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I'm at the point where I smoke only tobaccos that I've had long experience with. I have enough of those for plenty of variety. I think I'd have to go through a lot of tobacco to find a new one that I'd like as well as those already in my stable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cool Breeze
When I've been at it a little longer, I will likely be the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pipe Smoker
However, my pipe smoking journey only started about 2 and a half years ago, so I haven't scratched the surface yet. I have a few staples, but each time I make an order I like to include something new to me.
I'm sorta the opposite. I get bored quick. One blend might hit me as the all-out favorite ever and every time I think of picking up a pipe, that's the blend that comes to mind. Then suddenly I'm bored with it and switch to something different all together. I think I'd rather have a huge variety of blends I sorta like than a dump truck load of just 4 blends I just love.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pipe Smoker
I should've added that I'll be looking forward to your reports anyway. Even though I'm trying to reduce, rather than increase, the types of tobaccos in my inventory, you might convince me to try a new one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cool Breeze
I don't think I've ever seen you post a latakia blend, unless I ain't remembering right. Don't care for latakia?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pipe Smoker
I've been smoking a blend I threw together. Had about 1.5 ounces of a gooper cherry blend, mixed with some scraps of red tip burley, Maryland, and some bright Virginia. The other tobaccos make it not so goopy. Currently smoking it in a Longchamp hexagonal nose-warmer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguineapig
I have a similar, cobbled concoction inspired by Freestoke (wherever he is). It's party Peter Stokkebye, Cherry Bonbon and partly Gawith Hoggarth, Black Cherry Twist (or sometimes Sweet Rum Twist). I vary the proportions based on how strong of a smoke I'm in the mood for, similar to how much sauce you'd put in a mixed drink. (I.e. The worse the day, the more fingers of sauce). In typical codger fashion, Freestoke usually cut his rope with Prince Albert, but I'm just not that big a fan of burley... plus I'm not a codger... yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
You're correct -- and very observant! Latakia mixtures have never turned my crank. We're all wired up differently. With food, for example, I don't have a sweet tooth -- I'll take a slice of good buttered sourdough or rye bread in preference to any cake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aguineapig
Still, it's been years since I've tried a latakia mixture, and a couple of times I've been tempted to try Solani Gold Label English Luxury, as I've been impressed with that brand -- Solani ABF is the only burley that I like. So I think your post is the inducement I needed to get some Solani GLEL. I'm going to buy 25 tins of Dunhill Navy Rolls in the near future, and the Solani GLEL could ride along on the free shipping ticket. Thanks for the prompt!
And what's the verdict?Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
It's not bad for taking two tobaccos that are unpalatable separately and combining them into something with a hint of cherry and some real tobacco body. The Burley, Maryland and bright Virginia are just leftover flake scraps and the cherry tobacco "Hunt for Cherry" was not that enticing to smoke alone (too much humectant). The mixture smokes pretty dry and satisfies my desire for a little N factor. It tastes a little like G&H Black Cherry Twist but less refined.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruck
I've been smoking it since last night and am putting it aside for a while to smoke some 7 year old SG FVF in a Dunhill Bruyere Canadian with a repaired shank. This is a real treat; got it in a trade on the old Puff site - fellow threw in a couple of bowls worth of flakes of it as an extra bonus.
Sutliff Voodoo Queen in a Collegiate Custom small billiard with a saddle bit
Had some McClelland Blackwoods Flake in a Savinelli Series III when I got home from work.
Now I'm enjoying a bowl of McClelland Dark Star in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog and a bottle of Not Your Father's Root Beer. Pretty nice combo. :pipe:
I had a bowl of P&C Anniversary Kake last night just before midnight. Smoked it in a bent billiard Dunhill Shell. It tasted good, but I didn't let it air dry and burned my mouth smoking it. Now, I'll have to hold off on smoking until tonight.
Glad I'm not the only one. People say 'I don't dry my tobacco, I like it right out of the tin'. Not me, I try that and wind up with a seared tongue. Every time. That and I'm sure I get more steam and less flavor that way... either that or my tongue doesn't work right when it's in the process of being roasted. I dry everything out to 'just before crispy'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
I recall that being awfully soggy too. It was OK but for the price definitely not on my list to acquire more. D&R Rimboche SJ is my staple VaPer, bought 5 pounds when P&C was running that sale, for about 20 bucks a pound. And that is quite dry, I usually rehydrate slightly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haebar
It all sounds good with a glass of port wine....
