and childhoods alike. Rest easy.

Now, about that "in true Beyond the Humidor fashion" thing — yeah, one of our cameras looked at the schedule, took one glance at us, and just... quit. Full mutiny. So this week you get us the way we were meant to be heard: audio only, no visuals to distract from the ash falling in your lap. Consider it a return to radio's golden age, except with more cursing and less production budget.

So light up that Connecticut wrapper, pour something brown, and settle in for a conversation that had to "call an audible" — pun very much intended, thank you — and roll with the punches like true cigar smokers always do. Cameras may fail us, but the smoke, the rum, and the stories never will.

📷 Normal programming (aka our beautiful faces) returns next episode. Until then — smoke 'em if you got 'em.

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Well, folks, it happened. The Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival finally packed up and rolled into Cheyenne, Wyoming for its inaugural run, and Greg was there to survive it, savor it, and report back so you don't have to - though, honestly, you'll wish you had.

This episode, Greg's joined by a lineup that's basically a cigar lounge roundtable: William Brown of the Brown's Life Oasis Podcast, Tommy Elledge of the Idaho Cigar Cartel, and Pardeep Dandu, a proud member of the Beyond the Humidor Facebook Group who somehow ended up sitting at the big-boy table with the rest of us.

Together they break down everything about Year One of this festival in Cheyenne: the good, the great, and the "why-didn't-anyone-warn-us-about-the-altitude" moments. Expect honest takes on the vendors, the atmosphere, the cigars that lived up to the hype, and a few that... let's just say needed more time in the aging room.

Whether you're a die-hard festival regular or someone who's never left the couch for a cigar event, this episode is your cheat sheet for next year - what to expect, what to pack, who to talk to, and why Cheyenne might just become a bucket-list stop on the cigar festival circuit.

Grab your favorite stick, pour something strong, and settle in because we had entertainment, we had connection, and yes, we had way too much fun for our own good.

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This week, Scott, Greg, Larry, and Anthony load up the humidor for a double header worth savoring. First up, we crack open the newest release from Apostate Cigars — The Lost Pages — marking the brand's surprising first foray into machine-made cigarillos. Can Apostate translate their signature magic into a smaller, faster format? We break it down stick by stick.

Then we switch gears entirely, torching up the Drew Estate Blackened S84 in Toro — a bold, whiskey-barrel-aged powerhouse that couldn't be more different from our first smoke. Two cigars, two completely different experiences, both an absolute joy to smoke.

Along the way, we dig into fan mail, trade our usual bullshit, and catch you up on the latest cigar industry news. Plus, get a sneak peek at next Sunday's special episode — our full recap of the Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival, straight from Cheyenne Wyoming.

Grab a cigar, pour something strong, and settle in — it's another episode Beyond the Humidor.

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rab your favorite stick and settle in, folks — the boys are back and this time Greg's got backup. Well, sort of.

In this episode, Greg is joined by William Brown of Brown's Life Oasis Podcast and Tommy Elledge of Traveling with Cigars and Pipes for a pregame session ahead of the Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival 2026. Three hosts, three cigars, and — as always — approximately zero functioning pieces of recording equipment. Yes, we're bringing you our patented technology disaster, live and unfiltered, because at Beyond the Humidor we believe suffering builds character (and content).
On the smoking docket tonight: William's puffing away on a Kristof Tres Compadras, Tommy's working through a Nub Habano, and Greg's got his hands on the Caldwell Blind Man's Puff Chico — which, considering what's about to happen to him, feels weirdly on the nose.
We're all supposedly hyped for the Festival... well, two of us genuinely are. Because unbeknownst to Greg, William and Tommy have been cooking up a little something behind the scenes, and he has absolutely no idea what's coming. Buckle up, Greg. It's gonna be a bumpy — and hilarious — ride.

So light one up, pour something brown, and settle in for cigar talk, festival hype, terrible tech luck, and a surprise that's gonna leave one host very suspicious of his co-hosts.

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This week on Beyond the Humidor, Greg, Scott, Larry, and Anthony fire up a house blend that's boldly claiming Cuban, Nicaraguan, AND Dominican tobaccos in one stick — because apparently subtlety is dead and we're just throwing every hemisphere into a single wrapper now. Does it deliver, or is it a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none situation? You'll have to light one up and find out with us.

Larry, Greg, and Anthony also swap stories from the Nevada County Sheriff's Association's annual fundraiser — a good cause, good cigars, and (we're guessing) at least one questionable decision made in the name of charity.

As always, we've got a fan letter to read (don't worry, it's mostly nice), the latest cigar industry news that actually matters, and our usual completely unfiltered, borderline-unhinged banter that you've come to expect — and honestly, deserve.

