Opening A Tin? Show Us!

[Aylesbury Pike]

That's sum good shight right there.

As for me, it was time to dig a little deeper into the cellar and bust out a 2009 tin of Escudo. Been a while since i've had any of this beloved pipeweed.

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Stuffed a bowl full of this into a Tekin squashed tomato meer. Smells amazing. Catch ya on the WAYS thread...

Never tried Escudo myself but I feel like I can smell that through the screen!

 

[TriedPiper]

In my quest to go wide before deep, another new blend for me, Cornell & Diehl Bayou Morning Flake. I've had a few Virginia perique blends, but never sure how much influence or flavor I was actually getting from the perique. This blend is 25% perique so I'm hoping to get a better feel for it when it plays a larger part.

Nice photos. Thanks for posting. I too just picked some up and would be interested to hear your thoughts on the blend when you get a chance.

 

[TriedPiper]

C&D Bayou Morning Flake. First tin of this one.

Nice photos. Thanks for posting. I too just picked some up and would be interested to hear your thoughts on the blend when you get a chance.

Edit: Sorry, I'm sort of new at this posting stuff. I wanted to quote both of these in one post.

 

[Roach1]

Just begrudgingly cracked a tin of Dockworker. I'm trying to avoid opening tins but, equally, I'm still trying to learn what blends are for me. Haven't smoked any Dockworker yet but it came in a big, folded, messy broken flake. Hopefully smoking this will help me to isolate the flavour of orientals.View attachment 375634

I usually cut the strip into bowl size portions when jarring.

 

[Aylesbury Pike]

I usually cut the strip into bowl size portions when jarring.

Thanks, I'll try this. The blend wasn't what I was expecting. It seemed rather dry and slightly muted in flavour. I'm a novice though and seem to struggle with subtle flavours so that could just be me.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Opened my first ever tin of Haddo's Delight this afternoon. And probably my last.
Couldn't taste anything but the topping. Maybe I'll try another bowl in a few days when it's had time to air out a little bit. I don't have high hopes. Smells good though.
I have no idea how they consider this a non-aromatic. It is everything I hate about aromatics. LOL

 

[Bbailey324]

Just grabbed a tin of this myself to try, be interested on your thoughts.

I'm still figuring out what I think about it. Prior to this one I smoked a tin of Chenet's Cake and Kajun Kake and overall find Bayou Morning Flake less complex. No bad or off flavors, just not as much depth. That is a preliminary take on it, only about four bowls in.

 

[VDL_Piper]

I'm still figuring out what I think about it. Prior to this one I smoked a tin of Chenet's Cake and Kajun Kake and overall find Bayou Morning Flake less complex. No bad or off flavors, just not as much depth. That is a preliminary take on it, only about four bowls in.

Thank you, sounds a little thin maybe.

 

[BingBong]

Here we go, Century Picaroon 1690, the possible Sutliff SPC Plum Pudding Bourbon Barrel blend. Dense fairly dry kake, can't call it a plug really, but it needed a sharp knife to cut a bowl.

 

[FLDRD]

Opened my first ever tin of Haddo's Delight this afternoon. And probably my last.
Couldn't taste anything but the topping. Maybe I'll try another bowl in a few days when it's had time to air out a little bit. I don't have high hopes. Smells good though.
I have no idea how they consider this a non-aromatic. It is everything I hate about aromatics. LOL

I have no idea about this one, but for me, almost everything from C&D that I try, is better "later", after being opened for a bit. Very few are great for me from the very beginning.

 

[krizzose]

I put this in yesterday’s WAYS thread, but it’ll go nicely here as well.

It’s been a few years since I had a tin of McClelland 40th Anniversary open, so I popped one.

Once the sugars warmed up a couple minutes in, it really started to sing. Bright tangy fruit balanced with brown sugar and a touch of caramel. Medium flavor strength, but this still had a quite a bit of body and spice, even after 8 years in the tin. Not so malty and bready as the last CC I had open (2014).

 

[Sobrbiker]

All excited to get into a 2018 SG Kendal Plug I picked up a while back

Hmmm, I thought the newer deli trays were a bit flimsy, but this looks like a baggie that a druggie from Trainspotting sealed with a Bic


Ruh roh……gonna need some serious rehydration.

Looks like the core may still contain moisture

Gonna let the crispy outside get less crispy for a while

 

[dottlejockey]

I was in the mood to try something new and had recently picked up a couple tins of Midsommar, being intrigued by the ingredient list. A quality b/o/v blend sounded interesting and since i have no outlet for Warped products while in WA state i jumped on the opportunity.

Popped this one this morning. Damp and fluffy. Will try it straight away and then, if necessary, give it a little dry time to compare flavor and burnability.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Had quite a treat tonight. My nephew who is also a pipe smoker came across a tin of Frog Morton Cellar and bought it. We opened it tonight and man o man, it's just as good as I remembered.

 

[Roach1]

Opened a 50gr pouch of Orlik Golden Sliced and letting it air a bit before it gets put in a jar .

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

I decided to open two tins I’ve had sitting around for a while that I’ve been excited to try. I just needed to move though a few jars before I did so. The first can I opened is G.L. Pease Jack Knife Plug from 2022:



Looks like plume on it and the can made a nice pop when opened. Smells good and the white specks aren’t fuzzy. I’ll take my chances

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

The second can I opened is G.L. Pease Key Largo, also from 2022. I’m not a huge cigar guy but the cigar leaf intrigues me:

 

[Butter Side Down]

Opened my first ever tin of Haddo's Delight this afternoon. And probably my last.

Exactly how I felt. Pease makes a lot of blends I dig, but Haddo's isn't one of them.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Exactly how I felt. Pease makes a lot of blends I dig, but Haddo's isn't one of them.

Haddos is okay….but, compared to Pease’s other offerings, I decided to not buy again. Barbary Coast is another that I just didn’t enjoy.

 

[starrynight]

Opened a 50gr pouch of Orlik Golden Sliced and letting it air a bit before it gets put in a jar .View attachment 377057

This looks... amazing!