Dobie's Four Square Curlies - Original

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Details

Brand Dobie's
Blended By  
Manufactured By  
Blend Type Virginia/Perique
Contents Perique, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Ribbon
Packaging 50 grams tin
Country United Kingdom
Production No longer in production

Profile

Strength
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

4.00 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 29, 2016 Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant
One of the finest VaPer blends ever to hit the market, Dobie's Curlies contained an exceptionally refined and rich dark Virginia shag cut leaf that was spun around a center of oily dark Perique from St. James Parish in Louisiana. Each puff brings the smoker to another level (a good one!) of pure bliss. Not strong but not limp wristed either, like Baby Bear's porridge, this long gone classic VaPer was just right.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 17, 2023 Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant
A generous friend gifted me several bowls worth from a recently opened tin from the 1960s. Obviously well stored over the years, the enclosed dime-sized coins were dark brown with streaks of oily black. They glistened with crystalline formations and decanted with an intense aroma of sweet earth, freshly baked pumpernickel, moist barnyard, and fig jam (seriously).

A joy to rub out - the coins broke up in to an almost powder like consistency with little effort. A single stroke from my lighter created an ember that lasted the entire length of the bowl.
Flavors mirrored the aromas. Rich, sweet earth coupled with a subtle spice that continued to build in intensity. Never any bite or rough edges - the experience is smooth like the vapor from a fine Egyptian narghile.

Today, late 2023, this is a pipe smoking experience so rare and so lush, it makes me yearn for an era that I never even lived in. That rarity, though, coupled with the overwhelming quality is what makes it such a memorable moment.
6 stars out of 5.
Pipe Used: Briars by Yeti, Iafisco, Barling
PurchasedFrom: Gift
Age When Smoked: ~60 years
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