Grab a cigar, pour something brown, and settle in. Just... maybe don't expect to actually get one of these sticks anytime soon. That's kind of the point.

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Scott, Greg, Larry, and Anthony are back in the humidor, and this time the smoke of choice is the Ferio Tego Metropolitan Limited-Edition 30 Years — because apparently regular cigars just weren't cutting it for this crew anymore. Buckle up, this one's a full ride.

We finally get to open that listener letter — you know, the one from the guy we roasted a little (okay, a lot) last episode. Spoiler: he didn't just take it, he clapped back. Respect where it's due — the man showed up and brought receipts. We're reading it live, unedited, and reacting in real time.

Meanwhile, Scott rolled back into town from a Dominican Republic cruise looking suspiciously tan and suspiciously smug, and Anthony survived his very first-ever cruise — to Ensenada, of all places — and lived to tell the tale (barely). Naturally, the two travel stories collide into a full-blown comparison of who had the better trip, who packed the better cigars, and who made the more questionable life choices at sea.

As always, expect zero filter, a whole lot of bull, and the kind of banter that only three guys who've smoked way too many cigars together can produce. Grab something worth 30 years of aging, pour something strong, and settle in.

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Get ready for an extra special, slightly chaotic, and undeniably entertaining episode of Oasis Talk! With Scott and Larry off the grid, Greg's holding down the fort (or, you know, the mic) and he's not alone. He's wrangled two fantastic guests to keep the good times rolling: William Brown from the Browns Life Podcast and Tommy Elledge of Traveling with Cigars and Pipes!

Join this dynamic trio as they light up some seriously good cigars, share a few laughs, and maybe even a little good-natured ribbing. They'll be diving headfirst into all the buzz surrounding the upcoming Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival, dishing out the latest cigar news, and, of course, delivering the signature banter you've come to expect (and love!). Whether you're a seasoned aficionado or just love a good cigar chat, this episode is packed with fun, insights, and enough sarcasm to keep you grinning. Tune in and enjoy the smoke!

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Scott's living his best life on a cruise ship somewhere in the Caribbean, leaving Larry, Greg, and Anthony to fend for themselves in the humidor—and frankly, things are getting weird. While the cat's away (or bedraggled seagull ... were not sure), the mice will smoke... budget cigars? This week, the boys put their wallets away and dive deep into the Rocky Patel Cargo, proving you don't need to break the bank to enjoy a decent stick. But first, they go completely off the rails with a passionate (and possibly hangry) rant about the dining scene in Auburn, CA—because nothing pairs with a value smoke like fat guys talking about local eateries. A "wayward" fan finally breaks the radio silence and writes in (we're as shocked as you are), plus we get the inside scoop on two hot new releases from some heavy-hitting manufacturers. Expect the usual BS, questionable humidor etiquette, and the kind of chaotic chemistry that only happens when the responsible one is sipping umbrella drinks on a boat. Light one up and join the madness.

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In this episode, we light up the My Father Le Bijou 1922 Petit Robusto, a cigar provided by the one and only Tommy Elledge from Traveling with Cigars! Prepare for a deep dive into its rich flavors and impeccable construction, as we puff our way through a detailed review.

But that's not all! We also take a moment to remember Tommy's late wife, Lelani, and her impactful work on the Idaho Working Animals Protection Act. Her dedication and passion continue to inspire us all.

Of course, it wouldn't be our show without a healthy dose of banter and BS. So, grab your favorite stick, pour yourself a drink, and join us for another episode filled with laughter, insightful commentary, and maybe a few questionable opinions. You've been warned!

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Another week, another podcast, another near-total equipment meltdown! But fear not, dear listeners, because the Beyond the Humidor crew – Scott, Greg, Larry, and Anthony – are back with a vengeance. Buckle up as we wade through the latest cigar news, answer your burning fan mail questions, and, of course, deliver our signature brand of… well, you know.

This week, we're diving headfirst into the Espinosa Knuckle Sandwich Maduro. Will it knock us out, or will it be a TKO of flavor? Tune in to find out!

And that's not all! We're thrilled to give you an exclusive sneak peek at "A Distiller's Blog" with Graeme Wallace from Hogback Distillery in Colorado. Get ready for a behind-the-scenes look at the world of spirits.

So, grab your favorite stick, pour yourself a drink, and join us for another episode of cigar-fueled shenanigans. Just try to ignore the technical difficulties – we're doing our best here!

