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blendtobac

Lifer
Oct 16, 2009
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Hi folks. I've selected the four tobaccos for the April Tobacco Crawl. The first is my own personal blend which I recreated from a blend I made back in the seventies. It's called Magnum Opus and is a complex Balkan-style with the addition of some Perique for a fuller body. The next one is Classic Burley Kake, which is mostly Burleys with just a touch of red Virginia with notes of cocoa, rum and anise, pressed into a crumble cake. When I want something with complexity and body, I prefer El Nino, which is a blend that's hard to define, but it has a lot going on. My last choice is my newest, which I developed for my own tastes. It's called Fire Storm, and it will be in stock within the week. It uses the same Virginias as Anniversary Kake, but with more Perique and the addition of a very special dark-fired leaf. It changes constantly through the bowl.

We'll be offering a promo code to give you a discount on these blends. I'll post the code when it's set up in our system. It should be ready to use on Wednesday.
Russ

 

brass

Lifer
Jun 4, 2014
1,840
7
United States
I would like to thank Russ for taking the time to put together this crawl. This should be fun. Russ will drop in to comment and take questions as his time permits. Please understand he has a busy schedule and it could be several days or more before he can take a query.
Pax
Schedule
Week one: Friday April 3, 2015: Magnum Opus - H&H Marquee

http://www.pipesandcigars.com/mobile/pipe-tobacco/72925/hearth-home-marquee-magnum-opus/#p-157098
http://www.tobaccoreviews.com/blend/4298/hearth-home-magnum-opus
Week two: Friday April 10, 2015: Classic Burley Kake -H&H Signature

http://www.pipesandcigars.com/mobile/pipe-tobacco/70658/hearth-home-signature-classic-burley-kake/
http://www.tobaccoreviews.com/blend/3219/hearth-home-classic-burley-kake
Week three: Friday, April 17,2015: El Nino - H&H Marquee

http://www.pipesandcigars.com/mobile/pipe-tobacco/77421/hearth-home-marquee-el-nino/#p-164653
http://www.tobaccoreviews.com/blend/9086/hearth-home-el-nino
Week four: Friday, Apri 14, 2015: Fire Storm - RO Blends

http://www.pipesandcigars.com/mobile/search/?q=RO+Blends+-+Fire+Storm
Not reviewed yet on tobaccoreviews.com but here is a video on Firestorm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-vDpAA8dPE
For those new to the Tobacco Crawl, check out this sticky for the details:
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/the-first-pax-virtual-tobacco-crawl-virginia-burleys
One of the blends Russ considered, but didn't quite make the cut for the crawl, was Missouri Meerschaum Country Gentleman. From tobbacoreviews.com:
This blend features a mixture of premium bright and red Virginias, which is enriched with Perique, and a small amount of dark-fired Kentucky for body. This is a tobacco that would be at home in a tin with a higher price tag, but to befit bearing the Missouri Meerschaum name, it comes to you at an everyday bargain price.

 

brass

Lifer
Jun 4, 2014
1,840
7
United States
Simple Instructions
1. Purchase or otherwise acquire the blends by the dates posted on the schedule.

2. Start smoking the blend on the dates scheduled.

3. Post your comments, critiques, questions, reviews and notes in this thread. Please include preparation notes, e.g., how long dried, if any; pipe used including bowl size and shape, accompanying beverages, spouse notes, differing results when using different prep or pipes, etc. Make your reviews as short or as long as you like.

4. For best results, smoke the blend of tghe week at least once daily during the week if possible. Your appreciation of the blend will deepen considerably if you smoke it regularly and several times.

5. You can smoke as many or as few blends as you wish.

6. Have fun and be respectful.

7. Russ will be our guide for this crawl and will drop in as often as his schedule permits.
Pax

 

cmdrmcbragg

Lifer
Jul 29, 2013
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+1 brass
As for tin sharing, I can do that again as long as it isn't a bunch of people. If it is the manageable 3 or 4 people all together then I am fine with that.

