

Headphones on Planes, Ricotta Cake, and a Gas Station Find
Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy smoke the Aganorsa Leaf La Validación Habano Toro and find a cigar that brings plenty of spice, solid value, and a surprising amount of complexity for the price. They also pour Fenwick’s 5 Year Cask Strength Bourbon, an Indiana-made bottle that completely changes charac…

Happy Hour — Jack Daniel’s Sinatra Select
During this Eat Drink Smoke Happy Hour, Tony and Fingers pour Jack Daniel’s Sinatra Select, put it neat, on ice, and with a little water, and try to decide whether the whiskey lives up to the legend — or just the price tag. They also revisit the Year of the Duque from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, ta…

Happy Hour — Dunbarton Year of the Duque
On this episode of the Eat Drink Smoke Happy Hour, Tony and Fingers light up the Year of the Duque from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust and get into everything from the cigar’s rich cedar, char, cocoa, and pepper notes to the eternal question: is it really worth nearly eighteen bucks a stick? Along the …

Year of the Duque, Sinatra Select, and Redemption Windows
Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy light up the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Year of the Duque and immediately get stuck on the most important question of all: how exactly do you pronounce it? Along the way, they break down the cigar’s rich, low-maintenance smoking experience, talk through notes of wood, ch…

Happy Hour -- Hirsch The Horizon
Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy go hunting for a bourbon they haven’t tried before and come away impressed by Hirsch The Horizon, a 92-proof straight bourbon that brings more to the table than its proof point might suggest. Sourced from MGP in Indiana and built from two different mash bills, Hirsch T…

Happy Hour -- Crux Marblehead Toro
Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy light up the Crux Marblehead Toro (6x50) and immediately run into one of the most confusing cigar caps you’ll ever see. The Marblehead name comes from the 109-style Cuban cap, which sits somewhere between a traditional rounded cap and a belicoso tip. Translation: it lo…

Eight Dollars, Zero Regrets
This week on Eat, Drink, Smoke, Tony Katz and America’s favorite amateur drinker, Fingers Malloy, light up the Crux Marblehead Toro (6x50)—and immediately get distracted by the cigar’s weirdly fascinating109-style “Marblehead” cap. Where do you cut it? How do you cut it? Do you need a V-cutter… or …

Happy Hour -- Starlight Distillery Honey Reserve Bourbon
This Eat Drink Smoke Happy Hour starts exactly where it should: right here in Indiana, with a limited-release bourbon that hits like a freight train and a cigar that absolutely earns its keep. Tony Katz and America’s favorite amateur drinker, Fingers Malloy, pour up the Starlight Distillery Honey …

Happy Hour -- Southern Draw Lady Killer
This week on Eat Drink Smoke Happy Hour, Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy crack open the humidor and pull out something special — the Southern Draw Cigars Lady Killer, a 6½ x 46 Lonsdale created in collaboration with Privada Cigar Club back in 2021. Don’t ask how it survived that long. Just be gratefu…

Tip Revolution, TSA Cash Seizures, and a Lady Killer
This week on Eat, Drink, Smoke, Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy do what any reasonable adults would do in the middle of allergy season: light up a cigar and pretend that counts as medicine. They’re smoking a Southern Draw Lady Killer — a special Privada Cigar Club release from 2021 (don’t ask how it …