I finally tasted pipe tobacco, now I want more !

weedsnager · Jan 23, 2016

I finally tasted something out of my pipe. I have been smoking cigars for over 15 years, but only been smoking a pipe about a year. I finally tasted something. Arango Balkan Supreme ! Everything else has been extremely boring to me.. What else should I try, knowing that the Balkan supreme verifies that yes indeed I can taste pipe tobacco !

Here's what I have tried that has been tasteless to me-
Boswell blend 35

Boswell X-mas cookie

Boswell Northwoods

dunhill nightcap

Boswells premium burly

Milan tobacco buttered rum

Seattle pipe club Mississippi River

Cornell and diel autumn evening

escudo,

lane 1Q,

Boswell blend 35

5100 red cake

Larrys blend

H&H Aniv kake

onestrangeone · Jan 23, 2016

Being a cigar smoker myself I can relate. For myself I had to give up the idea that the pipe has to stay lit, also I was puffing instead of 'sipping' which caused everything to burn 'hot = no flavor' pipe tobacco seems to be very subtle compared to cigars. Some suggestions would be GL Pease Gaslight, Crown Achievement and McClelland's Oriental #2045. I tend to get most of the 'taste' from the retro.

weedsnager · Jan 23, 2016

I'd love an aromatic that I could taste. I've had people suggest cigar "like" tobacco, but I want something different. If I wanted cigar tobacco, I'll smoke my cigar !

onestrangeone · Jan 23, 2016

Yeah, as far as I know there is not a pipe tobacco that taste like cigars. I not real big on the aros, for the most part but a couple I have found I like are the Frog Morton's, Russ O's Old Glory and DE Heirloom Cherry, the cherry was not what I was expecting it actually taste like tobacco and the cherry is in the background.

northernneil · Jan 23, 2016

Personally, I find when a tobacco doesn't deliver in the flavor department, it is usually due to my smoking technique and not the tobacco.
Some of those blends you listed, read Nightcap, can be a flavor power house. Really concentrate on you technique while enjoying your pipe. I have always liked the following comparison;
Cigars are like being chauffeured in a Royals Royse, just light and go. Pipes, on the other hand, are like driving an old, high performance sports car. You need to know all her nuances to get her to perform at her best.

jackswilling · Jan 23, 2016

That is one I never noticed. It do look good. There are a lot of good Balkans out there to try. Been on a Balkan binge lately.

redpanda · Jan 23, 2016

Nightcap is many things, but tasteless isn't one of them. Did you let it dry ?

weedsnager · Jan 23, 2016

Yes I let it dry and tried it in a few different pipes. I'm sure my technique could be better.

redpanda · Jan 23, 2016

Well , I have smoked fine cuban cigars and I know what you mean. The pipe is a different animal altogether.

mothernaturewilleatusallforbreakfast · Jan 23, 2016

I recommend you try Pirate Cake, Ten Russians, Odyssey, Robusto, and/or Key Largo.

aldecaker · Jan 23, 2016

Out of all the tobaccos on your list, Escudo is the only one I have ever found to have no taste. Nightcap especially has a distinctive and robust flavor, and that's just sucking on a pipe full of it without lighting it. I've tried most of the other ones, and while some of them have a bad flavor, the flavor is there. I'd suggest more drying and smoking slower like everyone says. And give up on the damned Escudo; you and I probably have the wrong genetic sequencing to be able to taste it. People who think it is a flavor-packed wonder of the world probably can't taste chocolate, and don't know what all the fuss is about.

weedsnager · Jan 23, 2016

Drying is something that I have been doing. Drying is one thing I can do right. Packing, lighting, to fast.....to slow.....that's something I always try to improve.

andrew · Jan 23, 2016

That is one I never noticed. It do look good. There are a lot of good Balkans out there to try. Been on a Balkan binge lately.

It's very good Jack, it won the chicago bowl best blend 2 years ago I believe. To the OP maybe stick with this tobacco for a while if you're enjoying it, then start branching out a bit at a time. Virginia's are usually the last thing a pipe smoker learns to appreciate.

jackswilling · Jan 23, 2016

I'm placing an order. I am in.

andrew · Jan 23, 2016

I smoked a bowl of it and I bought a pound. It's really good and a great price.

chargerucd · Jan 23, 2016

I also came into pipes from cigars.

The first mistake i made was to puff on the pipe until i got enough smoke that would fel like a cigar.

All i got was the worst tongue bite ever.

Anyway, i also like balkans and english and found esoterica "and so to bed" a great smoke.

Seatle pipe club "plum cake" is also good.

lestrout · Jan 24, 2016

Yo weed
I'm guessing that if you like Arango's BS, you might like Stokkebye English Oriental Supreme and Proper English, and Balkan Sasieni. Give Dunhill Aperitif, London Mixture and Durbar a shot. It sounds like you are attuned to some specific Orientals.
hp

les

tinsel · Jan 24, 2016

People who think it is a flavor-packed wonder of the world probably can't taste chocolate, and don't know what all the fuss is about.

Nope, I can taste chocolate just fine

Escudo is currently one of my top 5 blends. Can't get enough of that stuff!
weedsnager, as to your problem with tasting the tobacco, I will echo what others have said. Slow it down and sip. It takes time to develop the "taste". I get most of my "taste" from the retrohale, so if you aren't already doing that then give it a try.

newbroom · Jan 24, 2016

If you've smoked all those blends and didn't taste them, then I admire your perseverance.

I started out smoking pseudo pipe tobacco which was basically a roll your own cigarette sort of ribbon cut tobacco.

Once I started smoking more mainstream pipe tobacco I began to taste my smoke and to appreciate the differences of the various pipe tobacco genres.

If you started out smoking Escudo and Nightcap and didn't taste anything, I feel sorry for you.

vink · Jan 24, 2016

GLP jackknife plug and MB ODF

I finally tasted pipe tobacco, now I want more !

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