What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Lostmason]

What did you think of the Golden Sliced? It's said to be a VaPer, but I don't taste much perique. In general, I wasn't impressed by it. Personal preference, of course.

It's a fine smoke,by that,it's light and airy.The flavors are subtle and not overwhelming.I caught just a hint of citrus
and the grassy flavors were smooth and easy on the draw.The Perique presented as just a nice spicey nip along the
tongue.I would definatly keep this on hand,But have to say I do like Dunhill Flake a bit more.

[JimInks]

Just finished smoking Paul’s Amphora Match in a straight 1979 MM Legend. A bottle of MistTwst is my drink.

[Pugsley]

Second mug of coffee and first pipe of the day, SPC Mississippi River in a straight, smooth John Bessai bulldog as I settle in to watch the Red Sox / Rays game.

[JimInks]

Jim's VaPer in a 2003 medium bent straight grain Two dot 2 P. Ardor Venere Extra Bucaneve with a silver ferrule signed by Dorelio Rovera and a black acrylic stem.

[JimInks]

A quarter of the way through this bowl of Dunhill 221B Baker Street in a 1970's medium bend big bowl rusticated Sienna colored Savinelli Estella with a pearl grey stem.

[JimInks]

I love Elizabethan.
How does the Match compare?

Much better. It's more of a match for the Murray's rather than the new version, which I am not overly crazy about. Here's my review of the Match:

I’ve compared this to the original (which once was a regular smoke for me) and I'd say this blend is fairly close, but not an exact match. It’s certainly closer than the current DE production by Dunhill, which I consider to be inferior to both the original and the Sutliff Match. The Murray’s version was a little more complex in taste, and had just a little more bright lemon Virginia. The perique is very peppery in both, slightly more plumy here. The brown Virginia is virtually identical: a little grass and earth and some citrus. As much as I liked the Murray’s product, I would say this may be as close as you can get these days. A little more sprinkling of citrusy, spicy floral lemon Va., and it’d virtually be the same. Because the new version is different from the Murray’s, which is what the Match attempted to copy, I would not consider them to be similar. The proportion of ingredients in the new version is different, and the shag cut is as well.

The Murray’s version of DE was one of the very few blends m'lady openly complained about. When they quit making it, she was very happy. A couple of years back, I tried the Match for the first time. Five minutes after I started smoking it, she came back to the studio and said, "Are you smoking that crap again? I thought they quit making it." Telling me that she recognized the smell after several years just struck me kinda funny. That, besides the taste, amplified my assessment that the Match is close indeed.

I gave the Murray's version four stars. Couldn't do that for the new release, which is a two star blend.

[Pugsley]

All this talk about Elizabethan Mixture, guess what I'm having right now in a 1/4 bent massive Mastro Beraldi Dublin with tight straight grain around the bowl and lots of bird's eye on the broad rim.

[JimInks]

Now smoking Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1982 black sandblasted paneled slight bend Savinelli flat bottom sitter with a black vulcanite stem. Getting ready to watch Vin Scully's last Dodgers home game.

[JimInks]

Year 1978 MacBaren Dark Twist Roll Cake in a straight black sandblast 2 star Ferndown Bark Prince with a Cumberland stem.

[Lostmason]

Decided to revisit the OGS,this time in a figural meer.
There is more citrusy sweetness,could also be that it had a few hours dry time.