Not Just Blowing Smoke with Pastor Padron

Not Just Blowing Smoke with Pastor Padron

Pastor Padron
Ország Egyesült Államok
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Epizódok 200
Legutóbbi 17.02.2025

Not Just Blowing Smoke is hosted by Pastor Padron and connected to Twins Smoke Shop, a New England smoke shop. The show shares the shop’s knowledge, expertise, and personality with listeners wherever they are. It covers smoke shop culture, products, and related topics in an informal, entertaining style. New episodes aim to bring that shop experience directly to the audience.

Epizódok

  • Live with Liz Santos 17.02.2025 45p
    Pastor Padron sits with Liz Santos, aka @remarkable_liz, co-owner of Noble Cigars. You might be tempted to think she is just a pretty face using cigars to build her social media persona, but you would be wrong! During our conversation, we delve into her personal journey into the world of cigars. We talk about her experience with building a brand from the ground up, all while juggling her responsibilities at home, nurturing her family, and managing her work commitments. Liz shares the driving passion that keeps her going through the challenges that come from being a business owner, revealing how her love for the craft and the connections she makes with fellow enthusiasts fuel her ambition and creativity.
  • An Evening with Chris Topper of Topper Cigars 21.10.2024 33p
    Pastor Padron sits with Chris Topper, the president of Topper Cigars, the oldest continually produced cigar brand in America. Chris talks about Topper's 1894 line, named for the date his great-grandfather started the company, being the 4th generation of leadership, the importance of American-grown tobacco to the cigar industry, and more! Recorded live in the 7-20-4 Lounge on October 18, 2024.
  • Now We Are Two 25.03.2024 1ó
    Pastor Padron and Nic O. Tine smoke the Alec Bradley TAA 2023 and G.L. Pease Temple Bar and talk about March Madness, what is going at Twins, and more. 
  • Green Mark's the Spot 18.03.2024 1ó 24p
    In this episode we welcome Kaz Walters from Laudisi Distibution Group and local spirit maven, Tequila Talia, as we compare two popular navy flake style tobaccos: G.L. Pease Navigator and Cornell & Diehl's Speakeasy. While we light these up back-to-back, Talia provides some Green Spot whiskey to pair them with while we talk about just about everything from cigars and tobacco, to fashion trends and lots of things in between!
  • Piping with Tequila Talia 11.03.2024 51p
    With Daved and Confused moving on, and Nic O. Tine on vacation, Pastor Padron hosts this episode solo with special guest Tequila Talia, the liquor rep for a number of spirits available in the 7-20-4 Lounge including Red Breast Irish whiskey, which she brought for us to enjoy--specifically the 15 Year. We paired that with the newly released Sansepolcro Small Batch from Cornnell & Diehl. We talk Irish whiskeys, her vacation in the VI, Greek food, and the upcoming Petey Blinders Peterson pipe event she will be at here at Twins.
  • Hacking Forward 26.02.2024 1ó 21p
    The Cigar Hacks' "Cigar God Dave" fills in to produce, along with several other members of the Cigar Hacks Podcast and Yvonne Ramee from Dunbarton drops in on this crossover episode of NJBS! There is a lot of conversation as we smoke the Aladino Candela Toro and Two Friends Redwood from Cornell & Diehl. Recorded live in the 7-20-4 Lounge!
  • Lounging with 603’s Dan Leaonard 19.02.2024 1ó 18p
    Tonight, we are joined by 603 Brewery's Dan Leonard and will be highlighting Lounge Cruiser, a beer done in collaboration with Twins that was brewed to pair with cigars and specifically with 7-20-4. Of Course, Dan never brings just one so it promises to be an interesting night! We will be pairing the selection with the 7-20-4 Original Churchill and Two Friends Homeward Bound, a new addition to the Two Friends line from Greg Pease and Jeremy Reeves. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!
  • Capa & House 12.02.2024 1ó 7p
    Tonight, we will light up the Tatuaje 10th Capa Especial Belle Encre and then C&D House Reserve, the Virginia Flake blend released back in 2022. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!
  • Non Solo Soffiare Fumo 05.02.2024 59p
    Toscano, the Italian company famous for its cheroot style cigars made with Fire Cured tobacco from Italy and the US, has just released a series of three pipe tobaccos utilizing their Dark Fired leaf. We light up the Toscano Toscanello, the cigar made famous by Clint Eastwood's spaghetti westerns, and then light up Toscano Maestro Sonfonia. Do their tobaccos translate well in this blend? Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!
  • New in 2024 29.01.2024 1ó 2p
    We light up two new arrivals: the newly released Polpetta from Dunbarton and Six Pence from G.L. Pease, which while not new, is new to the selection at Twins Smoke Shop. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!
  • Best Pipe Tobaccos of 2023 22.01.2024 1ó 4p
    We look back over the tobaccos we reviewed on our show in 2023 and talk about our favorites! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!
  • Best Cigars of 2023 15.01.2024 1ó 2p
    Twins Smoke Shop has started a tradition of making blind 5 pack of cigars featuring a selection of the top selling cigars of 2023. On this episode, we reveal the cigars in the pack and name our pick for best cigar of the year! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!
  • Welcome 2024 08.01.2024 1ó 4p
    We are bringing in 2024 with reviews of the Rocky Patel Dark Star and Samuel Gawith's Cob Plug. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!
  • The 2023 Christmas Episode 25.12.2023 1ó 10p
    We talk Christmas, the end of 2023 and start discussing our favorite cigars and pipe tobaccos of 2023 and smoke the Plasencia Cosecha 151 and the 2023 release of Anthology from Cornell & Diehl! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!
  • The Warlock and the Dunbarton Girl, Redux 18.12.2023 1ó 44p
    Cindy Saka and Yvonne Ramee from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust join us along with Laudisi Distribution Group's Assistant Director, Kaz Walters as we review the Red Meat Lovers Beef Stick cigar and Savinelli's Doblone d'Oro pipe tobacco! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!
  • Anniversary Blends 11.12.2023 1ó 5p
    This week we review the highly anticipated Perdomo 30th Anniversary blend, smoking the Maduro Robusto in that series. Keeping with the theme, we also light up 4th Generation Tobacconist's Jubilaeums Flake, a small batch blended to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Erik Stokkebye's brand. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!
  • NJBS & Cigar Hacks! 29.11.2023 1ó 3p
    NJBS & Cigar Hacks!
  • Thanksgiving Smokes 27.11.2023 1ó 2p
    Thanksgiving is a time you what to smoke something good, something worth being thankful for, and something that can hold up to and cap off a full dinner and a slice or two of apple pie. We have picked out the Aladino Sumatra Toro and Sliced Black Twist from Gawith Hoggarth for this year as we talk about Thanksgiving smokes. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!
  • Nose Warmers 13.11.2023 58p
    Does size matter? In this episode the boys bring out their favorite short pipes, often dubbed "nose warmers," and discuss the differences these small pipes have over more traditional sized offerings while reviewing Sliced Brown Twist from Gawith Hoggarth. Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!
  • A Poet and a Cracken Walk into a Bar.... 06.11.2023 1ó 15p
    We review the Metapa Maduro Corona Gorda and the sophomore release of Cornell & Diehl's Small Batch: From Beyond! Recorded live from the 7-20-4 Lounge!