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  1. kenoshakid

    Your Favorite Spicy Blend

    Thanks for the recs! Now I have to figure out which ones to try first.
  2. kenoshakid

    Your Favorite Spicy Blend

    Thanks for the recs, people. Keep them coming! @escioe: Both, and the two you mentioned are among my favorites.
  3. kenoshakid

    Your Favorite Spicy Blend

    What are your favorite blends that you consider at least somewhat spicy?
  4. kenoshakid

    What Are You Smoking? May 2013

    Escudo in an MM cob.
  5. kenoshakid

    Corn Cob Pipe Problem

    It's definitely the corn that I'm tasting. For some reason at first it tasted more like something else, but now that I have something to reference the flavor with I can definitely say it's the corn. @teufelhund: That's funny because I was thinking the same thing: That corn cob flavor isn't...
  6. kenoshakid

    Corn Cob Pipe Problem

    It does make sense that the filter is what's imparting the bread and mushroom flavor. I'll give it a go sans filters. Thanks for the input, folks.
  7. kenoshakid

    Corn Cob Pipe Problem

    I recently received my first two corn cob pipes. I smoked Irish Oak out of one and Sunday Picnic out of the other. Both pipes yielded the same flavor, which I can only describe as bread and mushrooms. Confused, I smoked some Irish Oak out of a briar and did not get the same flavor as I did...
  8. kenoshakid

    Frog Morton Cellar

    So my 100mg tin of FMC arrived about a week ago. At nighttime, after dinner, I decided to pop open the tin and load me up a nice bowl. I couldn't really see what I was doing in the darkness. After I took my first big toke I thought to myself: Man, is this stuff disgusting or what? It was...
  9. kenoshakid

    Which Blend To Break In My New Peterson?

    Thanks for your input. I guess I'll go with Haddo's Delight, as that's my favorite.
  10. kenoshakid

    Which Blend To Break In My New Peterson?

    Which of the following would be the best choice to break in my new Peterson? Penzance Haddo's Delight Nightcap Maltese Falcon Fillmore
  11. kenoshakid

    Frog Morton cellar??

    Others more qualified will probably clarify, but I believe FMC is topped with a dash of whiskey and possibly something else. I would like to know whether it ages well, too.
  12. kenoshakid

    New Peterson Pipe Smoker

    Plateau, I'm glad you found a brand you like. I don't know what I'd do without my Petersons. I've got a Kinsale smooth bent apple on the way. Can't wait!
  13. kenoshakid

    Carter Hall

    I'm with you, Cav. I'll be including some with my next order, too.
  14. kenoshakid

    What are You Reading?

    Recently finished V. by my favorite fiction writer, Thomas Pynchon (that's him in my avi). Hoping to finish Delillo's Underworld soon. Also currently reading Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land and Richard Calder's Dead Girls, Dead Boys, Dead Things.
  15. kenoshakid

    I'm Sure I've Said This a Lot, But:

    Haddo's Delight in my trusty rusticated Donegal.