#ELOsoFumarTakes delivers abbreviated interviews, thoughts, and insights with cigar industry personnel and fans. Host Bear Duplisea's vision is to give the audience a peak into industry culture as well as show the human side of its inner members.
Episodes
Jan 7, 2020
Jan 7, 2020
57 min
This week, the highly anticipated #ELOsoFumarTakes Top 10 Cigars of 2019 will be unveiled! The past 12 months have been amazing and a special thank you goes out to E.P. Carrillo Cigars on being last year's winner, with the E.P. Carrillo Encore Vallientes. Will they repeat? The updated criteria is below:
1) It's vitola based.
2) I had to have smoked the cigar for the first time in the last year and a half.*
3) It must not suck.
4)No limited edition cigars (i.e. TAA, shop exclusive) are eligible.
5) A previous number 1 cigar winner (blend-specific, i.e. 2017 Winner Espinosa Habano) cannot be on this year's Top 10 or repeat as winner.*
6) A company cannot have more than 1 cigar on the Top 10, however, may be considered for honorable mention.*
7)THE BIG ONE: frequency of smoke. Basically, I had to have the means AND opportunity AND did, in fact, smoke the cigar frequently.
#ELOsoFumarTakes 2018 Top Ten List (Last Year):
1) EPC ENCORE Valientes
2) JOYA SILVER robusto
3) HVC CERRO MADURO
4) JRE ALADINO COROJO RESERVA
5) Crowned Heads La Careme Robusto
6) Crux Epicure Corona Gorda
7) Cornelius & Anthony Venganza Toro
8) Casa Cuevas Habno Robusto
9) Sobremesa Elegante Cedrus
10) AVO SA RITMO Toro
Sit back, relax and Enjoy!
Dec 25, 2019
Dec 25, 2019
1 hr 55 min
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes hits the century mark. Our #100thTake features none other than Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars. Pete's business ventures have taken him from music to premium cigar retail to cigar manufacturing to wine to film producer and back again. This week we chat with Pete about his soothsayer intuition, Hollywood, and the legacy of one of the industry's most revered Limited Edition Series.
Be sure to stick around, this take goes next level at 49:00. Hang in there as we muscle through and Pete takes over.
Life isn't perfect and things sometimes don't go as planned. In the end, we end up with something far superior. Enjoy!
Dec 16, 2019
Dec 16, 2019
1 hr 47 min
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes honors our last take in double digits. #Take99 brings in the two gentlemen that have revolutionized the cigar podcast game. Developing Palates' Aaron Loomis and Cigar Coop's William Cooper have each brought a lot to this industry. But, where did it start? Where do they see it going? I'll do my best to fire up Coop and get Aaron to admit he likes something. Enjoy!
https://cigar-coop.com/category/podcast
Dec 3, 2019
Dec 3, 2019
1 hr 8 min
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes #Take98 features Bradley Rubin of Alec & Bradley Cigars. We've talked a lot about family on our show. And why not? This is a family industry. Alongside his brother, Alec, our guest is taking the lessons they learned from a lifetime of watching their father do it right by his family, company, and team. Enjoy!
Nov 25, 2019
Nov 25, 2019
1 hr 14 min
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes is pleased to welcome Luciano Meirelles of A.C.E. Prime Cigars for our #97thTake. Backed by a factory that is widely considered one of the best-kept secrets in the industry, Luciano and his co-founders brought a new company and plenty of new cigars to the market. It's something the industry hasn't seen in a few years. It's with great pleasure that we sit down with the man who's making a bold stand and bringing a new experience to the consumer
Nov 18, 2019
Nov 18, 2019
1 hr 15 min
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes the man, the myth, the unbuttoned shirt legend, Tony Bellatto of La Barba Cigars in for our #96thTake. Tony is a lot of things, but what some may not know is that he is a WSET level 3 wine sommelier. He also owns a coffee company and has been virtually been working in our beloved industry since before he could legally smoke a cigar. It's a lot to unravel, but we'll try. Enjoy!
Nov 4, 2019
Nov 4, 2019
1 hr 10 min
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes turns 2! We welcome back the man who got us started from #Take1. Tim Wong, two-decade industry veteran, and Pier 28 Cigars Founder returns to celebrate the beginning and today. We talk our Anniversary, Pier 28, La Zona Palooza, and the changes in the industry over the years. Enjoy!
Oct 21, 2019
Oct 21, 2019
1 hr 18 min
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes former National Cigar Smoking Champion and the Every Man of the Premium Cigar Industry. From George Brighmann to Jose Blanco to Jonathan Drew, Lois is connected...a made man. We dive into Cigar Smoking Championships, Cigar Events (like the Kentucky Derby & Breeders Cup), and tackle some Industry Politics going on in Lois's backyard. Enjoy!
The rulebook for World Cigar Smoking Championship: https://www.hajenius.com/images/cswc/Wedstrijdreglement_2018_UK.pdf
Oct 14, 2019
Oct 14, 2019
1 hr 27 min
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes a duo in for our #93rdTake. How 'Bout That Cigar has already been represented back in the spring when Co-Founder Matt Tye joined us for #Take71. For #Take93, welcome Tye back alongside his partner-in-crime, Garret Robinson. Between the three of us, we'll weigh in on Cigar Destinations, Cigar Events, Cigar Inspirations and a debate for the ages: Chevy Chase: cool or not cool.
Oct 7, 2019
Oct 7, 2019
47 min
This week, #ELOsoFumarTakes welcomes back Spencer Drake of La Familia Robaina for #Take92. Drake has been busy since the last time we sat down with him. He still owns his company, he's still making incredible cigars, and yes, he's still working with the iconic Hirochi Robaina. So, what's changed? Some obvious and not obvious things, all leading to greatness. Enjoy!