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, talk through the final third, and land on the question that always matters most: is it good enough to earn a spot in the humidor?

Along the way, they get into tipping fatigue, mystery hotel fees, low- and moderate-income investing, and the kind of big-news cigar lounge conversation that starts with whiskey and somehow ends with geopolitics.

Find everything they do at EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.

During this Eat Drink Smoke Happy Hour, Tony and Fingers pour Jack Daniel&rsquo;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 &mdash; or just the price tag.
They also revisit the Year of the Duque from Dunbarton Tobacco &amp; Trust, talk through the final third, and land on the question that always matters most: is it good enough to earn a spot in the humidor?
Along the way, they get into tipping fatigue, mystery hotel fees, low- and moderate-income investing, and the kind of big-news cigar lounge conversation that starts with whiskey and somehow ends with geopolitics.
Find everything they do at EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.

Eat Drink Smoke is the bourbon and cigar review show for everyone!
You'll get reviews you can use, in a way you can understand them. There's also great takes on the stories dominating the week, but without the anger of social media. Eat Drink Smoke is the podcast that fits into your life because it's just like you - interested in new things, good people and honest, funny conversation.
Eat Drink Smoke is hosted by long-time radio host and entertainer Tony Katz, with co-host Fingers Malloy.

Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy talk amazing spirits, brilliant cigars and great food.

Eat Drink Smoke

Happy Hour — Jack Daniel’s Sinatra Select

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/78a347aa-3282-4ac5-837c-a72300032082/clips/b1a03bc3-e76f-459e-a3bc-b40e00e4f076/transcript

Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy light up the Rocky Patel Vintage 2003 Cameroon, a 6.5 x 52 Toro with a Cameroon wrapper, Nicaraguan binder, and Nicaraguan/Dominican filler. Tony calls it one of the cigars that helped turn smoking from a curiosity into something he genuinely loved, while Fingers wonders why he doesn’t already have a stack of them in his humidor. They break down the cigar’s cedar, spice, sweetness, construction, and why this classic still belongs in the rotation.

The guys also pour Montana’s Running Iron Straight Whiskey, a 100% wheat whiskey connected to Dry Hills Distillery/Montana Distillery, and debate whether its honey, vanilla, cinnamon, oak, orchard fruit, and dry finish justify the $50 price tag.

Also on the show: 7-Eleven tries to become Wawa, Vegas loses another buffet, lobster researchers ruin dinner, cruise weddings are a crime against friendship, Anheuser-Busch invests $600 million in America, Tony discovers Fingers has never seen Top Gun, and somehow Porky’s 3 becomes part of the cinematic conversation.

Find everything at EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.

Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy light up the Rocky Patel Vintage 2003 Cameroon, a 6.5 x 52 Toro with a Cameroon wrapper, Nicaraguan binder, and Nicaraguan/Dominican filler. Tony calls it one of the cigars that helped turn smoking from a curiosity into something he genuinely loved, while Fingers wonders why he doesn&rsquo;t already have a stack of them in his humidor. They break down the cigar&rsquo;s cedar, spice, sweetness, construction, and why this classic still belongs in the rotation.
The guys also pour Montana&rsquo;s Running Iron Straight Whiskey, a 100% wheat whiskey connected to Dry Hills Distillery/Montana Distillery, and debate whether its honey, vanilla, cinnamon, oak, orchard fruit, and dry finish justify the $50 price tag.
Also on the show: 7-Eleven tries to become Wawa, Vegas loses another buffet, lobster researchers ruin dinner, cruise weddings are a crime against friendship, Anheuser-Busch invests $600 million in America, Tony discovers Fingers has never seen Top Gun, and somehow Porky&rsquo;s 3 becomes part of the cinematic conversation.
Find everything at EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.

Vegas Buffets and Lobster Feelings

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/78a347aa-3282-4ac5-837c-a72300032082/clips/1aa7d6f5-b5d4-4587-9a80-b439002e5d14/transcript

Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy pour Kirkland Signature Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon. This Costco-exclusive bottle keeps alive the growing legend that the warehouse giant can apparently do no wrong. At 92 proof and sourced from Barton 1792, this liter-priced pour sparks a full breakdown on the nose, the palate, the surprisingly salty note, the peppery finish, and whether this is the kind of bourbon you keep around as an everyday drinker, a mixer, or both.

The guys also revisit the CAO Arcana Stokk Belicoso, a limited-edition cigar with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper and pipe-tobacco influence that keeps smoking beautifully even as the flavor profile stays a little hard to pin down. There’s plenty of talk about construction, draw, smoke, wood notes, pepper, and whether a cigar can be very good without ever fully revealing its identity.

