Smoke and Steel

Walt White
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Smoke & Steel is what happens when a group of cigar-smoking degenerates grab a mic and let the conversation roll. Born in a garage, raised in a lounge, and fueled by good cigars and unfiltered stories — this podcast is part hangout, part therapy session, and part "what the hell did he just say?" We don’t take ourselves too seriously, and we don’t expect you to either. Expect real talk, ridiculous laughs, and the kind of banter that usually stays behind lounge doors. Sometimes it’s deep, sometimes it’s dumb, but it’s always real. Hosted by a rotating crew of misfits from all walks of life

  1. 1d ago

    [E069] Patina’s Owner Actually Showed Up at Our Garage

    Mo Maali told us last time that if he was ever in the area, he’d come sit in the garage. We didn’t believe him. This time the owner of Patina Cigars showed up with his broker, Cameron from Impact Force, on a rare Thursday night. Cameron explains what a cigar broker actually does, and the answer is mostly windshield time. That leads into a story from the night before, with a forgotten wallet, a missing headlight, and $76 spent on bulbs after they swapped the wrong one first. Mo goes through what’s coming from Patina, including a sequel to Verdigris, a Connecticut barber pole version, the Red Pill Sumatra, and a cigarillo-style project. He also explains how the 4x50 size came out of Chicago’s 2019 polar vortex. Later he tells the story behind the Red Pill name, which goes back to the financial crisis and his time working on bank closures with the FDIC. Along the way we argue about ketchup on a cheesesteak, Mo works through his giardiniera obsession, and Eddie hands him a discontinued Crowned Heads Court in the Sublime size from 2018. Mo guesses the factory just from how it smokes. Normally we record on Tuesdays in a garage in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, with the same crew and the same cigars. This one moved to Thursday so everyone could catch the Phillies playoff game. Patina handed out cigars when Mo and Cameron arrived, and several of the Patinas we smoked came from that. 🎙️ Subscribe for new episodes every week: https://www.youtube.com/@Stogie_Review 💬 Join the Stogie Review Discord: https://discord.gg/8h5tuYaqJV 🌐 Read the full blog post: https://stogiereview.com/2026/10/09/smoke-and-steel-podcast-069/ 📧 Email: Walt@StogieReview.com

  2. 3d ago

    [E074] A Louisiana Cigar Lounge Where Strangers Shake Your Hand

    Day two of our Louisiana trip, recorded in the LA Cigar Collective members lounge, where strangers walk in and shake your hand and the room feels like a different place every few hours. Somewhere in the middle, Kyle tells the story of a Costa Rica bungalow with no AC, no hot water, and a bug he never identified. Then something slams into his metal door in the dark. We didn’t plan much, so this one is mostly us talking. There’s a wrestling shirt at a restaurant, Eddie’s whale sounds for falling asleep, a gas station sale that ended in math, and how far members drive to hang out at a Louisiana cigar lounge. Walt, Eric, and Eddie on the Streets are joined by Kyle and Big Rob. Fair warning: this one is light on cigar reviews. There’s some real cigar business in it, though. We get into what happens to rep samples, how Gil’s perfect draw tool fixed a tight cigar for Eddie, and a few Lampert stories from the factory in Costa Rica. We also get into Philly fans, Eagles stories, and Kyle and Big Rob’s November trip to the Dominican Republic. Smoke and Steel usually records on Tuesday nights in a garage in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania. This time we took the same conversations on the road. 🎙️ Subscribe for new episodes every week: https://www.youtube.com/@Stogie_Review 💬 Join the Stogie Review Discord: https://discord.gg/8h5tuYaqJV 🌐 Read the full blog post: https://stogiereview.com/2026/10/23/smoke-and-steel-podcast-074/

  3. Oct 28

    [E068] Heath Wrote an Article About Us. I Misread His Message

    Heath Snow found us by accident, joined the Discord, and wrote an article about Smoke and Steel. We tell the story of the message Walt misread, then argue about why so many of us walk past the big brands to get to the boutique shelf. We also open the night remembering our friend Scott. Smoke and Steel records every Tuesday night in a garage in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania. Same crew, same cigars, same conversations we were already having before the cameras turned on. Sgt Major Mike joined us, and the lineup included The Mage from El Mago, Penn Standard Maduro, H. Upmann Anejo, Principle Martinique, and HDA Veiled Mutiny. We also got into the Warfighter 5.56 Field Connecticut. Along the way we talk limited edition cigars and shop exclusives, why Will at Chartwell can't always stock what we'd buy, Jim's verdict on the Rojas Blue Bonnet, CAO bringing back the Amazon Basin, and how rough our first episodes were. The box pass also gets foam and rules. Heath's article is here: https://heathsnow.substack.com/p/thoughts-of-a-cigar-smoker-2b3 Read the full blog post on Stogie Review: https://stogiereview.com/2026/10/03/smoke-and-steel-podcast-068/ 👉 If you enjoy this video, please like, comment, and subscribe for more cigar talk every week. 🔗 Connect With Us: 🌐 Website: https://stogiereview.com/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StogieReview/ 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stogiereview/ 💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/8h5tuYaqJV ☕ Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/stogiereview 📧 Email: Walt@StogieReview.com

