Reviews Without Tears, by G. L. Pease

[admin]

In case you guys didn't see this yet, I think it is an awesome article:

http://luxurytobaccoreviews.com/reviews-without-tears.php

 

[collin]

(I'm so embarrassed,....I knew I shouldn't have posted my crappy reviews where he could see them.)
I'm going to print that one out and tack it to the wall.
Thanks Kevin. Thanks Greg!

 

[docgarr]

Thanks for the reminder. I'm going to take it to pipe club and maybe do collective reviews.

 

[unclearthur]

Nicely done article. Lots of excellent points. The best one being not to review on just one bowl.

 

[fred]

Greg's approach is really the 'common sense' style approach to this

matter. It provides a framework on which to organize personal impressions.

 

[yoru]

I'm all for the "don't review on one bowl" idea. Hell I don't really know the flavour of a tobacco until about 10 bowls into it --- though I am new to pipes, cigarettes which I've been smoking in large variations for years I can telly you in two to 5 fags just how well it will wear on me, and everything there is to taste that I'm every going to in it (moral of the story -- taste buds adapt over time to entire families of flavours and get more refined as well)

 

[menckenite]

Great "how to" Greg. I could have used this before I did my first review.
Yoru, I agree. I've read many "one bowl" reviews and thought it's an injustice to the blend and less than responsiable to the readers. I know there's guys out there who smoke heavy blends, then on a whim try a subtle blend and stuff it into the same pipe. That's like drinking a couple of straight bourbons, then trying a glass of light wine and writing a review on the wine.
If I ever write another review I will use Pease's piece as a guide but I think I will inform the reader what usually gets smoked in the pipe also.