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So far I've only tried Jackknife Plug, Haddo's Delight, and Abingdon. Loved the first two, but I didn't really like Abingdon. Have jarred that one up and will try it again sometime in the future. Looking forward to trying either Charring Cross, Westminister, or Odyssey next.
I got my Cumberland and Stratford ... but I can't breathe through my nose (head cold). I refuse to try a new blend without being able to properly use my sniffer.
My report will be along soon, though. :
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My report will be along soon, though. :
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Picadilly is a super all day smoke while not a latika bomb like some of the others it is very complex and offers the smoker a sensory overload with each puff . It is often overshadowed by the heavier english blends in the line up . It is especially good on the patio with coffee on a sunny Sunday morning before the demands of the day take hold .
Okay my nose cleared, and I stuffed and puffed some Stratford in my Doc Grabow Royalton.
Interesting experience to be sure! Now I'm certain I've never had a VA/Per before tonight.
This blend has a distinct slightly sweet spice flavor, and somehow manages to be smooth while also having a fair amount of body.
Interesting experience to be sure! Now I'm certain I've never had a VA/Per before tonight.
This blend has a distinct slightly sweet spice flavor, and somehow manages to be smooth while also having a fair amount of body.
@zanthal Glad your sinuses are clearing up - going through a head cold myself that started just as I pulled out some SG Navy Flake to dry a bit and enjoy last night. I jarred it up... maybe tonight or tomorrow, guess we'll see how that goes.
Westminster. Westminster. Westminster. I can't say enough about it. I may start hoarding the stuff because I fear a day when it's no longer available.
Westminster. Westminster. Westminster. I can't say enough about it. I may start hoarding the stuff because I fear a day when it's no longer available.
I can recommend Stratford if my description sounds like your kind of tobacco, because this blend does come together well.
I think P&C needs to put together a GL Pease sampler pack
I think P&C needs to put together a GL Pease sampler pack
Pretty pease, yeah I couldn't help but feel that quip coming on eventually, too.
Cumberland, I was not so impressed with. I really don't have much of a basis to compare it to, I found it to have unremarkable, I don't know, typically tobacco taste, without any real complexity.
that's my first impression and I know enough to give it a few more tries before making my mind completely up.
Stratford was miles ahead of Cumberland, to my tastes. I know I could smoke that regularly and be satisfied.
No disrespect whatsoever intended, just my honest and relatively inexperienced assessment.
Cumberland, I was not so impressed with. I really don't have much of a basis to compare it to, I found it to have unremarkable, I don't know, typically tobacco taste, without any real complexity.
that's my first impression and I know enough to give it a few more tries before making my mind completely up.
Stratford was miles ahead of Cumberland, to my tastes. I know I could smoke that regularly and be satisfied.
No disrespect whatsoever intended, just my honest and relatively inexperienced assessment.
I first learned about Greg from his writings on this very website. Thanks PipesMagazine! Since I've been attending the "GL Pease Pipe Tobacco School of Higher Learning" I now have my cellar stocked with:
Telegraph Hill (Va - Per)
Embarcadero (Va - Orientals)
Cairo (Va - Orientals - Per)
Fillmore (Va - Per)
Chelsea Morning (Va - Lat)
I've long been strictly an aromatic smoker but I have really enjoyed broadening my horizons with Greg's great blends. During the summer months I tend to enjoy the Virginias and I keep a pipe dedicated to them. Smoking the GL Pease blends has taught me to pay attention to the subtleties of the blenders art. A couple I hope to try are Key Largo and Barbary Coast.
Telegraph Hill (Va - Per)
Embarcadero (Va - Orientals)
Cairo (Va - Orientals - Per)
Fillmore (Va - Per)
Chelsea Morning (Va - Lat)
I've long been strictly an aromatic smoker but I have really enjoyed broadening my horizons with Greg's great blends. During the summer months I tend to enjoy the Virginias and I keep a pipe dedicated to them. Smoking the GL Pease blends has taught me to pay attention to the subtleties of the blenders art. A couple I hope to try are Key Largo and Barbary Coast.
Sixteen minutes' review is awfully long, no matter how great a tobacco this is.
I am still happily working my way through about a dozen of his more traditional blends, and will get to this in 2016, or at the West Coast Pipe show next month, whichever comes first!
I am still happily working my way through about a dozen of his more traditional blends, and will get to this in 2016, or at the West Coast Pipe show next month, whichever comes first!
Yes, it's long, but an excellent review. I swear I could smell the tobacco through YouTube! I'll definitely be trying The Virginia Cream!
@Lee watch this thread http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/october-tobacco-crawl-with-greg-l-pease/page/4
Greg agreed to extend this month's crawl to taste VC so there will be lots of talk about this blend by the creator himself :D
Greg agreed to extend this month's crawl to taste VC so there will be lots of talk about this blend by the creator himself :D
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