Triple Reviews from OnePyroTec's Not Your Average Type Of Trade

[Tobias Lutz]

(originally posted by @JustTroItIn )

Shortly before the demise of Puff, @OnePyroTec was kind enough to send out some baccy to people for review. Per his request, I'm recreating the thread here. While I still have some baccy and still may need to review it again, I was able to recover some of my reviews using the cache from Puff that Yahoo still has. Thanks to @Emperor Zurg for bringing the cache to my attention in a different thread.

I'll start out with the premise for the review originally posted by @BryGuySC

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First, the backstory. @OnePyroTec initiated a "trade" - 3 tobacco samples in exchange for a review of each sample. He requested all of the reviews be placed in the same thread. This is that thread!

Each reviewer got the following:
1) Peter Stokkebye Peaches & Cream that was jarred in 2008.
2) Jose Gener La Escepcion. It is from the island south of miami, it is harsh, it is old...no idea how old.
3) A random sample of something else.

[Tobias Lutz]

(originally posted by @JustTroItIn )

This is the only one of my reviews that I could recover so I will be smoking me some P&S Peaches and Cream and Jose Gener La Escepcion for a repeat review within the next week or two.

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Tonight I'm reviewing Butera's Royal Vintage Golden Cake dated 1993. I was a Sophomore in high school when this tobacco was purchased. Golden Cake is a broken flake Virginia. The tin note smells slightly of Vanilla. I have smoked three bowls of this sample. One in a Savinelli Alligator 310, another in a Grabow Lark, and the last in an MM Patriot cob with Forever Stem. I think the cob did this tobacco the most justice.

I found the strength to be on the mild to medium side. The flavor is sweet, uniform, and had notes of honey. I would occasionally get a tangy flavor on the tail end of exhale. This tobacco has a consistent flavor all the way to the bottom of the bowl. Virginia's can be bitey and the years haven't taken the teeth out of this blend. Even smoking as slowly as I could without allowing the fire to extinguish I would get that tingle on every puff.





Overall, I found it to be an excellent Virginia flake. The only draw back for me was the potential for tongue bite if I wasn't paying as much attention to the bowl as it deserved.

Thank you very much for the sample!

[Tobias Lutz]

(originally posted by @BryGuySC )

I had my reviews saved in my Google Drive!

Date: 01/05/2015
Tobacco: Peter Stokkebye Peaches & Cream
Pipe: The Pipe.
Age: 2008
Tin Note: Very little peach. Very mild scent.
Prep: Straight out of the bag. Sprinkled tobacco with light tamp, three times.
Smoke: Very smooth and light. Absolutely no bite. Even the retrohale was smooth.
Flavor: Flavors are very mild. There is definitely a hint of peach. More of a canned, sweetened peach than a fresh peach. You have to look for it on the draw, but I can really smell it in my mustache. I get a nice, sweet, peachy smoke smell out of my mustache. Every once and a while I get a hint of leather.
Other Notes: All-in-all, this was a pleasant smoke. I liked that the peach was subtle, but did wish I could pick out some other flavor notes.
Paired with: Sweet Tea. They went together very nicely!

Date: 01/12/15
Tobacco: Balkan Sasieni
Pipe: Missouri Meershaum
Age: 2004
Tin Note: Mild, light smokiness, with a stronger sweetness.
Prep: Right from the jar into the pipe with the Frank method.
Smoke: Smooth and mild
Flavor: Leather, light smokiness, a peaty mustiness, pepper, spices, and an occasional hint of something like perfume.
Other Notes: This is my first balkan blend. It is subtle with more spice notes than I expected. Not sure if this is specific to this tobacco, or balkans in general. It smoked well - no gurgling or burn problems. I don’t have the experience to compare it with the fresh version of this tobacco.

