This is supposed to be the intermediate diameter of the GH ropes, and it is indeed smaller than the Brown Irish X, but I've smoked the Pigtail, the smallest, and from what I remember it's maybe only a few millimeters smaller. I never smoked all three back to back but I can't tell the difference. All of them come in at about 50% stronger than Dark Flake, and Dark Flake is plenty strong.
Other than curiosity I can't remember why I started smoked high voltage tobacco, but when I did it came in full force. Before long most of what I smoked was at a higher level of electricity. After a few years I figured out that limiting my tobacco to this genre was indeed limiting. There's only so many full-bodied weedages and a world of mild and mid-level blends, so I brought them back into the fold. Today I don't think much about needing full-body for a satisfactory smoke, but old habits die hard and they are about 50% of what I smoke, most notably Dark Flake. I avoided the scented version for years, thinking it would be a full-blown Lakeland, but that isn't the case. I think about getting some but never do as the unscented suits my purposes.
The GH brown ropes are noteworthy as above but also for their deep, at times spicy tobacco taste. Dark Flake, I suppose, is heat treated/stoved, but not so the brown ropes, which I would say are au natural. Theirs is not a complex taste but instead more like a maduro. What the cigar folk call a natural wrapper would be the closest analogous thing.
I"ve read many accounts of plug and rope preparation, but I've always just diced them. Pease's plugs require more care as the inner layer of tobacco is often where he puts the Virginia. However much you cut needs to take this into account, otherwise complexity suffers. Other than his plugs, you can cut as you please. I've read that a lot of guys like to take thin slices off a plug/rope and smoke them whole. I prefer dicing to keep it lit.
You have to like high-octane to like rope. You might think strongly about eating a full meal before lighting up, and if your stomach starts feeling queasy, I would advise putting the pipe down immediately, otherwise you will fall prey to the Sirens of nicotine and will more than likely bound out of your chair to the comforting depths of your toilet.
Other than curiosity I can't remember why I started smoked high voltage tobacco, but when I did it came in full force. Before long most of what I smoked was at a higher level of electricity. After a few years I figured out that limiting my tobacco to this genre was indeed limiting. There's only so many full-bodied weedages and a world of mild and mid-level blends, so I brought them back into the fold. Today I don't think much about needing full-body for a satisfactory smoke, but old habits die hard and they are about 50% of what I smoke, most notably Dark Flake. I avoided the scented version for years, thinking it would be a full-blown Lakeland, but that isn't the case. I think about getting some but never do as the unscented suits my purposes.
The GH brown ropes are noteworthy as above but also for their deep, at times spicy tobacco taste. Dark Flake, I suppose, is heat treated/stoved, but not so the brown ropes, which I would say are au natural. Theirs is not a complex taste but instead more like a maduro. What the cigar folk call a natural wrapper would be the closest analogous thing.
I"ve read many accounts of plug and rope preparation, but I've always just diced them. Pease's plugs require more care as the inner layer of tobacco is often where he puts the Virginia. However much you cut needs to take this into account, otherwise complexity suffers. Other than his plugs, you can cut as you please. I've read that a lot of guys like to take thin slices off a plug/rope and smoke them whole. I prefer dicing to keep it lit.
You have to like high-octane to like rope. You might think strongly about eating a full meal before lighting up, and if your stomach starts feeling queasy, I would advise putting the pipe down immediately, otherwise you will fall prey to the Sirens of nicotine and will more than likely bound out of your chair to the comforting depths of your toilet.