Bought an estate Chacom "Fiesta" a while back and discovered it's previous caretaker had smoked Lakelands in it. Since then I have been trying various G&H blends and loving them all, even dedicating a couple other pipes to them (this one and a Radice Rind to anything "soapy" and a custom job to Bob's Chocolate Flake specifically.)
This of course led to a quest for any SG blend I could find. You know how that goes... When I saw that an E-tailer (Mars I think) had pound slabs of Cob Plug available, I leapt!
Right out of the plastic, the monolith of dark Virginia looked and smelled incredibly rich and powerful. A hint of sweetness and vanilla (Tonquin?) but not overbearing and hardly floral, not soapy.
I sliced/sawed off a sorry looking uneven flake, chopped and rubbed it into a coarse shag/cube/crumble, and loaded up the Chacom. Wow! Smooth, rich and mellow, really enhanced by the "essence" without being super floral. Took a bit of doing to light and then behaved nicely till the bottom of the bowl, where the big chunks had settled, necessitating a few re-lights. No goop and no gurgle.
I recall this is the plug version of 1792... Strong medicine. I feel like I have been run over by a truck with velvet tires. Considering the origin of the plug, I guess this means I've just been pranged by a velveteen lorry, eh wot old bean?
Not bitey at all, rich tasting, slow burning, one hell of a wallop. Next time I'll try a finer rub or just a folded flake. Good stuff but hardly an all day or even an every day, with almost a pound left I think I'm set for a while.
This of course led to a quest for any SG blend I could find. You know how that goes... When I saw that an E-tailer (Mars I think) had pound slabs of Cob Plug available, I leapt!
Right out of the plastic, the monolith of dark Virginia looked and smelled incredibly rich and powerful. A hint of sweetness and vanilla (Tonquin?) but not overbearing and hardly floral, not soapy.
I sliced/sawed off a sorry looking uneven flake, chopped and rubbed it into a coarse shag/cube/crumble, and loaded up the Chacom. Wow! Smooth, rich and mellow, really enhanced by the "essence" without being super floral. Took a bit of doing to light and then behaved nicely till the bottom of the bowl, where the big chunks had settled, necessitating a few re-lights. No goop and no gurgle.
I recall this is the plug version of 1792... Strong medicine. I feel like I have been run over by a truck with velvet tires. Considering the origin of the plug, I guess this means I've just been pranged by a velveteen lorry, eh wot old bean?
Not bitey at all, rich tasting, slow burning, one hell of a wallop. Next time I'll try a finer rub or just a folded flake. Good stuff but hardly an all day or even an every day, with almost a pound left I think I'm set for a while.
