What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

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Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg

Had a bowl of G&H, Rum Flake last night in a short Baraccini 'old Shenandoah' stack poker.

FWIW, I figured out how to smoke this pipe (another rather satisfying accomplishment reserved only for pipe smoking... nobody ever had to 'figure out' how to smoke a cigar, once you get the hang of it in general... but I digress). The bowl is way too deep to just load up to the top. Too long a smoke for me and the pipe doesn't smoke dry enough for that. Trick is to start with a musketball as it has plenty of room for a huge air gap at the bottom. It's the ideal chamber for musketballing. Smokes beautifully that way even with pretty moist tobacco and finishes dry at the bottom. Another pipe conquered. Time to start shopping for a new one! :D

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I too am a big fan of the musket ball technique. I smoked a fair bit of G&H Bright Flake (lovely, still on my to do list to buy a box as a treat for myself before I call the cellar good) in a MM country gent that way, delish, cool, dry smoke and can smoke up every last bit more of less with no tarry dottle.

Puffing F&T Blackjack. When I open the jar I like to put my nose right into it. Such a nice clean Virginia aroma.

In my venerable Kirsten Mariner, of course.

Hearth & Home Frenchy's Sunzabitches in a Grabow Savoy

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Originally Posted by cpmcdill

Hearth & Home Frenchy's Sunzabitches in a Grabow Savoy

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That sounds like quite some tobacco!

Finished up a bowl of Rattray's Hal o the Wynd in a MM cobbit.

Now I'm having a bowl of Peterson Irish flake in a Savinelli Punto Oro Mr. G.

Firing up my second bowl of FMC this afternoon, I cheated and took acigar
to work with me.A Pinar Del Rio Obscuro,sweet oily maduro wrapper,
I couldn't resist.

Hey, I'm back!
Smoked several bowl of G&H Rum Flake in a cob, while brewing a new batch of beer.
Of course it started raining, and I don't have a garage, so the burner and I were enjoying some time together under s large beach umbrella. It was actually not bad!

Two very fine Virginias this afternoon. Dunhill Flake, and now F&T Blackjack. Good to get my MDR of Virginia!

G&H, Bright CR Flake in a Savinelli, sand blast billiard alongside a New Holland, Incorrigible sour ale
This is a nice combination. I like how these sour ales and gose beers compliment a Virginia - especially a light one.
I can't do this blend without something to reset the palate every once in a while; it's just too light. However, with the right drink it's quite nice.
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Having my first bowl of the day after 10:00 pm. That's not been the norm, but it will be for the forseeable future, except weekends.

Anyway, it's Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in an old banded Dr. Grabow.