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  1. sasquatch

    Reamed By UPS…

    Looks like oil cured Algerian too, lucky guy.
  2. sasquatch

    Dan Tobacco Salty Dogs No Taste?

    It's not rocket science but it is science - if you burn with any intensity the flavor molecules literally are destroyed (unlike if you eat your burger too fast). And who is most prone to puffing a little extra hard but someone trying to get "more" flavor out of a blend? Judging from what...
  3. sasquatch

    Dan Tobacco Salty Dogs No Taste?

    Not at all. If someone says "Man I can't stand oysters, they are so slimy and weird." that's one thing. If someone says "Oysters have no detectable flavor." that's an entirely different claim. The claims made by some in this thread are more reminiscent of the second one. It took me...
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    Dan Tobacco Salty Dogs No Taste?

    Salty Dogs is awesome, it's every bit as good as Mac Baren's classic Navy Flake. I hate to be that guy but if you are getting no flavor from Salty Dogs you gotta learn to smoke a pipe. Prep it different, smoke it slower, something, cuz it's sweet and delicious if you get it right. It's not...
  5. sasquatch

    Presbyterian

    Pelican was great, yeah. I have nothing positive to say about Gawith right now, they are clearly using a latakia that bears little resemblance to the past versions, and it's watered down their English blends terribly. Happily I have lots of Skiff and Commonwealth from "the good old days".
  6. sasquatch

    Presbyterian

    RRR is delicious. Of the oriental-forward blends I've had, it's one of my favorites. King Charles from Germain was always super tasty, just a perfect mix of sweet, sour, spice, and smoke, but of course it's been super hard to get for a very long time. I smoke lots of Durbar but I think...
  7. sasquatch

    Presbyterian

    I suspect what I'm smoking is that sort of era, 2018ish. The tin says "made in eu" and the distributor is James Norman. I go back to the William Solomon and Sons tins, with paper in them, and I remember the blend smelling a great deal like an old sock - much more like Early Morning Pipe...
  8. sasquatch

    Presbyterian

    There was a short-lived Presbyterian "burley" mixture called Reformation or some such thing. But it's all for naught, Presby hasn't been right for a long time (I just opened my second last tin). It used to have a good latakia flavor, not a heavy English but the real deal. This last...
  9. sasquatch

    More about Latakia...

    That's putting it very mildly.
  10. sasquatch

    More about Latakia...

    Syrian and Cyprian were always different, and often combined, though, no? I mean, Syrian is this thick, woody sort of "body enhancing" stuff where the Cypriot was much sharper, brought the incense and campfire notes. Now it's looking like we're down to this Turkish stuff which is maybe kinda...
  11. sasquatch

    More about Latakia...

    I dunno. I just cracked a Wessex "Gold Standard" and it tastes like proper cyprian (and I had a little Commonwealth today, from 2018, to tune my palate, make sure I'm remembering things). But the Squadron Leader sucked and the 4th Gen Batch 4 boasting "turkish latakia" was pretty ...
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    More about Latakia...

    A recent bag of bulk Squadron Leader, and it just doesn't taste anything like Squadron Leader, none of the deep latakia notes from the past. It DOES taste suspiciously similar to the Fathers Friends and Fire English mix, which states "Turkish Latakia". So I'm beginning to believe we are...
  13. sasquatch

    Chasing Grain

    So if you go back through this thread, there's pipes that have crazy good briar used with crazy good skill, there's pipes with crazy good briar used with much less skill, and there's pipes with reasonably good briar used with crazy good skill, and pipes with reasonably good briar used with much...
  14. sasquatch

    Chasing Grain

    So a "plain jane" briar block is boring, you can't pull a masterpiece of grain out of this, because it isn't "grainful". That looks like it'll make a decent pipe, it's not showing cracks or pepperspots, it's nice clean wood, but not exciting, not "high grade" wood really, save that it...
  15. sasquatch

    Chasing Grain

    I might have, I'll have a look. I can find an example anyhow, there's more than a few blocks here.
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