Post by bonanzadriver on Jun 11, 2017 22:14:17 GMT -5
As the title implies, this thread is about Penzance. 18+ year old Penzance to be exact.
You all may remember that back in April my son Nick and I went to the TAPS pipe show in Raleigh. While there one of the things I picked up was a pristine tin of Penzance. The older gentleman selling it knew only that it was over 10 years old and had been kept in a mason jar all of this time. (he bought it from an older gentleman that had since stopped smoking a pipe)
With the help of folks here and on other forums it was determined that the tin was a 1999 or older 2oz tin of Penzance.
Once I learned this I decided to save this lucky find for a special occasion.
Well, that special occasion was this weekend. Our baby girl, Jenni, just graduated from High School. Although she didn't have any of this incredible tobacco delight, she did sit in the mancave for a while with her brother and I when we both enjoyed our very first bowl.
I gotta tell you guys, this experience was all I had hoped it would be and more! HOLY COW is this GREAT STUFF!!!!
Having never ever smoked Penzance before, I didn't have anything to base our experience off of, as it relates to whether or not this was typical of all tins of Penzance or if somehow, the fact that it was 18 or 20 years old?
I'm obviously not a tobacco reviewer, but I can tell you that the flavor of this was much richer and fuller than the Margate I've been smoking for the last several months.
Don't get me wrong, I love Margate, but after experiencing Penzance this evening, Margate is a distant second. [
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What pipe, you may be asking yourself, did you give the honor of facilitating this nirvana moment?
Why, the beautiful Yacht sitting in my pipe rack of course...
You all may remember that back in April my son Nick and I went to the TAPS pipe show in Raleigh. While there one of the things I picked up was a pristine tin of Penzance. The older gentleman selling it knew only that it was over 10 years old and had been kept in a mason jar all of this time. (he bought it from an older gentleman that had since stopped smoking a pipe)
With the help of folks here and on other forums it was determined that the tin was a 1999 or older 2oz tin of Penzance.
Once I learned this I decided to save this lucky find for a special occasion.
Well, that special occasion was this weekend. Our baby girl, Jenni, just graduated from High School. Although she didn't have any of this incredible tobacco delight, she did sit in the mancave for a while with her brother and I when we both enjoyed our very first bowl.
I gotta tell you guys, this experience was all I had hoped it would be and more! HOLY COW is this GREAT STUFF!!!!
Having never ever smoked Penzance before, I didn't have anything to base our experience off of, as it relates to whether or not this was typical of all tins of Penzance or if somehow, the fact that it was 18 or 20 years old?
I'm obviously not a tobacco reviewer, but I can tell you that the flavor of this was much richer and fuller than the Margate I've been smoking for the last several months.
Don't get me wrong, I love Margate, but after experiencing Penzance this evening, Margate is a distant second. [
]What pipe, you may be asking yourself, did you give the honor of facilitating this nirvana moment?
Why, the beautiful Yacht sitting in my pipe rack of course...
