On this episode of Eat Drink Smoke Happy Hour, Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy light up the Perla Del Mar Maduro Double Toro from J.C. Newman and make the case for why this box-pressed Connecticut Broadleaf cigar belongs in the conversation whenever you’re talking about budget-friendly smokes that actually deliver. At around $7.50 a stick, the guys break down the cigar’s broadleaf richness, spice, cedar, earth, and medium-to-full profile, while also talking through who it’s for, when it works best, and why keeping notes on your cigars can help you figure out your palate over time.

They also suffer through a brutal Gas Station Finds review of Reese’s White Eggs, a candy so bad it nearly wrecks the entire cigar experience, and maybe the trust between man and peanut butter forever.

Along the way, the guys get into overpriced lighters versus cheap torches, Walmart’s digital shelf labels, and the fear of dynamic pricing, a massive late-winter storm hammering the Upper Peninsula, a report on rising death rates among Gen X and elder millennials, delayed colonoscopies, COVID quarantine memories, and why Tony is now ordering an entire cow from Defiance Beef.

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