What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

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Originally Posted by Haebar

Have you tried any of the newer Captain Black offerings, like Dark and Copper? Interested to hear what you think of them, if you've tried them. Also did you ever try the Captain Black Round? They must have discontinued it; can't find it anywhere.

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Can't say I have,Original is all I can find OTC here and only at Walgreens.The only reason I've
gotten to try Royal and Cherry is that @GWBowman gifted me some.Heck,I can't even find
anyone whith Borkum Riff.Some of the Walmarts still carry Prince Albert and Carter Hall,but
not many of them.And for what they're charging I can order Dunhill tins online cheaper.

So for now I'm starting where I left off yesterday,CB original in my Guardsman bulldog.

Puffing Solani 779, English Luxury Mixture. This is just durned good tobacco. All aspects -- mild, tasty, packs easily, burns good. Can't say about room note; some folks don't like that aroma of Latakia -- even Syrian Latakia.

Some Prince Albert in a cob while I try to sort out my current tobacco assortment.

I have more than I thought I did. I might actually need some sort of storage solution soon.

On the town

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I have a Barling loaded up with about 80% McClelland 5100 and about 20% of G&H Black Twist Sliced.

I just opened my second tin of Hamborger Veermaster. In the first tin, the flakes tended to adhere to each other. In this tin, they're darned near one solid block. Had to scrape some out with my thumbnail. Still mild and tasty though.

The first fill from the first tin tasted weak and unpleasant, but I guess I was just having a bad day -- the first fill from this tin is excellent.

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Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg

I have a Barling loaded up with about 80% McClelland 5100 and about 20% of G&H Black Twist Sliced.

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Sounds tasty! How was it?

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Originally Posted by Hardheaded

Some Prince Albert in a cob while I try to sort out my current tobacco assortment.

I have more than I thought I did. I might actually need some sort of storage solution soon.

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Time to buy a case of Mason jars?

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Sounds tasty! How was it?

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Time to buy a case of Mason jars?

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I actually have two. I just pulled everything together from the different places I had them stashed to keep track and re-label the jars and realized just how much I had. Now I need some way to not have them split all over the basement.

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Originally Posted by Haebar

Sounds tasty! How was it?

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I was really good. 5100 is tasty but I find it a bit monochromatic and weak in the flavor department. (Especially for the 50-odd bucks they want for a pound of it, but I digress) I added the Black Twist to cure that. At first light, the bowl tasted like 5100 with just a wee hint of 'something else'. As the bowl burned down, it tasted more and more like the Black Twist, although not nearly as strong and oily. It also burned a lot better than BTS ever does.

I find this is typical with strong/weak combinations like this; you taste the weaker tobacco up front (probably because there's more of it) and the stronger of the two comes on more and more as the bowl progresses, as if the smoke from the more assertive leaf tends to soak into the weaker of the two as the bowl burns down.

Puffing F&T Blackjack. A fine ready rubbed straight Virginia. Ready to smoke right out of the tin -- no need for more drying.