Also in this Happy Hour episode: a conversation about vitamin recalls, the surprisingly strange legal battle over home distilling, why some bourbons refuse to act like traditional bourbons, and the growing role AI plays in everyday life — from editing and research to surviving the suburban nightmare of furniture shopping.

It’s bourbon, cigars, Costco, thunderstorm energy, and the kind of wandering, brutally honest conversation that makes the Eat Drink Smoke Happy Hour what it is.

Find everything at EatDrinkSmokeShow.com

Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy pour Kirkland Signature Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon. This Costco-exclusive bottle&nbsp;keeps alive the growing legend that the warehouse giant can apparently do no wrong. At 92 proof and sourced from Barton 1792, this liter-priced pour sparks a full breakdown on the nose, the palate, the surprisingly salty note, the peppery finish, and whether this is the kind of bourbon you keep around as an everyday drinker, a mixer, or both.
The guys also revisit the CAO Arcana Stokk Belicoso, a limited-edition cigar with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper and pipe-tobacco influence that keeps smoking beautifully even as the flavor profile stays a little hard to pin down. There&rsquo;s plenty of talk about construction, draw, smoke, wood notes, pepper, and whether a cigar can be very good without ever fully revealing its identity.
Also in this Happy Hour episode: a conversation about vitamin recalls, the surprisingly strange legal battle over home distilling, why some bourbons refuse to act like traditional bourbons, and the growing role AI plays in everyday life &mdash; from editing and research to surviving the suburban nightmare of furniture shopping.
It&rsquo;s bourbon, cigars, Costco, thunderstorm energy, and the kind of wandering, brutally honest conversation that makes the Eat Drink Smoke Happy Hour what it is.
Find everything at EatDrinkSmokeShow.com

Happy Hour - Kirkland Signature Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/78a347aa-3282-4ac5-837c-a72300032082/clips/deef6785-218f-41d4-8bf5-b431011eeed9/transcript

Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy light up the CAO Arcana Stokk Belicoso, a limited-edition 6.5x52 cigar with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, Nicaraguan binder, and a distinctive filler blend that includes Cyprian Latakia pipe tobacco. The guys talk through the cigar’s odd-looking band, excellent draw, near-perfect burn, and the challenge of pinning down a flavor profile that seems to move between pepper, wood, tea, and a smoky note that keeps getting more interesting as the cigar develops.

They also spend time digging into what makes a cigar worth revisiting, why construction matters just as much as flavor, and whether this CAO earns a spot in the humidor at around $13 a stick.

Also in this Happy Hour episode: another round of Gas Station Finds with Pop Daddy Birthday Cake Popcorn, which somehow turns out to be both gimmicky and surprisingly good, plus talk about family-farm popcorn, sweet snack regret, and how close a man can get to accidentally eating an entire bag.

It’s cigars, snack food, palate talk, and the completely unnecessary honesty that makes Eat, Drink, Smoke Happy Hour what it is.

Find everything at EatDrinkSmokeShow.com

Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy light up the CAO Arcana Stokk Belicoso, a limited-edition 6.5x52 cigar with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, Nicaraguan binder, and a distinctive filler blend that includes Cyprian Latakia pipe tobacco. The guys talk through the cigar&rsquo;s odd-looking band, excellent draw, near-perfect burn, and the challenge of pinning down a flavor profile that seems to move between pepper, wood, tea, and a smoky note that keeps getting more interesting as the cigar develops.
They also spend time digging into what makes a cigar worth revisiting, why construction matters just as much as flavor, and whether this CAO earns a spot in the humidor at around $13 a stick.
Also in this Happy Hour episode: another round of Gas Station Finds with Pop Daddy Birthday Cake Popcorn, which somehow turns out to be both gimmicky and surprisingly good, plus talk about family-farm popcorn, sweet snack regret, and how close a man can get to accidentally eating an entire bag.
It&rsquo;s cigars, snack food, palate talk, and the completely unnecessary honesty that makes Eat, Drink, Smoke Happy Hour what it is.
Find everything at EatDrinkSmokeShow.com

Happy Hour - CAO Arcana Stokk Belicoso

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/78a347aa-3282-4ac5-837c-a72300032082/clips/ca34eda4-3503-4f01-b16c-b431011ed31a/transcript

Happy Hour — Jack Daniel’s Sinatra Select

In 1 playlist(s)

Eat Drink Smoke

Social links

Follow podcast

Recent clips