I have a tin sitting around along with some Haunted Book Shop but I don’t know which to open next since I’m plowing through BF #2 at the moment. I need some opinions from the clan ?
C&D Briar Fox ?
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I just picked up a pound of Briar Fox based on @didimauw 's endorsement. Maybe he will grace us with a synopsis.
I didn't like haunted bookshop when I tried it, but I do need to revisit it. Briar Fox is a delicious blend to me. I had opened a tin with some age and I was enamored with it. It's very basic but the way it is pressed gives a delicious tang interplay between the Virginia's and Burley. Definitely a traditional pipe smokers blend that appeals more to Virginia smokers in my mind than it does Burley smokers.
To me Briar Fox with ten years on it is wonderful. Fresh it's just meh. Obviously YMMV and all that.
It's a great blend. What I would imagine a good old fashioned blend would taste like. I have several pounds of it and look forward to seeing how well it ages.
How old is the tin? There was a run of bad briar fox a few years ago.
Either way, I'd open the briar fox next. It's my favorite "real" tobacco. @cosmicfolklore
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Briar fox didn't do much for me, much like Night Train...haven't tried bookshop
I enjoy Pegasus quite a bit. Haunted Bookshop is similar with a nice dose of Perique, which I'm not always in the mood for. Pegasus also has some cavendish, more of a background player.
I'll try the Briar Fox some time over the next month, whenever the urge to jar tobacco overcomes my sloth and inertia...
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I'll try the Briar Fox some time over the next month, whenever the urge to jar tobacco overcomes my sloth and inertia...
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I let a tin of Briar Fox from a NASPC raffle from 2004. I smoked it last Summer. It was pretty darned good. One of these days, I will pick up more.
Mike S.
Mike S.
I enjoy Briar Fox quite a bit, I break in all my pipes, be they new or estate with Briar Fox. It is simple enough to give me a good indication of how well a pipe is going to smoke for me while still being an enjoyable smoke. I didn’t care for Haunted Bookshop at all and my wife HATED the room note of it, I smoke in the house and she has only vetoed maybe 3 or 4 blends in over 20 years together, so that is saying something about how it must smell to non-smokers in the room!
If you like a noticeable dose of nic and enjoy the slightly bitter flavor profile of burley go with Haunted Bookshop. If you'd rather have something a bit softer and milder with more virginia in the flavor profile go with Briar Fox. I like both. How about opening both and smoking a few bowls of each to see which you like better?
I did not care for Haunted Bookshop, but Briar Fox surprised me in how much I enjoyed it. I find a lot of C&D subdued, for lack of a better word, but Briar Fox was vibrant with good Virginia. C&D does not typically produce landmark Virginias IMO. I would buy BF again.
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