GL Pease Black Rider

monty55 · Jun 16, 2014

Has anyone ever had the opportunity to smoke any of this tobacco from 2010? I know they only made 200 tins. I bought a tin off an auction, but I don't want to open it because there are only 200 of them. I'm sure most of the owners feel the same way, but I'm also sure someone has smoked it. Anyone on here? I'd be curious to hear how it was. Knowing Greg it is superb I'm sure.

dirtydex · Jun 17, 2014

You should just smoke it and consider yourself one of the lucky 200 that gets to experience a unique blend such as this. This is especially true if you have pipe smoking friends near to you that you can share a bowl of this rare mixture with.

mso489 · Jun 17, 2014

monty55, could you give us the description from the tin about what the constituent tobaccos are and how this

blend is described, so we could better visualize what this might be like? There's some reason it had such a

sort run. Maybe GLP came up with another, better version that is now sold. There's a story here, and it would

be interesting to hear it.

monty55 · Jun 17, 2014

I think it was for a pipe show. There is no story, except 200 tins of awesome tobacco that nobody has smoked

mso489 · Jun 17, 2014

Latakia, Orientals and Virginia -- sounds like a tasty English blend. If you've got 'em, smoke 'em.

rmbittner · Jun 18, 2014

mso:
Blenders do special, limited releases like this all the time.
Bob

daimyo · Jun 18, 2014

Limited items such as this were meant to be enjoyed in my opinion. Wine is for drinking and tobacco is for smoking. Let beanie babies appreciate in value, smoke that tin. Consider smoking a bowl of it only on special occasions and at ideal times, if you like it in the first place?

monty55 · Jun 18, 2014

daimyo,dirtydex, I agree. Since it's a 2010, and from what I understand Latakia blends tend to peak at about 4 or 5 years, I will indeed crack that tin open and smoke it... this year. Optimally, I would like to find someone nearby to share a first bowl with. I hate enjoying something like this by myself. I believe all great things were meant to be appreciated by all. Or in this case as many as possible. I will keep my eye out for someone worthy of this treat.. and my company

dirtydex · Jun 18, 2014

I hope it's every bit as good as it looks.

cortezattic · Jun 19, 2014

I definitely feel you should smoke it. The only purpose in saving it would be that it appreciates in value.

If you save it to sell it in the future, you forgo the opportunity to taste it.

Smoking it will also guarantee its disappearance, but you will have tasted it.
Open it. Put it in a Mason jar. Partake of it as your appetite dictates.

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