app03 Sat, 14 Nov 2026 15:28:24 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Eat Drink Smoke - Episodes Tagged with “Caldwell Cigars” https://eatdrinksmoke.fireside.fm/tags/caldwell%20cigars Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0500 The Bourbon! The Cigars! The Food! The Laughs! Eat Drink Smoke is largest cigar and bourbon radio review show in the United States. And the podcast is growing everyday! Eat Drink Smoke is hosted by Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy. en-us episodic Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy talk amazing spirits, brilliant cigars and great food. Tony Katz The Bourbon! The Cigars! The Food! The Laughs! Eat Drink Smoke is largest cigar and bourbon radio review show in the United States. And the podcast is growing everyday! Eat Drink Smoke is hosted by Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy. no politics, culture, food, cigars, bourbon, reviews, review, cigar, whiskey, drink, expert Tony Katz tony@tonykatz.com 124.3 Proof and a Perfect Score. https://eatdrinksmoke.fireside.fm/124-proof-and-a-perfect-score-episode-418 fbe06fcf-b991-48a2-b676-852b23452e08 Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0500 Tony Katz full Tony Katz 1:13:28 no <p>Is a $185 bourbon worth the burn? This week on Eat Drink Smoke, Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy pour Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend Bourbon Batch #21. There’s plenty of vanilla on the nose, but at 124.3 proof, that first sip gets Fingers’ full attention. They also light up the Room 101 Hit &amp; Run, a beefy 6×60 collaboration with Caldwell Cigars that opens with a little salt and white pepper.</p> <p>Jordan Davis of the Smoking Pastor Project joins the guys to talk about getting good barbecue into Indiana food pantries and how a soggy birria taco nearly sank his run at the World Food Championships. Then came a perfect score for salmon and a barbecue title his team never expected to win.</p> <p>Plus, Tony and Fingers remember Cigar Aficionado founder Marvin R. Shanken, debate whether Halloween needs a penalty box, and give Reese’s Dipped Pretzels the Gas Station Finds treatment. The pretzels may be headed for a bowl of ice cream.</p> <p>Find everything at EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.</p> Is a $185 bourbon worth the burn? This week on Eat Drink Smoke, Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy pour Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend Bourbon Batch #21. There’s plenty of vanilla on the nose, but at 124.3 proof, that first sip gets Fingers’ full attention. They also light up the Room 101 Hit & Run, a beefy 6×60 collaboration with Caldwell Cigars that opens with a little salt and white pepper.

Jordan Davis of the Smoking Pastor Project joins the guys to talk about getting good barbecue into Indiana food pantries and how a soggy birria taco nearly sank his run at the World Food Championships. Then came a perfect score for salmon and a barbecue title his team never expected to win.

Plus, Tony and Fingers remember Cigar Aficionado founder Marvin R. Shanken, debate whether Halloween needs a penalty box, and give Reese’s Dipped Pretzels the Gas Station Finds treatment. The pretzels may be headed for a bowl of ice cream.

Find everything at EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.

]]> Is a $185 bourbon worth the burn? This week on Eat Drink Smoke, Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy pour Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend Bourbon Batch #21. There’s plenty of vanilla on the nose, but at 124.3 proof, that first sip gets Fingers’ full attention. They also light up the Room 101 Hit & Run, a beefy 6×60 collaboration with Caldwell Cigars that opens with a little salt and white pepper.

Jordan Davis of the Smoking Pastor Project joins the guys to talk about getting good barbecue into Indiana food pantries and how a soggy birria taco nearly sank his run at the World Food Championships. Then came a perfect score for salmon and a barbecue title his team never expected to win.

Plus, Tony and Fingers remember Cigar Aficionado founder Marvin R. Shanken, debate whether Halloween needs a penalty box, and give Reese’s Dipped Pretzels the Gas Station Finds treatment. The pretzels may be headed for a bowl of ice cream.

Find everything at EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.

]]> Costco, You Sexy Bastards https://eatdrinksmoke.fireside.fm/costco-you-sexy-bastards-episode-415 25568a05-1859-4d28-921a-acb0fab70bf6 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0400 Tony Katz full Tony Katz Costco, you’ve done it again. This week on Eat Drink Smoke, Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy crack open a Johnnie Walker gift set featuring Blue Label—and the price has them considering a return trip. They review the Scotch neat, with water and over ice. Does this luxury pour win over two guys who usually reach for bourbon? 1:13:41 no <p>Costco, you’ve done it again. This week on Eat Drink Smoke, Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy crack open a Johnnie Walker gift set featuring Blue Label—and the price has them considering a return trip. They review the Scotch neat, with water and over ice. Does this luxury pour win over two guys who usually reach for bourbon?</p> <p>On the cigar side, they light up the Caldwell Long Live the King Mad Mofo Corona. There’s earth, wood, coffee and chocolate—but do some burn issues and a $14 price tag keep it out of the humidor?</p> <p>Plus, a Hershey’s Affogato candy bar taste test, hacked supermarket refrigerators in France, influencers dining and dashing, and DoorDash’s move into AI ordering. Tony and Fingers also tackle Social Security, generational wealth and the rising cost of everyday life. If you’re having Starbucks delivered, Tony has thoughts.</p> <p>Find more at EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.</p> Costco, you’ve done it again. This week on Eat Drink Smoke, Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy crack open a Johnnie Walker gift set featuring Blue Label—and the price has them considering a return trip. They review the Scotch neat, with water and over ice. Does this luxury pour win over two guys who usually reach for bourbon?

