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Post by johnlawitzke on Aug 5, 2022 19:40:47 GMT -5
2017 Der Pfeifenladen #300 in my Savinelli Punto Oro Classic 106 Billiard. My posts will be sporadic for a while as my left arm is in a sling due to a rotator cuff issue. Reading is easy. One handed posting is a pain.  |
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Post by johnlawitzke on Aug 5, 2022 19:42:44 GMT -5
Enjoy that #12 @zach! It will be interesting to hear how it is as I’ve experienced the green tins starting to fade after 20 years. Spillproof once popped a 30 year old green tin in Chicago and it was dead.
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Post by Silver on Aug 5, 2022 19:44:56 GMT -5
Take care of that shoulder, John!
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Post by turbocat on Aug 5, 2022 20:35:39 GMT -5
Sutliff Barrel Aged No 4 in my favorite calabash
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 5, 2022 21:10:49 GMT -5
Tomorrow is my birthday so I decided I'd open a couple tins. Will be opening a 1999 tin of McClelland #12 and a 2014-15 tin of Solani Aged Burley Flake. Smoking my Ardor's in bed and finding a movie to watch.
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Zach
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Post by Zach on Aug 5, 2022 21:57:09 GMT -5
Thanks, everyone. john (Didn't mean to tag, meant @lawitzke)- Very "McClelland tangy/smokey Balkan" on the initial pop, the tobacco is still slightly moist with plenty of life to it and frosty. I was also growing concerned on sitting on some of my oldest tins for too long and the beyond 20 year mark. It's smoking very much like a well aged Blue Mountain/Balkan Beauty/Legends would, lighter than those but the Latakia is heavier in this #12 than I would have expected based on the description. Still very full of flavor and I'll need to get the rest into a mason jar tomorrow. But, if you take a look at the Oriental #12 mixture reviews on TR, you'll notice a lot of people complaining this is too light. It's certainly not with all this age. It's very Balkanish and full flavored, sour and smokey.
Pretty comical was the fact my cat loved the smell once I popped the tin. She kept sticking her nose up in the air smelling for the opened tobacco. Tobacco that had not seen the light of day in nearly 23 years. Once she found the tin top she kept deeply smelling it and trying to lick it. I didn't want her licking it and i stopped her but I was cracking up. Connoisseur cat.
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Favorite Pipe: Petersen Red 03 bent apple spigot, Savinelli 310 KS
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Post by msokeefe on Aug 5, 2022 22:01:28 GMT -5
Earlier in the evening Wilke Crystal palace in a Peterson 80s, then Haunted Bookshop in a MM cob. Starting to enjoy HB more. The Crystal Palace was a great smoke.
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Post by Silver on Aug 5, 2022 22:03:57 GMT -5
Haunted Bookshop in the Friday cob.
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Post by john on Aug 5, 2022 22:13:39 GMT -5
 Zach! A bowl of Half and Half in my H.I.M. Grand Bent Dublin...  |
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Post by msokeefe on Aug 5, 2022 22:15:07 GMT -5
Zach! A bowl of Half and Half in my H.I.M. Grand Bent Dublin... Great pipe! |
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Post by turbocat on Aug 5, 2022 22:26:43 GMT -5
Black Frigate in my favorite calabash.
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Post by john on Aug 5, 2022 22:32:32 GMT -5
Black Frigate in my favorite calabash Hey Ted, what’s your opinion of the Black Frigate? I think it’s a very nice robust mix. |
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Post by johnlawitzke on Aug 5, 2022 22:42:46 GMT -5
Thanks, everyone. john (Didn't mean to tag, meant @lawitzke)- Very "McClelland tangy/smokey Balkan" on the initial pop, the tobacco is still slightly moist with plenty of life to it and frosty. I was also growing concerned on sitting on some of my oldest tins for too long and the beyond 20 year mark. It's smoking very much like a well aged Blue Mountain/Balkan Beauty/Legends would, lighter than those but the Latakia is heavier in this #12 than I would have expected based on the description. Still very full of flavor and I'll need to get the rest into a mason jar tomorrow. But, if you take a look at the Oriental #12 mixture reviews on TR, you'll notice a lot of people complaining this is too light. It's certainly not with all this age. It's very Balkanish and full flavored, sour and smokey.
Pretty comical was the fact my cat loved the smell once I popped the tin. She kept sticking her nose up in the air smelling for the opened tobacco. Tobacco that had not seen the light of day in nearly 23 years. Once she found the tin top she kept deeply smelling it and trying to lick it. I didn't want her licking it and i stopped her but I was cracking up. Connoisseur cat.
