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DesertDan

Part of the Furniture Now
Oct 27, 2022
836
3,915
Tucson, AZ
Fusilier's Ration Special Reserve stuffed in a Boswell rusticated bent apple (I love this pipe!)

Slightly sweet with woody, earthy and floral complexity. The smoke is creamy with a slightly oat-like flavor in the retrohale. The after taste is sweet with a very slight bread and baking spice flavor. A very pleasant blend.

I purchased 6oz which came in a single dense brick. I sliced off a 1/8th inch thick flake and rubbed it out, it crumbled into a pile that filled the large bowl with a fair amount left over. Perfect moisture content.
The density required a bit of work to establish a good ember, but it then burned perfectly thereafter.
 

Sandblast

Starting to Get Obsessed
Dec 10, 2023
218
3,340
Mendota Heights, Dakota Country, MN
Happy Dec to all (!!!).
Sun (Dec 1), no smoking -- did errands, cleaning, cooking, had a good workout.
Today (Dec 2) going to try something. Got a jar with a pouch of Captain Black (white), jarred '07. Not sure if this actually ages (???) but the section of label I cut off & added is certainly saturated. So ... I'm going to pick a pipe, probably one of my treasured Canadians, and purposely smoke couple bowls of the Black straight, no parfait, no mixing into a Home Blend. Why? I want to see if I can purposely create a GHOST. Then, since several here have commented they actually enjoy GHOSTS, I will return the Canadian to "yeoman's duty". Since I don't do "dedicating" ... (sorry, Jimlnks) ... will I enjoy the Captain Black GHOST with whatever I then smoke? Thinking, at this point, that whatever "sweetness" comes through might be nice. Plus, what longevity will the GHOST have?

NOTE: Skippy Coyote's extensive, very interesting commentary on Captain Black (white) is awesome! I'll be going back & forth to his writing throughout my GHOSTING experiment.
 
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