Summary: After some traveling delays and such, we're back this week with Episode 024 of Half Ashed. Thank you for tuning in to our ramblings once again. This week, we're focused on a quick summary of my trip to last week's IPCPR 2013 tradeshow, as well as an Unbanded - Number 006, provided by Jeff Curtis (thanks, Jeff!). We also cover just a bit of news and a couple of listener emails, so tune in and enjoy! I changed horses mid-stream at the show, and took a bit of a different approach than I had anticipated, which we describe during the show - I opted to cover a number of booths that were not even on my radar beforehand. Some of these are first time exhibitors, some have previously attended but have not yet seen vast growth, and others might simply not have national distribution - all are companies to watch for sure, as I believe many will make a mark in the coming days. For this show, we discussed those listed below, but there will be a great deal of written content here on The Cigarmy over the next couple of weeks detailing quite a few more. I managed to visit 50+ exhibitors, and have some really cool stuff to share that's on the horizon, as well as some favorite picks for upcoming cigars.... Companies we (very quickly) covered on this Episode: Viva Republica Casa Fernandez Aging Room Drew Estate Oliva/Padilla RomaCraft J. Fuego Exactus House of Emilio La Jugada Arandoza Cordoba y Morales Flor de Gonzalez Table 36 Jameson Capadura Hoja de Flores We covered a good bit more during the show – various topics of interest this week, what we’ve been smoking, etc. Tune in to get the entire story on those items as well. Be sure you all come back later this week for Episode 025, when we will be taking a look at the Casa Magna Domus Magnus as our Cigar of the Week. I will tweet/post the exact time and date once we finalize it. In the meantime, if you would like to contact us, you can reach us through the contact page or at the following email addresses: kip@thecigarmy.com or craig@thecigarmy.com. Please feel free to drop us a line if you have any questions you’d like answered, comments to make…or even compliments and complaints! We love to get your emails! Also, remember you can always go back and listen to previous episodes, which can be found in the Half Ashed Archive. You can download this week’s audio directly below (right-click “Download” and save), or find us on iTunes to subscribe. Video, as always, will be available at the CigFed Half Ashed Video Archive. P.S. – If you have unbanded suggestions or contributions, you can get those to us by sending an email to info@thecigarmy.com. This email address goes directly to my wife, so you can simply suggest an unbanded cigar for her to source, or send me an email to kip@thecigarmy.com if you have something you’d like to send in. I will provide an address to send them. Thanks!
