I had never had it, but always enjoy English blends and have tried many. Most seem complex with a lot of components, this was simple and spot on for what I like English’s to be.
Cornell & Diehl Small Batch Series - Fires on the Levee - Tin 08427/12000
I was hoping to put this away for a bit, but after opening the strange packaging box from Smoking Pipes and seeing a dented tin, I decided to jar the tin tonight. Smells like barbeque sauce dripped on charred hickory wood.
2009 Wessex Campaign Dark Flake. I stashed a few of these away back in '09 then it was hard to get for a while, so I rationed it. Now it seems readily available, in fact I picked up a couple tins at the briary in Birmingham this summer. So I figured it's time to open one of my old tins. It's everything I remembered! One of my all-time favorite straight virginias.
Opening a lovely tin gifted me through PMSS, (thanks so much you Som Besth's).
Tin note is raisins, big time!
Little bit of rust on the rim, but as the packaging paper was undisturbed on the sheets that tobacco could have touched, I'm feeling really good about it. Smoking a bowl now, and jarring as we speak! View attachment 441356View attachment 441357View attachment 441358View attachment 441359