 

brass

Lifer
Jun 4, 2014
1,840
7
United States
Good to hear from you again, Commander. Thanks for the offer For those of you who, for whatever reasons, would prefer to get samples of this months blends, instead of whole tins, please PM CmdrMcBragg, our TinMaster. He managed our Tin Shares last year, a service for which we're grateful.
Pax

 

cmdrmcbragg

Lifer
Jul 29, 2013
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PM preferred and please supply your names and addresses. I accept payment through PayPal which is calculated based on participants. Four is ideal so that everyone gets a nice portion from one tin, otherwise more must be ordered and that requires more participants to keep share costs low.

 

cmdrmcbragg

Lifer
Jul 29, 2013
1,739
3
Weather the next 10 days in Denver is 50s and 60s. Ideal pipe smoking weather, even broke out a cigar yesterday as well.

 

shanelktown

Lifer
Feb 10, 2015
1,041
71
So what blends is everyone most excited about? So far I personally know I will enjoy the magnum opus and probably most excited about the firestorm. The burley kake and El Niño will be ones I will smoke for that week but who knows maybe I'll be surprised.

 

shanelktown

Lifer
Feb 10, 2015
1,041
71
Not that I know of but I was thinking Russ should do a sampler kit on this with the 4 blends 4 corn cobs and like a Czech tool. Nothing better then trying a blend in a fresh new corn cob.

 

blendtobac

Lifer
Oct 16, 2009
1,237
213
Okay folks. I just got permission to put together the PAX Tobacco Crawl Sampler, which is now on our site. You can find it by searching by the sampler name, or you can find it under Tin Tobacco Samplers. The normal price of the four tins would be $39.96, but I got the okay to offer it at $29.99, about a 25% discount.
Russ

 

brass

Lifer
Jun 4, 2014
1,840
7
United States
Greetings, fellow crawlers:
FYI: THE PAX TOBACCO CRAWL SAMPLER WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL AFTER 3PM THURSDAY, MARCH 12
I couldn't find it listed on the site, so called P&C. The rep informed me that specials do no get posted before 3 0'Clock pm.
Russ, thanks for all the effort and getting us such a great deal. I'm so looking forward to trying these blends and getting feedback from fellow crawl participants.
Pax

 

brass

Lifer
Jun 4, 2014
1,840
7
United States
Got my order in.
PipesandCigars have posted Russ picks (PAX Tobacco Crawl Sampler) for pre-order. Enter Pax in the search field to bring up details or just go here:
http://www.pipesandcigars.com/search/?q=pax
Orders will Ship March 20th.From their website:
PAX Tobacco Crawl Sampler
This sampler has been created to allow the PAX Tobacco Crawl participants to try all four of the blends chosen by Russ Ouellette at a significant savings.
The PAX Tobacco Crawl Sampler includes:
(1) tin Hearth & Home Signature Classic Burley Kake, 1.5 oz. tin

(1) tin Hearth & Home Marquee Magnum Opus, 1.76 oz. tin

(1) tin Hearth & Home Marquee El Nino, 1.76 oz. tin

(1) tin RO Series Fire Storm, 1.76 oz. tin
Please note: This is in pre-order status because we are awaiting the arrival of Fire Storm. All pre-orders should ship by 3/20/15

 

brass

Lifer
Jun 4, 2014
1,840
7
United States
Got a partial order in yesterday, my Country Gentleman: Virginians, Kentucky Dark Fired and Perique. Apparently, in orders that have some back ordered items, they ship in stock immediately and the back ordered items when they become available.
The Russ Oullette sampler, including Fire Storm, should ship tomorrow.
The image is in place and you can order here: http://www.pipesandcigars.com/search/?q=pax
Pax

 

brass

Lifer
Jun 4, 2014
1,840
7
United States
The Pax/Russ Oullette Sampler started shipping yesterday.
I was told by a rep that P&C may likely not publish the sampler publicly, since they put the deal together for our Pipes Magazine Tobacco Crawl members.
You can order here: http://www.pipesandcigars.com/search/?q=pax or use key word Pax to search for the blend on the P&c site.
If you want to join this month's Tobacco Crawl, hosted by Russ Oullette, just reply here and say you're in.
Pax

 
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