Some music to get you through this post if you are so inclined:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgkHd6eBfoE
When I bought my first pipe online, I started to look around and read up on different pipe tobacco blends and types and flavours and the rest of it. After work early one morning, I decided it was a good day to go into town and buy a few different blends from the only good, independent tobacconist in my city and hopefully get some advice on where to start and where to go with my new hobby. On the way there however, I noticed a small tobacconist on a road just off my route home from work, so I pulled in and promptly asked what pipe tobacco's he stocked. Disappointingly, he only stocked two tinned pipe tobaccos, Dr Pat's Irish Creme and a Cherry aromatic, and being a cigarette smoker I went for the non aromatic.
I have to say that this tobacco has really grown on me, and having smoked six or seven bowls over a few weeks I'm beginning to appreciate the nuances of this blend. Initially I was unimpressed and quite disappointed with it, not entirely surprising as I was yet to develop my pipe smoking techniques and habits. I was smoking too fast and ending up with a bitter, cheap cigar taste left in my mouth and so stopped smoking it in favour of a B&M English blend.
What really made me fall in love with this tobacco was that I tend to use it in my Mr Brog giant (and otherwise) pipes as it's cheaper than my other tobacco's and also more readily available. I just smoked a bowl in my Mr Brog no. 30 Dublin, and was amazed at the flavours I was getting - initially a strong woody smoke until about half way into the bowl and then all of a sudden I was getting whiskey and liquer, in short discovering why it was called "Irish Creme"! It's also a rather dry smoke that doesn't seem to bite, another reason I favour it in my giant pipes, plus Mr Brog's pear wood pipe's scent and taste seems to go beautifully with this tobacco (although that flavour has faded with my other Mr Brog's). All in all a great smoke, and I'm very glad I stuck with it.
On a side note, I noticed an article on the site about being wary of "expert" pipe smoker's which noted experiences with a B&M clerk basically making things up and generally being a berk. I have to say I find I'm almost loath to go to my B&M to town as the owner seems quite impatient and unhelpful at times, and I end up feeling like an idiot just for asking questions about different blends. Maybe it's just my beginner's anxiety. He does know his stuff though, but I'm sure having to explain the same things over and over take their toll. Last time I went though I was served by a lovely lady and she was brilliant! Told her which blends I had enjoyed and she immediately set about recommending and pulling out other house blends to smell and see, so it can be a bit of a gamble with the B&Ms I guess. Luckily these guys, good mood or bad mood, really know their stuff and have a great range. Anyways, that's me rant and review for the day, cheers guys and puff on :
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Edit: Corrected capitalization in title per Rule #9, L.
Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgkHd6eBfoE
When I bought my first pipe online, I started to look around and read up on different pipe tobacco blends and types and flavours and the rest of it. After work early one morning, I decided it was a good day to go into town and buy a few different blends from the only good, independent tobacconist in my city and hopefully get some advice on where to start and where to go with my new hobby. On the way there however, I noticed a small tobacconist on a road just off my route home from work, so I pulled in and promptly asked what pipe tobacco's he stocked. Disappointingly, he only stocked two tinned pipe tobaccos, Dr Pat's Irish Creme and a Cherry aromatic, and being a cigarette smoker I went for the non aromatic.
I have to say that this tobacco has really grown on me, and having smoked six or seven bowls over a few weeks I'm beginning to appreciate the nuances of this blend. Initially I was unimpressed and quite disappointed with it, not entirely surprising as I was yet to develop my pipe smoking techniques and habits. I was smoking too fast and ending up with a bitter, cheap cigar taste left in my mouth and so stopped smoking it in favour of a B&M English blend.
What really made me fall in love with this tobacco was that I tend to use it in my Mr Brog giant (and otherwise) pipes as it's cheaper than my other tobacco's and also more readily available. I just smoked a bowl in my Mr Brog no. 30 Dublin, and was amazed at the flavours I was getting - initially a strong woody smoke until about half way into the bowl and then all of a sudden I was getting whiskey and liquer, in short discovering why it was called "Irish Creme"! It's also a rather dry smoke that doesn't seem to bite, another reason I favour it in my giant pipes, plus Mr Brog's pear wood pipe's scent and taste seems to go beautifully with this tobacco (although that flavour has faded with my other Mr Brog's). All in all a great smoke, and I'm very glad I stuck with it.
On a side note, I noticed an article on the site about being wary of "expert" pipe smoker's which noted experiences with a B&M clerk basically making things up and generally being a berk. I have to say I find I'm almost loath to go to my B&M to town as the owner seems quite impatient and unhelpful at times, and I end up feeling like an idiot just for asking questions about different blends. Maybe it's just my beginner's anxiety. He does know his stuff though, but I'm sure having to explain the same things over and over take their toll. Last time I went though I was served by a lovely lady and she was brilliant! Told her which blends I had enjoyed and she immediately set about recommending and pulling out other house blends to smell and see, so it can be a bit of a gamble with the B&Ms I guess. Luckily these guys, good mood or bad mood, really know their stuff and have a great range. Anyways, that's me rant and review for the day, cheers guys and puff on :
:Edit: Corrected capitalization in title per Rule #9, L.
Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine
