What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[LandonColby]

10:30 and still firing off emails and other monotonous bullshit...this toasty bowl of 3 Oaks Syrian is going to be my cut off for tonight. When it's done, so am I.

[Cool Breeze]

Smoking a mixture of a few that I just had a tiny bit of.

There's some PS Luxury Bullseye, some Marlin Flake and some McClelland Red and Black for sure. Maybe a couple others as well, all Virginias or Vapers though.

It's pretty good.

[Cool Breeze]

SG Full Virginia Flake in my Ben Wade freehand.

[cpmcdill]

Hearth & Home Chestnut in a Willard small billiard

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Solani ABF. If there's a better straight burley I'd like to know of it. But I doubt that there is.

[Haebar]

Having an after work bowl of the pipe club VaBurPer mix in a Dr. Grabow Royal Duke billiard with a filter inside.

[Lostmason]

Ah,,, Hell's Bells ! I went and done it. SWMBO has been working on getting the closet cleaned out. going thru all her clothes
and getting rid of a bunch. Well she came across a couple tins of Dunhill I had hidden. That wouldn't have been such a problem,
but I screwed up and left the receipt. Seems that "When" I bought them was about the time her birthday was all she got was a
card and some flowers. Y'all pray fer me, in the meantime I'm gonna go smoke some Potlatch and redecorate the doghouse.

[Cool Breeze]

McClelland Dark Star.
This is only my 2nd bowl of this and I'm not sure what to think about it yet.

I think I'm going to get in to reviewing more tobaccos in the near future and will do this one soon, after I've had enough to get a good handle on it.
The reviews I've done in the past have all been predictable, as I have reviewed blends that I knew that I loved.
I am going to start reviewing some that I've never tried before to try and get some good honest reviews out there that I don't have any pre formed thoughts about yet.
I think it will be fun.

[cpmcdill]

C&D Exclusive in a Collegiate Custom saddle-bit small billiard.

[Emperor Zurg]

McClelland Dark Star.
This is only my 2nd bowl of this and I'm not sure what to think about it yet.

I really like the stuff. I like anything with a sour hit it seems. Dark Star has sour in spades for the first half of the bowl.


Having another go-round with G&H Bright CR Flake.
I didn't like this at all the first time I tried it - which is normal for me - but now, with only 6 months in a jar, I'm enjoying it quite a bit. It reminds me a lot of Louisiana flake but not as grassy as that one. It's slightly floral - no doubt because of the light Lakeland topping (which has faded quite a bit in the last 6 months) rather fruity (reminds me of dried apricots although not nearly that sweet or potently fruity) and somewhat sweet. IDK if there's perique in this blend or not - haven't looked it up on TR to find out - but there's a bit of pepper both on the tongue and also the retro. It's nice. I did a rough rub-out prep; just enough to break the flakes into some strands and mostly chunks. Burned a little hot but I had let it dry quite a bit before loading up in a Barling. Not really a big deal because the flavor is best by far if lightly sipped.