What's Next for MY FATHER CIGARS? (w/ Todd McNett) | The Smoking Section Ep. 004

My Father Cigars topped Cigar Aficionados List for 2024. But what happens now?

We sit down with Todd McNett, a My Father rep who has know the Garcia family for over two decades. Expect to learn what happened the day the CA list was announced, what the most difficult cigar to roll is, how much of a cigar's flavor actually comes from the wrapper, how My Father develops new cigars, what they are making at their new Honduran factory, why ripping tobacco leaves by hand is harder than it looks, and much, much more.

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Special thanks to Todd for his time. Check out Impact Force here: https://impactforce.net/home

00:00 - Intro
02:19 - La Opulencia
03:16 - What's with the foot bands?
05:14 - How My Father Grew
09:15 - What's Todd's Favorite Cigar?
11:07 - The last 20 years of cigar culture.
13:37 - Pair with bourbon.
16:02 - The very first My Father Cigar: Don Pepin
17:58 - Flor de las Antillas
18:46 - Is The Judge Full-Bodied or Medium?
23:16 - Single Barrel Old Fashioned
25:49 - How many generations at My Father?
27:10 - The newest My Father cigar.
29:40 - Drying vs. Curing
32:14 - Where does the flavor come from?
34:59 - What does Honduran tobacco taste like?
38:04 - Todd's other brands.
41:30 - CIGAR OF THE YEAR 2024
45:57 - How to devein tobacco leaves
47:57 - The hardest cigar to roll.
50:52 - What makes the Garcia family special.
56:34 - Natural vs. trained palete
59:02 - Welcome to the family.