  4. Oct 26

    [E073] We Flew to Louisiana to Smoke With LA Cigar Collective

    We flew to Louisiana to sit in the LA Cigar Collective lounge in Metairie, a room we’d only ever seen on screen. This one starts with a po’boy order that went sideways, then moves into a blind smoke from a viewer, Padróns from friends, and a long talk about what makes a lounge worth hanging out in. Kyle and Big Rob hosted us, and a lot of the conversation is about how they run the place: chairs that face each other, a living room and a library, and why some of us can’t really taste a cigar in a busy room. They walk us through the Collective Pack subscription, how they line up limited releases a month ahead, and why they turn down brand takeovers. Le Flambeaux, their Kelner Family Cigars collaboration, gets a fair hearing on size and price, and Kyle shares what Google’s AI summary said about our review of it. The blind smoke turns out to be a Lampert Ocean Breeze Robusto Grande from Jesse. We also smoke a Padrón 50th Anniversary Hammer Maduro from Jian and hear how fast the Padrón 60th disappears when it lands. Along the way: Discord friendships, Louisiana food, a real cigar shop on Bourbon Street, and the plan for the shop’s online side. Smoke and Steel usually records on Tuesday nights in a garage in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, with the same crew, same cigars, and same conversations we were already having before the cameras turned on. LA Cigar Collective didn’t provide product or payment for this trip. The Padróns and the blind smoke came from viewers and from Bruce. 🎙️ Subscribe for new episodes every week: https://www.youtube.com/@Stogie_Review 💬 Join the Stogie Review Discord: https://discord.gg/8h5tuYaqJV 🌐 Read the full blog post: https://stogiereview.com/2026/10/20/smoke-and-steel-podcast-073/

  5. Oct 21

    [E067] The Guy Who Stopped Chasing Opus X

    Mark's out this week, first time in longer than any of us can remember, but the garage doesn't run any different without him. Altadis USA sent us their new Golden Four sampler for this one, four event-only cigars in a single tube, and it turned into one of those nights where the free stuff wasn't even the best part. We split the Golden Four four ways and each came away with a different favorite, then got into the story of a longtime friend of the crew who's never been on the show but has quietly changed how he buys cigars entirely, walking away from chasing boxes of Opus X in favor of just trying everything he can get his hands on. That led into a longer conversation about how much good tobacco is sitting in the six and seven dollar range, a straight answer from Will at Chartwell about why he won't stock certain lines rather than mark them up, and a stop at a new shop in Boyertown that didn't quite live up to the walk over. Grievance corner covers price stickers on cellophane, self-checkout gripes, and a few Ezra Zion releases that didn't land the way we hoped. Read the Full Blog Post: https://stogiereview.com/2026/09/24/smoke-and-steel-podcast-067/ 👉 If you enjoy this video, please like, comment, and subscribe for more cigar talk every week. 🔗 Connect With Us: 🌐 Website: https://stogiereview.com/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StogieReview/ 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stogiereview/ 💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/8h5tuYaqJV ☕ Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/stogiereview 👕 Check out our NEW MERCH: https://www.stickermule.com/stogiereview 📧 Email: Walt@StogieReview.com

  6. Oct 14

    [E066] The Guy Who Smoked a Cigar in a Fireproof Bib for Five Hours

    Nothing was on the list for Episode 66, so Bruce walked out to his car and came back in a reversible paisley smoking jacket he bought online years ago for about $200. Jim followed with the story of a first-time customer who pulled a giant fireproof ash bib out of a duffel bag and wore it for five hours. Eric wanted to know if any of us would wear the $895 Mayflower jacket he posted. Before the jackets, we smoked a Blood Medicine, a Tatuaje Pudgy Monster wrapped in brown cellophane, and a Hallowed Hands from Avowed. We argued about whether brown cellophane means a cigar lost something. We got into where the hype fooled us, from the Moonflower to the ChiMolly Pioneer. Grievance Corner came back too. Later we talked about Mark's $42 cigar that blew up and whether a cigar deserves a second chance. We also covered Sean from The Burnable's rule of judging a brand's core line before the limiteds, and what a cigar lounge means to a guy in his first winter of retirement. Ralph and Bill dropped into the virtual lounge while we were recording, a first for the show. Smoke and Steel is the same crew, same cigars, and same conversations we were having in a Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania garage before the cameras turned on. A few of the cigars on the table were gifts from friends. Check out the Blog Post on StogieReview: https://stogiereview.com/2026/09/19/smoke-and-steel-podcast-066/ 👉 If you enjoy this video, please like, comment, and subscribe for more cigar talk every week. 🔗 Connect With Us: 🌐 Website: https://stogiereview.com/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StogieReview/ 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stogiereview/ 💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/8h5tuYaqJV ☕ Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/stogiereview 📧 Email: Walt@StogieReview.com

