Not Just Blowing Smoke

Pastor Padron

This is the only podcast that brings the wealth of knowledge, expertise, and fun of Twins Smoke Shop, New England's premiere smoke shop, right to you, wherever you are, whenever you want it. And that is... Not Just Blowing Smoke.

  1. 01/13/2020

    Aging Tobacco Part 2

    Tomorrow on the next episode of Not Just Blowing Smoke, we continue our look at how aging effects tobacco, this time we light up C&Ds Joie De Vivre from 2014 and 2019. Aging made a huge difference in the LFD Chisel Maduro we smoked last week. But how about pipe tobacco? Cellaring (ie aging) pipe tobacco has been a growing trend over the last few decades. Is it worth it? How do you do it? Steve Poirier from LFD joins us again for this talk on aging tobacco, and Kendra "The Potion Master" from the 7-20-4 Lounge provides us with truly epic pairings for each of these tobaccos. Don't miss it!

  2. 01/06/2020

    Aging Tobacco Part 1

    On this episode, we begin a 2 part series on aging tobacco. We are joined by Steve Poirier, the North East rep for LFD. Steve provides us with DL Maduro Chisels from 2007 and 2019, and we smoke them together (along with some great bourbon). If you have ever wondered about aging cigars this is one episode you don't want to miss...and that is Not Just Blowing Smoke!

  3. 12/30/2019

    The Top Five Episode

    In this episode, we end the year with each of us sharing our top 5 favorite cigars and pipe tobaccos. Sam the Bar Man shares 5 of his favorite spirits (that you've never heard of). We talk about the federal government raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21. And we share some of our favorite memories of our first 20 episodes and think about what we want to do in 2020. Don't miss out on this one!

  4. 12/23/2019

    Jamastran on the Mississippi River

    This week we have a little High School reunion as Jim Price, New England rep for Eiroa Cigars and past member of the Twins team joins us on the show. We atart of reviewing one of the latest offerings from Christian Eiroa and Eiroa Cigars, the Jamastran Robusto. On the second half of the show Jim picks up the pipe for the first time in a few years and joins in on our review of Seattle Pipe Club's Mississippi River.

  5. 12/16/2019

    The Smowman is in Room 101

    Mark Mormar from Cornell & Diehl joins us as we light up the Room 101 Farce and C&D's own Christmas blend, Corn Cob Pipe and a Button Nose. Don't miss this epic discussion. You won't be disappointed, and that is Not Just Blowing Smoke!

  6. 12/09/2019

    Hidden Gems

    One of the unfortunate realities of having a world class selection of cigars and pipe tobacco like we do at Twins Smoke Shop is that really great things can get overlooked. This week we review two of things that are hidden gems in our selection: the Antaño Dark Corojo Poderoso, and Three Nuns pipe tobacco. We are joined by Nick Laramie from Drew Estate who distributes Antaño. Nick is also a pipe guy and joins us in our review of Three Nuns. Kendra gets back with us as well and has some excellent pairings from the 7-20-4 Lounge for each review.

  7. 12/02/2019

    I'll Have a #Muestra and an SPC with Everything Please

    This week we begin by lighting up the Muestra De Saka #NLMTHA Lancero, a cigar that Steve Saka created just to quell the calls from his fans who continually pecked at him to make a lancero. Steve's answer to this continual call is the #NLMTHA, which stands for "Now Leave Me The Hell Alone." Does this traditional size lancero merit such a hash tag? For the pipe tobacco, we look at Potlatch from Seattle Pipe Club, a tobacco that has more kinds of tobacco in it than anything we have reviewed so far--seven to be exact. Potlatch is named after a Northwest American Indian celebration of plenty. Is this Joe Lankford blend a blend to celebrate?

  8. 11/25/2019

    Plasencia and Pease: Reserva Original & Haddo's Delight

    In this week's episode we light up the Plasencia Reserva Original Robusto, a Nicaraguan puro that claims the distinction of being the world's first certified organic cigar. For the first time, Lisa from the 7-20-4 Lounge jumps in to do the pairings with us. The Reserva Original is Lisa's favorite cigar, and she knew just what to pair it with, Michter's Toasted Barrel Bourbon. For the pipe tobacco, we light up on of Pastor Padron's longtime favorites, G.L. Pease Haddo's Delight. But Lisa was trapped upstairs and unable to come back down with a pipe pairing. Would the Michter's do just as well with Haddo's? Of course, just because something is "organic" doesn't mean it is good. Is the Plasencia Reserva Original good? Is it worthy of being a Thanksgiving smoke? Is Haddo's really a delight? Or is Pastor Padron caught up in his love for all things G.L. Pease? Tune in and find out on this Thanksgiving episode of Not Just Blowing Smoke.

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This is the only podcast that brings the wealth of knowledge, expertise, and fun of Twins Smoke Shop, New England's premiere smoke shop, right to you, wherever you are, whenever you want it. And that is... Not Just Blowing Smoke.

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  • Creator
    Pastor Padron
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2020
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Pastor Padron