The Country Squire Aired the last episode of their pipe smoking podcast and Sutliff created this commemorative blend for them. “This flake-cut tobacco is composed simply of Red Virginia tobaccos that have been aged for over fourteen years.”
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My bad, I didn’t elaborate very well.
I’m simply talking about blends, that are defined as light, medium, heavy.
I’ve always been under the impression that the strength of tobacco doesn’t change by the size of the chamber, but that a pot size, simply allows the blend to breathe more and allow for more nuances/flavors to come through.
Someone would need to have a really weird body chemistry if they thought Fribourg & Treyer Golden Mixture or SWR, was more stout in flavor and nicotine when compared to blends like 1792, Five Brothers, or HH Rustica.
Of course everyone has different tolerances and body chemistry, but that doesn’t change the composition of a blend. It would simply mean, someone could as example, smoke HH Rustica all the time and to them it’s not stout, but it still doesn’t mean it’s a blend as light in flavor or nicotine like Golden Mixture or SWR.
So, for some reason, I was under the impression the Birds of a Feather line, were considered pretty rich medium to slightly heavier blends, not like 1792 heavier, but then Paradoxical with Rustica, I assumed would be somewhat stout.
For a few blends that come to mind, the Anomalous was in the same strength of flavors like Brighton and Tilbury, and I thought it would be a little more robust is all, not as light.
So would you say in strength of flavors, it’s in the same wheelhouse as Brighton or Tilbury, what you experienced?
Or maybe it’s pretty close to Dunbar and Dorchester too, but that’s about it.
I hope I made better sense clarity now.
P.S. And for newer pipe smokers, light blends don’t necessarily mean they lack flavor(s). Light blends can be very rich and complex too.
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Were you at the show? I know they passed out about a hundred tins. The only reason I ask is because of how low your number is on the can.
Not typically a fan of the bulldog shape unless it's a low Rhodesian, but the taller proportions of your pipe and the diamond shank are really nice. What does the shank to bowl transition look like on the bottom?
Today's smoke was Mac Baren HH Bold Kentucky in a Stanwell Royal Briar #87 (apple).
Tonight will be Anomalous in my deluxe 999. Right after I feed the cats!
I was not, but a guy who is fairly new to the hobby who I’ve been helping out with tobacco samples and advice was there. He sent me this tin as a thank you. I thought it was awfully nice of him.
Relaxing after a wonderful salad, rainbow trout and green beans dinner with a big slice of Boston creme pie for dessert. I'm nearing the last quarter of this bowl of year 2020 Sam Gawith Best Brown Flake in a straight smooth brown 1933-1945 Comoy’s patent Grand Slam 159 *4 apple with a tapered black vulcanite stem. Community Coffee, neat, is my drink.
Gawith & Hoggarth Brown Flake, scented, in a Kaywoodie Sterling 1/2 bent calabash.
Compared to other VaPer blocks, my experience was that Anonmalous had quite a bit of heft to it. Very deep, rich flavor with a fair amount of potency. I have a very high nicotine tolerance, but I couldn't smoke it all day no matter what the bowl size is. I have to gauge that way in general, and particularly when reviewing. The fact that you don't see it as strong as I do relates to the differences in body chemistry more than it does experience as far as I can see. I find it stronger and richer than Brighton and Tilbury.My bad, I didn’t elaborate very well.
I’m simply talking about blends, that are defined as light, medium, heavy.
I’ve always been under the impression that the strength of tobacco doesn’t change by the size of the chamber, but that a pot size, simply allows the blend to breathe more and allow for more nuances/flavors to come through.
Someone would need to have a really weird body chemistry if they thought Fribourg & Treyer Golden Mixture or SWR, was more stout in flavor and nicotine when compared to blends like 1792, Five Brothers, or HH Rustica.
Of course everyone has different tolerances and body chemistry, but that doesn’t change the composition of a blend. It would simply mean, someone could as example, smoke HH Rustica all the time and to them it’s not stout, but it still doesn’t mean it’s a blend as light in flavor or nicotine like Golden Mixture or SWR.
So, for some reason, I was under the impression the Birds of a Feather line, were considered pretty rich medium to slightly heavier blends, not like 1792 heavier, but then Paradoxical with Rustica, I assumed would be somewhat stout.
For a few blends that come to mind, the Anomalous was in the same strength of flavors like Brighton and Tilbury, and I thought it would be a little more robust is all, not as light.
So would you say in strength of flavors, it’s in the same wheelhouse as Brighton or Tilbury, what you experienced?
Or maybe it’s pretty close to Dunbar and Dorchester too, but that’s about it.
I hope I made better sense clarity now.
P.S. And for newer pipe smokers, light blends don’t necessarily mean they lack flavor(s). Light blends can be very rich and complex too.
The Katerini perique in Anomalous is quite stout. I've smoked several bowls of KP straight, and could smoke that straight a couple of times a day with a fair amount of comfort. But, it's still strong, and it certainly shows itself in Anomalous enough that I rate the blend where I rate it. Mostly, my ratings reflect what I believe blends to be for the average smoker, and not for myself.
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Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut in a Savinelli Silver 606 EX
Off to work with a bowl of C&D Virginia Gentleman in a straight smooth dark brown pre-1940s Comoy’s Jost’s Olde English Supreme J299 Canadian with a tapered black vulcanite stem.
Briar Fox.
Mixture 79.
Sir Walter Raleigh.
Opening week of turkey season in GA. The birds were ghosts, not to be seen or heard.
Mixture 79.
Sir Walter Raleigh.
Opening week of turkey season in GA. The birds were ghosts, not to be seen or heard.
Another go with Dorchester, in a friend-made Lovat. With some Kentucky Bourbon.
Rattray's Highland Targe in a Kaywoodie Flame Grain shape 07 billiard. I don't know what it is about this blend, but I taste something in here that I don't get in other blends and it drives me crazy, in a good way. Once I have a bowl of this, I end up smoking it every night for a week.
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