  7. Oct 7

    [E065] A 9/11 Tribute Cigar Split the Garage

    This week the ReXilient came up, and it turned into the best conversation we've had on the show in a while. Half the table thought Fuente's 9/11 tribute release was a genuinely good gesture. The other half wasn't sure $11 a box was enough. Then it got personal. We started with a blind sampler from Padre that nobody could identify until the end, worked through what everybody bought this week, and landed on the ReXilient conversation almost by accident. Rob's old fire department responded on 9/11, and what started as an argument about pricing turned into something about whether people still remember at all. From there we got into Xikar's recent price cuts, a Chartwell visit that turned into a full spread of free food, word that Suburban Tavern might be getting a second life under new ownership, and a rotation that ran from the Tatuaje El Triumphador to the Atabey Black Ritos to a cigar with a name we're not putting in this description. Smoke and Steel records every Tuesday night in a garage in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania. Same crew, same cigars, same conversations we were already having before the cameras turned on. Read the Full Blog Post: https://stogiereview.com/2026/09/13/smoke-and-steel-podcast-065/ 👉 If you enjoy this video, please like, comment, and subscribe for more cigar talk every week. 🔗 Connect With Us: 🌐 Website: https://stogiereview.com/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StogieReview/ 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stogiereview/ 💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/8h5tuYaqJV ☕ Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/stogiereview 📧 Email: Walt@StogieReview.com CHAPTERS 0:00 Blind Samplers From Padre 2:17 Guessing What We're Smoking 5:01 What Everybody Bought This Week 19:00 Rob's Facebook Bidding War Story 33:30 The OpusX ReXilient Comes Up 38:00 Rob's Fire Department and 9/11 43:07 Channel Numbers and Virtual Lounge 50:07 Top Fans and Discord Shoutouts 54:46 Airing Grievances: The Farmers Market 59:47 Airing Grievances: The Car Show 1:02:03 The Blind Cigar Gets Revealed 1:08:28 Xikar's Price Cut, Explained 1:18:00 Lighter Talk Keeps Going 1:22:40 Merch Store and Contest Winner 1:24:35 Rest of the Rotation 1:30:11 Eric's Brother's Charity Night

  8. Sep 30

    [E064] We Argued a $3.60 Cigar Onto Our Top 25 List

    We spent a good part of Episode 64 arguing about a cigar that costs about three dollars and sixty cents a stick, and whether that's disqualifying or exactly the point. Grievance Corner kicks things off with the Crowned Heads Moonflower not living up to the hype, and by the end of the night we're deciding if the Zino Nicaragua has earned a spot on the Smoke and Steel Top 25 Cigars of 2026. Along the way we get into new releases from Crowned Heads and Drew Estate, talk through what's too much to pay for a cigar festival ticket, and cover a local story about a Pennsylvania state trooper whose cigar collection was auctioned off for a good cause. We also read some of your comments from the last few episodes and kick around ideas for what's next on the show, including whether a Secret Santa event is worth doing this year. Read the full Blog Post on Stogie Review: https://stogiereview.com/2026/09/05/smoke-and-steel-podcast-064/ 👉 If you enjoy this video, please like, comment, and subscribe for more cigar talk every week. 🔗 Connect With Us: 🌐 Website: https://stogiereview.com/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StogieReview/ 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stogiereview/ 💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/8h5tuYaqJV ☕ Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/stogiereview 📧 Email: Walt@StogieReview.com CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold Open and Episode Kickoff 1:20 What's Everyone Smoking Tonight 7:10 This Week's Cigar Purchases 15:30 Fans of the Week and Discord Shoutouts 20:53 Grievance Corner Starts With the Moonflower 24:14 New Releases and a Local Trooper's Story 33:38 Talking Cigar Festivals and Event Pricing 41:29 What Everyone's Smoking This Week 56:05 Reading Viewer Comments 1:01:05 The Tinderbox Subscription Debate 1:05:59 How We Decide What to Post 1:16:07 Celebrity Cigar Lines 1:19:42 Kicking Around New Show Ideas 1:34:06 Does the Zino Nicaragua Make the List 1:44:47 Wrapping Up in the Rain

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Smoke & Steel is what happens when a group of cigar-smoking degenerates grab a mic and let the conversation roll. Born in a garage, raised in a lounge, and fueled by good cigars and unfiltered stories — this podcast is part hangout, part therapy session, and part "what the hell did he just say?" We don’t take ourselves too seriously, and we don’t expect you to either. Expect real talk, ridiculous laughs, and the kind of banter that usually stays behind lounge doors. Sometimes it’s deep, sometimes it’s dumb, but it’s always real. Hosted by a rotating crew of misfits from all walks of life

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  • Creator
    Walt White
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    82
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Walt White
  • Show Website
    Smoke and Steel

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