Martín Amaya – Texas Cigar Roadshow Pit Stop 22

Hi, we are David and Ian with Texas Cigar Roadshow!

This episode is brought to you by the North Texas Cigar Society: a club where B/SOTL get together once a month to have drinks, food, talk and of course cigars. We meet in Tobacco Cabana and 3Rs Cigars in Duncanville.
To find out more about the group or to join, send an email to David @ ntxcs.cedarhill@gmail.com.

On this episode we are shooting inside Tobacco Cabana: voted the 2020 #1 Cigar Lounge on CigarScore.com. They are located at 267 Hickerson St., Cedar Hill, TX 75104 \ 469-272-5999
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This show is a part of the Texas Cigar Roadshow: The 2020 #1 Cigar Show on CigarScore.com, what we like to call a Pit Stop. When on the road you eventually need to take a pit stop where you can refuel and catch your breath. In a Texas Cigar Roadshow Pit Stop, Ian and I will have a cigar, a drink, or drinks, and talk about different cigar accessories, topics or individuals in the cigar industry, and how they will add to your cigar culture experience or knowledge.

All of us will be smoking the Micallef A on this episode.
To find out more about the Micallef line of cigars go to - https://www.micallefcigars.com/

On this episode Ian and I sat down with Martin Amaya of Martin Amaya Cigar Reviews. Martin is one the our Texas Cigar review brothers and the first one to give Texas Cigar Roadshow a shout out as being one of his 2020 Top 10 Cigar Shows to watch. We talk to Martin to find out more about his love for cigars and why he reviews them.
You can follow Martin on:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/martin_amaya_cigar_reviews/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/ImportMart
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MartinAmayaCigarReviews
This is the direct link to Martin's review of the Micallef A - https://youtu.be/YHLzmhLBXOg

For Ian and I to have our 'Texas Toast' with you the viewers, we are drinking the TX Port Finish. TX Straight Bourbon Tawny Port Finish is created by taking fully matured 4-year-old TX Straight Bourbon and finishing it for 6 months in Tawny Port casks. Port is a red wine that is typically sweet, and the Tawny style is specifically known to possess rich caramel and nutty flavors. These casks came to us from the very birthplace of Port—all the way from Douro Valley in Portugal. Made from French White Oak—and specifically the oak species Quercus robur—these casks were used to age Tawny Port for 10 years before they were finally emptied and sent to our distillery. When we received these casks, it had been merely 4 weeks since the last drops of Tawny Port had been harvested. This brief timeline allowed for the port’s expressions to remain locked in the oak. As our bourbon rested in these casks for 6 months, i picked up rich flavors of fig, toffee, and toasted nuts, ultimately evolving into our beautiful Tawny Port Finish. To find out more about all these great TX whiskeys go to - https://www.frdistilling.com/whiskeys/

Thank you for watching another episode of the Texas Cigar Roadshow Pit Stop and as always, Enjoy the leaf. Grow the culture.

0:00 Intro / Welcoming Martín
2:37 Texas Toast
3:44 Martín’s Origin Story
7:53 Martín’s Process
15:50 Picking Out Flavor Notes
21:36 Making the Top 10 List
24:46 The One Tobacco Martín Doesn’t Care For
26:36 Exception to the Rule / Wrap-Up