What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

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I opened a tin of Solani 656, Aged Burley Flake this morning. ABF is unique — I know of no other tobacco that’s remotely similar. It’s a nice change-up for a Virginia and VaPer guy like me.

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I've smoked that blend and had it taste great and then I've smoked it again another day and had it taste just like sweetened cardboard. Seems I have to be in just the right state of mind to enjoy a burley.

Thinking maybe of a bowl of McClelland 2015 would be nice tonight... but I'll probably scrap that idea when the time comes and opt for a Gawigh rope of some kind. The ropes and twists go better with a stout. I like stouts. I wish I could find my jar of happy bogie...

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went with a small bowl of g&h brown twist sliced

Tsuge Fujin in a MM cob, Lazy Hiker Brewing Weser Evil Porter, Led Zeppelin IV

I opened a tin of Fribourg & Treyer Cut Virginia Plug. Puffing that now in my ancient (ca 1950) Kirsten Mariner. CVP has a very robust flavor, but is soft-smoking, with a pleasant room note (I’ve been told).

I found my jar of Bullseye Flake! Got a couple coins loaded into a Rossi lumberman for later tonight.

Random but the jar had condensation on the inside. Just a wisp but it looked like mold waiting to happen so I left the lid off for a couple days to let some of the moisture out.

G&H Brown Twist Sliced in a bent sandblast along with Bell's Oberon. Good combination! Better than I thought it would be.

Having some MacBaren Plum Cake in my London made Ben Wade apple.

Having a bowl of McClelland 40th Anniversary in my Savinelli Sherwood Rock Briar Canadian.

I only have 2 or 3 bowls left in this tin and I won't have any McClelland blends for a while. I have a few tins put away (not nearly enough). I won't try to put them away for decades or anything. Life is too short for that. However I will pace myself so I can enjoy them for as long as possible. One or two tins a year maybe. That will last me for eight or ten years if I do it that way.

Puffing Wessex Classic Virginia in my old Kirsten Mariner. This ready rubbed red virginia & perique tobacco is super reliable for me — always good. On SmokingPipes I see that the tin label has been changed. I hope that the tobacco itself hasn’t.

any pipers left around here

Not many I'm afeared.
I managed to burn half a cobfull of G&H Rum Flake over the course of the day yesterday but that's the first smoke in over a week. I'm hoping to get to burn a good bowlful of something in a briar tonight by a campfire but that depends on the temp and the wind. I'm not braving frostbite and hypothermia for the sake of a smoke. Nope. Not gonna do it...