Episodes

  • Inside El Reloj with Drew Newman – Brick House Robusto

    Inside El Reloj with Drew Newman – Brick House Robusto
    Mar 25 2026
    In Episode 19 of Burnt Offerings, the guys record inside the rolling room at JC Newman’s historic El Reloj cigar factory in Ybor City, Tampa, with hand rollers at work just feet away. Joined by Drew Newman himself, the conversation explores the 130-year legacy of JC Newman, the role cigars played in building Tampa, and the revival of craftsmanship in American cigar making.
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    45 mins
  • Florida Sun Grown Farms Road Trip – Ybor City Blend 2006 Maduro

    Florida Sun Grown Farms Road Trip – Ybor City Blend 2006 Maduro
    Mar 4 2026
    Burnt Offerings goes on the road. In this special episode we record inside the curing barn at Florida Sun Grown Farms in Clermont, Florida — surrounded by air-curing tobacco hanging overhead. While visiting the Tampa area we cold-called the farm and somehow ended up sitting in the barn talking tobacco, cigar culture, and the history of Florida Sun Grown leaf. Because we didn’t plan quite as well as we should have, the cigar of the day isn’t an FSG blend but a local Tampa shop pickup: the Ybor City Blend 2006 Maduro by Tampa Bay Rollers. The result is a laid-back conversation about curing tobacco, the smell of a working barn, Tampa’s cigar heritage, and the surreal experience of recording an episode literally surrounded by the raw ingredient that makes the whole hobby possible.
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    45 mins
  • Luciano The Dreamer Hermosa No. 4

    Luciano The Dreamer Hermosa No. 4
    Feb 18 2026
    We light up the Luciano The Dreamer Hermosa No. 4 — a 5x48 robusto featuring Nicaraguan and Peruvian filler, a Nicaraguan binder, and an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. The cold draw hits with an oddly perfect Nabisco/fig-newton sweetness before the first third turns savory (weirdly “first bite of grilled steak”) with a campfire/firecracker aroma that had us chasing the source. That rabbit trail turns into a whole conversation on Peruvian tobacco (“smoky incense,” florals, spice), the meaning of Fiat Lux (“let there be light”), and the middle-aged art of keeping old dreams alive — from tobacco plants in the backyard to RV darkrooms to learning to fly. Final scores land at 9.0, 8.5, and 8.5 — our highest average rating yet (8.67). Basement bargain pricing doesn’t hurt, either.
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    46 mins
  • Crowned Heads Jericho Hill OBS

    Crowned Heads Jericho Hill OBS
    Feb 4 2026
    We light up the Crowned Heads Jericho Hill OBS — a box-pressed robusto featuring Nicaraguan binder and filler wrapped in Mexican San Andrés Maduro, produced at the My Father Cigars factory in Estelí. Pepper-forward off the light, the cigar transitions into earthy cocoa, dark spice, and creamy Maduro sweetness through the middle and final thirds. Medium-to-full bodied, complex, and dynamic for a short vitola. Along the way: strength discussion, golf course cigar debates, Johnny Cash references, and the true story of how we found $3,000 worth of meth in an Airbnb in Boise.
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    48 mins
  • Drew Estate 20 Acre Farm FSG (feat. Gary Diehl)

    Drew Estate 20 Acre Farm FSG (feat. Gary Diehl)
    Jan 21 2026
    We welcome friend-of-the-show Gary Diehl and light up the Drew Estate 20 Acre Farm FSG — a Florida Sun Grown cigar with a lot more personality than expected. Pepper-forward up front with fruity, nougaty notes underneath, a mellowing middle, and a cedar-leaning finish that stays interesting all the way down. Along the way: Corona Cigar sourcing stories, Florida-grown tobacco history, once-in-a-lifetime experiences, and a full Hot Box interrogation of Gary.
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    47 mins
  • La Gloria Cubana Serie R Maduro

    La Gloria Cubana Serie R Maduro
    Jan 14 2026
    We go back to a “classic” and find out it is way punchier than memory gave it credit for. La Gloria Cubana Serie R Maduro brings oily wrapper vibes, steady pepper, espresso, and a late-game sweetness that redeems the middle. Also featured: winter garage problems, retrohale pepper sensors, and Patrick’s cigar briefly trying to self-destruct before settling down and behaving.
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    53 mins
  • Crowned Heads Mil Dias Maduro Sublime

    Crowned Heads Mil Dias Maduro Sublime
    Dec 31 2025
    We light up the Crowned Heads Mil Dias Maduro Sublime and immediately start arguing with our own taste buds: honeyed cold draw, granola sweetness, a weird little raspberry moment, and an herbal/earthy backbone that keeps shifting. Then we zoom out and do what we do best—turn “a thousand days” into a full-on life audit: kids aging in dog years, poker-night nostalgia, and why the humidor is basically a time machine with ash.
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    45 mins
  • Florida Man Miami

    Florida Man Miami
    Dec 17 2025
    We light up Raymond Page’s Florida Man Miami, a limited run that somehow tastes exactly like its name: cedar, citrus, and a little chaos. Along the way we define “Florida Man,” read real headlines, debate underwear-in-the-window policy, and confess our most impulsive decisions—including a truly cursed teen car purchase.
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    47 mins