Week 34· June 11, 2026
Cigars and a Rioja Heckle
A short session this time — just smoke. John and Chris fired up cigars and offered quick verdicts, with a little cross-table needling thrown in for free.
Cigars (2)
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Cigar #1
Cigar
Tapernacle Goliath
John lit up his self-declared favorite cigar and didn't bury the lede: *"It is a smoke-and-buy. It is delicious."* He then capped the review with a non-sequitur war cry — **"Rioja, bitch."** — which we are choosing not to interpret further.
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Cigar #2
Cigar
Partagas Maduro (Cuban)
Chris went Cuban with a Partagas Maduro and has history with the line — usually a winner. Tonight's stick, though, was *"really tightly wrapped and kind of hard to get a draw on."* Construction gripes aside, the flavor delivered, and he'd still tell you to grab one if you stumble across it.
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Two cigars, two thumbs up, and one shouted reminder that Rioja still owns rent-free space in John's head.