Welcome to Stoagies and Slashers!We have FINALLY made it to our Halloween episode. Where smoke meets screams and the love of fine cigars collides with the thrill of horror cinema. This Epsiode, your resident victims, Rob and Al — a band of cigar-smoking horror film fiends — light up premium sticks and dive headfirst into the dark heart of horror along with a couple special guests, JJ Creepy and Joe Kennedy of Jonose Cigars From classic slashers and Halloween staples to obscure cult gems, the doomed crew dissects what makes these movies tick: the killers, the creatures, the soundtracks, and the unforgettable scares. Along the way to the morgue, they have each chosen the perfect Halloween cigar for the occasion, offering tasting notes, smoke-session stories, and just enough banter to keep things from getting too terrifying.Whether you’re a seasoned cigar aficionado, a horror die-hard, or just someone who loves a good scare with a good smoke, Stoagies and Slashers invites you to pull up a chair, pour a drink, and join the conversation.It’s all about the ritual — the flick of a lighter, the curl of smoke, and the glow of the TV as the body count rises.Light up. Tune in. And remember: In this lounge, no one can hear you scream. BWAH HA HA HA HA! And remember to ALWAYS live the Lounge Life!
Hey Loungers!!We're back after another short layoff with another great episode for you. We are getting to sit down with John Denas of Madre Tierra Cigars. We also get to announce our NEWEST show partner. First catch the latest cigar news from around the industry with The Wrapper Report. Second, See what great (or terrible) sticks we've been smoking recently. Finally the MAIN EVENT! We talk with John Deans of Madre Tierra Cigars. We talk about how his small little company got started, who is responsible for starting it, and how the operations are going. We find out what Madre Tierra has in store for its fans. Whatever it is you KNOW it's gonna be big!So, sit back! Grab your favorite libation and cigar, and remember to ALWAYS Live the Lounge Life!
Fam! It's that age old debate! Legacy or boutique! Me and Al go through the news and then talk about some stuff that we smoked. But then THE MAIN COURSE!We sit and talk with Eric Drazen of Oak Glen Tobacconist and Joe Kenney of Jones Cigars. We talk about the ups and downs of being big brands and the ins and outs of being the little guys! Is one better than the other? What are some of our favorite sticks of each? This is a really neat episode and you NEED to check this out. As ALWAYS Like and Sub to our channel that way you always get notified when new content drops. Follow us on Insta as well as Al and Myself on our personal pages!
Hey Fam!!We're BACK from our little Summer Break with a BANGER! We have a HUGE show for you.In the Wrapper Report I talk about the My Father Blue starting to show up in lounges and humidors around the country, while Al is chatting about the Fla law requiring cigar wholesaler permits getting dropped.In What's in the Ashtray......well you'll find outLast but NOT least we have non other than the Sultan of the Nashville Cigar scene Jon Huber with Crowned Heads on chatting with us. We talk what's comping up from Jon and CH for the rest of the year. We also talk about how CH got its name and chat about how Jon goes about doing one of myself and Al’s favorite things, MERCH DESIGN! There's a couple of music questions thrown into the mix as well. PLUS we also learn what Lines are going into the second part of the CH rebrand in October (I think you be surprised!). Plus we learn an OLD FAVORITE is getting some line love as we hear about a much loved standalone stick gets a WELL deserved line buildout. OH! and there's a DOG TOO! SO sit back and relax, grab your favorite drink and Crowned Heads stick, and ENJOY! But REMEMBER to ALWAYS live the Lounge Life!
FAM!!!!
We have made it to the Final Week of Men's Mental Health Awareness month! I hope you are all ready for the FINAL EPISODE to drop and BOY do we have a TREAT for you!
We have with us a genuinely good Bastard!!! Bastard you say?! YES!!! We have joining us today Adam Levine of League of Fat Bastard Cigars. It is a cigar brand created by this amazing Aussie gentleman and donates 40% of the companies profits to Men's Mental Health charities!!!
He has cigars that are amazing! He JUST released a non-alcoholic beer! AND THERE ARE MORE SURPRISES!!! These episodes have been something we have LOVED to do. Being able to shed light specifically on the struggles men deal with is a passion of both of ours and we HOPE someone who has seen this TRULY gets the help they need if they need it.
It's not MAN UP its SPEAK UP! its okay to talk. talk to your buddies, talk to your spouse, talk to your therapist, TALK TO SOMEONE! It helps and they can help you with what you need! So sit back! RELAX! Grab your favorite stick and liquid! ENJOY THE FINAL MENS EPSIODE and remember to ALWAYS live the Lounge Life
Hey Lounge Lizards!Week four of Mens Mental Health Awareness Month is upon and that means A NEW EPISODE. Today's episode is SUPER special as we have second time guest Bryce Wygal from Silent Hero Cigars on talking about his new LE cigar that JUST DROPPED, the Thousand Yard Stare! BONUS Your LL crew here will be the FIRST to be able to smoke it WITH BRYCE and react LIVE! THATS RIGHT! We are the first to be able to tape WITH BRYCE and have all of us smoking the LE Thousand Yard Stare!We also chat it up about other things AND we get a SUPER exclusive look into what Bryce's next project will be for Silent Hero. TRUST ME you won't want to miss this AT ALL! Till next time, Grab your favorite stick, Pour yourself your favorite liquid, and Remember to ALWAYS LIVE the Lounge Life.
