What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Haebar]

Smoking an early morning bowl of GH Black Twist Sliced in a Dunhill Shell billiard.

[Pipe Smoker]

Puffing Wessex Fragrant Virginia in my old Kirsten. This tobacco is new to me. SmokingPipes pipes says of it:

“Brigade Original Fragrant Virginia, by Wessex, is a naturally aromatic pipe tobacco flavored with traditional West Country Cider.”

The red Virginia is good, and the cider topping is tasty. It’s rather similar to rum flavored F&T Special Brown Flake. Since I have a large stock of SBF, I don’t plan to buy any more of this Wessex tobacco.

Edit: A grocery near my home has a dip-it-yourself hot bar. I often go there for lunch. But today, none of the offerings really appealed to me. So I went to the cheese counter and bought a 3/4 lb. wedge of Midnight Moon goat cheese. Sat down at a table and ate the whole wedge. Good!

[Emperor Zurg]

...So I went to the cheese counter and bought a 3/4 lb. wedge of Midnight Moon goat cheese. Sat down at a table and ate the whole wedge. Good!

I hope you also had a glass or two of Sauvignon Blanc to go with it

[Pipe Smoker]

No, I didn’t, but I’ll have some 10 yo Taylor Fladgate tawny port this evening. My fave wine.

[Emperor Zurg]

I'm partial to dry reds and Stilton cheese. That combo could make a fat drunk out of anyone

[Haebar]

Smoking a bowl of Walnut in a Dr. Grabow billiard. Got a sore throat and a cough, so I may have to lay off smoking for a while.

[Pipe Smoker]

Smoking my Tinsky brandy today. And puffing a new to me tobacco with an unlikely name: “The Mallard”, made by Dan Tobacco. I figured that it would be similar to Hamborger Veermaster, another Dan Tobacco, so my first fill of the day was HV, to get calibrated. TM isn’t quite as mild as HV, but its flavor is fuller and different — quite savory. It’s dry out of the tin — no further drying needed. Mine is now in a jar to limit further drying. Here’s what SmokingPipes says of it:

“The Mallard is a smooth Ready Rubbed Flake based on the extraordinarily rich and full-bodied sweet Zambian Virginia that was carefully fermented and matured under pressure. There was no need to add any flavorings to enhance its aroma, and it has found great reception among committed friends of pure natural tobacco and among lovers of flavored pipe mixtures as well. You can look forward to a wonderfully gentle smoke with a perfectly rich and sweet Virginia taste.”

I bought five tins of it. It’s pricey — $15 per 50g tin before quantity discounts. Time will tell if it’s worth that price, but I’m suspecting that I’ll find it to be so.

[Haebar]

Smoking lots of D&R Rimboche AP today in a Sunrise apple. Drinking Red Rose iced tea and feeling much better. Kicking this cold faster than I thought I would.

[Cool Breeze]

McClelland 2015 Virginia/Perique flake in my Savinelli Series III.

[Cool Breeze]

Sipping a little Knob Creek and puffing on some C&D Autumn Evening in a Dr. Grabow Berwyck.