February 2010 - What are you smoking?

[sapo59]

Smoking half and half in Grabow omega

 

[igloo]

3 noggins in a Nording freehand ,Coca Cola in a mason jar on ice .

 

[cortezattic]

Ooooh igloo! I almost never get tongue bite, but the fizz in Coke stings like a wasp!

You da man!
H&H's Louisiana Red in a Ben Wade bulldog (with cold black coffee!)

 

[cortezattic]

In a much earlier post to this thread clanobucklin, in referring to H&H tobacco, said

I saw review in Tobacco Reviews that said something about ...gasp...it looks like Fish Flakes.

That was almost certainly a review of L J Heart Burley, and a very accurate description. It is a really weird tobacco. Dry and best smoked that way. I moistened some of it and found it is much better dry.

I think it is a terrific after dinner smoke, with a sweet aspect that's hard to latch-on to, and nutty, musty undertones with an ephemeral cigar note that can't be beat. An unintended (I think) benefit of being so dry is that a pound of the stuff is a huge volume of tobacco. Oh God! Just thinking about it makes me want to order another batch.

 

[python]

Clanobucklin Said:

Hey Bob, How is the quality of Hearth and Home tobaccos

Sorry it took me so long to answer, but this is the first I have been able to get on since Wednesday. I was shoveling snow for over 6 hours on Thursday.
Anyway, the quality is great on H&H blends. Sure, some of their blends are on the chunky side, but I'm sure that they are that way by design. I have had blends that were just as chunky from other manufacturers. The tobacco is high quality and I either love or really like almost every blend that I have had from the H&H series. Russ is a great blender.

Clanobucklin Said:

Decided to order some H&H tobaccos - I ordered Sunza, VA Spice, Lousiana Red, Capitol Stairs, Stogie, AJVAPER, Aniversary Cake

Sounds like a good sampler there. Out of the blends that you listed, I have had VA Spice, Louisiana Red, and Anniversary Kake. I love all 3 of them. I will be ordering some Capital Stairs soon to try based on what Cortezattic (I think it was him) has said about it.
Stogie is a new blend that they just came out with this week. Russ talked about it in Part 2 of our interview.

 

[porshcigar]

Frog Morton in a bent Dublin blast. TGIF!

 

[brazz]

Whiskey Cav. in my Grabow Grand Duke

 

[chuckw]

FVF in a gold mounted Peterson's 221 Supreme.

 

[cortezattic]

P.A. in a GBD 'dog.

 

[dunendain]

Crazy Weather huh? My father is expecting snow in the Panhandle. It is going to be 65 here in SoCal. Starting the day with P.S. Bullseye Flake.

 

[jwp159]

right now enjoying P.A. in a Carey Biliard, latter this evening the plan is McCellands Dark English in a Pete along with a cold brew and watch the snow fall.

 

[admin]

Nat Sherman # 536 - Empire English in a Charatan in a Charatan Knightsbridge Bulldog #38.

 

[igloo]

3 Noggins in a bent Nording signature and some Jim Beam green label .

 

[cortezattic]

Earlier it was McClelland's bulk 2035: Dark Navy Flake, "Pungent Cake," in a GBD bent pot.

Now it's H&H's Louisiana Red in a Rattray's bent bulldog.

 

[python]

Yesterday was some Davidus Portrait and last night was some CAO Cherry Bomb.

 

[maxpeters]

Some G. Gawith "Perfection" in an Edwards bent bulldog.

 

[cortezattic]

This morning it was P.A. in a Peterson bulldog, then GL Pease's Cumberland in a Ben Wade. Both were as close to ecstasy as one can get while doing something completely legal. I guess today is gonna be a "good palate day."

 

[admin]

McClelland Bombay Extra.

 

[cortezattic]

McClelland's Grand Orientals: Yenidje Supreme in a Rattray's 'dog.

 

[clanobucklin]

This morning it was P&W #191 Honey Vanilla, got home after work and it was Gramercy Park both smoked in a Dr Plumb Meerschaum lined bent. After dinner I am going to brave #400 - a latakia based blend in ...