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pipeinhand

Lifer
Sep 23, 2011
1,198
0
Virginia
So when I got back from vacation I found that Baronsamedi sent me a blend he calls Miskatonic University Blend. In the bag I found a shag and course ribbon cut tobacco of various colors of black, charcoal, light brown and dark brown. Opening the baggie it has the nose of a sharp English with not as much Lat as most, a sharpness probably Perique.
It packed well into my English only Meer and fired it up. The charring light was smooth and on the second light I was expecting the Perique to cut right into my tongue but it did not. It was well balanced and reminded me of a fine cigar instead of a pipe tobacco. I smoked on pulling hard to see if it would bite me and only when chugging it as you should not do did it even begin to nip at me.
Second day: again the light up was like drawing on a nicely balanced cigar. Warm, smokey with an undertone of spice and malt. This time I just sat and enjoyed a good honest tobacco smoke. Not once did it get into my tongue and stayed the same the whole bowl through, ending with a bit more spice.
Third day: Just as before, even tones, gentle in the mouth and great pure tobacco taste. If you like an all day cigar, with a bit of single malt flavor, this is the pipe tobacco for you. I filled up my big Nording and worked in the shop happily puffing and getting surprised that it smoked so even without changing into something else in the bottom of the bowl, it's so well balanced. Great job Clint, make some more!

 

garageb08

Might Stick Around
Jun 4, 2012
63
5
They really have that blend....will they have it in Colombus, Ohio in a couple weeks? Thats great, I love HP Lovecraft read most of his stuff and always looking for more. A can of that would be great, don't even care if I liked it or not.

 

mluyckx

Lifer
Dec 5, 2011
1,958
3
Texas
Garageb08: Welcome to the forum. And no, it's not for sale (yet). It's the darling experiment of our own devious mastermind on this site, Mr. BaronSamedi. If you send him a PM he may be kind enough to send you some to sample.
But even I, who, to put it mildly, is not a lover of anything Latakia related, found the smoke to be pleasant and tolerable.

 

baronsamedi

Lifer
May 4, 2011
5,688
6
Dallas
Yes. It's not for sale...yet. I can send out no more samples right now, either, but as soon as I buy some more supplies, I'm going to mix up five lbs and age it for a while. I may sell some of that lot once it's aged and if I'm satisfied.
As a guy doing his own blend, I will have to ask for more money that I'd like just to break even so I want to make sure Miskatonic is the best it can be before I ask anyone to pay for it.
The blend was created while I was smoking a mix of leftovers and reading HP Lovecraft stories. I lamented having a random mix I couldn't reproduce, so I set out to make a natural product with the same sort of uniqueness that was present in the mix. Instead of using a sauce and making an aromatic, though, I put together various condiment tobaccos that would impart the same kinds of flavors that I liked, like Perique and Black Cavendish.
You can keep up with the ongoing saga and read a ton of notes and reviews in THIS THREAD.
And yes, I have made changes to my notes and Mick will be happy to know there will be less Latakia and more Perique this time around!

 
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