2023 Awards

[brooklynpiper]

There have been a lot of list threads on the forums recently, why not make it one more?

As 2023 comes to a close, what personal awards would you like to give out in your year in review? Ex: New to Me Blend of the Year, Pipe Acquisition of the Year, Tobacco Release of the Year, etc.

Feel free to make up your own categories.

 

[El Capitán]

New to Me Blend of the Year: MATCH 20

Pipe Acquisition of the Year: Crown Monarch CR1

Tobacco of the Year For Me: Sutliff Mark Twain

 

[Peter Turbo]

New to Me Blend of the Year: Ken Byron Ventures - Stampede KEK

Pipe Acquisition of the Year: Birth year Dunhill (1985)

Tobacco Release of the Year For Me: MacBaren Royal Twist

 

[Servant King]

Gonna do something a little different here:

NTM best blend of the year: Mac Baren HH Acadian Perique
NTM worst blend of the year: Cascadia Open Water
Pipe acquisition of the year: Savinelli Porto Cervo 122 rusticated bent pot
Online retailer of the year: (drumroll please...) P&C! I can't believe it myself, but it is true.

I can't wait to see what 2024 brings. Well, I guess I can, I mean, it's only about three more weeks...

 

[kcghost]

I say there was nothing new that even stirred my interest.

 

[Kobold]

New to me blend of the year- Bosun cut plug

Pipe acquisition of the year- Peterson Great Explorers Shackleton

Tobacco release of the year- Thanksgiving Day

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I don't think I did a new blend this year. Not sure.
Mark Tinsky Morta, which burned out on first smoke. Then he replaced it.
Tobacco release... were there any tobaccos released this year? Sheesh, all of the years start to run together.

 

[Elric]

NTM BOTY - Tie: TCS Kingsfoil & SG FVF
NTM POTY - Peterson Christmas B5
Tobacco ROTY - None. I eliminate limited editions and that doesn't leave much of note.

 

[Winnipeger]

A lot of new-to-me blends this year because I've been popping all the tins in my cellar like the end is coming and I've got mud in my big red eye. I've been purchasing too.

New-to-me standouts:

KBV B. Frog's Peaty Hunt
KBV Mycroft
Savinelli 140

Pipe of the year:

Chris Asteriou sandblasted cutty.

I don't jump on new releases. I bought some Steamworks but I haven't popped it yet.

Edit: was Peaty Hunt released this year? I guess it would take the prize.

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

Tobac OTY - Castello aged release form SPC
POTY - BJV Pipes Poker/Cherrywood
Release - none that I have smoked yet

 

[Egg Shen]

How about biggest curmudgeon of the year (out of our members)?

 

[BCF]

New Blend to Me: Briar Fox. Saw it on WAYS, tried a tin then bought a pound!

New Tobacco Release: Boswell's Old School, at least I think it was new this year....

 

[condorlover1]

Worst sense of humor on the forum award:

Worst taste in tobacco award:

Most socially stunted poster on the forum award:

These are just a few that spring to mind and closely track that other great award group 'The Darwin Awards' !

 

[GreatWhiteNorthPiper]

New to Me Blend of the Year: GL Pease Chelsea Morning

Pipe Acquisition of the Year: Vauen Auenland Almar Smooth

Tobacco Release of the Year For Me: Watch City Rouxgaroux

 

[rsshreck32]

This is my first full year smoking, so I'm still new to this, but
New blend this year: SPC Virginia Jazz

New to me blend: This is almost all of them for me, but I'd say either LJP 333 or C&D Pegasus

New pipe: Boswell

 

[solideogloria86]

Poty: Alden Sandblasted Paneled Billiard
Toty- Mac Baren Mixture Scottish

I haven't popped any new releases this year

 

[WerewolfOfLondon]

Worst sense of humor on the forum award:

Worst taste in tobacco award:

Most socially stunted poster on the forum award:

These are just a few that spring to mind and closely track that other great award group 'The Darwin Awards' !

Don't forget the Wanker of the Year Award lol

 

[Elric]

Worst taste in tobacco award:

Stay out of my CB Grape!!

 

[Peter Turbo]

Tobacco ROTY - None. I eliminate limited editions and that doesn't leave much of note.

I wish I was strong like you.

 

[simong]

Don't forget the Wanker of the Year Award lol

It'd be impossible to judicate, with so many candidates you'd break the Internet!
Bad enough here... We've got English wankers, Welsh wankers, jock wankers, Irish wankers. Turn to the US & you'll realise there's so many you'd have to do it by state! Pennsylvanian wankers, hawaian wankers (aloha!) etc. etc.
See what I mean?
Having said that, alaska and Kentucky would be joint / hand in hand winners in that department (so to speak) if you asked me, which I know you didn't, but there we go. Freedom of speech and all that. Lol