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  1. drennan

    Stonehenge Flake V Louisiana Flake: Early Days Comparison.

    Nope but I have found LF to be very inconsistent, like most G&H products, regarding the amount of lakeland essence present. I've had two pouches and one was lovely whilst the other was just pure essence and for me unsmokeable. I suppose it was one charms of hamemade products
  2. drennan

    Report from France

    You need to look for a 'civette'. It's a tabac that specialises in selling cigars, they carry pipe tobacco too but it's often less than a dozen blends but it's something.
  3. drennan

    Burley Negatives; Why Not Burley?

    I'm not a burley fan boy. I'm prone to finding it harsh and rough in the mouth and I'm not a particularly keen on taste either. I avoid straight burleys and tend to avoid burley heavy blends, having said that one of my favourite blends is Germain's Rich Dark Flake a topped VaBur so go figure.
  4. drennan

    What Books Are We All Reading?

    I was under the impression it was based around his uncles diary. I'm glad it's short as whilst interesting it's not the happiest read.
  5. drennan

    What Books Are We All Reading?

    A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe. Next up will be The Mayor of Casterbridge by my favourite author Thomas Hardy.
  6. drennan

    Flyfishing: Check In

    I live in Normandy and do alot of fly fishing on the local chalk streams the Risle, Iton and Arve. It tends to be very classical fly fishing so think upstream dries as opposed to 2 inch zoo cougars. Very enjoyable fishing but challenging. I'm also a keen coarse angler too, infact at 5am this...
  7. drennan

    Smoking problems

    3P's is a virginia & burley mix there is no Latakia in it. I find that smoking alot of burley blends leaves me with a rough feeling throat perhaps it's the same for you? If your tongue was burning during smoking it could be as simple as you're smoking too fast
  8. drennan

    Rum Flake Perfume or Soap Scent - - Not So Much

    I've found that with G&H the cross contamination varies from batch to batch, it does frustrate me. The first pouch of louisiana flake I bought was a delightful VaPer with hints of chocolate whilst the second tasted of nothing but tonquin.
  9. drennan

    Rum Flake Perfume or Soap Scent - - Not So Much

    G&H tobacco's would be much better without cross contamination of lakeland flavours onto everything it makes.
  10. drennan

    Online tobacconist vs local tobacconist

    In France I have no option but to vist the local tobacconist as all internet sales of tobacco are prohibited, it's even illegal to post tobacco! It sucks as choice is incredibly limited. In the UK I'm around 40mins drive from mysmokingshop which is a fantastic B&M and online tobacconist. I'd...
  11. drennan

    How Are Stanwell Pipes?

    I bought two unsmoked Danish made estate stanwells. One smoked wet as heck until it had a good cake, it also had a small fissue in the bowl that needed pipe mudding but now it's an ok smoker, the second is a good smoker.
  12. drennan

    My McClelland Haul From The Good Old USA.

    Looks like a nice haul. I'm a big fan of Dark Star :puffpipe:
  13. drennan

    Tobacco first love

    The first bowl that blew my mind was SG Balkan Flake, I got a lovely creamy sweetness but unfortunately the rest of the tin wasn't anywhere near as good as that first bowl however it was only my second ever tin tobacco and SG flakes aren't easy. I've been aging a tin of Balkan Flake for a while...
  14. drennan

    What's a Morta with you?

    I've had morta pipes that smoke fairly neutrally from the word go and I've had pipes that have added a strong flavour but it does seem to disappear. If a pipe adds a flavour then in my experience it slips nicely into the background with English blends where as it's very noticable with Virginia...
  15. drennan

    And We Brits Think You Yanks Are Bonkers.

    Stop! Carry on
  16. drennan

    Nosewarmers, hate?

    I'm an outdoors smoker and the portability and clenchability make nosewarmers about the perfect pipe for me, being outdoors smoke in my face and eyes isn't an issue.
  17. drennan

    'UK equivalent' of 3 readily available blends in US

    I can offer no practial opinion but... I've read that Frog Morton and SG Perfection are in a similar vein.
  18. drennan

    Peterson experts needed

    The K&P aren't the hallmark, it's just a mark by Peterson that harks back to Kapp & Peterson. There isn't a picture of the hallmark, if there's a hallmark it would date it fairly accurately
  19. drennan

    Your favorite tonquin tobacco?

    No love for Sam's Flake? Damn tastey flake, no as in your face tonquin as 1792. I like 1792 with a few years on it, it's a smoke I need to be in the mood for but it does scratch an itch.
  20. drennan

    Nicotine Addiction?

    I'm similar to Mothernature Smoked ciggies for close on twenty years, around a pack a day for ten of those years. I quit cold turkey because I was sick of standing on the naughty step outside when I needed a nicotine fix, I really hated being addicted in the end, but didn't take me long to miss...
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