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  1. krizzose

    Savannah, Georgia

    I just returned from a long weekend in Savannah, my first trip there. 7 couples (all friends from high school) went, and we stayed in a large townhouse AirBnB on one of the squares in the historic district. What a beautiful and fun city! The weather was perfect, the oysters were tasty, and...
  2. krizzose

    Topping Experiment Not A Disaster

    Just for shits & giggles, I recently tried topping some burley. I had previously topped some Virginias with rum, but that’s pretty easy. This time I incorporated some molasses, and I surprisingly found something close to an effective ratio. For 1 oz of burley (Peretti BPC), I mixed up 2...
  3. krizzose

    When Visiting Boston the First Time….

    I made a quick stop
  4. krizzose

    College Football Playoffs

    My condolences to Florida State. A true doomsday situation finally happened in the last year of the current system. I understand the arguments both for and against the committee’s decision, but the system’s broken and someone was going to get screwed.
  5. krizzose

    Having An Attack Of Shingles…

    … is not something I am finding enjoyable, especially on my goddamned face. Oddly enough, caffeine and nicotine both seem to take the edge off the pain, so that’s another reason for a bowl. I know that vaccines are a touchy subject these days, and I do not presume to tell anyone what to do...
  6. krizzose

    Lots Of Open Tins

    My smoking rate is pretty low, and I’ve enjoyed trying a bunch of different blends. That has resulted in about 80 open tins in jars in a basement cabinet. Needless to say, I sometimes forget what certain blends taste like, but I always remember about how much I liked them. Today I...
  7. krizzose

    KBV Jupiter Slices First Impressions

    Red Virginia plug. I can’t say it’s complex, but it is very good. Tang, fermented maltiness, and breadiness like you would expect. The sweetness is always there, but a bit subdued. There’s some fruitiness, too, but dried fruit that’s in the background and not very bright. In the second...
  8. krizzose

    How About Those Wolverines?

    GO BLUE!!!!!!!!!
  9. krizzose

    The Chicken Or The Egg?

    I am thoroughly enjoying a pairing of a Manhattan (Rittenhouse Rye this time) and some aged Mac Baren Navy Flake. Also wasting brains cells pondering whether they are truly complimentary or if I just don’t care because I like them both independently. It’s good to have First World Problems.
  10. krizzose

    Sillem’s Musketeer First Impressions

    This is a rather unusual aromatic, at least in cut. It is half cube cut burley and half very coarsely cut black cavendish. The cav is so coarse, in fact, that packing this blend too tightly would take some serious effort. The blend was quite wet in the tin, but it dried readily. I got...
  11. krizzose

    Robert Stanford Tuck

    Below is Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck (with pipe), a Battle of Britain veteran who had something like 28 air to air kills before he was shot down and captured. Next to him is Roger Bushell, the famous mastermind of the Great Escape, later executed by the Germans. This photo was taken...
  12. krizzose

    Ovaltine In Coffee

    I’ve never been a regular coffee drinker, and I doubt I could tell the difference between Folgers and something high end. But I like coffee as a natural caffeine source if I need a bump. On a suggestion from a friend I added some Ovaltine mixed with some half and half to a cup of coffee...
  13. krizzose

    Raimo Riberg Commission

    I just received the pipe I commissioned from Raimo Riberg. Raimo is Estonian, and I first noticed his work on the Virtual Pipe Club’s Facebook feed. He posted some photos of a pipe that caught my eye, and I contacted him to ask if he could make something similar with a couple of personal...
  14. krizzose

    Why No Virginia Cube Cut Blends?

    I often cube cut straight Virginia flakes and plugs, and they smoke great that way. To my knowledge, there are no commercial cube cut blends that are straight Virginia, as compared to several all burley or burley forward cube cut blends. Does anyone know why that is? (I’m a fan of Stokkebye...
  15. krizzose

    A Beautiful Sight

    We all know the forum rules about politics, but I think that everyone can appreciate the downward near-verticality of this curve:
  16. krizzose

    Low Country Edisto

    Has anyone tried it yet? If so, what are your first impressions?
  17. krizzose

    Michigan Residents Take Notice

    As most you know, for many years now Michigan residents have been obligated to file an excise tax return and pay the tobacco excise tax on online purchases of tobacco where that tax was not collected by the retailer. As far as I knew until now, none of them collected it. This was just posted...
  18. krizzose

    Ken Byron Ventures Byronic Hiro First Impressions

    Stoved red Virginia plug. I’ve only had two bowls, so more than a grain of salt may be needed. Much like Sutliff 515-RC-1 or Red Virginia Crumble Cake, this smells like it was dipped in white vinegar. However, that comes through in the smoke considerably less than I remember with 515-RC-1...
  19. krizzose

    Cherry Bourbon

    6 weeks ago I pitted 2 pounds of black cherries and put them in a large spigot jar with 3 fifths (for you metrics freaks that’s about 2.25 liters) of Buffalo Trace. I sealed the lid with some plastic wrap, covered the whole thing with a towel to keep the light out and put it in my basement...
  20. krizzose

    The Secondary Market = Comic Relief

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