On the cigar side, they light up the Caldwell Long Live the King Mad Mofo Corona. There’s earth, wood, coffee and chocolate—but do some burn issues and a $14 price tag keep it out of the humidor?

Plus, a Hershey’s Affogato candy bar taste test, hacked supermarket refrigerators in France, influencers dining and dashing, and DoorDash’s move into AI ordering. Tony and Fingers also tackle Social Security, generational wealth and the rising cost of everyday life. If you’re having Starbucks delivered, Tony has thoughts.

Find more at EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.

]]> Costco, you’ve done it again. This week on Eat Drink Smoke, Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy crack open a Johnnie Walker gift set featuring Blue Label—and the price has them considering a return trip. They review the Scotch neat, with water and over ice. Does this luxury pour win over two guys who usually reach for bourbon?

On the cigar side, they light up the Caldwell Long Live the King Mad Mofo Corona. There’s earth, wood, coffee and chocolate—but do some burn issues and a $14 price tag keep it out of the humidor?

Plus, a Hershey’s Affogato candy bar taste test, hacked supermarket refrigerators in France, influencers dining and dashing, and DoorDash’s move into AI ordering. Tony and Fingers also tackle Social Security, generational wealth and the rising cost of everyday life. If you’re having Starbucks delivered, Tony has thoughts.

Find more at EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.

]]> A $17 Cigar and a $4.50 Cake https://eatdrinksmoke.fireside.fm/a-17-dollar-cigar-and-a-450-cake 40ac5d6d-2d48-4aae-8405-5a66c36a4275 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:00:00 -0400 Tony Katz full Tony Katz 1:13:39 no <p>This week on Eat Drink Smoke, Tony and Fingers review the Caldwell Crafted &amp; Curated Savages Malpensante, a rich and surprisingly subtle cigar with notes of wood, leather, walnut and coffee. Is it worth $17 a stick? They have thoughts.</p> <p>They also pour the Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Heritage Barrel, a seven-year-old Tennessee whiskey bottled at 100 proof. It brings plenty of sweetness, oak, vanilla and a little disagreement over whether there is any banana hiding in the finish.</p> <p>Plus, Fingers introduces Tony to the Pepperidge Farm Coconut Cake of his childhood, Costco faces a class action lawsuit over its promotional emails, and the guys test out a bristle-free alternative for cleaning the grill.</p> <p>They also discuss rising cigar prices, the future of AI-assisted writing, and some heartbreaking news from their friends at Defiance Beef.</p> <p>All that, along with brisket experiments, Costco shopping disasters, and a truly unreasonable amount of coconut cake, on this episode of Eat Drink Smoke.</p> <p>Find everything at [EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.](EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.)</p> This week on Eat Drink Smoke, Tony and Fingers review the Caldwell Crafted & Curated Savages Malpensante, a rich and surprisingly subtle cigar with notes of wood, leather, walnut and coffee. Is it worth $17 a stick? They have thoughts.

They also pour the Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Heritage Barrel, a seven-year-old Tennessee whiskey bottled at 100 proof. It brings plenty of sweetness, oak, vanilla and a little disagreement over whether there is any banana hiding in the finish.

Plus, Fingers introduces Tony to the Pepperidge Farm Coconut Cake of his childhood, Costco faces a class action lawsuit over its promotional emails, and the guys test out a bristle-free alternative for cleaning the grill.

They also discuss rising cigar prices, the future of AI-assisted writing, and some heartbreaking news from their friends at Defiance Beef.

All that, along with brisket experiments, Costco shopping disasters, and a truly unreasonable amount of coconut cake, on this episode of Eat Drink Smoke.

Find everything at [EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.](EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.)

]]> This week on Eat Drink Smoke, Tony and Fingers review the Caldwell Crafted & Curated Savages Malpensante, a rich and surprisingly subtle cigar with notes of wood, leather, walnut and coffee. Is it worth $17 a stick? They have thoughts.

They also pour the Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Heritage Barrel, a seven-year-old Tennessee whiskey bottled at 100 proof. It brings plenty of sweetness, oak, vanilla and a little disagreement over whether there is any banana hiding in the finish.

Plus, Fingers introduces Tony to the Pepperidge Farm Coconut Cake of his childhood, Costco faces a class action lawsuit over its promotional emails, and the guys test out a bristle-free alternative for cleaning the grill.

They also discuss rising cigar prices, the future of AI-assisted writing, and some heartbreaking news from their friends at Defiance Beef.

All that, along with brisket experiments, Costco shopping disasters, and a truly unreasonable amount of coconut cake, on this episode of Eat Drink Smoke.

Find everything at [EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.](EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.)

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