

The Yips, the Finish, and a $51 Bourbon
Tony and Fingers light up the Room 101 “Farce” (or is it Farce) Connecticut Super Toro 6x56 and immediately get derailed by the pronunciation, the bands, and the reality that this “Connecticut” is coming in way more wood-spice / cocoa / coffee than anybody expected. Tight draw. Uneven burn threats.…

Happy Hour — Old Forester Night at Big Hoffa’s (Part 2)
Happy Hour continues at Big Hoffa’s Barbecue in Westfield, Indiana, and things only get louder, looser, and more opinionated. Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy are still on location, still surrounded by barbecue, and still working their way through Old Forester 1897 Bottled-in-Bond, this time with a fu…

Happy Hour: Old Forester Night at Big Hoffa’s
Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy head out of the studio and straight into Happy Hour at Big Hoffa’s Barbecue in Westfield, Indiana, for an Old Forester night that quickly turns into a master class in bottled-in-bond bourbon, brisket philosophy, and ketchup-related outrage. With cigars off the table, t…

Old Forester, Big Hoffa’s, and Brisket by the Pan
Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy leave the studio and go live on location at Big Hoffa’s Barbecue in Westfield, Indiana for an Old Forester night—because if they’re going to do remote, it should involve bourbon and a smoke-ring. Since cigars aren’t allowed inside the restaurant, the show focuses on on…

Happy Hour: Cigars of the Year Part 2, Double Oaked, and Pizza Panic
It’s Cigars of the Year time — and the guys do it the only way that actually makes sense. No points. No rankings spreadsheets. No pretending they can quantify enjoyment with decimals. On this Happy Hour episode of Eat Drink Smoke, Tony Katz and Fingers Malloyoffer part 2 of their annual Cigars of…

Happy Hour: Cigars of the Year, Double Oaked, and Giggle Spots
They do it the right way. No shortcuts. No calendar cheating. No pretending December 15th is “close enough.” On this Happy Hour episode of Eat Drink Smoke, Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy kick off their Cigars of the Year conversation — after a full year of reviews, arguments, surprises, and more th…

Eat Drink Smoke: Best Cigars of 2025 & Woodford Reserve Double Oaked
In this Best of 2025 episode of Eat Drink Smoke, Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy reveal their Top Cigars of the Year (2025)—and they do it their way: they wait until the full year is finished before ranking anything. Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy also pair the cigar conversation with Woodford Reserve …

Happy Hour -- Bourbons of the Year (Part 2)
It’s 2026, and we’re finishing what we started: Bourbons of the Year (even when they’re not all bourbons… because of course they aren’t). In Part 2, Tony Katz reveals his Top 3 from everything we reviewed this year — bourbon, rye, rum, Irish whiskey, whatever. We also keep smoking the Oliva Master…

Happy Hour — Bourbons of the Year (Part 1)
New year. Same rules: we don’t do a Top 10. We barely do a Top 5. We do a Top 3 because we’re grown and tired. In Part 1 of our “Bourbons of the Year” special, Fingers Malloy lays out his list — built on one sacred principle: keep it under $50… because we live in a world where “affordability crisi…

Bourbons of the Year: Top Picks, Value Plays, and a Surprise Rum for 2025
A new year is here, and Eat Drink Smoke does it the only way that makes sense — by waiting until the calendar actually turns. In this episode, Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy reveal their Top Three Bourbons of the Year, based not on hype or releases, but on everything they actually reviewed on the sh…