After saying goodbye to the Mind of Men podcast, Mike and Jim return to the Havana Hut with an all new cigar and libation review. 

• La Aurora 100 Anos Lancero
• Four Roses Marriage Collection 2009 Bourbon 

This week the guys take a look at a boutique cigar from Alec Bradley & we get to eat a little crow for some of our previous negative comments on Woodford Reserve Bourbon Whiskey

This week’s cigar and libation pairing:

• Alec Bradley Tempus Genesis
• Woodford Reserve Boubon

This week the guys take a look at another well known name from the General Cigar Company and reach into Jim’s stash of unusual & unique whiskies to sample an expression of Bowmore from independent bottlers Gordon & McPhail.

This week’s cigar and libation pairing:

• Partagas Black Label
• Gordon & McPhail Prime Malt Bowmore 1982 21 Yr. Old Scotch Whisky

This week the guys take a look at Altadis’ answer to General Cigar’s Macanudo.  We also depart from our usual Scotch & Bourbons to have a look at another popular type of American Whiskey – Rye Whiskey.

This week’s cigar and libation pairing:

• Montecristo White Rothschild
• Sazerac Rye Whiskey

This week the guys take a look at the number one selling cigar of all time, the Macanudo and another great old bourbon from one of the great old time distilleries.  Given the guys’ preference for stronger cigars, care to guess how old Mac fared?

This week’s cigar and libation pairing:

• Macanudo Hyde Park
• Jefferson’s Presidential Select 17 Year Old Bourbon Whiskey

This week the guys take a look at one of Jim’s long time favorite cigars and a limited release 12 year old expression for the folks over at Balvenie.

This week’s cigar and libation pairing:

• ACID Atom Maduro
• The Balvenie Signature Edition Scotch Whisky

This week the guys sample a new cigar from our friends over at Two Guys Smoke Shop and taste a rare Stitzel-Weller Bourbon from the Van Winkle Folks

This week’s cigar and libation pairing:

• Garofalo Cigars
• Old Rip Van Winkle 23 Year Old Bourbon

Dave Garofalo’s Video Introduction to the Garofalo Cigar

This week the guys try something new and bring you a review of one cigar and pair it with two libations – Jim does a bourbon and Mike a scotch.

This week’s cigar and libation pairing:

• Savinelli R&R Series Y
• Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Yr. Old Bourbon
• Balvenie Doublewood 12 Year Old Scotch

Jim & Mike offer yet another budget cigar pick paired with an interesting creation from the folks over at Compass Box.

This week’s cigar and libation pairing:

• JFR Maduro
• Compass Box Orangerie

For our first Cigar & Libation pairing of 2010, Jim & Mike discuss a new, moderately priced offering from the J.C. Newman Company and look at the second Buffalo Trace Experimental Edition Bourbon release from 2009.

This week’s cigar and libation pairing:

• Brick House Cigar
• Buffalo Trace Experimental Edition 1993 Double Barreled Bourbon