I like port too. But your post reminded me that I haven't had any for quite awhile. Will have to fix that…Quote:
Originally Posted by penna stogey
I never have that problem. Probably because I'm a holder, rather than a clincher.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
Haven't had a pipe in a while - been smoking cigars and chewing snus lately (I don't want y'all to worry about my nicotine intake :)). Having a bowl of Grape Nuts tonite - Stokkebye #41 Cube Cut (burley).
Had some of a mixture I'm working on.
50/50 McClelland 5110 and 5125, plus about 25% blending latakia.
It is a little sweet. I think I may need to add something to reduce that a tad. Maybe a smidge of DFK.
I'm pressing a couple ounces right now, to see how it does with that.
Hearth & Home Delta Days in a Willard small billiard
Alternating fills of Solani ABF and Dunhill Flake in my venerable Kirsten Mariner with large bulldog bowl. And getting ready to head out to Kaiserhof German restaurant, then to my pistol range, to shoot my Beretta 87 Target .22LR. At Kaiserhof I'll also have tall Hacker-Pschorr. Interestingly, I usually shoot better after consuming a beer.
Having some aged Sam Gawith 1792 Flake in an old banded Dr. Grabow.
I found this in a Ziploc, stuffed into a Mason jar back in the corner of a cabinet. I had forgotten about it and it has probably been there for 2+ years.
I do not like 1792 Flake directly out of the tin as I find the tonquin bean flavoring to be too assertive. However after it has been out of the tin for a while, and the flavoring has had time to dissipate a bit, it is very nice.
A nice sweet smoke with just the slightest background flavor of the tonquin.
This makes me want to buy a couple of tins, open them, put them in a jar, and put them away for a year or so. It really is good after a while.
Sutliff Virginia Slices in a MM cob
Dunhill Nightcap in the gourd. This is such a tasty blend, especially if you haven't had it in a while. Now I'll be binging on it for a while. Good thing I've a healthy supply since there are claims of Dunhill tobac going off the market. FTR, that is nonsense IMO. They might disappear for a while if the current blender stops production but I have a hard time believing they won't be picked up by some other blender in the future. They're too popular to just fall by the wayside.
Having some McClelland Dark Star in my Ben Wade Freehand.
Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in a banded Dr. Grabow on my lunch break.
Did I say that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
I'm drying out that very combination right now; looks to be about 50/50 by volume... maybe leaning a little heavier on the twist, it's hard to tell.
SG Navy Flake in a Savinelli Champagne bulldog.
I totally get that (well, I don't get the dislike of tonquin... the stuff is delicious :D ) This is my SOP with many Gawith Hoggarth blends; such fine tobac but I can't stand that Rose Grannystink they sauce everything with. So I order in bulk and pack it away in mason jars with sealing disk inverted. After a couple years the stink has mostly faded away leaving very nice tobacco behind. (Gotta keep an eye on the moisture tho, I never let it get too dry). Then I flip the disk back over and seal it up proper like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cool Breeze
Smoking a bowl of 1792 right now on a trip across town.
MacBarren Virginia No. 1 in a Savinelli Bing's Favorite.
Where the hell has @JimInks been on this thread? We miss you amigo.
I don't think Jim will be back, but you can see him on PSF.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cool Breeze
Smoking some 2011 Stonehaven in a Dr. Grabow Royal Duke billiard. This tobacco lives up to the hype.
Starting the day with Captain Black Gold and MM Great Dane in a 3/4 bent Tally Ho.
Woo hoo! All of my closets have a set of five built-in drawers. Yesterday evening I discovered three tins of Royal Yacht in one of them. Each was dated Aug, 2012, so nearly five years of age on them. I immediately opened one, of course, and put the tobacco into a Weck canning jar, along with two humidifying capsules. Now puffing the second consecutive fill. Very tasty, it is! My only complaint with Royal Yacht is its garish tin label -- would be more appropriate for a tobacco named Chinese Fire Drill.
Today started with Golden glow and potlatch,now thinking Cult Blood Red Moon with Nightcap to finish the day.
Smoking my first bowl of PS Proper English in a Willard rusticated pot. It's my first bowl of a full English in a long time, so I'm getting re-acquainted to the spicy, smooth richness of this type of mixture.
Some SPC Mississippi River in an old Van Roy Arista.......Neat story on these as I guess they were in the Empire State Building back when....
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Now that MMM is over my briars are starting to get some love again.
About to sit down and have a nice bowl of Viprati in my 2016 PSF POY Egg (1 of 3 in the set I have)
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Barking Dog match blend in a MM cob
Having some Dunhill Dark Flake in my Savinelli Series III.