What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Tony78]

OGS is a Savinelli Bruna 209

[freestoke]

You are becoming an English Codger. I too have been smoking RY today, except for one bowl of University Flake.

Gonna shake it up with a bowl of ...hmmm...Erinmore Flake! Yeah, Nick, I think my mostly-Limey genes were activated when I lived in England.

HA! I had a jar that used to hold RY, but when I opened this can of Erinmore the other day, I stuck it in the empty jar without relabeling it. So, even though it's Erinmore Flake, I feel that, technically speaking, the RY Juggernaut serendipitously continues apace!

[JimInks]

Sutliff #15 Base Cavendish in a 2013 medium bend Spillproof corndog cob.

[Cool Breeze]

Had some 1Q earlier to day.
A little later some Orlik Golden Sliced.

[JimInks]

Old Dark Fired in a smooth briar calabash shape 1984 Fero Danese made in Italy. Love this stuff!

[cpmcdill]

Daughters & Ryan Picayune in a Grabow Savoy

[mooster]

Working on a tin of Hal o' the Wynd.

[Tobias Lutz]

Daughters & Ryan Picayune in a Grabow Savoy

What is your opinion of the D&R offerings? I see them at good prices on P&C pretty regularly, but I've never smoked them.

[izkeh]

Had a bowl of St James Flake in a cobbit shire and now Bob's Chocolate Flake in a full bent Digby. First bowls I've had in over a week...

[cpmcdill]

What is your opinion of the D&R offerings? I see them at good prices on P&C pretty regularly, but I've never smoked them.

D&R makes mostly dual-purpose tobaccos. Most have a cut and moisture level that they can be used in RYO cigarettes, but with a bit of added moisture can be good in a pipe, or can be used as blending tobaccos. Essentially, they are uncased, and have about the dryness and cut of Five Brothers.

I've only tried these two:
Picayune is an excellent alternative to Five Brothers, as it also has VA, oriental and perique. Reputedly one of the strongest pipe tobaccos, nicotine-wise. I have found it to be very strong, but the jury's out on whether it beats Brown Bogie.

Rimboche A.B. is one of their pipe-only tobaccos, and is a delicious and totally unique Latakia blend. Nothing else quite like it.

D&R tobaccos, being uncased, means that you get a lot more tobacco for your dollar, even given that they are already inexpensive. One can add some distilled water if necessary.