What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Lostmason]

Wait a minute... yuppie? Pipe? Irrepressible urge to slap??? Are you dealing with a hipster here?!?

Yup,one of them Dips that make ya wish they would grow long hair so you pick em out easier.

Hi Matt,

You and @Emperorzurg seem to have sussed it out. Rather than give him a pipe perhaps let him know that if he enjoys his pipe then he might really enjoy a better pipe.

This way you don't need to slap him twice if he puts your pipe in a drawer.


I'm supposed to vacuum the McClelland VA flakes from P&C that someone kindly alerted regarding their excellent sale last month but I keep making excuses (to myself) about needing to sample more before I store it. Same old inner-dialogue. Much easier to bag and forget the ones that don't taste good.

Have loaded and will smoke (when my cigar is done) on a mild but overcast morning

McClelland #2010 in a 1940s Barling #251 Ye Olde Wood smooth taper billiard. Today's a 2-cup coffee day.

Well,I might SLAP him twice just for fun,,,,,,,,,,,,
If you're needing help with that McClelland just let now,,,always glad to help decrease inventory.(I have been kicked out of so many
Bakeries)

[Emperor Zurg]

Yup,one of them Dips that make ya wish they would grow long hair so you pick em out easier.

Well,I might SLAP him twice just for fun,,,,,,,,,,,,

By all means do. And slap him for me too.
A pipe isn't a smoking accessory to a hipster, it's a fashion accessory. He's playing dressup. Chances are your boy there doesn't want to smoke a pipe, he just wants the 'pipe look'. Maybe you should get him a new chrome axe so he can occasionally dress up as a lumbersexual.

[Cool Breeze]

Frog Morton Across the Pond in a cob.

[Cool Breeze]

Had a couple bowls of McClelland 40th Anniversary earlier.

Ending the day with some Brown Bogie in my pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock (mainly because it's my smallest bowled pipe).
Tastes good, but damn......

[Desertlifter]

Had a couple bowls of McClelland 40th Anniversary earlier.

Ending the day with some Brown Bogie in my pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock (mainly because it's my smallest bowled pipe).
Tastes good, but damn......

Man I love Brown Bogie!

I had a milder baccy weekend. Opened Friday with Longbottom Leaf, then Saturday with JKP.

[Cool Breeze]

Man I love Brown Bogie!

I do enjoy the flavor of it. It is something I have to be in the mood for though.
Most of the time when you hear of a tobacco that is super strong, it is mostly hyperbole, but Brown Bogie lives up to the reputation. It is certainly full/strong in every sense of the word. I find it is one of the few pipe tobaccos that stands up good to a glass of Scotch or Bourbon.

[coffeecup]

This evening I am having a bowl of Dunhill's "Aperitif" in my no name extra large Sherlock Holmes #1. I had already smoked 3 tins of this tobacco from last years Pipes and Cigars end if the summer sale and I am now working on this years end of the summer sale. I seem to really like this tobacco because I keep coming back to it frequently. I am topping off this smoke with a small glass of "Honey Brandy", and I am beginning to feel very relaxed after a busy day.

[Tony78]

Dunhill 965 in a Savenelli Duca Carlo while getting the snowblower ready for the coming winter.

[Lostmason]

By all means do. And slap him for me too.
A pipe isn't a smoking accessory to a hipster, it's a fashion accessory. He's playing dressup. Chances are your boy there doesn't want to smoke a pipe, he just wants the 'pipe look'. Maybe you should get him a new chrome axe so he can occasionally dress up as a lumbersexual.

I think I sucked down about half a bowl of Captain Black after reading that.I'm telling you,that stuff doesn't taste
real good burning it's way thru your oral tissues.I'm convolasing with some PS Black Coffee and Captain Morgan's
Spiced Rum.

[Emperor Zurg]

I think I sucked down about half a bowl of Captain Black after reading that.I'm telling you,that stuff doesn't taste
real good burning it's way thru your oral tissues.

Well... at least you were smoking a pipe BEFORE it was cool

Trying to bring myself to smoke a freebie, Acid Blonde. Nothing I would have ever bought but I got a free 5er with another order... something tells me they need more rest. Way more rest...

---edit---

Well I did it... talked myself into trying one 'fresh'. Mini 'review' to follow...
Acid Blondie Belicoso
The first half would have made for a decent, albeit very mild, smoke were it not for the sickening sweet goop they slopped on the tip. Figured I'd just take a blade and cut the tip off but the goop goes down for at least a good 1 1/2" if not more. (If I don't just give these things away, I'll try smoking the next one backwards as there didn't seem to be any sweet goop on the foot) Other than that, the artificial flavoring (though not appreciated) wasn't overdone although I doubt the actual leaf would have had any flavor at all without it. This cigar actually seemed to have a pleasant room note from what I could notice while smoking it. From about the halfway point on, the thing got progressively more nasty as I went along. The reviews I read mention 'sandalwood'. Well if that's what I'm tasting, suffice to say I don't like sandalwood; I think it would be best left for making sandals as my feet lack the ability to taste and smell. I think I'll go cleanse my palate with a small bowl of Sweet Rum Twist.