It may sound like an odd pairing but try that Cowboy
coffee with a pilsner or lager 
. Don’t know why precisely but it works! No Dark Holler????
Enjoy and happy smokes
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coffee with a pilsner or lager . Don’t know why precisely but it works! No Dark Holler????
Enjoy and happy smokes
I mostly get virginia (barnyard, hay, citrus) with both VA Slices and LNF. But with LNF i can definitely pick up a slight musk, umami, fig scent that i usually associate with perique.
Personally, I'm a huge fan of LNF and it tastes very well balanced for my taste buds. Plus at the price of about $3.50 an ounce it's one of my go-to. If you've never tried it I'd highly recommend giving it a go if you like Va/Pers. I noticed over time the perique mellows out and the plum, fig, raisin taste really starts to shine.
Hope that helps!
That sounds delicious, thank you for the heads up!It may sound like an odd pairing but try that Cowboy
No Dark Holler????
Enjoy and happy smokes
Because that's all most anyone makes, it seems.
Looking at the breakdown of my cellar, I have more different VA blends than any other (regardless of quantity), but if you look at the amounts... way more burley than VA in my cellar by quantity.
Low Country series, have you ever looked at it? It's like one English, one aro and four VAs, and no burley-based. There's several series like that, and various manufacturers that have 90% of their portfolio is VA-based, with burley blends being almost an afterthought.
Just like how 90% of fancy restaurants are 90% fish/seafood, or 90% of restaurant deserts are chocolate based or contain mountains of chocolate, or how 90% of the remainder of the menu at any restaurant that isn't seafood, is something covered in cheese (all of which I hate). I might be an alien...
I mean luckily there are great burley blends out there, it's not like there's no selection of them, but the number of different burley based blends pales in comparison to VAs. And don't get me wrong, I don't hate VAs either, they just aren't my top choice (they're actually my last choice... Burley > Aro > English > VA).
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Late night mail call. UPS delivery at 1945hrs! Odd but not unheard of
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So you are insinuating you are more a steakBecause that's all most anyone makes, it seems.
Looking at the breakdown of my cellar, I have more different VA blends than any other (regardless of quantity), but if you look at the amounts... way more burley than VA in my cellar by quantity.
Low Country series, have you ever looked at it? It's like one English, one aro and four VAs, and no burley-based. There's several series like that, and various manufacturers that have 90% of their portfolio is VA-based, with burley blends being almost an afterthought.
Just like how 90% of fancy restaurants are 90% fish/seafood, or 90% of restaurant deserts are chocolate based or contain mountains of chocolate, or how 90% of the remainder of the menu at any restaurant that isn't seafood, is something covered in cheese (all of which I hate). I might be an alien...
I mean luckily there are great burley blends out there, it's not like there's no selection of them, but the number of different burley based blends pales in comparison to VAs. And don't get me wrong, I don't hate VAs either, they just aren't my top choice (they're actually my last choice... Burley > Aro > English > VA).
and potatoes 
man (burley’s Vs Virginias) steaks Vs seafood?
The Bright Night and Cabbies from last week
Alright... first person to post a pic of the Firebird gets hunted down and beaten with a hickory pole...
First person to put ten tins on TinBids, you mean.
Or the first one to do it and set the price at $600 with a "reserve not met."First person to put ten tins on TinBids, you mean.
Going through my cellar, looking for gaps in my Sutliff coverage. Then I wandered over to Tobaccopipes and put in an order for 1 lb of Mark Twain and the last 4 oz they had available of Estate Blend. If, through divine intervention, Estate gets restocked, I might order some more. They are both decent codger-type blends.
So who picked up some HH Pure Va on that SP drop? I know you're lurking out there...
Pssst...507-C VA Slices is back in stock on SP (so are the two non-circular PS flakes). Sadly, nothing else of interest to me is...I don't even see a listing for Balkan Sobranie Original Mix Match anymore.
...and the little Mac Baren poundage that remains has gone up by a couple bucks since this time yesterday. Weimar 2.0 anyone?
...and the little Mac Baren poundage that remains has gone up by a couple bucks since this time yesterday. Weimar 2.0 anyone?
TPcom had a little Sutliff Match Victorian today-only showed four pounds when I popped in after a notification email.
You may or may not see a pic from me next week, but I didn’t buy it all
You may or may not see a pic from me next week, but I didn’t buy it all
Amazing restraint!TPcom had a little Sutliff Match Victorian today-only showed four pounds when I popped in after a notification email.
You may or may not see a pic from me next week, but I didn’t buy it all
I’m pretty well set (and tapped out) but found room for two more pounds (spending tomorrow’s pay today)
Not quite to Weimar Republic inflation levels, but give it a couple years and then go look on tinbids!Pssst...507-C VA Slices is back in stock on SP (so are the two non-circular PS flakes). Sadly, nothing else of interest to me is...I don't even see a listing for Balkan Sobranie Original Mix Match anymore.
...and the little Mac Baren poundage that remains has gone up by a couple bucks since this time yesterday. Weimar 2.0 anyone?
I anticipate I will have blown out my TAD budget well before then. If not, then I must preemptively say that I'm disappointed in my future self...but give it a couple years and then go look on tinbids!
Been waiting years to get ahold of some Bothy flake. Finally acquired some.