Date: 01/16/15
Tobacco: De Jose Gener La Escepcion
Pipe: The Pipe
Age: OLD
Tin Note: Very fruity, peachy apricot; but not sure if it picked it up from the PS Peaches & Cream during shipment. Tobacco sounded very dry when I shook the jar.
Prep: Separated all three tobaccos into their own containers as soon as I received the package. Left tobacco out for a while.
Smoke: Very cigar-like. I did not get any of the peachy scent during the smoke. Smoking this smelled very much like smoking a mild cigar. I picked out hints of leather, and several different levels of “burning wood.”
Other Notes: The tobacco started with a very easy draw. As the ash settled the draw got tighter. Even the lightest tamp (barely touching the ash to flatten) tightened the draw even more. I loosened the tobacco and resettled, which helped. The tobacco smoked very quickly, and a bit hot. This is not something I would seek out, but I’m glad for the opportunity to try it, and will finish the sample. I’ll update my review with anything new from subsequent smokes.

[OnePyroTec]

Thanks for posting those Tobias.

[Horseshoe]

I wish I had my 3. I should have saved them.

[Tobias Lutz]

I wish I had my 3. I should have saved them.

were they here, or on Poof?

[Horseshoe]

were they here, or on Poof?

On Cheezy Poof.

http://youtu.be/-XlYj1iyAlk

[Tobias Lutz]

On Cheezy Poof.

http://youtu.be/-XlYj1iyAlk

I think I can get them back for you...give me till tonight.

[Tobias Lutz]

I wish I had my 3. I should have saved them.

Here's one:

My first pipe tobacco review.
Tobacco: Peter Stokkebye Peaches & Cream 2008
Pipe: MM Cob
Pre-light: I dumped a little out on a plate for 20-30 minutes. I cupped my hands around the tobacco and gave it a giant sniff. It reminded me of peach jam.

Smoking: ok, I must confess. The temperature was pushing 0 and below 0 with wind chill, so I only packed a half bowl. Initial light was quick and easy. I let the pipe settle down and started taking my time. Absolutely no tongue bite. Smooth and light aero. I really didn't get much in the way of peach over the tongue, just slight sweet, but more of a fruity tang. However, I lifted my tongue and I drew the smoke under my tongue and I got more of the peach I was expecting. I would relate it to eating the fuzz or skin of the peach rather than the meat of the peach. Room note was quite nice. Sweet, and slight creamy odor. I don't get much peach from the odor, but my wife picked up on peach when she came outside. Retro hale was gentle and smooth. Tobacco burned well, with a couple re-lights which was probably due to my lack of experience over anything.

This was a good experience and as most aeros I have had, it doesn't have a ton of flavor. I am excited to smoke a couple more bowls to give it a second and third go at it. I was excited to have the opportunity to review this tobacco and I am more excited to smoke more of this blend and the others sent.

Paired with bottle water.

[Tobias Lutz]

One of mine:

Elephant & Castle Deerstalker (mid 1980s)

Let me just start by saying “thanks” to Wayne for sending me this very generous sample. I was born in ’82, so this is close to my age and it was certainly a real treat to try it. :nod: I’m sitting on a fair amount of tobacco, and I have to say that if 1/10th of it ages like this, I’m giddy just thinking about the prospects for smoking in my retirement. The scent in the bag reminded me of spiced plum pudding, with strong notes of sweet hay. The stuff smelled heavenly! It had a gorgeous sheen comprised of glittery crystals on the flake. It was the perfect moisture consistency as soon as I dumped it out. This started with a nice honey sweetened grassiness that had slightly floral notes, like clover. At various points it became a little bolder with more of a molasses taste, and the faintest hint of white pepper. At no point was it ever sharp or “bitey”- a testament to well “matured” tobacco. The aftertaste reminded me of a fresh corn tortilla- slightly grain like and sweet like Silver Queen corn. The closest thing I can think of ever smoking to this is GH&C Dark Birdseye. Very tasty stuff! I have a couple bowls left and I’m sticking them in a jar for a special occasion. Thanks @OnePyroTec !