For some unknown reason, the Green tins weren’t very popular. I’ve found them all tasty. Before McC closed, you used to be able to easily get aged Green tins for cheap. I’m glad to hear yours is in perfect shape. |
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Post by Silver on Aug 5, 2022 22:44:17 GMT -5
Zach! A bowl of Half and Half in my H.I.M. Grand Bent Dublin... Great pipe! Very nice. Looks a lot like my Peterson B10. |
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Post by Silver on Aug 5, 2022 23:35:57 GMT -5
Three Friars in the Friday cob.
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Post by turbocat on Aug 6, 2022 1:37:42 GMT -5
Black Frigate in my favorite calabash Hey Ted, what’s your opinion of the Black Frigate? I think it’s a very nice robust mix. Hey John, Black Frigate checks all of the boxes that keep me happy. I love the flavor, great balance of Latakia and the orientals liven it up. The rum shows up as an enhancement rather than a distraction. Importantly, the flavors don’t go flat for me. I can smoke it repeatedly. It’s closer to the full mark in flavor but strength is medium and nic is slightly less than that to me. I think they got this one right. |
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Post by Rattlesnake Daddy on Aug 6, 2022 6:27:28 GMT -5
Enjoying some C&D Bayou Night in a Briarworks brown blasted short cutty. Hot cup of coffee.  |
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Post by Goldbrick on Aug 6, 2022 6:41:41 GMT -5
Comoy's Cask #9/ Burley# 702 mix in my Boswell, water on the side with a dash of peach Mio.
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Post by Silver on Aug 6, 2022 8:36:51 GMT -5
Started the day with Haunted Bookshop in the Saturday cob and coffee on the front porch.
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Post by just ol ed on Aug 6, 2022 9:20:08 GMT -5
Hoping all to have a great weekend. Full walks done, Man o War Virtue 5x45 for company. After the Ed is fed, Apertif in old SamMartin freehand & continue with the papers. Much of afternoon to be with "the gals" across the street at their place.
77, clouding up, to 86, high chance of t.storms
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
pipe/cigar since ??62
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Zach
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Post by Zach on Aug 6, 2022 10:15:45 GMT -5
I smoked the 1999 McClelland #12 late into the night and didn't get to the aged tin of Solani Aged Burley Flake until this morning. My first tin and first smoke of Solani 656. I've sat on this tin since picking it up at an NASPC show in 2017. This morning, I cracked the tin and was greeted by beautiful dark flakes and a heavy fermented scent that oddly enough smells like stewed tomatoes and some mysterious seasoning. The flake rubbed very well and produced perfect dark brown burley ribbon of a couple shades. It needed 15 minutes of airing out and off gassing. The taste is very rich and delicious but I do tire of the blatant misrepresentation of natural tobacco. This is cased, has humectant, and is full of added sugar without a single doubt. The manufacturer outright lies and states that it's "A very natural blend with absolutely no additives or flavors - a true burley blend." This is a demonstrable lie and should not be legal to say. All said, it's a very tasty burley mixture that's sweetened with sugar and possibly some faint and aged-off cocoa notes but it's not natural burley flavor all the way, which is fine, just don't lie about it. Anyways, it's been said that this has now changed and I'd probably not get any more of it.
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Post by cigrmaster on Aug 6, 2022 11:06:42 GMT -5
2015 Astleys no 109 Medium Flake in a Jack Howell Paneled Billiard.  |
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Post by roadsdiverged on Aug 6, 2022 11:34:50 GMT -5
Louisiana Red in a Peterson B10
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Post by isett2860 on Aug 6, 2022 12:28:55 GMT -5
4th Gen Peaty Kentucky in a meer
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Post by cigrmaster on Aug 6, 2022 13:14:48 GMT -5
2012 Rotary Navy Cut in a Bruce Weaver Volcano.  |
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Post by terrapinflyer on Aug 6, 2022 15:07:47 GMT -5
Zach Happy Birthday! SG Golden Glow in a Falcon Algiers. Coke on the side. The cola, that is.
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Post by rectifythis on Aug 6, 2022 15:25:28 GMT -5
L.J. Peretti Boston Slice in my Grabow Omega churchwarden. Had to wrap up quick, getting hot outside. Delicious for a straight VA.
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Post by Goldbrick on Aug 6, 2022 15:53:27 GMT -5
McClelland's Carolina Deluxe in my Kristi freehand, water on the side.
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Post by trailboss on Aug 6, 2022 16:16:57 GMT -5
Smoking some well aged MacB Scottish Mixture in a Petter Brakner Canadian, time soothes the savage Mac Bite beast!
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Post by cigrmaster on Aug 6, 2022 16:30:13 GMT -5
2013 Brigham Klondike Gold in a Jack Howell Lovat.  |
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