***What Are You Smoking, March 2024?***
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McConnell Red Virginia in a Castello epoca this morning.
Dunhill Elizabethan in a Joura volcano this afternoon.
Dunhill Elizabethan in a Joura volcano this afternoon.
CAO Eileen’s Dream in a 2024 Peterson SPD 307 411/1600.
Did a second set of walking reps, and smoked a bowl of year 2015 D&R A.B. Rimboche in an undated slight bend, smooth flame grain Wessex Standard egg with a brown accent on the black vulcanite saddle stem. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
My first smoke in my new 1978 Pete! Got a new old ashtray I needed to show you all as well. Quick smoke then off to watch the boy play some soccer.
Now smoking KBV Hand of Gotz in a 1960s Austrian meerschaum bent apple with a tapered yellow stem. Working on a review of this blend.
@Sigmund, very similar but a different brand. These ones are made with American Dark-Fired Kentucky. Clint smoked Toscanos, which are better in my opinion.
I’m about to try HU Krater Plug for the first time in a Larrysson. The plug smells great and it is super dense.
Currently enjoying Sutliff - 515RC-1 in my Huseyin Cor Hawkbill meer.
Odds and Ends on the way home in the NoName Dane.
Hamborger Veermaster in a Radice Silk Cut
This morning, Sir John's Flake Virginia in an Altinok.
Germain’s 1820 Mixture, Butz-Choquin liseuse - the charming French name for a Churchwarden. It’s Lesepfeife in German, both refer to reading as opposed to our English idea of a sexton (keeping an eye out for resurrection men? Perhaps a detail added by the man who told me) smoking through the church window.
After last night's Sansepolcro tasting I woke up with a pretty dang sore throat and sinsues, so today I decided to take it easy on myself. I started the day with some Mac Baren HH Pure Virginia in my trusty old Dr. Grabow Lark, and now I'm trying a new blend I've never had before:
Captain Black Original in a Morgan Bones Milan
I'm surprised by how much I like it! Captain Black is a similar blend to Lane 1-Q, but with a bit more body and much more sweetness. The first 10 minutes or so of the bowl it left a sugary sweet taste with a little bit of vanilla on my tongue and lips like a Swisher Sweet cigar, which I don't think I've ever experienced from a pipe blend before. It was surprisingly pleasant and I liked the extra thickness and body of the smoke compared to 1-Q, and the nicotine content was a little better than I expected too. Captain Black is still a very mild blend, but I'd give it a 2 out of 5 on the strength scale since there was at least some small amount of nicotine present to scratch the itch.
It seemed to have a good balanced mild Burley and Virginia tobacco flavor as well, though that may have just been the ghosts of Sansepolcro and HH Pure Virginia Flake in my pipe enhancing the flavor. It left my pipe a bit wet afterwards, as is expected from an American aromatic, but less so than Sutliff blends and the cleanup afterwards was manageable. All in all I felt like Captain Black was a much more enjoyable and inoffensive blend than I expected, and I'll look forward to trying it again in a cob next time.
Captain Black Original in a Morgan Bones Milan
I'm surprised by how much I like it! Captain Black is a similar blend to Lane 1-Q, but with a bit more body and much more sweetness. The first 10 minutes or so of the bowl it left a sugary sweet taste with a little bit of vanilla on my tongue and lips like a Swisher Sweet cigar, which I don't think I've ever experienced from a pipe blend before. It was surprisingly pleasant and I liked the extra thickness and body of the smoke compared to 1-Q, and the nicotine content was a little better than I expected too. Captain Black is still a very mild blend, but I'd give it a 2 out of 5 on the strength scale since there was at least some small amount of nicotine present to scratch the itch.
It seemed to have a good balanced mild Burley and Virginia tobacco flavor as well, though that may have just been the ghosts of Sansepolcro and HH Pure Virginia Flake in my pipe enhancing the flavor. It left my pipe a bit wet afterwards, as is expected from an American aromatic, but less so than Sutliff blends and the cleanup afterwards was manageable. All in all I felt like Captain Black was a much more enjoyable and inoffensive blend than I expected, and I'll look forward to trying it again in a cob next time.
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Lil post supper dessert—Kajun Kake.
Part way through this bowl of year 2012 Rolando’s Own in a smooth straight early ‘60s Lane era “William Conrad” Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl along with a black vulcanite double comfort saddle stem. This should get me to dinner time.
Enjoying spring weather here in the T-Dot with some Captain Earl’s Private Stock in a little cutty cob. Was meant to be smoked earlier walking the dog, but I had a lighter malfunction which was not cool! Fantastic local east coast style IPA on the side. 
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