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***What Are You Smoking, August 2024?***
Starting off the day with Meridian in a Dublin poker.- Butter Side Down
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, August 2024?***
My Own Blend Dark Plug in a MM Dagner poker.- Butter Side Down
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, August 2024?***
Brighton in a black and brown Bay bamboo brandy. Imagine the fun we could have had if I had some Bill Baileys Balkan Blend!- Butter Side Down
- Post #1,577
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, August 2024?***
PS Cube Cut in a cob. Simple pleasures.- Butter Side Down
- Post #1,437
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***What Are You Smoking, August 2024?***
Uhle's 00 burley in a Dustin Franc bent pot.- Butter Side Down
- Post #1,341
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Blind Tasting: Red Virginia
I agree with @Sobrbiker, the blind nature definitely removes the chance for any preconceived bias and lets you enjoy or not enjoy based entirely on your own experience. I'm a bit bummed that my hands down favorite was the McCranie's, but on the flip side, without Andrew's generosity I probably...- Butter Side Down
- Post #154
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***
In the zone with this today. Nearing the end of my 4th consecutive bowl of Rattray 40 Virginia in the same pipe (Dustin Franc canted beaded brandy). Fill, light, smoke, dump, repeat. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!- Butter Side Down
- Post #2,717
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Blind Tasting: Red Virginia
Post script follow up. I still have about a quarter of a bowl of sample #6 left over and this morning as an experiment I mixed a little bit of it into a bowl of Luxury Twist Flake, which is a lovely if somewhat one-dimensional flavored VA/Cavendish. Normally my home experiments in this direction...- Butter Side Down
- Post #134
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Blind Tasting: Red Virginia
Yup. It's worth noting that about half the responders so far didn't really like sample 1 at all. Either way, there's still plenty to like coming down the pipe (pun intended).- Butter Side Down
- Post #100
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Blind Tasting: Red Virginia
Definitely enjoyed it! Thanks for including me. Remind me, when are you doing the big reveal? I'm itching to know what we had. Especially samples 1, 2, and 6.- Butter Side Down
- Post #86
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Blind Tasting: Red Virginia
Final ranking in order of most liked to least, rated on a 5 point scale Sample 1 => 5.0 (I still can't stop thinking about it!) Sample 2 => 4.5 (Some minor nit picks, but still excellent) Sample 6 => 4.0 (Very, very good) Sample 5 => 3.5 (Good) Sample 3 => 3.0 (Not amazing, not terrible) Sample...- Butter Side Down
- Post #79
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Blind Tasting: Red Virginia
Made it to the end! Sample 6 Tin note: Really different from all the others. Pretty rustic. Is farm-esque a word? Probably not, but hopefully you know what I mean. Not like the animal smell you get driving through Hereford, TX. More like stacks of baled hay sitting in a barn on a...- Butter Side Down
- Post #78
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Blind Tasting: Red Virginia
I had enough of sample 5 left over to have another bowl. In a briar this time; the dunhill I use for yorktown. I think this is noticeably better in a briar. I get a little bit more of everything this has to offer. Doesn't change my rankings at all, but I do like it a little more. Weirdly, I'm...- Butter Side Down
- Post #76
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Blind Tasting: Red Virginia
Sample 5 Tin note: Of all the samples so far, the tin note of this one is probably the least exciting. A little vinegary, like samples 1 & 2, but without the depth or mouth-watering complexity. Doesn't mean anything really. I've smoked plenty of blends that smelled fantastic in the tin that...- Butter Side Down
- Post #75
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Blind Tasting: Red Virginia
Ok, I'm giving #4 another chance in a briar now and it is an improvement. I chose a wide chambered pot (nearly an inch) that has been known to vastly change the experience of a tobacco because you can get so much of it burning at once. It has softened it up and I'm getting a little bit of...- Butter Side Down
- Post #71
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Blind Tasting: Red Virginia
Sample 4 Tin note: Smells surprisingly like raisin bran. Faint boozy tinge in the background (maybe a rum casing?). Cut: Medium thickness flake. Breaks into ribbons with barely any rubbing. No obvious binding agent. Based on the cut and the lack of a binder, I'd guess this one is blended by...- Butter Side Down
- Post #70
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Blind Tasting: Red Virginia
Sample 3 Tin note: More of a typical Virginia aroma than the first two. Light fermentation. Hay. Grass. Dark fruit. Got a blast of honey when the packet was first opened, but it dissipated quickly. Cut: Mostly rubbed out flake with a few bits of broken flake. Cut seems “European” to me but I...- Butter Side Down
- Post #69
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Blind Tasting: Red Virginia
Sample #2 Tin note: Similar to Sample #1. Once again, the initial hit is vinegar and fermentation. Second notes are dark and tangy with less sweetness and less spice than #1. Final note is still earthy, less sour but with a slight bitter edge. Cut: Arrived as a slightly broken flake. Darker...- Butter Side Down
- Post #52
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Blind Tasting: Red Virginia
I won't say what my guess was, but I will reveal that it was incorrect.- Butter Side Down
- Post #50
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion