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.

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