Hello from NYC.

[MisterBadger]

I figured some aromas would be better suited for different seasons. I used a lot of peach and cherry tobacco when it was the summer and spring seasons. And for winter my go-to is vanilla. I figured the autumn season would merit a different tobacco.

I recently bought some sutliff maple street to have this season since I've always linked the smell of maple syrup and autumn in my mind. However, with a recommendation from this thread I'm thinking of having some Cornell & Diehl's haunted bookshop or Seattle Pipe Club's plum pudding. Although, the smell of the ladder is quite strong and I wouldn't typically smoke it if I'm just going and coming to work.

Regarding the seasonality of beers; do you have a favorite for autumn?

- I can't comment on aromatics beyond uttering some grumbly platitude to the effect that tobacco should taste and smell like tobacco, which you won't want to hear ;-)

Beers, now, though: as the year darkens, so should the beer; as the cold increases, so should the strength of the beer, and it should have a body to nourish as much as to refresh. Why so many folks like to drink chilled lager in the depths of winter, I cannot understand. Winter is stout; Autumn is an amber or copper coloured confection, of 5% ABV or higher. My autumnal beer of choice is, therefore, the Bewdley Brewery's William Mucklow's Dark Mild (6.5%). I'm guessing that this is both unkown and unobtainable in the States, so I'd recommend, as a substitute, McChouffe Brune (8%)

 

[smokingauthor1]

Thank you for your riveting insights

 

[MisterBadger]

Thank you for your riveting insights

- I'm just an opinionated old git. What do you write, by the way?

 

[WVOldFart]

Hello and welcome from West Virginia.

 

[DesertDan]

Greetings from Arizona!

 

[smokingauthor1]

- I'm just an opinionated old git. What do you write, by the way?

Nothing worth reading yet. When I was in college I had an affinity for writing essays so to keep the skills I write on topics I find interesting. However, they mostly just stay as hard copies once they are finished.

 

[mspadoni]

Welcome from Georgia!

 

[/Adam\]

 

[Pappy Coon]

 

[anotherbob]

Interesting, I figured most tobaccos would be fine, I guess I'll go with whatever I have on hand.

The author in my name refers to my hobby of writing.

And I usually smoke when I write, in the summer its easy to sit in the yard and write but in the fall and winter it's difficult to type on a laptop with numb fingers.

oh smoking a pipe and writing go hand in hand. Sadly I dream of writing on the forum and smoking at the same time. Would love to see some samples of your writing, it's also one of my hobbies as well.

 

[kcghost]

Welcome to the forum from KC!! I smoke in the winter in exactly the same fashion as I do in the summer. Of course, have an inside smoking room.

 

[Sgetz]

Welcome from Durham in the UK

 

[StayPufft]

Welcome from Ontario!

 

[JOHN72]

Welcome from Spain.

 

[emac.917]

Hello from Manila!

 

[ThomasS]

 

[bpinkstaff]

Welcome from Rockton Illinois!!!!

 

[wilblee]

Welcome from the Texas Hill Country!

 

[JoeW]

 

[antonine]

Welcome from San Diego!

I'm sure most of you will laugh, but it does get chilly down here in the winter months (at least from our perspective!), so I have a pair of merino wool gloves to keep my fingers warm while smoking. Not sure that would cut it in a New York winter, but maybe paired with a space heater and an iron constitution...