What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of Drexel VIII in a McCranie billiard.

[Emperor Zurg]

I've got a small, unlabeled mason with about half a bowls worth of dry-ish something or other that smells faintly of latakia. Looks to be a rubbed out flake of some kind - probably something I prepared too much of a while back and stuck in this jar for safe keeping. A little latakia goes good with Va usually so I rubbed out a flake of PS, Navy to add to it, making a probable total of two bowls worth of this mystery mix. I'll try some later in the bent sandblast.

[Haebar]

Just finished off a bowl of Smoker's Haven Exotique in a Dunhill Shell billiard.

[Pipe Smoker]

I just opened a tin of Dunhill Navy Rolls. Very glad to see this tobacco come around in my rotation. Sipping Nespresso coffee, as usual.

I have one tin yet marked as “De Luxe Navy Rolls”, but I’m saving it for some special occasion.

[Haebar]

Smoking some C&D Virginia Flake in a meerschaum calabash.

[Emperor Zurg]

Smoking some C&D Virginia Flake in a meerschaum calabash.

Nice!

I don't care for Va in my calabash. It seems to mute the flavor too much, especially the citrus which I otherswise really enjoy. Usually I smoke stronger blends in it like Sweet Rum (or whiskey) twist and D&R Picayune as it really mellows those out nicely. G&H rum flake is quite nice in it too.

You need to smoke that sucker more! The meer is still white

[Haebar]

Nice!

I don't care for Va in my calabash. It seems to mute the flavor too much, especially the citrus which I otherswise really enjoy. Usually I smoke stronger blends in it like Sweet Rum (or whiskey) twist and D&R Picayune as it really mellows those out nicely. G&H rum flake is quite nice in it too.

You need to smoke that sucker more! The meer is still white

That makes perfect sense; the Virginia was sweet but muted. I will try what you suggest with my G&H twists. I would smoke it more, but it requires a commitment - of one hand for 30 or so minutes.

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Smoking a bowl of MacBaren HH Pure Virginia in a group 4 Dunhill Tanshell billiard.

[Cool Breeze]

I'm enjoying cigar at the moment (Padron 3000) but earlier I had a bowl of MacBaren Plum Cake, a bowl of McClelland 40th Anniversary and a bowl of Rattray's Old Gowrie.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing a fill of Dunhill Navy Rolls from the tin that I opened yesterday. Regal tobacco, it is.

I went to bed early last night, to counter the DST effect. I’m bright eyed and bushy tailed!

[GWBowman]

Finishing up some Ennerdale, in a tall skinny MM Cob, with my morning coffee. It's a good, quality tobacco. IMO the taste is better if you let it sit for a long time (I've probably had this sample a couple of years) for the floral soap taste to die down some. I've enjoyed it but don't see me buying any.