Best Tobacco to Smoke in a Castello 55?

[Adebisi's hat]

From a technical aspect what tobacco goes best in a pot type pipe like the 55?

 

[coming to_falling too]

Frosty Mint

 

[Chasing Embers]

From a technical aspect what tobacco goes best in a pot type pipe like the 55?

Total myth. Pick a blend you love and enjoy.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Anything. Technique and drying time far outweigh chamber dimensions when it comes to how blends are enjoyed.

That being said, my 55 is dedicated to Dan Salty Dogs. Simply because that was the first bowl I had in it. And it sang.

PS great username. How the hell do you stay up there!?!?!?

 

[UncleRasta]

From a technical aspect what tobacco goes best in a pot type pipe like the 55?

I haven't smoked a Castello, but I had picked up the idea that Pots were best suited to English and Oriental/Balkan blends. I have discovered that I really enjoy straight Virginias in them.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Simply because that was the first bowl I had in it. And it sang.

That defines many of my dedications other than pipes i had commissioned for blends.?

 

[Chasing Embers]

I have discovered that I really enjoy straight Virginias in them.

I see you're a man of culture.

 

[Chasing Embers]

How the hell do you stay up there!?!?!?

The magic of wool and stubble.

 

[BarrelProof]

The magic of wool and stubble.

That takes me back to cold mornings in a duck marsh, and that combination was anything but magical.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Doesn’t glpease say somewhere that he prefers Virginia blends in a pot shape pipe?

 

[Merton]

I usually smoke Virginias and Virginia flakes in my 55s

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Looking for the perfect answer for you... I just Googled, "what do you smoke in a pot pipe," and you wouldn't believe what the interwebs say.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Anything you like.

 

[jcsoldit]

No offence to anybody, but sometimes I really think we over think these things. I say experiment until you find the blend you enjoy smoking with the pipe. I smoke mostly Virginia and VaPer flakes, and I enjoy both in my 55's. Enjoy your pipe!

 

[anotherbob]

yeah there is like a slight difference in kitchen sink blends and that's it and I mean slight.

 

[winton]

There are aerodynamic differences in how different shapes of pipes. But I am unable to distinguish them. Therefore, I just choose pipe / tobacco randomly, each time. Yesterday, I picked up my churchwarden. Earlier, I smoked a holiday blend. Etc.

 

[EvertonFC]

That defines many of my dedications other than pipes i had commissioned for blends.?

Just out of curiosity... if you're of the opinion that dimensions have no relationship to blend smoking quality, what guided you in determining what to commission for a given blend.

Cheers.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Just out of curiosity... if you're of the opinion that dimensions have no relationship to blend smoking quality, what guided you in determining what to commission for a given blend.

Cheers.

Whimsy. I commissioned a volcano for a piratey rum blend, a blowfish(asian fish) for an Oriental blend, another blowfish for a blend called Angler's Dream, and so on. I bought this pipe for Symphony just because of the music note on the stem.


This one for King Cake




This one for Sakura

 

[troyniss]

Not sure what tobacco would be best, but as others have said, sometimes certain blends sing in certain shapes. My stubby pot I used to smoke VA's out of but when I had a bowl of GLPease Jack Knife PLug cut to a shag consistency, it was no going back. It now is reserved for that blend only. I also have some other pipes dedicated to Black Frigate, Sunset Harbor Flake, Stratford, Key Largo, and FIllmore. I have pipes dedicated to a certain family of blends as well. I know some don't do it, but I have enough pipes where I can.

 

[RainKing]

No offence to anybody, but sometimes I really think we over think these things. I say experiment until you find the blend you enjoy smoking with the pipe. I smoke mostly Virginia and VaPer flakes, and I enjoy both in my 55's. Enjoy your pipe!

Preach!