Good morning folks.
Last night marked another meeting of the Lakeshore Smokestacks and, as always, we had another new tin of tobacco to share with club members. It has been exceedingly hot here, in and around Toronto, with temperatures in the 90s and upwards. So last night we decided to try something lighter in the pipes. This tobacco was a delightful surprise, and received thumbs up from all the club members who tried it.
To the review!
Tobacco: Red Virginia
Flavouring: None noted
Cut/Style: Cut Plug/Flake
Aroma: Lemon, apricot, light brown sugar
Drying: The flakes were malleable on opening the tin, but were not wet. I elected to let the tin stand open for 15 minutes before prepping.
Pipe: My gigantic S. Yanik figural meerschaum pipe.
Prep: Two flakes, rubbed out and then followed this process: 3 step stuff, final pre-light draw is stiff, like drawing on a milkshake with the top of the tobacco resting about 1/8" from the top of the bowl.
Charring light: This tobacco really took to the flame, and fluffed up nicely on the charring light. Nice fruit sweet aromas on the retrohale, and good volume of smoke produced.
True light through first third: I found this tobacco exceedingly easy to keep lit, and that it produced wonderful quantities of light and sweet smoke.
Second third: Smoke consistency is maintained, some of the deeper sweet notes began to open up with browning sugar and a buttery sweetness becoming present.
Bottom third: The sweet character continued to deepen, with lighter citrus notes giving way to more stewed fruit notes and evolved brown sugar sweetness.
I really enjoyed this smoke. So did the other guys who tried it. I was the only person who rubbed out the flake. The other guys all used the fold and stuff method. They reported flavours and aromas that were similar to what I found but, if anything, their smokes moved into the deeper and fuller stewed fruit and brown sugar notes faster than mine did.
Regardless, I found this flake to be of high quality, and really enjoyed the smoke. I will be bringing in some tins to cellar.
If you're still reading, I wanted to learn a little more about F&T so found my way to the entry on this venerable shop on pipedia. It is definitely worth reading. The shop opened in 1720... Gents and ladies, that's 56 years before the U.S. declared independence. http://pipedia.org/wiki/Fribourg_%26_Treyer
-- Pat
Last night marked another meeting of the Lakeshore Smokestacks and, as always, we had another new tin of tobacco to share with club members. It has been exceedingly hot here, in and around Toronto, with temperatures in the 90s and upwards. So last night we decided to try something lighter in the pipes. This tobacco was a delightful surprise, and received thumbs up from all the club members who tried it.
To the review!
Tobacco: Red Virginia
Flavouring: None noted
Cut/Style: Cut Plug/Flake
Aroma: Lemon, apricot, light brown sugar
Drying: The flakes were malleable on opening the tin, but were not wet. I elected to let the tin stand open for 15 minutes before prepping.
Pipe: My gigantic S. Yanik figural meerschaum pipe.
Prep: Two flakes, rubbed out and then followed this process: 3 step stuff, final pre-light draw is stiff, like drawing on a milkshake with the top of the tobacco resting about 1/8" from the top of the bowl.
Charring light: This tobacco really took to the flame, and fluffed up nicely on the charring light. Nice fruit sweet aromas on the retrohale, and good volume of smoke produced.
True light through first third: I found this tobacco exceedingly easy to keep lit, and that it produced wonderful quantities of light and sweet smoke.
Second third: Smoke consistency is maintained, some of the deeper sweet notes began to open up with browning sugar and a buttery sweetness becoming present.
Bottom third: The sweet character continued to deepen, with lighter citrus notes giving way to more stewed fruit notes and evolved brown sugar sweetness.
I really enjoyed this smoke. So did the other guys who tried it. I was the only person who rubbed out the flake. The other guys all used the fold and stuff method. They reported flavours and aromas that were similar to what I found but, if anything, their smokes moved into the deeper and fuller stewed fruit and brown sugar notes faster than mine did.
Regardless, I found this flake to be of high quality, and really enjoyed the smoke. I will be bringing in some tins to cellar.
If you're still reading, I wanted to learn a little more about F&T so found my way to the entry on this venerable shop on pipedia. It is definitely worth reading. The shop opened in 1720... Gents and ladies, that's 56 years before the U.S. declared independence. http://pipedia.org/wiki/Fribourg_%26_Treyer
-- Pat
