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  1. mikecronis

    Scandinavian Tobacco Group: C'Est La Vie Creme Caramel Review

    Well, then! Another winner for aromatic fans here. Smells like Häagen-Dazs Salted-Caramel ice cream all melted. Lights-up quickly enough and has a buttery, warm flavor, not unlike eating a Milky Way candy bar (the US variety), actually maybe 2 of them. I think that a newbie to pipe smoking...
  2. mikecronis

    What is the Best Balkan?

    I've tried quite a few, to include Sasieni Balkan and Arango Balkan Supreme. Which is the best?
  3. mikecronis

    C'Est La Vie Chocolate Eclair - Scandinavian Tobacco Group Review

    Well this is a surprise! Rather inexpensive bid at CigarBid website, I got this pack pretty quickly. Strong scent of thick chocolate smells almost cheap and I was hesitant so I stuffed it in my pipe tobacco fridge/humidor by New Air and let it set for a few months. Stuffing into my...
  4. mikecronis

    Scandinavian Tobacco Group: C'Est La Vie French Vanilla Review

    This is a rather inexpensive pack and probably alluring to a novice getting into the habit. Scent is vanilla, of course. Not overly synthetic and fairly mellow, perhaps a bit plucky? This one burns a bit hotter than normal and nic is fairly mild. Tastes of Great Value Walmart French Vanilla...
  5. mikecronis

    East India Trading Company "Officer's Club" Review

    Cracking open this can wafts strong vanilla and cocoa topping, a hint of honey and butter-rum deeper still, rich and creamy. Quite a surprise really, and being a retired "non" commissioned officer, I'm hesitant; as this might be "off limits". I obtained my Bachelor's of Science Degree, and a...
  6. mikecronis

    Cornell & Diehl - Innsmouth (The Old Ones) - Reviews

    Continuing with the HP Lovecraft series by Cornell & Diehl is Innsmouth, which is interestingly a story about a place near my home town of Methuen, MA in Essex County USA near Plum Island on the coast; completely fictional. Perique (to me) seemed predominant here as I cracked open the can (of...
  7. mikecronis

    Seattle Pipe Club - Mississippi River Special Reserve Review

    Having tried Seattle Pipe Club's Plum Pudding and their Reserve and Bourbon versions, I dipped my toe into Mississippi River Special Reserve. The SR version comes in a plug. Having schooled myself on plug-cutting like a torte-cake I cut down and rubbed it into tasty flakes and stuffed into a...
  8. mikecronis

    Cornell & Diehl - Dreams of Kadath (The Old Ones) review

    Cracking the can open wafts of what smells like a late 1970's Alabama Slammer rum-punch drink. The tobacco that I had came in strips unlike the picture above, but that's fine. Taste reminds me of a Connecticut cigar with Perique that's a bit figgy. Imagine perhaps Seattle Pipe Co. Plum...
  9. mikecronis

    Arango - Balkan Supreme review

    80 oz. is a concerning amount. It usually takes me months to get through 4 oz. Is this a lifetime amount? LOL! Nicely purchased and will likely cellar well. This was recommended to me as a good, complex tobacco and it is quite good.
  10. mikecronis

    Cornell & Diehl - Visions of Celephaïs (The Old Ones) review

    From HP Lovecraft works, paraphrased out of Wiki: Celephaïs was created in a dream by Kuranes (which is his name in dreams—his real name is not given) as a child of the English landed gentry. As a man in his forties, alone and dispossessed in contemporary London, he dreams it again and then...
  11. mikecronis

    Arango - Balkan Supreme review

    This doesn't come in a tin that I could find, but putting that aside... this nice alternative to Sasieni Balkan comes in incredibly long ribbons, some over 4" are stuffed into my Peterson Dracula 999, drooling in anticipation. A combination of Black Cavendish, Cyprian Latakia, Oriental/Turkish...
  12. mikecronis

    English Recommendation?

    So, I've tried Seattle Pipe Co., Plum Pudding Seattle Pipe Co., Plum Pudding Special Reserve Seattle Pipe Co., Plum Pudding Bourbon Barrel Scandinavian Tobacco Group, Balkan Sasieni Sutliff Edward G. Robbinson Sutliff Blend No. 5 Sutliff Alexander Bridge VR, Bengal Slices Maybe a few more...
  13. mikecronis

    Bengal Slices Review

    There are a lot of Cavendish blends out there and I think Sutliff is in love with the stuff. I suppose it's a potential for a further discussion in a new thread, but I always have thought straight Cavendish was creamy vanilla-ish. Examples such as Lane Limited CAO and Sutliff Black Cavendish...
  14. mikecronis

    Bengal Slices Review

    The vanilla note is probably from the Cavendish. I usually detect that, perhaps falsely, in all Cavendish tobacco. I think almost all Sutliff blends have a little in it. The Bengal Slices that I checked here says it's got some, and maybe I'm sensitive to that taste.. or I'm having a stroke...
  15. mikecronis

    Bengal Slices Review

    Okay, I admit I was afraid of this one opening it. Strong scent of Latakia suggest it's a monster, opening, smelling of a local Indian girl's leather boot unwashed from body sweat, and I don't have a foot fetish so... concerning. What are those peppery little flakes there?! Visions of a...
  16. mikecronis

    Sutliff Private Stock Blend No.5 Review

    Starting off, I'm a big aromatic fan, but I've been trying a lot of English blends to see what all the fuss is about. I'm a bit bias towards Sutliff offerings, and by my own personal reckoning, they get a lot of aromatics right, though some are pure air-ball misses. Usually Private Stock are...
  17. mikecronis

    Boswell Pipes & Tobacco Northwoods Review

    I noticed later-on on TobaccoReviews.com and other sites that the second half is described differently for everybody. I try not to bias my reviews on previous ones or even read them at all. Suggestion sits in your mind no matter how unbiased you try to be if you read those, just like a jury...
  18. mikecronis

    Boswell Pipes & Tobacco Northwoods Review

    Opening this tin has a decent English blend scent to it, with a touch of licorice, probably from the Latakia, a little more complex and compelling that others. Some toasted Virginia and .. I think Cavendish to smooth it out. Eagerly I stuff my pipe readily. Initially, it reminds me of the...
  19. mikecronis

    Plum Pudding Bourbon Barrel Aged Review

    So having tried Plum Pudding standard and Special Reserve, I was interested in the 3rd offering of course. Opening I was greeted to the same Plum Pudding smell found in the Special Reserve version, more diffused scent there (see my previous reviews) but a very strong bourbon scent as well, as...
  20. mikecronis

    7 Seas Reviews - Gold Blend

    I agree. The Virginia put into a Cavendish style vanilla is strange to me. I think it's intriguing though, and a bold experiment here. I've never heard of this process done to a Virginia before otherwise. Impressive and brave. I will let it cellar and re-approach later.
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