CreamyGoodness
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Even if I dont partake in a certain hobby I always love to go into a shop that caters to one thing. Seeing a million different kinds of tea, or cigars, or beef jerky, or whatever... really appeals to the kid in me.
CreamyGoodness said:Even if I dont partake in a certain hobby I always love to go into a shop that caters to one thing. Seeing a million different kinds of tea, or cigars, or beef jerky, or whatever... really appeals to the kid in me.
See, you are all advanced and stuff, I just buy an ounce or two of bulk from Kirsten's in Seattle...love their Mariner blend.
I smoke a Dr. Grabow De Luxe 9845. It is a very nice smoking pipe circa late 1930's.
worksnorth said:So the gurgle? Moisture cooking out of the tobacco condensing in the stem? Is that what's going on?
That is a beautiful setup!
Haven't posted in here before, but I enjoy an occasional pipe smoke. My dad smoked a pipe always when I was young.
I smoke a Dr. Grabow De Luxe 9845. It is a very nice smoking pipe circa late 1930's.
I am a lucky bastid in that I still purchase from the same quality shop my old man did when i was a tiny tot. I have great memories going to Uhle's as a kid with my dad. http://www.uhles.com/
:edit: apparently they ship! You guys should have a try of their stuff, it is very good.
A ready rubbed tobacco, manufactured from a selection of choice, ripe Virginia tobaccos, which gives Virginia No.1 a mild, sweet smoke.
So the gurgle? Moisture cooking out of the tobacco condensing in the stem? Is that what's going on?
Here's a short discription from tobaccoreview.com and it is pretty accurate
Cheers!
Dan
GilaMinumBeer said:Moisture from the tobacco infused with tar, and saliva from the stem.
Ha. Yeah. so, that wonderfully aromatic smoke I was on about not too long ago. I dedicated myself to finding it in the only best way I know how. Each night I load a bowl with a different tobacco and set that tobacco aside. A process of elimination. If the next morning the intensity of the aroma I seek has improved then I know I have found that blend.
Started with the more exotic blends. Blue Note, nope. DaVinci, Nope. Oriental no. 1, etc...
Which blend was it?
None of them. No blend of Latakia, Cavendish, or Perique.
It was all Virginia. Macbarens Virginia No.1 to be precise.
Ironic.
Can't post a link from my phone but pipesandcigars.com has cigars called "Hopz" seasoned with Centennial.
Dan said:Yep, good call Dallas. This is my first swap but more in the works. Hope people are trading. Only cost a postage stamp or two to send a bit of tobacco.
Somebody watching this thread PM'd me and we did a tobacco swap. I sent some Va #1 and he sent me some Frog Morton On The Bayou, and Blue Mountain. The tobacco arrived yesterday and my mailbox smelled like a campfire. Nice! I smoked a bowl of the FM OTB lastnight. It was smooth and nice, burned evenly.
Today on the way home from work I stopped by the local gas station (note to self - don't buy any type of craft beer there again) IT was Fat Tire, I'm not sure that is considered a true craft beer or not but figured it might be a lot better than a BMC and the only homebrew I have is 15gallons fermenting. The beer was a bit sour for an amber. After reading the bottle closely noted the best before date was 2 days ago.
Anyway, I'm not doing a beer review here. After dinner tonight I went back out to my tiny peice of paradise also known as the garage man cave and packed a bowl of the Blue Mountain. I probably wouldn't smoke it every night, then again I don't smoke everyday.
Decadant, I think is the correct word, heady, creamy smoky smoke! I hate to compare pipe tobacco to cigars but this and my favorite cigar (Bolivar Confradia, use to simply be called Bolivar Fuerte and cost less then too) have one thing in common. Pure tranquility. It even made the beer taste better.
Not sure I'll be buying a tin right away. There are a few more tobaccos I want to rediscover from years ago.
(we need a pipe smoking icon)
Thanks NB,
Couldn't agree more about a good beer and good smoke!
I'm slacking on getting the tobacco out but will get an envelope addressed today and it will go out in the evening pickup or Thursday morning at the latest.
Pipe smokers behold! We now have a large smily. ipe:
I spent many hours in the garage today "putting around". Was a great chance to smoke my favorite pipe. Nice day overall.
ipe:
First English burning right now. Boswell's Northwoods blend. Really nice, enjoying it quite a bit. ipe:
Bad news... Shank on my churchwarden is cracked and growing. Going to have to give that pipe a rest until I can take it into the city for repair. Feels weird to pay at least 20 bucks if not more to repair a 60 dollar pipe though. It's the one I was planning on dedicating to English blends too so now have to take a hiatus.
Any of you guys dedicate pipes to blends? I want to but I also don't have enough pipes to do so and don't feel like dropping the cash to load up on more.
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