What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

[Emperor Zurg]

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.

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...

edit...

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

[GWBowman]

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

[Pipe Smoker]

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).

[Emperor Zurg]

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.

[Emperor Zurg]

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

[Cool Breeze]

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

[Cool Breeze]

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.

[Pipe Smoker]

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.

[AlanS]

any pipers left around here

[Emperor Zurg]

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...