Currently ending the day with a half bowl of some Bosun Cut Plug that arrived today in the latest SPC order. It's the first Lakeland I've tried. Holy Bergamot, batman!
I like this...I think??
I like this...I think??
Currently Smoking My First Lakeland
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I’ve been passing over a tin of grousemoor I bought last March. I should really just try it.
I’m worried that I’ll hate it. I’m even more worried I’ll like it.
I’m worried that I’ll hate it. I’m even more worried I’ll like it.
Those Lakelands are tough. Smells like an old ladies perfume. ?
I think one of the keys to enjoying Lakelands is you need to spend almost as much time acclimatizIng to the Floral nature as it takes to taste any flavour in the smoke itself when you first started smoking pipes.
Some great tobaccos in the Lakeland range (Gawith and Hoggart), taste and aromas, a few are unscented too. Try a few out.
I was smoking the Lakeland ghost out of one of my first pipes, gritting my teeth until it was gone, found myself thinking about the scent later and now a smoke half dozen Gawith blends semi regularly 
There's something sort of ingratiating about them. There's been a number of them where I wasn't impressed at first only to find myself really craving those weird scents!I was smoking the Lakeland ghost out of one of my first pipes, gritting my teeth until it was gone, found myself thinking about the scent later and now a smoke half dozen Gawith blends semi regularly
I can only enjoy smoking the floral lakelands with the sun on my back, I quite like kendal flake in the summertime.
Good stuff.. I had some peanutbutter cups that had been ghosted by the fancy soap I bought my wife. Lakeland cups are the best flavor Reese's makes.
Some, I like, Dark Flake, all of the ropes and sliced ropes.
Some, I could probably smoke if I was forced to at gun point.
And, some, you would just have to blow my head off.
Grousemore and Erindale, you'd just have to blow my head off. And, even if YOU are going to smoke it around me, I demand that you blow my head off.
Some, I could probably smoke if I was forced to at gun point.
And, some, you would just have to blow my head off.
Grousemore and Erindale, you'd just have to blow my head off. And, even if YOU are going to smoke it around me, I demand that you blow my head off.
I've heard it is a good idea to designate a pipe or pipes for Lakeland aromatics (the flavored tobaccos) some compare to grandma's bathmat fragrance. Lakeland non-aromatics are fabulous if Brown Sugar Flake is any measure.
Important update: I did indeed like it, and I'm going to have to smoke a full bowl at some point today to make sure.
The jar note reminded me of old lady perfume mixed with good quality church incense, but it tasted more like rose and bergamot, and the flavors were much more muted and elegant than the smell. I also picked up Dark Flake (scented and unscented), Brown Flake, and Coniston Cut Plug. Looking forward to trying the rest now (and glad I won't be throwing them out!).
Another observation: I always thought it was interesting that in reviews by jiminks and others, people claim to taste even the smallest hint of Lakeland essence, even in unscented and supposedly unflavored tobaccos. However, just having these blends in the house has made me notice the essence all over the place, including smelling a hint of it two rooms away after jarring everything. I think it's just SO distinctive that once one knows what to look for, it's easily detected, even in the most subtle application.
The jar note reminded me of old lady perfume mixed with good quality church incense, but it tasted more like rose and bergamot, and the flavors were much more muted and elegant than the smell. I also picked up Dark Flake (scented and unscented), Brown Flake, and Coniston Cut Plug. Looking forward to trying the rest now (and glad I won't be throwing them out!).
Another observation: I always thought it was interesting that in reviews by jiminks and others, people claim to taste even the smallest hint of Lakeland essence, even in unscented and supposedly unflavored tobaccos. However, just having these blends in the house has made me notice the essence all over the place, including smelling a hint of it two rooms away after jarring everything. I think it's just SO distinctive that once one knows what to look for, it's easily detected, even in the most subtle application.
My wife says the same thing about me after a night of eating spicy Indian food and getting drunk. Claims she can smell me from the 2nd floor while I am sleeping in the basement. I think she's just jealous she wasn't born with an ultra efficient biological venting system.
musicman, I will pray for you. Most who have tried a lakeland go on to become granny panty sniffers, it isn't pretty
The first time I tried a lakeland I didn't even know what it was that I was tasting. Now I'm glad I do, so I know to avoid it lol. I just don't understand how producers will sometimes say its added to enhance the natural tobacco flavor. But I see a good amount of people like it.
Oh no! My wife won’t like that at all, since she doesn’t own a single pair of granny panties. In fact, she collects nice undies like I do pipes. It’s definitely one of her finer qualities.
Boson Cut Plug is good stuff imo, i also like Coniston Cut Plug, both varieties of dark flake.
Problem with them is, and i remember having this problem with coniston especially, some of them can ghost an entire room.
Its like once you are aware of the smell, you can smell it from like 50 feet away.
Problem with them is, and i remember having this problem with coniston especially, some of them can ghost an entire room.
Its like once you are aware of the smell, you can smell it from like 50 feet away.
Wait till you open a tin of Warhorse Green. You'll be thinking of Lakeland's 'perfumes' as latakia afterwards.
musicman, I wasn't referring to your wife's panties, I am talking about going to Macy's and searching out all the old granny's wearing their special ones.
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