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All aboard the crazy train! Beyond the Humidor is back, and this time we're firing on all cylinders. Anthony returns from his top-secret scouting mission, just in time to dive headfirst into the delicious Dead Drift cigar from Wildfire Cigars. We'll break down the blend, the burn, and whether it earns a place in your humidor.

But that's not all! We caught a glimpse of a true American icon, Union Pacific's Big Boy 4014 locomotive, and we're here to share the awe (and maybe some trainspotting jokes). Plus, we'll dissect the latest cigar news, because you know we can't resist a good industry rumble.

Buckle up for the usual Beyond the Humidor chaos: sarcasm, questionable opinions, and enough cigar smoke to fill a small stadium. Whether you're a seasoned aficionado or just enjoy a good laugh, this episode is guaranteed to light your fire. Tune in and let the good times roll!

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Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou… smoked? That's right, we're lighting up the Romeo y Julieta 150th Anniversary cigar and giving you our unfiltered thoughts. Before we get to that, the PCA trade show is looming, and the cigar world is buzzing! We're diving headfirst into the latest news and rumors, separating fact from fiction with our signature blend of insight and sarcasm.

But it wouldn't be an episode without YOU! We're tackling your burning questions, offering (probably terrible) advice, and generally shooting the breeze with the cigar community. And of course, Scott's back with more of his unique brand of… well, let's just call them "stories." Buckle up for another episode filled with smoke, laughs, and the kind of cigar talk you won't find anywhere else. Tune in, light up, and join the conversation!

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In this week's episode, the trio gets lit with Don Emmanuel Cigars! Greg, Scott, and Larry dive deep into the Anunnaki series, each sampling a different vitola. Scott savors the 5 x 50 Ki, Larry luxuriates with the 6 x 52 Anu, and Greg gets down with the 4 x 38 Corona Fina.

Beyond the divine smoke, the guys dissect the latest buzz from Don Emmanuel, Hiram and Solomon, and Casa Corrillo Cigars. But, of course, it wouldn't be a proper herf without a touch of chaos. So buckle up as they wade into the political swamp and celebrate their buddy Tommy Elledge's legislative victory in Idaho.

Whether you're a seasoned cigar aficionado or just starting your journey, this episode offers a blend of insightful reviews, industry news, and the kind of banter you'd expect from old friends lighting up together. Tune in, spark up, and join the conversation!

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Ever wish you had a time machine? This week, Greg, Scott, and Larry are diving into the smoky abyss of cigars we tragically failed to hoard! Thanks to listener John, we’re sparking up the "Knuckle Sandwich Habano Toro" by Casa Carrillo Cigars – a flavor bomb that might just make you forget your regrets… almost.

Beyond the featured smoke, we’re ranting and raving about the vital role your local brick and mortar lounge plays in the cigar community. Plus, we'll dissect the latest cigar news and wax poetic about those dearly departed brands that vanished before we could stockpile them like doomsday preppers.

Warning: May contain excessive cigar banter, questionable opinions, and a healthy dose of sarcasm. If you're a cigar smoker, industry insider, or just enjoy a good laugh, this episode is for you!

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Ever spark up a stogie and suddenly get hit with the big questions? Then you gotta check out the latest Beyond the Humidor Podcast: Existential Gorilla Crisis!

Tonight, we're firing up the Ferio Tego Metropolitan Connecticut, a super smooth and mellow smoke that practically screams for a coffee pairing. And to wash it all down? A bottle of Penelope 4 Grain Bourbon, of course.

So, grab your glass of Penelope, and hang with Scott, Greg, Larry, and Anthony as they welcome William Brown from the Browns Life Podcast. They're tackling the age-old cigar debate: the cold draw – is it legit, or just a bunch of hype? Plus, they're diving into (or maybe just wade ankle-deep the whole plumb vs. mold thing.

Get ready for the usual shenanigans, a healthy dose of BS, and conversations that wander all over the place. Whether you're a seasoned cigar pro, just starting out, or just love a good laugh, this episode is guaranteed to get you thinking (and maybe even crack a smile).

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He's back! After a three-episode hiatus, Scott returns from surgery and rejoins the Beyond the Humidor crew for a jam-packed episode you won't want to miss.

Greg, Scott, Larry, and Anthony are back together again to catch up on the latest cigar news, and dive deep into California's controversial Cigar List law, exploring its potential impact on smokers and retailers alike.

Of course, it wouldn't be Beyond the Humidor without a smoke session! This week, the team lights up the new LFD Suave, offering their unfiltered thoughts on its flavor profile, construction, and overall smoking experience. Whether you're a seasoned aficionado or just starting your cigar journey, this episode has something for everyone. Tune in for insightful discussions, lively banter, and a healthy dose of cigar-fueled camaraderie.

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