Three Nuns ?

[romeowood]

I've never had Three Nunts, but the "salted cork" mentioned in the review must be a typo - surely the author meant "pork", right? RIGHT!?

"Salted cork? How does one even know what cork taste like?"
Anyone who has opened a bottle of wine should be familiar with what cork tastes like.

Well, there's that (thanks, Bob). I've also used cork extensively in woodworking applications, so I'm fairly familiar with it. Incidentally, there's a terroir association here--the cork oak is mainly a mediterranean cultivar, so it's no surprise that many of the environmental factors would express similarly in another vegetable crop.
I'm also *that* guy...the one who can tell you the difference between 80+ year old Indian mahogany, Honduran mahogany, and ribbon sapele--by taste. I smell money to try to imagine where it's been. I can tell what my girlfriend had for breakfast...when I kiss her in the evening. Trying to educate this palate is the only thing that keeps it all from being an overwhelming cacophony sometimes.
And thanks, Cortez! :worship:

 

[andrew]

Andrew: I wrote a review of Three Friars, and I'll post it here for whatever it's worth.

Thanks, it sounds up my ally, I've never even tried the original 3 nuns or the current version. The current version seems to expensive for what it is, plus the fact they've completely changed the recipe doesn't warrant them calling it 3 nuns, it's a cash grab and for that reason I wouldn't put out the money for it. I think it should be called protestant pipe or something.

 

[mso489]

Three Friars sounds attractive, maybe for being a simpler blend. Right now, if I were ordering,

I think I'd opt for it. Except of course for those three beguiling sisters in the pop-up ad here

on Forums; those aren't the nuns I remember my friends in Catholic school encountering.

 

[andrew]

Except of course for those three beguiling sisters in the pop-up ad here

on Forums; those aren't the nuns I remember my friends in Catholic school encountering.

That's another reason the blend turns me off, not only is it a recreation that doesn't contain perique, it also uses nuns in a sexually suggestive way, and as a good Catholic, I find it offensive all around.

 

[mso489]

andrew, I agree. Probably best not to be tweaking religious feelings in product names, etc. I'm not

a P.C. freak, so I try to roll with the punches. I grew up with many Roman Catholic friends, but now

I try not to step on toes of other ethnicities, religious beliefs, political positions, lifestyles, etc. Right now,

tolerance is a major and overriding value, to my mind, and giving people room for their beliefs is

part of that. Even Presbyterian tobacco ... one side of my family was much devoted to that denomination...

not the best choice of name.

 

[sfsteves]

rmbittner said:

... hasn't that (Perique) horse already been beaten to death here?"

if it hadn't been, I'd have beaten it again here ... Three Nuns was THE reason I became a confirmed pipe smoker and it's demise was the reason I went strictly with cigars for a number of years ... it was the absolute Holy Grail of pipe tobaccos ... the current product isn't a bad blend by any means, but the fact remains that despite the name and the appearance of the tin, it just isn't Three Nuns ...

 

[bluesmk]

"it was the absolute Holy Grail of pipe tobaccos "

Yes indeed it was!
"but the fact remains that despite the name and the appearance of the tin, it just isn't Three Nuns "...

Agreed, wholeheartedly!

Dan

Gabrieli Pipes

 

[kcvet67]

Now take the endevors of Lane to resurrect the famous Crown Achivement,and effort to keep it true to the original recipe, I applaude them for such attention to all the facts, recipe, customer loyaltyy to the brand and recipe for what it is!

I've got a few tins of Crown Achievement coming from P&C, hope it compares well with the original.

 

[mso489]

It is intriguing that companies discontinue blends that are well loved. I guess if the sales figures

slump, the devotion of a core of smokers doesn't help. The blend just goes under. It's not quite

the same dynamic, but may be related, that restaurants that always have a full-house sometimes

go out of business for many business reasons not related to number of customers. If there are

any insiders who know why especially well-love blends get the ax, it would be fascinating to know.