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Snobbery....
Gunner777, I remember R&E Pipes well! Nice to "see" you again.- glpease
- Post #63
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Snobbery....
I read Searock's comment with interest. Unfortunately, I can think of several makers who would fit his description, not all of them recently grown. It's a shame, really. In the end, those of us who are in the public eye, whether pipe makers or tobacco blenders or retailers or pipe journalists...- glpease
- Post #62
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Questions for GL Pease
No comment on electronic pipes. No idea about them, actually. As for storage, jars, jars, jars. A friend and I did independent tests on various vacuum packing methods, and both came to the same conclusion. They don't do the right thing. Plastics are either high barrier to moisture, or they're...- glpease
- Post #22
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Questions for GL Pease
Thank you. The pipe in question is by Adam Davidson, a very talented young pipe maker. He calls it the "Serendipitous Gastropod." It was a fascinating piece to shoot. Sadly, I had to return it to its owner when I was done. The first two years were done in B&W. Having been a monochrome film...- glpease
- Post #19
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Questions for GL Pease
Valle Crucis came together very synergistically. In that case, I did the blend, and Craig said he "had something in mind" for the flavouring. When I got the sample, I was floored. It was all there, and everything played well together. Serendipity? I suppose, perhaps just a little.- glpease
- Post #18
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Questions for GL Pease
...oh, and the images from the last two years' calendars can be seen here.- glpease
- Post #15
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Questions for GL Pease
I'm a big believer in getting people back into their kitchens, which is part of the impetus for "The Epicure's Asylum," which is a fairly recent project, and an offshoot of another venture I'm starting. I think cooking has been mystified too much, especially by the "celebrity chefs." Cooking at...- glpease
- Post #14
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Questions for GL Pease
First, let's dispense with the "Mr." Assuming we're amongst friends, "Greg" is a little more comfortable. ;) I haven't done any real photo essays on my pipes, though I've photographed quite a few of them. Here are some of them from the "In Celebration of Briar" project, which is an ongoing...- glpease
- Post #13
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Questions for GL Pease
Other interests? We're supposed to have other interests? Damn. Nobody told me. Not meaning to be glib, but the answer is probably just about everything interesting, which is just about everything, and will no doubt ultimately prove to be my downfall. And, I suppose my interests can be as fickle...- glpease
- Post #9
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Questions for GL Pease
Haunted, I'm not ignoring your questions. In fact, I've posted a response twice, and it's evidently found its way through unknown machinations, into a bit bucket of epic scale. I've alerted the president, asking if he can fish it out of the bucket and throw it back into the stream. If his...- glpease
- Post #7
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Questions for GL Pease
A lot of that is covered in the interview I did with Bob a while back. [qupte]How do you keep on coming up with blends? You have something in the area of 30+ on your site, where does the inspiration come from? I'm always afraid there might be an end to the madness somewhere along the way...- glpease
- Post #6
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Questions for GL Pease
It really depends on the leaf. A couple years can make a huge difference, and most of what we get is two to three years old. But, after it's cured and aged, it's stored dry, so very little change takes place. I've got leaf that's ten years old that doesn't taste much different from similar leaf...- glpease
- Post #5
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Questions for GL Pease
A lot of that is covered in the interview I did with Bob a while back. I'm always afraid there might be an end to the madness somewhere along the way, like I'll do a blend, and that'll be the end of it. But, I've been cooking for most of my life, and haven't run out of new things to do with...- glpease
- Post #4
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Why aren't pipes or tobaccos dated like wine?
Haunted, ask away. Send me a note when it comes on-line so I can find it in the forums.- glpease
- Post #27
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Why aren't pipes or tobaccos dated like wine?
I almost completely agree, with some exceptions, but the problem is not unilateral. The tobacco not only walks on the wine, the wine clouds the tobacco. Rather than enhancing each other, both experiences suffer from being combined this way. I can't say that I've ever experienced a match that was...- glpease
- Post #24
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Why aren't pipes or tobaccos dated like wine?
I think you just did it. ;)- glpease
- Post #20
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Why aren't pipes or tobaccos dated like wine?
Sometimes, the brain misfires, especially during those cold starts that happen too often when the key is turned in the early morning hours - the hours after midnight that follow too many days of too little sleep, and too many (constant would be a slight exaggeration) interruptions. Chardonnay...- glpease
- Post #18
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Why aren't pipes or tobaccos dated like wine?
I'm going to have to look into the decoder ring thing. I could be really fun. The aging thing is actually pretty fascinating. Wines have been mentioned, and spirits. They each undergo amazing transformations in the wood, but once bottled, they're wildly different animals. Once in the glass...- glpease
- Post #16
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Why aren't pipes or tobaccos dated like wine?
A seemingly simple question has drifted into more complex territories, it seems. Why don't we date our tobaccos, and what happens through the years? The first part, at least from my perspective, is simple. We do. No log-book, arcane translation table or secret decoder-ring is necessary. It's...- glpease
- Post #13
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion