Sipping Solani 779, English Luxury Mixture, in my Tinsky brandy.
Cognac is an especially fine brandy — I’m thinking that Tinsky should’ve called this pipe a cognac.
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Sipping Solani 779, English Luxury Mixture, in my Tinsky brandy.
Cognac is an especially fine brandy — I’m thinking that Tinsky should’ve called this pipe a cognac.
Burned a very small bowl of Sam Gawith, Navy Flake last night in a Stanwell Rhodesian.
Using it as therapy to combat the congestion of a common cold. Doesn't work all that well...
Nice temps for once! SG Kendal Cream in an old Grabow
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Puffing Gordon Pym in my Tinsky billiard. Just back from a long walk. Very glad to sit down and enjoy some good tobacco.
Had a couple bowls of GL Pease Union Square, one in an old Dr. Grabow Berwyck and one in a Nording Canadian.
After a good walk (beautiful day today), I made lunch, which featured sandwiches of fried Spam on pan-toasted German pumpernickel with raw onion and Thumann’s Düsseldorf mustard. It’s remarkable how frying improves the flavor of Spam.
Now puffing Gordon Pym (Dan Tobacco) in my Tinsky brandy. I like this stuff better than any English mixture that I know of.
It's still too salty for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pipe Smoker
I'm going home tonight for a bowl of G&H Brown Flake Vanilla.
That and a hot rum toddy to (hopefully) clear my head...
Puffing Gordon Pym in my old Kirsten. Darned good tobacco. The Latakia is applied with a light hand — maybe that’s the reason I like it so much.
Bob's Square Cut by G&H in a Rattray's cherrywood.
Glass of red wine to keep it company
Puffing Solani 763, White & Black, in my Tinsky billiard. Dark Virginia, black Cavendish, and Latakia. This stuff is the mildest tobacco in my inventory, yet very tasty. And, for added points, few relights required.
Moved to the "Deals" thread.
Puffing Solani 131, Red Label, in my old Kirsten. I’m generally not an aromatic fan, but this stuff is pretty good. Said to be flavored with “single malt”. Presumably single malt scotch, but I don’t taste any peat (thankfully). Irish is my favorite whiskey, and there is single malt Irish...
McClelland 2015 VA/perique flake in my Savinelli Punto Oro Mr. G.
Puffing Gordon Pym in my Tinsky brandy. HOA board meeting this evening — the hostess is providing pizza. Looking forward to that!
I just opened a 4 yo tin of F&T Vintage. Puffing that now in my Luciano squat bulldog — very tasty. For extra points, Vintage is the prettiest flake that I’ve ever seen.
I burned a small bowl of G&H Brown Flake Vanilla last evening in a Stanwell
Puffing F&T Vintage in my Tinsky billiard — very tasty! My lunch will be mostly a half pound of cheese — Carr Valley Menage. Made from a combination of sheep, goat, and cow milk — also very tasty! Lordy, I love cheese.
Big bowl of G&H Cherry Cream flake and a glass of Spanish wine
Puffing Hamborger Veermaster in my Tinsky brandy. HV is just plain tobacco with no tricks of any sort, but it sure is good.
Narrow Bridge in. Dr. Plumb
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Bowl of G&H Brown Flake Vanilla in a Rossi lumberman.
Got some red wine, meat and cheese as well. So good.
Puffing The Mallard in my Radice Rhodesian. I have two bought-new Dunhills, both with smooth finishes — Bruyere and Amber Root. The finish of this modesty priced Radice is their match. Feels good in hand too — the circumferential groves are crisp to the eye, but smooth to the touch.
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Puffing Gordon Pym In my Kirsten. A very fine, and very different, English mixture. Recommended!
I smoke a pipe frequently, about time to dig the rest up and dust them off
Blackberry Fire in a glass perculator
McClelland PM. Is nice. Haven't smoked a pipe in a while. Haven't smoked anything in a while, just getting back into it after a cold that lasted a few weeks.
I had that crud for 17 days only missed 3 days at work, be well friend!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruck
Had a quick cob of Storm Front while quickly trying to fertilize the lawn...before a storm rolled in ironically enough.
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Puffing F&T Vintage in my Radice Rhodesian.
And made a delish smash burger for lunch. I have a smasher similar to the one that the SmashBurger restaurants use — it makes the patties uniformly thin (~5/16”) with top and bottom surfaces flat and parallel. And forces the patty hard against my iron griddle to get a crispy crust.
Had a small bowl of Stokkebye Bullseye Flake in a Stanwell. Had a bowl of the same blend a week ago in a Baraccini stack poker. It was better in the poker. Bullseye is a nice blend. It'd probably be better yet without that turd of black Cavendish in the middle. Never could see a use for Cavendish. In the near future I'll have to try discarding the bullseye and see if it makes a difference.
Having a nice bowl of a mix of Bullseye Flake and McClelland 2015.
Got a glass of chardonnay to keep it company.
Nice pepper in this mixture. Sweet and fruity too. Ok with the chardonnay but I've had better pairings. Maybe a sauvignon blanc would have been a better choice. I won't know because I have only 1 more bottle of sauvignon blanc and I'm saving it for pork chops with mushrooms. :D
Oh, and I discarded the plug of Cavendish...
How did it taste without?Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
Its blasphemy I know, but I've never been huge into the ol' Bullseye
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Dunhill ye Olde Signe in a DiMonte bent brandy
Not sure since this bowl is about half 2015. This particular bowl is quite nice tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by Branzig
I expect Bullseye to be more intense without the cav. Cavendish seems to water everything else down at the price of a slight addition in sweetness. Just like burley in an English tends to dull the citrus notes. I hate that. My stash of Bullseye has been aging for 3 or more years. It's getting quite tasty. For example, the pepper is noticeable now. It wasn't when it was fresh. Red Rap has Cavendish too but it's tasty in spite of it. Maybe it's got a Virginia based Cavendish or something instead of Green River burley. Burley, in any form, is a curse to Virginia tobacco. It belongs on its own. I can appreciate a bowl of Five Brothers, but keep it out of my Virginia blends. That's my take on it anyway.
Good to see you around again, Brandon.
Spent the earlier part of a beautiful Sat. a.m. with a meerful of Virginia Gold Black and Gold, jarred since 2014, and some percolated Maxwell House coffee :)
Enjoying a bowl of Strang in the homemade pickaxe.
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Good to be back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
And as a Briar Fox fan, I have to say when a blend gets that Va and burley mix right, it really sings.
But when done poorly, it can be pretty blah.
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Puffing Gordon Pym in my Tinsky brandy. An unusual and tasty English mixture.
Quick lunch bowl in a Grabow, SPC Narrow Bridge
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I celebrated Easter, and the end of Lent, by opening a tin of 2017 McClelland Celebrated Sovereign.
It's a tasty, mild English.
Also had a few bowls of C&D Opening Night.
I don't like a lot of their Virginias, but this one is nice.