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  1. mikecronis

    Ash Dumping Question

    Title edited for caps and brevity. Could you please add location? Things get a bit awkward for me when I get midway through a pipe smoking event. I usually dump the top ash, (usually re-light very rarely) and tamp as if it was a new fill. I find it's less willing to stay lit without focused...
  2. mikecronis

    Best Peach?

    On a quest for the best Peach flavored aromatic. Currently, I've sampled the following in order of preference: Peterson Summertime 2010 Sutliff Private Stock Taste of Summer Sutliff Peaches & Creme Ole Shenandoah Fuzzy Schnapps Sutliff Peach Cobbler Boswell's Peaches & Cream Peterson...
  3. mikecronis

    Sutliff Cabaret Rouge vs Moulin Rouge?!

    While trying to find "Old Vienna" and "Honey & Chocolate" Sutliff Private Stock tins (the last two to find of my Sutliff Private Stock collection) I've been buying-up some extra tins because Sutliff Private Stock tins are usually half-full (or half-empty, depending on your perception) so I try...
  4. mikecronis

    Captain Black Grape heads-up (not mine)

    https://tinbids.com/auction/50951/
  5. mikecronis

    Best Peach?

    Looking for a Peach aromatic that doesn't fade. Sutliff's Peaches & Cream is probably the best everyday, or Taste of Summer Private Stock. I have some 2010 Peterson Summertime that's probably the best rarity, and I really like it, but it's almost gone now. Most of the others, including...
  6. mikecronis

    Sutliff Private Stock: Dark & Silky review

    Always a fan of Sutliff's Private Stock line (though usually packaged like potato chips with 1/2 air), Dark & Silky does not disappoint. Cracking open the pop-top can wafts very wet, awkward cuts of what smells like dark-chocolate cake right from a suburbia-chain restaurant's...
  7. mikecronis

    Sutliff Private Stock Moroccan Spice

    "Black Cavendish, Aged Virginias and White Burley are blended together in a unique fashion, topped with spices." - Sutliff I'm almost always a fan of Sutliff Private Stock deliveries, usually unique, high quality, and well-crafted; this is no exception. Cracking the can greets with chocolate...
  8. mikecronis

    Savinelli - Doblone d'Oro Review

    I heard this was a complex blend, so I gave it a try and bought a tin. Cracking it open it smells sweet like honey and orange juice in equal portions. Inside are curled medallions stuffed inside, hence the "Gold Doubloons" or "Gold Coins" of the name. These coins disintegrate by finger...
  9. mikecronis

    Cornell & Diehl, Captain Earle's Ten Russians Review

    Having tried Pirate Kake, and being a new fan of Latakias, I ordered the "beast" of Captain Earle's Ten Russians. Many reviews have scared me of this blend and I broke off chunks cautiously as it reeked as a true Lat-bomb, ruining fingers, pungent and alluring, but then again, it's an acquired...
  10. mikecronis

    Cornell & Diehl - Pirate Kake (Sea Scoundrels) Review

    I was excited at trying a true "Lat Bomb", that is, something so skunky with Latakia, that it would be disconcertingly bold. Everyone on forums around announced this would be the big bad daddy at 75% Lat, truly intense an experience. I hear there's an 80% out there.. 10 Russians I think...
  11. 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...
  12. mikecronis

    What is the Best Balkan?

    I've tried quite a few, to include Sasieni Balkan and Arango Balkan Supreme. Which is the best?
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
  20. 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...
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