Semois Tobacco from Vincent Manil Available in USA January 2014

[admin]

We have a second day in a row with Exclusive Breaking News for our PipesMagazine.com readers:
Semois Tobacco from Vincent Manil Available in USA January 2014
UPDATE: WE HAVE THE WHERE AND WHEN - SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM FOR THE NEWS -

http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/pipe-news/semois-tobacco-from-vincent-manil-available-in-usa-january-2014/

 

[voorhees]

Great. Another tobacco I'll never get my hands on.

 

[admin]

LOL Jason!

 

[spartan]

It’ll be extremely hard to get, but I’ll still be trying to get my hands on it just like everyone else!
On Guard!

 

[mso489]

I may try for it, then I'll sulk a while, and then I'll open my first tin of Royal Yacht, which is probably

exotic enough for me. Right now it's aging in the drop-front pipe rack compartment.

 

[northernneil]

Hopefully the one online retailer allowed to carry it will ship to Canada.

 

[woodsroad]

Do you think that they might have a raspberry-coconut-pineapple aromatic version?

 

[Dutch Pipe Smoker]

Great news for all you US folks!!! :clap:

I have updated my Semois blogpost with this information and provided a link to the original article.

 

[ravkesef]

Woods road wrote:

Do you think that they might have a raspberry-coconut-pineapple aromatic version?

I think it will be the raspberry-garlic.

 

[kcghost]

I recently tried the Bouchons de Semois and was not terribly impressed but then finding a pipe that can really cope with a bouchon is no simple task.
Hopefully the amount we overpay for this tobacco when it hits our shores will go to the farmers.
Another nice scoop Kevin.

 

[Dutch Pipe Smoker]

I recently tried the Bouchons de Semois and was not terribly impressed but then finding a pipe that can really cope with a bouchon is no simple task.

A corncob will do fine

 

[woodsroad]

raspberry-garlic

Which makes me wonder: If pipe smokers are such gourmands, what's up with all the kool-aid-flavored aromatics? Why no moules-frites or Konijn met pruimen blends?

 

[lordofthepiperings]

A friend of mine recently got some from each of the three manufacturers of Semois. I sampled the mildest one, forget who makes it, at the West Coast Pipe Show. It was pretty enjoyable. Definitely a more complex flavor profile. It takes a few bowls to start grasping them.
Definitely one I would recommend everyone try. I mostly only smoke Cavendish aromatics and I enjoyed the few bowls I had of it.
What I'm wondering is if this will help out Russ Oullette. He mentioned at the show that he's dying to mix it with Perique and see what happens. The way it is currently, pre-January distribution, it would be far too costly to give it a go. Now that it'll be exported to the States it might be feasible for Russ to start tinkering with levels and concocting a new blend.
Anyways, great news because I'd love to get through an entire pouch of it.

 

[ravkesef]

Woods road wrote:

Which makes me wonder: If pipe smokers are such gourmands, what's up with all the kool-aid-flavored aromatics? Why no moules-frites or Konijn met pruimen blends?

Are you volunteering to do the taste testing? :roll:

 

[woodsroad]

I'm hesitant to accept the nomination of my party as Official Gourmand Belgique Tabak tester, but if you insist, perhaps a few months in Belgium, at the membership's expense, wouldn't be entirely horrible.
A Semois Abbey Tripple...or perhaps a HommelpaptartVaPer?

 

[admin]

I'll be sending some of my samples off to Romeowood so he can have a review for us in January.

 

[romeowood]

Thanks for the link to your blog, arno--it was excellent supplemental material about the background of this curious concoction. Also, the recommendation of a corncob (MM of course)--from experience I can attest that, like a good steak prepared in a cast iron pan in the broiler, it will leave its signature flavor behind. Overall I'm excited to see the tobacco market expanding enough to allow these niche products an outlet.

 

[kcghost]

You are right, Bill, Arno has one of the great pipe blogs in the world. It's spectacular.

 

[onepyrotec]

I got an ounce a few weeks ago from my nephew, I'm glad the hunt is over for me...I won't be looking to get anymore when it hits the states.

 

[admin]

UPDATE: WE HAVE THE WHERE AND WHEN - SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM FOR THE NEWS -

http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/pipe-news/semois-tobacco-from-vincent-manil-available-in-usa-january-2014/