June Pax Tobacco Crawl with New Head Blender for C&D - Jeremy Reeves

[jeremyreeves]

Dulgunz, you are quite welcome! I too am a consumer and I think that customer interaction is awesome, both in and out of work. I worked in a couple of different cigar stores in Chicago, a few years back, and what really stood out to me in our hobby of tobacco enjoyment was that people from all walks of life came through smoke shops and many of them made really meaningful connections there, often with people that were drastically different from them. A regular customer at one of the shops was a homeless fellow who came in around 4 everyday and picked up a $2 stick (this was 2003, do $2 dollars cigars even exist anymore?) and one day a high-powered defense attorney commuting from downtown, wearing a fancy suit and carrying an expensive attache', came into the shop when the homeless gentleman was having a cigar in the smoking lounge. The lawyer, armed with his freshly purchased $18 cigar, went and took a seat in the lounge, and from that meeting formed a friendship that lasted for quite some time. A homeless guy and a super rich and powerful guy had a smoke together and became friends! Like, make plans to meet at the smoke shop at the same time kinda friends! This was so wildly cool to me that I began to wonder if others in the industry had also noticed this type of all inclusive quality in the tobacco community. I was so doubly excited to learn that lots of people had this view and even this goal for their smoking community. I knew then that I had a home. And I hadn't even discovered pipes really. Geez, when I really "got" pipes, I had not just a home but a whole universe! That said, all of it was so centered around relationships that without the accompanying friendships, I don't think it would have been 1/4 as cool.

Smoke is to be shared.

 

[jeremyreeves]

Brass, Rich and all who are participating in the crawl, I am sorry that the factory move prevented us from being able to make the special format products that would have made the original plan work. Next time we do this, we will be happy to work something out on that front.

 

[jeremyreeves]

$36 with shipping, Jackswilling? That's a good deal for sure! Glad that another solution was possible to keep the buy-in price low.

Cheers, Rich!

 

[jeremyreeves]

Dulgunz, I forgot to mention, I think Pirate Kake and Captain Earle's are safe, don't worry.

 

[jkrug]

Tobacco ordered....count me in! :D

 

[jackswilling]

"That's a good deal for sure!"
Yes, $36 is a great deal. Thanks again to all concerned.

 

[catyrpelius]

Tobacco ordered! I'm back for this month.

 

[okiescout]

Preordered my baccy yesterday. Good to go.

Thanks for the info! ::

 

[barleynbaccy]

Tobacco on the way.

 

[bigjoe]

Ordered!

 

[brass]

Pulled the trigger on my order, as well. Resisted getting another pipe. Couldn't resist getting another tin of Magnum Opus, a blend we tried last month. Jimminy, that was a good blend.
Jeremy, Autumn Evening is next up on the schedule.Do you have any preparation recommendations, e.g, should it be opened an hour or a day or more before smoking?
Man, Friday, June 5 seems like a long time to wait...
Thank you all who have made early orders. Rich will be shipping it out tomorrow.
For those of you are perhaps thinking about joining this month's crawl, jump in. You don't have to commit to all four blends and you don't have to join for the whole month, although you'll miss some of the fun.
Do we guarantee you'll love all the blends on the menue? Nahh, but we will guarantee you'll be a more informed, better rounded smoker for trying them. ::

 

[newbroom]

I ordered my Jeremy Special yesterday. I think the selections will be very much appreciated.

Trying out one of C&D's newest blends, and four new blends to MY palate. I've read about them all and look forward to some rich tobacco tastes.

 

[barleynbaccy]

I have been wanting to try the Maple aromatics for a while, so Autumn Evening is a good start. I'm making my way back through last months crawl again. If this is more of the same you wont find a blend you hate. You'll just have blends you like more than others.

 

[brass]

I'm sure I've had a couple of C&D but not any that jump to mind. Most of my experience is with Samual Gawith, Gawith, H&H and GLP.
I know that C&D is the distributor for GLP but the labels are led by different Master Blenders. I'm assuming there is an individual blender for the Tom Eltang, Captain Earles, Castello, and Two Friends labels as well. But you know what assuming does.
Going where this man has never gone before is the attraction of the crawl for me. It get's me out of my comfort zone and introduces me to blends I may have never tried on my own. Magnum Opus and El Nino and WhiteNight and Old Dark Fire are just some of the fabulous blends I've tried on previous crawls. My wallet is the poorer but my life the richer for the experience.
Thank you all for participating, whether you're a newbie dropping in for a week for the first time or one of the crusted regulars who started with us last year.
Pax

 

[4noggins]

We received our shipment from C&D and shipped the first orders of the crawl out this afternoon. So orders that come in from now on will ship without delay. Thank you all for your support and we hope you enjoy the new blends.
Rich

4noggins.com

 

[jackswilling]

I got the notice, order shipped, you are the man.

 

[echie]

Also ordered yesterday, along with a couple of others on my wishlist. Perhaps not so coincidentally, Magnum Opus as well, brass

 

[mranglophile]

Order in, plus some Lancer Slices...man im excited for this. I have already tried Pirate Kakae and Autumn Evening via samples from Smokingpipes.com but I cant wait to smoke as a group.

 

[dmcmtk]

I'm in, tobacco ordered! Sampler and a few others...

 

[jkrug]

Getting excited as well. Looks like this is shaping up to be a fun event. ::