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  1. musicman

    Anyone Heard of this Texas Bourbon?

    Yep. From your Wiki article: "On May 4, 1964, the United States Congress recognized bourbon whiskey as a "distinctive product of the United States" by concurrent resolution. Bourbon may be produced anywhere in the United States where it is legal to distill spirits, but most brands are...
  2. musicman

    Anyone Heard of this Texas Bourbon?

    That’s a common myth. It does have to be from the US though. And it has to contain at least 51 percent corn. There are other requirements as well: http://bourbonbuzz.com/bourbon-requirements/
  3. musicman

    Your Cellar Size

    Much of my cellar is still in storage since a recent move (still looking for a house to buy) but I'd guess it's 25-30 lbs. My primary goals are: 1. To get to the point where I have a good supply of well-aged blends, especially the Va/VaPers I like to smoke. 2. To squirrel away a decent...
  4. musicman

    Superbowl: What will You Smoke and Drink?

    It’s well worth seeking out. If you can find multiple single barrels pick them up. I live 10 minutes from the distillery and I love going there to drink a flight or two of different barrels. The differences can be remarkable! Good stuff!
  5. musicman

    Superbowl: What will You Smoke and Drink?

    I’ll be making wings and dip, my wife will be making jalapeño poppers, and we’ll be drinking some local Cincy brews and New Riff Old Fashioneds. After the game, to celebrate the Bengals win, I’ll be having a bowl of 8 yr old SJF in a Castello lovat. Go Bengals! Who dey!
  6. musicman

    What Tobaccos Hit You from Out of Left Field?

    There have been a few tobaccos over the years that have opened up new flavor profiles to me, and made me dive down some deep rabbit holes into specific types of blends. A couple of note: Match Victoria, the blend that made me "get" VaPers. Now I smoke Va based blends 80 percent of the time...
  7. musicman

    Best Beverage Ever For Pipe Smoking

    This is the correct answer. I usually have my coffee with a bit of cream, but when I’m having a pipe at the same time, black all the way. I find the two really enhance each other.
  8. musicman

    Amateur Astronomy and the Pipe Smoker

    I've been into amateur astronomy since I was a kid, and as an adult, I find that it matches well with pipe smoking. I used to have an 18" Dob with setting circles and tracking homebuilt by a master craftsman, as well as a 10" Dob that was my first scope, and two 80mm refractors (one a triplet...
  9. musicman

    Your Favorite Match Blend

    Elizabethan (Match Victoria), MM 965, and Balkan Supreme are three of the best values in pipe tobacco, bar none. I'd venture to say that Match Victoria is easily better than the current iteration of Dunhill/Peterson Elizabethan.
  10. musicman

    Cringle Flake 2021 Up At SPC

    Yep. Midnight release helps. If it's anything like last year, it'll be mostly gone by noon.
  11. musicman

    Cringle Flake 2021 Up At SPC

    It's also up at TP.com. Picked up my 10 tins. Looking forward to this one. First special release I've picked up in at least 6 months.
  12. musicman

    Stephen Sondheim

    Truly one of the great artists in the history of the United States. His work was broad and deep. He is one of the few composers of musical theatre that I could never get enough of. May he RIP.
  13. musicman

    ***What Are You Smoking, November 2021?***

    Currently enjoying (very much, I might add) some GL Pease Fillmore from 2009 in a Mastro Gepetto 214 bent Dublin. It's an unseasonably warm evening in Cincinnati, with a current temp of 64 at 11:45 PM, although that's about to change with a front coming through tonight. This Fillmore, and the...
  14. musicman

    Lease vs rent a pipe

    This used to be the case in the taverns of Europe back in the 1700s. Clay pipes would hang from the ceiling, and if you wanted a bowl you would buy the tobacco and “rent” the pipe from the establishment. I don’t think these were Dunhills and Castello tho.
  15. musicman

    ***What Are You Smoking, October 2021?***

    Enjoying a bowl of GL Pease Fillmore from 2008 in a Stanwell Bamboo freehand bent Dublin (my first pipe!). Having a spot of Weller SR on the side.
  16. musicman

    First Tobacco You Bought?

    It was some goopy aromatic. However, the first one I bought and enjoyed was McClelland Classic Samsun
  17. musicman

    What's the worst blend you've tried?

    Old Joe Kranz. I know it’s beloved by many, but I’ve tried it twice now and I think it tastes like dry moldy socks. I think it’s the combo of the burley and the Perique, as I like a Perique heavy VaPer and I enjoy a number of Burley blends, but the combination of the two doesn’t do it for me at...
  18. musicman

    Jim's Carolina Red Flake With Perique 2021 Review.

    Well this did nothing to dissuade me from plunking down for a few tins. Nice write up, @jiminks!
  19. musicman

    ***What Are You Smoking, October 2021?***

    Enjoying a bowl of Ennerdale in a Chris Morgan blackjack bent bulldog. Weller special reserve is my drink.
  20. musicman

    Ennerdale Flake

    Mmmm…Ennerdale… Bosun, as well as Dark Flake scented and Brown Flake scented, are great, unique smokes but Ennerdale is the one I’d go with if I could only have one Lakeland. Sweet, fruity, earthy, and complex.
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