Gaget's Activity
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Gaget commented on the blog post McClelland Wilderness Pipe Tobacco Review 4 months ago
As anyone who does some cooking knows, heat and pressure have the ability to transform ingredients from one thing to something completely different. A tough and terrible pork shoulder roast, cooked slowly for hours, can transform into something totally soft and delectible. And think about Perique, which is basic Burley tobacco that under tremendous pressure [...]
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Gaget commented on the blog post McClelland Wilderness Pipe Tobacco Review 4 months ago
Very nice review, Adam, of this complex and exceptionally interesting tobacco. However, I must really take issue with your characterization that the mixture contained “no hint of the characteristic McClellands ketchup smell.” McClelland produces hundreds of blends, from straight Virginias to Oriental mixtures to aromatics. The ketchup/barbecue sauce/currant/raisin flavor is characteristic only of their heavily [...]
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Gaget commented on the blog post Burley - The Rodney Dangerfield of Tobacco 4 months, 2 weeks ago
I generally despise Burley, except as a modest blending component. But when it is properly stoved and aged, it is a thing of beaut, such as in Solani aged Burley Flake or the dearly departed Orlik Dark Fired Kentucky flake. That is a different animal.
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Gaget commented on the blog post John C. Loring - Legend in the Pipe Collecting World Dies 2 years, 7 months ago
Sometimes, it is almost too much to bear to suffer yet another loss of a treasured friend and respected collector. So many pipe smokers I’ve known have lived into their 80s and 90s. Others have been taken from us far too soon, for no reasons related to their enjoyment of tobacco. I suppose I could [...]
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Gaget commented on the blog post The 2009 Chicagoland Int’l Pipe & Tobacciana Show 3 years ago
Yeah, we set it up and then went to sleep, like our audience. LOL. We did offer a fine tasting rating sheet. Tell me where to attach it, and I will.