Hey LL Fam!
We made it to Father's Day and we are continuing with our Men's Mental Health Awareness episodes! This episode we honor our dads that brought us to who we are and talk about them. We smoke pipes in honor of our dads who BOTH smoked pipes! We talked about how they shaped us and told stories about their lives. We ALSO kinda let the cat outta the bag A LITTLE about what the rest of our taping year could possibly look like.
The guests well have and some of the upcoming episodes. HUGE UPDATE!!! So please like and sub to our channel and watch what we got to say! so grab a drink and stick and remember to ALWAYS live the Lounge Life!
Hey LL fam!!We are now in Week 2 of Men's Mental Health Awareness Month. We are posting an episode EVERY WEEK during the month of June. Each episode will have to do with Men's Mental Health in some way or another. THIS WEEK we are talking with Dan Rowe of Andy's Man Club. Andy's Man Club is a UK based organization that meets weekly to discuss things going on in a man's life AA style. They have a tried and true routine that works in every place it's been put and just recently celebrated their 300th group! This organization is fantastic in the work they do. So sit back, relax, grab a smoke and your favorite drink, and ALWAYS live the Lounge Life! And listen for #missionpossible and know that its ALWAYS ok to talk!!
Hey Lounge Life Fam!As you all know, Al and I are VERY passionate about Men's Mental Health and checking in with the guys in your life. SO, what we have decided to do is do a SUPER special month of June which is Men's Mental Health Awareness month. We have decided to release an important episode EVERY WEEK during the month of June that has something to do with Men's Mental Health. We'll be talking to a therapist, Mason Goode LPC, about men's mental health and how to recognize sings of issues and what we can do to keep sanity and howe we can get help. We have an episode coming up with Bryce Wygal of Silent Hero cigars who is giving us a sneak peak at his new cigar which was made to honor the soldiers with PTSD, The Thousand Yard Stare. We have Adam Levine from League of Fat Bastards Cigars coming on and talking about his mission with his brand and why he decided to start getting into the tobacco business. We have a special Fathers Day pipe episode where we sit around and smoke pipes and talk about our dads and how they've contributed to who we are today. Finally, we sit and talk with Dan Rowe, the Area Manager Wales and UK for the Welsh mens social club, Andy's Man Club. We have a FULL schedule this month. THIS episode we get a chance to sit and talk with Mason Goode, an LPC trained in helping people deal with issues. Well be asking questions and just having great conversation over a cigar and asking Mason about how to recognize warning signs and how to deal with mental health issues. Grab a glass! Grab your favorite smoke! PAY ATTENTION because this podcast MAY just save someone's life without you knowing it. MUCH love to everyone out there. REMEMBER it's OK to TALK even if you're the MANLIEST of men. ALWAYS live the Lounge Life! ENJOY!
Hey Lounge Fam!We are BACK with a new episode FINALLY! We've been on a pretty big break since PCA (which we're still doing an episode on). Today we get to talk news and what's in the ashtray as well as a NEW interview!We got a chance to sit down with the guys from Haze Gray Cigars. We talk sticks and life and service and ALL kinds of things! So sit back, relax, grab your favorite stick and beverage, and get ready for some FUN! And remember to ALWAYS live the Lounge Life!
Hey LL Peeps!!
We've hit a touchy subject! Is it touchy though? We are talking about lounge etiquette. These are a list of things you should OR SHOULDN'T be doing when you are out at a cigar lounge with yourself or with your buddies. Honestly, is this pretentious or common sense? Have you ever sat in a lounge and looked around and saw people doing things and asked yourself, "should I be doing that?" Well if you have, it might be on this list.
We are also going over what's new in the world of cigars. We've each got two news articles to share with our loyal watchers. PLUS, stay tuned to see what stood out to us during the last two weeks between tapings. Good or Bad, you're gonna hear about it.
And we also go over what we're smoking on tonight! Maybe it's something you've had, or maybe it's something you haven't. So sit back, relax, grab a cigar and a drink, and ALWAYS remember to LIVE the Lounge Life!
Hey LL Fam!
We have a really cool show for you today. We are pulling out some of our favorite Budget Sticks and sharing them with you!
Let's talk about the word budget for a second. Budget never has to be bad. I think the word budget sometimes carries negative connotations with negative meaning. THESE budget friendly sticks will have you relaxing with GRADE A FANTASTIC cigars in no time! We don't sacrifice flavor for price here! We will be giving you our picks of some of the BEST cigars around $10 and under for your humidor. There are both Boutique AND Legacy brands on this list so if you're one of THOSE GUYS that only smoke a certain type of stick well then you are absolutely represented here!
So sit back, grab your favorite (budget) stick, pour a drink, and enjoy and remember to ALWAYS live the Lounge Life!
Hey!
