124.3 Proof and a Perfect Score.

Is a $185 bourbon worth the burn? This week on Eat Drink Smoke, Tony Katz and Fingers Malloy pour Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend Bourbon Batch #21. There’s plenty of vanilla on the nose, but at 124.3 proof, that first sip gets Fingers’ full attention. They also light up the Room 101 Hit & Run, a beefy 6×60 collaboration with Caldwell Cigars that opens with a little salt and white pepper. Jordan Davis of the Smoking Pastor Project joins the guys to talk about getting good barbecue into Indiana food pantries and how a soggy birria taco nearly sank his run at the World Food Championships. Then came a perfect score for salmon and a barbecue title his team never expected to win. Plus, Tony and Fingers remember Cigar Aficionado founder Marvin R. Shanken, debate whether Halloween needs a penalty box, and give Reese’s Dipped Pretzels the Gas Station Finds treatment. The pretzels may be headed for a bowl of ice cream. Find everything at EatDrinkSmokeShow.com.