MB VA #1
OGS
not a fan of newminster 400 I find it too ‘dusty’ and ‘dusky’ not bright enough for warm weather.
would like to see how amphora va measures up.
Get yourself a nice poker or freehand with deep bowl and narrow chamber; build a thick cake... chamber will become narrower. I've noticed virginias smoke cooler this way.
I love macbaren virginia #1; sweet, savoury, bready, easy, buttery, bright. Sweetens any pipe. Pack it tall and narrow, puff slowly and half way down you will be rewarded by virginia bliss. Since 1955. Good stuff.
After a ten yr hiatus I made it back to smoking a pipe. I like the GH flakes and some MacBaren blends. I picked up an old pouch of the pinkerton H&H that was forgotten at a nearby tobacconist.
Now I am hard pressed to smoke anything else. My custombilt style poker by Dave McLary and Half and...
There is no anise to my taste, or per the packaging. "Cardamom, coriander, and maze" maybe a little cherry. For anise you have mix 79, SWRA, warhorse, condor.