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Peter Stokkebye 701 Virginia in my Rhodesian.
The latest release of C&D Sansepolcro contains Virginia's from STG as one of the special component changes and PS 701 gives you a really good idea of what those Virginia's are like.
Gawith Hoggarth American Delite in my Baraccini Author. This one rated high enough to get another tin.
Popped a can of C&D Exhausted Rooster from 2019. After @nach0 mentioned it and realizing that I’ve never tried it, it was time. Smoking it in a Butz Choquin calabash to fully check it out.
First smoke thoughts, so not a review. Definitely more smokes are needed. The Kentucky/Burley leads, but the Virginia is in play. I found myself looking for the Perique though, it’s there, but it’s more of a seasoning rather than what I would think of as a “Perique blend”. The toppings were eluding me as to exactly what they are, a fruitiness is present which I liked. I was feeling like I wanted to add something to it to give a bit more depth/dimension, but not positive as to what. Overall struck me in the medium range strength wise. I like it, not sure I love it, but I’m well aware that I have been smoking a lot of really strong tobacco lately and even some strong blends are seeming a little milder and less complex to me. Hence, more smokes needed.
Nice words my friend, crystal clear. And how about the casing/topping, weak medium or strong?
I don't know why but i'm creating good expectations .....Long time i don't feel myself wishing the time speed fast to get my mail order hehehehehe
Today is a good day! Had a bowl of Bold Kentucky, to give me the boost I needed to cut the grass! In a Rossi Prince.
Currently enjoying the heck out of Sansepolcro, in A Savinelli Armonia Bent Dublin. Damn, it’s good! 😊
Smoking another bowl of Exhausted Rooster. This time in a Karlheinz Joura. I’m liking it more with this second bowl, it’s good stuff.
May the fourth (be with you!)
I should finish the day with a bowl of Pipe Force, Episode VI. It would be rude not to! 😄
I was craving Old Dark Fired but it seemed a little "much". So I cut it about 30% with unflavored natural dutch Cavendish.
Digging it a lot. In a cob
I'm not one to talk about personal things but I'm contemplating life. Somethings happened a couple of years ago to me and I'm still have issues. So tonight I'm navigating through my thoughts with a late night work bowl of Rattrays Dark Fragrant in a cob.
Thought I’d weigh my 6 remaining tins of Episide VI, to check for a coin, before having my first bowl of the day, (the Patience of Dr. Silence). One tin weighed 30g more than the others, so I cracked it open. Look what I found! 😄
Sutliff Mature red VA - 515RC1 in a Savenelli Punto Oro 121 KS.
It's love at first sight.
I didn't smoke much McClelland. Now I wish I would've.
https://www.tobaccoreviews.com/blend/11631/sutliff-tobacco-company-matured-red-virginia-515-rc-1/
This is a Marty Pulver estate from one of his bundles. It was cheap because It had some rim blackening and the grain and blast are kind of confused and boring. But it smokes soooooooo good.
Yeah. I seem to lean toward the Italian pipe esthetic. I particularly like Sav pots. But I saw somebody comment on the Savenelli 904 shape the other day. Im always on the look out for the right one.
I purchased my Savinelli 121Ks and 904 because of love at first sight. In both cases I was wrong with my election. 121 had a too wide chamber and the 904 a too deep one. In fact I will sell all of them. A shame because they are really beautiful pipes.
Yes, very similar, but Castello 55 has a more pronounced curvature. The chamber is almost identical.
I like the shape, very much. Certainly a model I’ll consider for my next pipe purchase.
I have two Savinelli 121KS that I don't smoke anymore because the very wide chamber. One is a Giubileo d´oro and the another is a rusticated Capri in reddish finish.
I’m smoking my own mixture of Rougaroux/Krumovgrad/DAC in a vintage Stanwell Hans Christian Andersen.
Still playing with my Elizabethan match, DFK, BCA blend. No bad smokes but I have not perfected the mixture yet. Last one was too heavy on the BCA and I all but lost the Perique. This is a fun little experiment.
I'm back to this thread. Smoking MacBaren vanilla flake in my cob. I'm not fully recovered from that sh*t flu but i'm good enough for a morning pipe session. 😎
Good to hear! I remember hearing tobacco was effective at killing some viruses. So, you can consider it medicinal 😊
First uses of tobacco were medicinal and religious. The smoke of tobacco entered the body, took the desires that were in it and when it came out, it sent them to heaven with the Gods. Sometimes, to improve communication with Gods, tobacco was mixed with other herbs like marijuana.
After giving my bad stoving experience story, I decided to revisit HH Vintage Syrian in my no name straight billiard. This was from the 2014 batch but a different tin. I was actually surprised that the virginia change is as drastic as it is. The smokiness is there but the virginias have taken over. Very sweet now and the tin note was that nice ketchupy McClelland aroma. I almost thought I opened the wrong jar. Sweetness, leather, mustiness with a spicy smokey undertone.
Well unfortunately I figured out why I didn't like it. My chemistry doesn't agree with this one. It bites the hell out of me lol
HH Vintage Syrian is one of the very best blends I have ever smoked. Sadly, It was discontinued in 2016 when Mac Baren finished their stock of Syrian Latakia. I have only a 100gr tin left in my cellar.
The great thing about having a good selection of tobaccos is you sometimes “rediscover” blends, as I’m doing now. This was one of the first few blends that convinced me that becoming a pipe smoker was an excellent decision. My Own Blend, Old School. In a Stanwell Night & Day. Superb blend, if you like to taste the tobacco, relatively unadulterated. Pure tobacco goodness, with the lightest of topping/casing. Life is good, as far as things I can influence goes. A session with a blend as good as this, helps me appreciate that.
First tasting. KBV “English Villain” in a lean little Liverpool (one of my birth-year Dunhills).
Kind of one-dimensional for an “English” - but, it fits very well in the context of the “Spaghetti Western” trilogy. They all have the same red Virginia blend PLUS a single “side-kick” leaf. Part 1 is Va-Kentucky (rum); Part 2 is Va-Latakia (whiskey); Part 3 is Va-Perique.
I’m guessing they will blend well together, which means I will be having fun with these three.
I'm not smoking a damned thing because the wind is blowing a Brazilian miles an hour. 🤬
I haven’t had time for a smoke yet today. It’s been crazy busy and customers are driving me insane. I’m giving KBV Hand of Götz another try, hopefully it will induce a nicotine coma, I could use the break!
Out in the dark smoking some Royal Yacht. I really dig this blend. I think it's one of my top four or five.
Damn mole just walked right past me. Scared the hell out of me. 🥴
Things that go "bump" in the night! Had a raccoon scare the crap out of me the other night walking along my deck railing trying to invade the bird feeders. Apparently pipe smoke or my presence didn't bother him, but I think I scared him with my voice! Oh, it was Balkan Sasieni in a Neerup Bent Pot.
Well I started with it so I’ll stick with it. Smoking KBV Hand of Götz again, in a BC calabash. The toppings have calmed down a bit from some time in the opened bag, I liked it more than my first try of it. No nicotine coma unfortunately, but it’s a satisfying smoke in that regard.
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