Stokkebye Dutch slices in Jeantet prince. Really excellent Burley blend, and ought to be good for reestablishing a bit of cake on this little pipe that easily reamed back to bare Briar.
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Stokkebye Dutch slices in Jeantet prince. Really excellent Burley blend, and ought to be good for reestablishing a bit of cake on this little pipe that easily reamed back to bare Briar.
Now smoking 2012 Anniversary Kake in a straight Lane era Charatan black with burgundy undertone sandblasted billiard 420.
Spent this morning revisiting a VA/burley blend I concocted a few years back. Mainly red VAs with a small dose of white VAs and an equal amount of burley, plus one component I can't recall at the moment. It's fairly straightforward and just tasty enough to keep me puffing, but it's brutal if you go too hard. Definite tongue bite territory. I don't think I'll mix any more of this.
The afternoon was then spent revisiting an Oriental/Lat/VA blend that I made around the same time. It's good, especially for having been jarred for two years. The exotics didn't lose any punch even though I blended it to be on the mild side. I think it's a keeper and will probably whip up a pound or two and see how the customers take to it.
Right now I'm puffing on an aro I made for a customer. He wanted something a bit stronger than Trout Stream that featured a little more butterscotch and a faint vanilla backbone. He seems to love it, judging by how often he buys it, but I only had access to PG-soaked flavored tobaccos so it's not quite my cup of tea. There aren't enough VAs and burleys in the world to cut through the PG flavor I pick up from things like this.
Bald headed teacher in the mm ozark
Kentucky Mixture match in a MM General
Hi Andy,Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
Welcome to the forum.
Who manufactures White Virginia, I haven't heard of it before.
I've never been able to taste propylene glycol but I don't smoke aromatics.
Pete
Taking a cigar break with a 2012 Montecristo Double Corona, iced Diet Pepsi, Seattle (still) Sports Radio on a chilly Fall night.
About half way through this bowl of MacBaren HH Pure Virginia in a mid-late 1930s straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair.
Enjoying some SPC Potlatch in a bier
sent from my bag phone
Half way through this bowl of Jim's Half Va., Half Burley w/Per in a 1970s slight bend Caminetto business 134 poker with a gold acrylic stem.
A couple beers and Samuel Gawith Navy Flake make for a wonderful end to a productive but stressful day.
Listing this a couple minutes early: Greve Gilbert Hamiltons Blandning in a 1982 smooth straight Sasieni Ivory 105 Apple.
Part way through this bowl of G&H Dark Flake Unscented in a 2013 bent MM Missouri Pride Legend.
Earlier, it was Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 1982 black sandblasted paneled slight bend Savinelli flat bottom sitter. Now, I'm half way through this bowl of Flying Dutchman Match in a slight bend black sandblasted Lorenzo Elba Imperia 8636 with an amber colored acrylic stem. Might finish the night with this smoke.
Not far from finishing the last of my stash of Watch City Christmas Past 2014 in a 1978 smooth pointy bottom three quarter bend Sir Brent, shaped like a check mark.
About a third of the way through this bowl of MacBaren HH Pure Virginia in a 2003 straight grain Karl Erik Ekstravagant A medium bend freehand sitter.
About to light up a bowl of GLP Chelsea Morning.
I like that stuff too, and it's pretty cheap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguineapig
I'm not a burley fan but I do enjoy Stokkebye's ADS and also a bowl of #41 Cube Cut from time to time.
Taking the day off from smoking I think. Haven't had the time.
Not far from finishing this bowl of D&R Vengeur Regular in a smooth 1998 Parker 489 three quarter bend Billiard.
PS Black Coffee in my Tally Ho,,,,Ruining my wifes diet,some of my baccys make her hungry.Hehehehe :pipe:
Year 1973 Erinmore Mixture in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer.
Now smoking the best durn tobacco made today: Strang in a 2003 smooth medium bent straight grain Ardor Venere Extra signed by Dorelio Rovera Dublin.
Part way through this bowl of Shelby Foote’s EGR/Barking Dog Recreation in a 1975 full bend black Dunhill Shell 52021 with a black vulcanite stem.
MacBaren Symphony in a slight bent black pattern etched 1979 Lorenzo Lorsan Sigma tilted top with a gray swirl colored stem.
Prepping a bowl of Gatlin-burlier's Newfound Blend:
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Now you have me worried my memory's failing me.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverBend
I'm guessing it's white burley, not white VA. I'll check my notes in the AM when I'm back at the office.
I only tend to really notice PG when it's been laid on thick. The only flavored components available to me come from Sutliff and their stuff arrives practically dripping wet with it. I do get an "off" taste from their aros.
To keep this on track: I'm sitting here contemplating my feeble brain while puffing on some 15 year old Arcadia in a nice big McCarter craggy egg.
If anyone here is planning on spearheading a Strang import, count me in. I'm on a "baby's more important than tobacco" budget but I'll make an exception for something unique like said blend.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimInks
Hayward Mixture in an early 1930s smooth straight Super Grain Kaywoodie Synchrostem Canadian 5129.
On my 2nd cobful of a blend (mixture, really) I just made from some leaves that just arrived from Larry, a grower in KY - Silver River, plus some perique, turkish imzir, and latakia (lat not from Larry). It's not too bad - spicy, smoky, slightly sweet, but a little cigaretty; next time I think I'll omit the imzir.
Halfway through a 2005 H. Upmann Mag 46. Back from a four day trip to DC, feels good to hit the porch.
Make that two! I'm checking into this currently also.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
Frog Morton's Cellar in a Grabow pot
Just finished smoking 2011 SPC Mississippi River in a 1949 medium bend Dunhill Shell.
Peter Heinrichs Curly Block in a straight 1968 Dunhill Shell bulldog.
Just finished a bowl of FVF in a MM Country Gentleman.
I think I'll pull out a MM Legend and finish the night off with some Nightcap.
Not far from finishing this bowl of Jim's Va/Bur #1 in a 2003 smooth Peterson Sherlock Holmes Series Baskerville.
Couple minutes away from smoking Watch City Nor’ Easter in a 1990s smooth Peterson Captain Pete XL80 bulldog.
Just finished smoking 2011 Villiger Maryland No. 333 in a 2004 smooth long stem Canadian Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3.
Heine's Blend in the very first pipe I ever bought ($2.49) in 1974; a smooth three quarter bend Dr. Grabow Omega.
Early this morning I had a bowl of Gatlin-burlier Mellow Moonshine blend in my "new" estate Sunrise Canadian that I got on Ebay. It arrived with a cigarette burn on the bowl that wasn't shown in the pictures, but since I got it for around $10 it is not worth returning it. So I am going to keep it as a smoker.
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Morning Andy,Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyCAYP
White burley I've heard of but I was hoping that there is a White Virginia as I imagined a mixture the color of Latakia and PVC shavings :).
I've only smoked one Sutliff mixture, a Latakia that was appropriately moist but I suspect that there may be others on the forum who share your experience with their aromatics.
I'm still not quite on track. Last smoke was an Arganese Cafe Dominicana (yesterday afternoon). Lovely morning cigar so I put a torch to one @6:30am. Pipes later.
Pete