We're back with another episode and today we are reviewing the Crowned Heads Coroneta Maduro. This particular stick made one of our Top 10 cigars of 2024 list. IN FACT it made Robs NUMBER 1 cigar debuting in 2024.
We go over what's in the ashtray. We also go over breaking news where Al tells us about a bill against cigars dying in the House and Rob is going over ALL the info on the Drew Estate Freestyle Live Event.
We are available ALWAYS on YouTube and we are available audio only on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. We release a new episode every other Monday. Please like and sub to our channel and subscribe to our audio. We work very hard FOR FREE to bring you the amazing content and a lot of time and effort and research and money go into what we do just for the love of cigars. So sit back, RELAX, and remember to ALWAYS LIVE THE LOUNGE LIFE!
Hey Lounge Lizards! Welcome back to the Lounge Life Podcast where today we will be talking about aging tobacco and why tobacco should be aged and how. We also called in a good friend of ours, DJ, to help us with the episode.
BONUS: to correctly talk about the episode, DJ so graciously put together a little aged tobacco care package for us to smoke while on the air. He sent us each three sticks. One was the 2022 Four Kicks: Mule Kick from Crowned Heads, another was a 2018 La Mission from Tatuaje, and the last was a TAA 2015 Angel's Anvil from Crowned Heads as well.
We all decided to smoke the 10 year old cigar. Why? HECK WHY NOT!!! So we lit up and shared some news stories, talked about some stuff we smoked during the week, and finally had a discussion about aged tobacco and what are the effects and how to create such great flavors. We are always available on three platforms. Were available on Youtube as a video, as well as Spotify and Apple Podcasts for audio only. Check us out on any of the three platforms. Like and Sub to us. We truly do this out of the love of tobacco and hope you guys see that. So remember, ALWAYS Live the Lounge Life.
Hey Guys!
Rob and Al here bringing you ANOTHER guest!! This time we are PROUD to present Hunter Marxists from Sir Louis Cigars. Hunter was able to sit down and talk cigars, mens health, his sense of humor, and EVERYTHING in between. If you want to be entertained and still get some REALLY nice information on a REALLY good company THIS is the episode you have to watch.
We also go over What's in the Ashtray and The Wrapper Report. We are always looking to bring you new, better, and interesting content. If you love what we do, spread the word. Subscribe to the Podcast and show us some love. PLUS we are also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts so you can listen to us ANYWHERE you go.
So sit back, ENJOY, and ALWAYS live the Lounge Life!
Hey fans!
We're back with another episode of The Lounge Life Podcast. We sincerely hope you are all enjoying the content we are putting out for you to watch. We truly are only doing this as a labor of love. Neither Al nor I get paid any money to do this. We do this because we love cigars and we love to chat with each other and with you guys, our audience.
This week is special because it's New Years Week!. that time of the year where everyone decides what they are going to change to better themselves in the coming year. Al and I chat about this at length. We've decided to give you a couple things. ONE, give you THREE new brands to try this year, and TWO, give you a couple of real, personal, honest to God, resolutions were like to see taken care of in our life. we want to be honest and genuine and open with everyone so I feel this goes a long way to accomplishing that goal.
SECONDLY, we have a HUGE announcement. Valor Cigars has so graciously decided to sign on as a show sponsor. They will be a full show sponsor as well as sponsoring The Wrapper Report, which is our news segment of the program. Valor makes some of the most amazing American Made cutters right in Texas. They are Veteran owned and operated, and 10% of all purchases goes back to Veteran and First Responder charities. They have an Etsy store so you can go check them out on there. As always we are available here on Youtube as well as on Spotify and Apple Podcast.
So sit back! Relax! Enjoy the episode! and REMEMBER to ALWAYS Live the Lounge Life!
Hey fam!!!
We are SO PLEASED to be able to sit down with Bryce Wygal of Silent Hero Cigars today! Bryce tells his story and what his vision is for the future and why Silent Hero is so important to our Veterans and First Responders.
Bryce spent time in the military and from a series of events he started Silent Hero to not only honor those that have come before us but those that serve us now in the line of duty. He explains his struggles and goes into what we can do to help those that need help!
REMEMBER IF YOU NEED HELP AND DONT KNOW WHERE TO TURN, DIAL 988 AND HIT OPTION 1.
We also have the usual suspects like What's in your Ashtray and The Wrapper Report! So sit back, Enjoy, and ALWAYS Live the Lounge Life!!
Hey Fam!
Welcome to our FIRST EPISODE! We decided to start our new Podcast out with something easy. We've decided to go over our current Top 5 Brands. Let me tell you, this wasn't easy. We both went back and forth on the list.
Some of these brands are bigger than others. There's a mix of Legacy and Boutique brands represented on here. These picks were all based on the cigars they produce. It was interesting when we got done, what ended up making our Top 5
Please watch and see what you agree and disagree with. LIKE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE to us! We, again, aren't doing this for the money. We are doing this for our mutual love of cigars and the fact they bring people together. We will be releasing on a schedule. We tape every other Monday and we will be releasing content those OFF Mondays. We will be available on Youtube for a video podcast and we will also be available for audio ONLY on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
So sit back, relax, and remember ALWAYS Live the Lounge Life.