Yeah that must be my problem, don't know how to pack and smoke a pipe. Apparently I'm not the only one who never got the hang of it either, because bite, wet-smoking goop-production is a problem tons of veteran pipers have with a large percentage of aros.
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Boswell Pipes has some very nice aros. What I like most about Boswell's aros is that they don't bite and they are not goopy. Just plain good tobacco from folks who both know tobaccos and pipes.
Transparency: I have no stock in Boswell's, but I do smoke their pipes and tobaccos.
Transparency: I have no stock in Boswell's, but I do smoke their pipes and tobaccos.
I love aromatics. Lane RLP-6 is my absolute favorite smoke followed by a 50/50 blend of Lane MV1000 and Lane BCA. In the past I also enjoyed Lane's TK-6 for a cherry smoke and their Black Raspberry. I guess it is safe to say I have no problem with Lane tobacco; however, for the record I have some Trout Stream, Mac B Vanilla Cream and Erinmore mixture arriving in the mail this weekend (at least hopping for a Sat. delivery)
You know, it is so easy to blame the tobacco rather than the person smoking it. I've tried about 30 different aros over the past several months and I cannot say I have had any real problem smoking any of them, except C&D Dark Chocolate, and that was mainly a taste issue. Just because a lot of people think one way does not necessarily make them right, Bug, don't forget, at one time everyone thought the world was flat and you'd fall off the edge. Turns out they were all wrong.
Or I have been very, very lucky. In a recent thread on getting an aromatic recommendation, I noted a great many of the respondents started off by saying they were not really much of an aro smoker. If all your aros are wet and goopy, I'm guessing you are not much of one either. But I can see by your sarcastic attitude, you think you already know it all, so there is really no point trying to tell you anything. In fact, you know so much Bug, you should probably start your own forum, right?
I don't know if it counts as an aro... it's more like a full-on VA flake... but SG Brown Sugar Flake is moving up through my list! Just had some on the porch last evening as the sun set... sublime peace and equanimity took hold and I was one with the universe. Ahhhhhhhh.... And it smelt good too!!!
I found that Boswell's dried my mouth out severely, so I stopped smoking them. As far as flavor is concerned Boswell's does pack some serious punch in that department.
I have recently found some aro's that have no issues with dry mouth or any other issue so I am enjoying them just like I would any other tobacco. Here is a list that I have been stocking in my cellar.
Cult: Blood Red Moon
Mac Baren Modern Virginia Flake
Mac Baren Vanilla Cream Flake
Sutliff Molto Dolce
Peterson University Flake
I have recently found some aro's that have no issues with dry mouth or any other issue so I am enjoying them just like I would any other tobacco. Here is a list that I have been stocking in my cellar.
Cult: Blood Red Moon
Mac Baren Modern Virginia Flake
Mac Baren Vanilla Cream Flake
Sutliff Molto Dolce
Peterson University Flake
None of my aros are wet and goopy. 4th Generation 1931 Flake and GL Pease's The Virginia Cream are not wet and goopy. There are others. Many aros are merely cheap burley soaked in flavored syrup, and those smoke wet and goopy.
And I don't know it all, just more than a relative noob such as yourself.
I just tried Sillem's Black last night... BIZARRE but WONDERFUL!! Lotsa latakia, lotsa aromatic elements. I bought it on a whim, almost disbelieving the tobacco descriptions... thought it improbable and impossible, but ended up thoroughly enjoying it. Whoda thunkit??!!!
Superlatives and "aromatic" cannot live together in any sentence I could construct unless one considers Latakia to be an aromatic which, technically, it probably is.
I tend to find the best Aromatics are alcohol flavored. All the fruit and vanilla stuff tends to have a hard time coming through the smoke, but just about every alcohol based flavor that I've tried has been nice and strong, as long as you don't let it dry out.
I actually recommend smoking these fresh, a lot of them burn quite well straight out of the tin, as long as it's a nice ribbon cut.
And don't forget the Lakeland blends. Not an ordinary aromatic, but something like Ennerdale can give you a strong flavor much deeper into the bowl than most blends.
I actually recommend smoking these fresh, a lot of them burn quite well straight out of the tin, as long as it's a nice ribbon cut.
And don't forget the Lakeland blends. Not an ordinary aromatic, but something like Ennerdale can give you a strong flavor much deeper into the bowl than most blends.
Bwahahaha ROFLMAO, yeah it sucks having to smoke top-quality blends instead of syrup-doused dung.
I don't think it's even possible to forget Lakeland blends if you've had even one puff of it. Lord knows I've tried.
I'm not an aromatic smoker as a general rule, but I do keep them around for guests, mixed company, and sometimes I am in the mood. My favorites tend to be house blends, (not the Lane mixes that are renamed), but proper in shop mixes. For tinned tobacco, I really like Mac baren's Vanilla Cream.
Update: I recently picked up a couple blends to try, 1-Q, Mac baren's Vanilla Cream, Bob's chocolate flake, Briar works peach cobbler, rum soaked rope, and a non aromatic Cabbies mixture. I previously had and liked Cult BRM, so I am looking forward to seeing how these turn out. I generally do not smoke aromatics but since I have started to smoke at my favorite cafe's I figured I wouldn't assault the non smokers with my latakia blends.
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