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Crown Achievement in my Butera.

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I'm off work on Friday's, so when I don't have a huge honey-do list I swing in. It's a lot nicer now, with the lounge and tobacco bar.

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It is pretty nice now. One day soon I'll bust out of work early on a Friday and meet you down there.

Cheers,
G

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Smoked a bowl of my burley/VA/Vanilla Cream concontion at lunch and it was quite good.

I think it is just a littl hit or miss whether I come up with the right mix when I pack it.

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Getting ready to fire up a bowl of some '09 Xmas cheer. Hopefully the Wife doesnt complain about smoking inside.

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Good luck! :tu

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Marlin Flake for me tonight...

Cheers,
G

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Had some Balkan Sasieni in a kaywoodie bulldog.

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Penzance in a GBD Rhodesian I just got on the 'bay.

Cheers,
G

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'96 Xmas Cheer in the Dunhill bent bulldog I just picked up from groogs' WTS thread. :tu

Cheers,
G

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Sobranie10 in my Larson

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Some more '09 xmas cheer last night.

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Penzance again tonight.

Cheers,
G

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:mad::fl


just finished up some Unique. A local aromatic from Fader's, pretty damn sure it's 1-q.

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Yeah, I'm pretty sure it is too. I don't smoke aros anymore, but I used to smoke Unique a long time ago. It's what my Grandfather always smoked.

Cheers,
G

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That's cool your grand-dad smoked a pipe. I keep a few on hand so I can enjoy a bowl inside. Most of the other stuff I gotta crack a window set up the fan or just go outside.

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Three Nuns in my Bo Nordh

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Where'd you get it?

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they still make it, but its only available overseas.

Orlik Golden Sliced. Still undecided on this blend. Very 1 dimensional.

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I know. I've been trying to find some for as while now. It's on my Pipe Tobacco Bucket List

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Smoking some of the Blend 5 I got in the mail; pretty good so far.

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I liked 3 Nuns, but never as much as I enjoy Escudo. Frank, how old is your Orlik? I think this one really needs at least a year in the tin to show its stuff.

Just started a bowl of Marlin Flake in my Boswell nosewarmer.

Cheers,
G

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Orlik was under 6 months...I have taken a liking to some burley / va blends, but I like them to be more a long the lines of darker flavors. Orlik was a little too much in the bright VA vein.

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I've been through a tin and a half of eileen's dream this week, getting ready to head up to Faders to pick up some new stuff to try

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Another go round with Peterson's University Flake for me. Rubbed the flakes out fully this time. It's smoking a lot more smooth that just stuffing flakes. Still undecided so far, but maybe after finding the best way to load this baccy into the pipe something will come about...

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I pulled a sample jar of MM 965 last night & (after some indecision) settled on a Tsuge brandy... Smooth, complex & satisfying. It also paired very well with the puerh tea I was drinking.

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Faders #314, Ashton Winding Road, and Maltese Falcon all in my SMS meer.

I think I might have a new favorite in Maltese Falcon

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GLP Westminster

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It's some good stuff bro. I love it, might wanna give Key Largo a shot too. Key Largo is one of my desert island smokes.

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Me too, in a Larsen billiard.

Cheers,
G

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McClelland's Blackwood Flake. One of my top VA blends. Next order I might pick up some blending perique and try adding it to this blend when I need a little spice.

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Maltese Falcon and Dunhill Standard(Thats what the jar was labeled, not sure if it was correct, I've seen some other stuff mis-labeled there before)

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Me too, although I like Dark Star just a little better.

HOTW this afternoon.

Cheers,
G

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Got a sample of Dark Star that I've been waiting to try. HOTW is some good shat too...Just cracked open a tin of Westminster, then smoked two bowls straight...

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Hows Westminster? When I was into English blends I heard Westminster wqas one of the best english's out there. Now that I rarely smoke english tobacco I havent actually found out if it was "the one"

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It's pretty terrific. The more I smoke it, the closer it gets to being my all-time favorite English. I don't know if you've ever smoked Margate, but it has a similar flavor profile, but I think Westminster has even more depth and sophistication. PM me your addy if you'd like to try some.

Cheers,
G

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Very Gracious! Thank you!
PM incoming.

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Frank, let that Dark Star dry out some... it is almost impossible to keep lit the way it comes out of the tin.

Cheers,
G

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Well, have gone through my aromatics now. I liked most of them, some not so much, some provided tongue bite that was most unpleasant. A few of the stand-outs:

Tobacco Barn Cambridge
4noggins McRaspberry
Lane 1-Q

I'll now try the non-aros that some nice members here have sent me to try.

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I'm still in the "learning" phase with Westminster. It's definelty top of the line tobacco, as are all of GLP's blends. It is pretty straight forward at first. Lots of latakia, with the orientals and Va's way in the back. But the last 1/3 of the bowl, the orientals started poking through, as did the VA's which really made it interesting. I'm not sure why they waiting until the final part to come along. I'd like to find something with less latakia, and more orientals to try to be honest. I enjoy a latakia blend dont get me wrong, but I'm starting to want less of it. If I want latakia I'll just reach for a lat bomb. But I'm trying to find something thats not so Lat right in my face so much.

I read a lot of reviews on it, and plan on well drying it before hand. As I do most McClelland VA tobaccos.

1-Q is a staple for me. I always keep a jar with 4-8 ounces on my desk. If a blend I'm trying turns out to be a stinker, I usually just fill some 1-Q up and smoke that. Plus it's damn cheap.

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hehehe. I have had abot 8 bowls of Anniversary Kake This weekend. It really funked up nice in the jar over the past 4 months. Extremely sweet and fruity tin aroma, magical.

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Ok pipe newbie here, and a purist newbie at that. By this I mean I'm a glutton for the experience of tobacco. Thus the pipe I just bought from my local drug store is one made of corn, and my tobbaco is captain black gold blend. Brings me back to those simple days of black and milds, before the advent f my love for cigars.

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Old school americana. I like it!

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Can't you just smell the Jack Daniels, and perhaps hear the dulcet tones of bob seager?

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Hahah! I like Jack Daniels!

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Who doesn't? oh wait I mean I toooootally never introduce whiskey to my fragile 20 year old system:tu

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HOTW in a Tinsky Canadian. I love this stuff as a first bowl / morning smoke.

Cheers,
G

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I have the Peretti loaded with Germain's Brown Flake for the ride home tonight.

Smoked a quicky yesterday morning and it wasn't bad but too early to tell.

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Tried some SG Squadron Leader for lunch.

Pretty darn good. Getting better at the pipe now

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Westminster again, in a Dunhill Redbark bent billiard.

Cheers,
G