Conflation Between OTC Tobaccos and Aromatics

[phantomwolf]

@PipeSmokingTom

Wait... That's not how you do it?

Haha Only in my mind, my friend. I have an extensive, albeit relatively inexpensive hoard of books and my livingroom is equipped with a fireplace, but that is where the similarities end... My pipes are used, my garb common, and my diet even more so... Though you will never catch me drinking Fireball or Riunite!

 

[mcitinner1]

That's exactly how I do it Tom. :wink:

 

[deathmetal]

OTCs strike me as a step back from Danish-style sodapop aromatics, but using the benefits of flavoring. Many of them are quite good. I avoid most aromatics as, just as with soda, the extra sugar causes me some consternation. But, many enjoy the flavors as they are, and I have to claim fondness for aromatics like Prince Albert (although I dilute it with C&D Burleys).

 

[phantomwolf]

I've seen it twice at SPC this year. They usually get around 100 tins, and it sells fast. Another good Ratrays aro is Blossom Temptation when you can find it.

@ChasingEmbers Thanks. I'll keep an eye out and hope I can answer the one time alert fast enough. Had no idea pipe smoking was going to be such a competition. Wonder if blends were as tough to get a hold of back in the glory days of pipe smoking?

 

[Chasing Embers]

At one point, Esoterica blends were easy to find if that tells you anything. The world has definitely changed.

 

[pipesmokingtom]

The world has definitely changed.

Heck yes it has. Now that the entire internet is competing for stock at the same time...
Speaking of internet, do you remember the days you had to CALL the movie theater and listen to the entire recording while quickly scribbling things down just to find out when a movie is playing?!

 

[jpmcwjr]

Interesting concept of the public's view of a pipe smoker. I suspect the extra-genteel picture painted above is true more for the avid novel reader than the general public. There have always been working class men who were pipe smokers. And even less true for those of us "in the hobby". If you've been to even one pipe shop, much less a pipe show, you'll see that it's "everyman" puffing away.
And it's way to hot to have a fire going in my paneled study.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Speaking of internet, do you remember the days you had to CALL the movie theater and listen to the entire recording while quickly scribbling things down just to find out when a movie is playing?!

Whippersnapper! In my day, movie the-a-ters didn't have phones.

 

[pipesmokingtom]

In my day, movie the-a-ters didn't have phones.

Yes they did.

 

[deathmetal]

Coin-operated phones, which kept the groundlings quiet...

 

[Chasing Embers]

Speaking of internet, do you remember the days you had to CALL the movie theater and listen to the entire recording while quickly scribbling things down just to find out when a movie is playing?!

I still do that. :mrgreen:

 

[mawnansmiff]

"Whippersnapper! In my day, movie the-a-ters didn't have phones."
In your day John folks were still being amazed by the magic lantern :nana:
Regards,
Jay.

 

[lasttango]

For Aros, I also like some of Boswells. Even the sweetest ones don't get goopy or have much tongue bite.

I like DAN Tobacco aros.
----> I'd say these are more heavily flavored aros, but they are quality.
Great Point by chasingembers... it really took time for me to develop enough patience and skill not to fry my tongue on aros.
Recently I tried Two Friends English Chocolate. It was fabulous.

 

[brass]

Ahh, the aro fans are coming out of the closet. One advantage to smoking aromatics is that it expands your choice in the market by 95%. (At least that is the figure I've heard)

 

[brass]

Ahh, the aro fans are coming out of the closet. One advantage to smoking aromatics is that it expands your choice in the market by 95%. (At least that is the figure I've heard)

 

[deathmetal]

If they work with your personal chemistry, and you like the flavors, there are some good ones out there. I have to dilute them with stock mixing Burleys, but this in many ways lets me taste the flavors more. And plenty of people seem happy with a pouch of 1-Q or Prince Albert, but sometimes the lightly-flavored aros like Carter Hall or Royal Yacht (allegedly an aromatic, although no one really knows what the topping on it is, and most of us suspect it is the blood of the innocent) work very well for the natural tobacco flavor fan. Then again, most people like watery beer and sugary bread so that may not be the best metric.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Recently I tried Two Friends English Chocolate. It was fabulous.

That one recently caught my attention, and it is a great smoke. :clap:

 

[elvishrunes]

A friend of mine is a hardcore long time pipe smoker, flakes, plugs, strong tobaccos and I gave him a bowl of my Peterson Gold blend, and he loved it!
It's a Cavendish blend, pretty sure that is Aro?
If I had only two tobaccos to smoke, first would be a smokey English Latakia infused blend and second would be a Cavendish based blend... I prefer it to Va or VaPe, but like those too!

 

[Chasing Embers]

I like all genres, but if the amount of Latakia is more than condimental in a blend, it drowns out the rest of the blend for me.

 

[unkleyoda]

with its whiskey barrel block in the tin lending its whiskey flavor.

I highly doubt that. I know they say that the barrel block imparts the flavor, but I think it's a gimmick. I bought some, pulled the 'whiskey barrel block' out and it has no smell. I highly doubt it's even from a whiskey barrel. It was/is oak, but had no smell. I'm guessing they aren't even using wood from barrels, as the barrels themselves are worth more in one piece, than cut up as flavor imparters in tobacco.
Just my observations.