I scored a 250gr box of this on one of the pre-holiday TAD madness affairs.
It's sat on the pile, beckoning to me, calling from its glossy cello wrap like some cheap hussy--
Er, excuse me...
Today, Mama has a day long class, so I am catching up on chores, like jarring up the aforementioned pile of pipe tobacco.
These long and thick flakes were, as predicted, damp.
I cut the length of the stack to fit vertically into a wide mouth pint sized canning jar. I fit half of the shorter segments into the jar beside the longer segments and kept the other half out for more immediate use.
Two of the shorter segments, dried for 20 minutes, folded and stuffed into the Hilson Vintage panel, are the subjects here.
Maintaining my standard of under-drying, it took about 10 minutes of fussing to get a good ember going.
Strong Perique pepper and spice, along with the two-pronged sweet fruit attack of both the Perique and the Virginias.
As I approached half way in, the spice settled down a bit and the darker, chewy fruit flavor increased. Nice, slow burn with an occasional touch up light.
Half way in, the pipe got a bit warm (see, I CAN learn new tricks) and I looked out the window to be reminded that the neighbor's blanket of fallen cottonwood leaves was still slowly killing my weedy excuse for a front lawn.
So, I grounded the Hilson and grabbed the rake. Forty minutes later, chisel the sides, tamp and relight. The perique now has gone full fruity, little to no spice and the chocolatey tones have emerged, mixed with the deep fruitiness. Not unlike the late stages of an ODF flake, plus the tiniest bit o' spice.
This second half is incredibly hassle-free and satisfying. I would almost recommend a half time intermission with this smoke in hopes of recreating the effect.
Stay smokey, my friends...
It's sat on the pile, beckoning to me, calling from its glossy cello wrap like some cheap hussy--
Er, excuse me...
Today, Mama has a day long class, so I am catching up on chores, like jarring up the aforementioned pile of pipe tobacco.
These long and thick flakes were, as predicted, damp.
I cut the length of the stack to fit vertically into a wide mouth pint sized canning jar. I fit half of the shorter segments into the jar beside the longer segments and kept the other half out for more immediate use.
Two of the shorter segments, dried for 20 minutes, folded and stuffed into the Hilson Vintage panel, are the subjects here.
Maintaining my standard of under-drying, it took about 10 minutes of fussing to get a good ember going.
Strong Perique pepper and spice, along with the two-pronged sweet fruit attack of both the Perique and the Virginias.
As I approached half way in, the spice settled down a bit and the darker, chewy fruit flavor increased. Nice, slow burn with an occasional touch up light.
Half way in, the pipe got a bit warm (see, I CAN learn new tricks) and I looked out the window to be reminded that the neighbor's blanket of fallen cottonwood leaves was still slowly killing my weedy excuse for a front lawn.
So, I grounded the Hilson and grabbed the rake. Forty minutes later, chisel the sides, tamp and relight. The perique now has gone full fruity, little to no spice and the chocolatey tones have emerged, mixed with the deep fruitiness. Not unlike the late stages of an ODF flake, plus the tiniest bit o' spice.
This second half is incredibly hassle-free and satisfying. I would almost recommend a half time intermission with this smoke in hopes of recreating the effect.
Stay smokey, my friends...
