Him smoking that one was my fault.?
I Don't Believe I Have Ever Seen This Question Asked Before.
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? Well good on you! ?
I draw the line at Captain Black Grape though!
CBG is an odd one. More incense than grape. Visions of Celephaïs is more grape than CBG is. Chris Morgan said something similar when he found out that he liked it. Here was the beginning of the M79 spiral.
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Just for a lark, I ordered some to see how bad it was. First bowl was very strange, but not unpleasant. Six bowls later, I have a pound of the stuff on the way. Currently smoking it it a straight MM Legend with a cup of licorice tea and some hard Italian licorice candy. BTW, I have always...
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Have you heard how much Carter Hall I smoke????
I obviously have the best taste in tobacco....or "tobacco" as @cosmicfolklore calls it.....
I obviously have the best taste in tobacco....or "tobacco" as @cosmicfolklore calls it.....
I would say that it belonged to Foggymountain who could taste the difference between pipe stains.
Now, as many have said, with no question it is jiminks.
Now, as many have said, with no question it is jiminks.
Been following Jiminks' reviews for a while on TR, he's got my vote.
Jiminks and Pipestud are the members on this forum who I consider to the be the most knowledgeable. I have followed both on TR since 2012. I would consider them both mentors even though I have never interacted with them directly because the wealth of tobacco information they have contributed is so vast and deep. Their reviews gave me a baseline so understood what was good from what was not when I was just starting out. Both have influenced my blend choices tremendously. There is another on TR, but he is not on this forum that is fantastic reviewer, Gentleman Zombie. GZ really knows his Latakia Mixtures.
Any guy that can pick up the different notes and flavors from each component tobacco in a blend gets my vote. We all know who that is....
I don't have good enough taste to say whether somebody else has good taste or not. I do know that none of the guys mentioned in the OP have ever led me astray. (Well, maybe a couple times...). @cigrmaster and @sablebrush52 both periodically post lists of VAs and VAPers that are super helpful. When I was starting out, I printed them up and started checking stuff off. That was how I found most my favorite blends. (Harris, no need to bust out the checkbook. I'll take my compensation for saying something nice about you in Rad Davis pipes, medical weed, lizard skin loafers, and a share in a strip mall.)
Best taster: Jim Inks.
Biggest cache: Peck
Biggest taster: Harris
Best taste*: me. In addition to fine blends, I have a pair of Gucci loafers, and a pair of ugly ass shoes from the same outfit made famous by a former football star and crap actor.
* the best taste for me.
Biggest cache: Peck
Biggest taster: Harris
Best taste*: me. In addition to fine blends, I have a pair of Gucci loafers, and a pair of ugly ass shoes from the same outfit made famous by a former football star and crap actor.
* the best taste for me.
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JimInks is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.
Play a game of solitary, my boy?JimInks is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.
At least YOU got my name right! ?JimInks is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.
My good buddy @bigtrain, Pete, has a great palate... honed by over 40 years of experience, goes a long way!
For me, he is @cosmicfolklore. I am not talking about someone who has tasted lots of tobacco or who has plenty of experience in blending. Michael has the best taste in tobacco, whatever he likes I like too, so you get the point.
And who said there were no stupid questions? Hmmmm...
The answer is most definitely @hawky454
I thought everyone knew this!?!? I always play that Karate Kid song “You’re the Best Around”, while I smoke my lovely scented Condor Plug.
Oh, ya may want to go see a doctor if you’ve got tobacco on your brain!
The answer is most definitely @hawky454
I thought everyone knew this!?!? I always play that Karate Kid song “You’re the Best Around”, while I smoke my lovely scented Condor Plug.
Oh, ya may want to go see a doctor if you’ve got tobacco on your brain!
Awww.... Pete doesn't know anything, man. He turned off the TV on game 4 of the World Series a second before the outfield muffed the ball hit to him that turned into two runs scoring, and the Rays making a wild, crazy comeback in the bottom of the 9th inning.
You just can't trust a fella like that!!!! 
??Believe me, I gave Pete a ton of jazz about it the next day. That's what friends are for!
Seriously, Pete does know good tobacco. I just don't like to tell him that!
He started smoking a pipe before I was born... in fact, about the time the planet Earth was born! And yeah, I'm going to call him and read this to him. I wish he'd join in on this forum more often. He writes reviews at TR under the name "Big Train".
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