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School Me on Tobacco Maturation and Fermentation
It’s a lot of fun and they fit perfectly in a those 8oz mason jars (fit 3 or 4 pucks). I made one of Haunted Bookshop long before they offered a pressed version of it, I actually prefer that one as a ribbon cut.- hawky454
- Post #22
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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What Music Are You Listening To - June, 2023
I’ve been listening to a lot of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard lately. They are mind blowingly prolific and every album is really good, they are always switching up their sound. Their latest album is more thrash metal but if ya don’t like that sound, pick up a different album, they surely have...- hawky454
- Post #206
- Forum: General Discussion
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School Me on Tobacco Maturation and Fermentation
That one is heavy with Perique funk! I could see how it would turn some people off, especially if you are coming from Captain Black. I love that funk, smells like dirty socks but tastes so good. I’ve made many tobacco pucks from that blend. I do have a feeling that there is Vinegar added to...- hawky454
- Post #20
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Instant Favorites
I really like that one too. Scratches my Cognac Mixture/ Pembroke itch and find they took the idear of FMC and made it better, more full bodied and flavor to my taste. I guess I too could classify this as an instant favorite. After one pipe I got online and ordered 5 more tins. I don’t smoke it...- hawky454
- Post #108
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Opening Old Tins - A Photo and Data Thread
Love this thread. I just hope I remember it when I open my next aged tin. I could look at pictures of pipe tobacco all day long.- hawky454
- Post #11
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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School Me on Tobacco Maturation and Fermentation
Keep in mind that some manufactures add vinegar as a preservative too. I hear some of the Sutliff CC’s are pretty much soaked in vinegar to attempt a McClelland like taste but McClelland (I believe) didn’t add vinegar, their tang was a result of their unique fermentation style. I personally love...- hawky454
- Post #18
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Sharing the Love?
Yes, I do it from time to time. I used to do it more frequently but I’ve found that if they are about 25 and younger, they likely won’t stick with it. I got tired of wasting my tobacco and pipes on people that may only give it (at most) two weeks of their time. Only one person out of all of the...- hawky454
- Post #17
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Latakia Blend Tasting Test
I want to see some of the “super tasters” take on a challenge like this. We did something like this on another forum, it’s a lot of fun but disappointed some of the folks that are revered to be authority on all things pipe tobacco, never take up a challenge such as this. I wouldn’t stop with...- hawky454
- Post #8
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Tasting Tobacco Is Mostly For Me Over Retrohale
I couldn’t imagine smoking a pipe without snorking, it’s just natural to me. I was amazed to find out other smokers didn’t do this. But in the end, what does it matter? Smoke the way you like to and I’ll smoke the way I like to. As long as you’re enjoying it, you’re doing it right. I still...- hawky454
- Post #20
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Krumble Kake Kraziness
If I remember correctly, Sobranie used to make it for Smokers Haven before Germain’s. . So in a way, it still has that legendary status of Sobranie. KK is very rare though so it fits the bill for a high priced tobacco.- hawky454
- Post #3
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Ferrous Tins inside Mylar - A Quick Recipe For Disaster?
This has concerned me too, but I don’t know if it’s enough to go through all of my cellar to take the tins out of mylar. I’ve had SG tins develop bumps on the outside if the tin, I assumed this was rust build up due to the moisture slowly leaking from the tins. I haven’t noticed anything within...- hawky454
- Post #3
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Ennerdale Ready Rubbed
Yeah, it’s essentially the flake that they don’t have to care for to keep in perfect flake form. It’s just the flake dumped in a bag or the bottom of the barrel so to speak. I’ve bought flake tobacco that was more of a mixture than the picture I posted above. Either way, if this isn’t enough...- hawky454
- Post #20
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Ennerdale Ready Rubbed
I posted about this before. The Ennerdale Mixture is heavily sauced. I have no experience with the current flake but the mixture (ready rubbed) is every bit as sauced as the flake was back in 2016. I would be absolutely be amazed if people thought it didn’t have enough top dressing. I first...- hawky454
- Post #19
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, June 2023?***
The last time I bought the flake was in 2016, so I don’t know what the current flake is like but that was my thinking, kind of like how I feel like St. Bruno RR has more sauce than the flake (could all be in my head). Both the flake and mixture obviously come from the same source, I’ve bought...- hawky454
- Post #1,461
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Opening a ~40 year old tin of Assens' Finest Flake Cut + More Information sought
Man, that tin held up well over the years, enjoy! Looks like a good score! More like octuple fermented now!- hawky454
- Post #18
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, June 2023?***
Forgot how much I enjoyed Ennerdale, I decided to go with the “mixture” since the recent 2 ounce batch I bought was so good. This stuff is just as potent! Smoking in a Bones billiard - to none pipe smokers this probably looks like rubbish, but to a pipe smoker, this pile of twisted up flakes is...- hawky454
- Post #1,434
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Conor McGregor Knocks Out Mascot And Sends Him To Hospital😲
He hit him with that left hook too. That’s his go in for the kill fighting style. He deserves more than a slap on the wrist for this. What an absolute dick. I mean I like to watch him fight when it’s a fair fight he’s an amazing fighter but he needs to grow up. He just thinks he’s more important...- hawky454
- Post #12
- Forum: General Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, June 2023?***
How is this blend holding up with age on it? I have some tins from 2009 and I’m worried that the Syrian Latakia has softened too much. This was one of the first blends that really wowed me when I first started smoking a pipe.- hawky454
- Post #1,224
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Making Cake with Shake that Ash method
That’s exactly how I used to do it for years but as Sable said, it leaves an inferior cake, which is impossible to team evenly because it leaves a lot of soft spots and chunks end up coming off as you ream. I promise you, the build up of cake will seem to happen way too often when you aren’t...- hawky454
- Post #24
- Forum: Pipe Repair and Maintenance
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Current Condor options
I got started on the Long Cut. I second Paul’s suggestion, get the Long Cut and Ready Rubbed and decide for yourself, out of those two, I prefer the LC but my favorite is the plug. Don’t worry if it doesn’t taste like it used to, that’s not relevan, just enjoy it for what it is now, which in my...- hawky454
- Post #4
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion