Last smoke of the day is year 2014 Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match in a 2018 full bend smooth Terracotta Peterson XL315 System Standard military mount with a nickel cap and a flared black vulcanite p-lip stem.
***What Are You Smoking, February 2023?***
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Checked out a badass organ trio tonight at a local bowling alley. Live music 6 nights a week at an alley that opened in 1946. Going strong. Winnipeg is cool.
Too bad everybody hates it here because the winters are intolerable. Hahahahah!
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My nightcap tonight is McClelland No. 24 Matured Virginias from a June 2001 tin, care of Steve Fallon, in a Musicò — along with some Woodford Reserve.
I guess I cracked this McClelland tin about a year-and-a-half ago, or so.
For the curious about my experiences with this tobacco:
I dried it a fair bit and left it in a jar for a while. For me it was too wet to smoke when I cracked the tin. I guess, I'm one of those poor unfortunates who has a certain chemical sensitivity to red Virginias.
Anyway, I'm not a big red Virginia smoker — BUT — the aged stuff is all good for me because — of course — it has NO BITE to it
— BUT —
it has a fair bit
(for me)
of vinegar.
That seems to die down — especially by the second half of the bowl.
This is probably about my 4th or 5th sampling of this tin.
I have no sense that the tobacco has declined since I opened the tin. The lid of the jar didn't pop down, and I didn't heat seal it or anything, but it's all good and ready to smoke.
I rubbed out the flake into shaggy ribbons [as is my wont.]
The Drama leaf became very obvious after the vinegar flashed off, which was around the 1/6 of a bowl mark.
What can I say about the flavour of the aged Drama leaf, other than that it's really, really really good? It's spicy like some kind of unique Ras El Hanout. It doesn't taste like saffron, but I get a similarly deep, pervasive underlying richness. It's slightly buttery, but that's far from my foremost impression. I'd just call it perfumy.
There's a flavour that I can only compare to pine oil, or even pine tar. It's there but it's not predominant. I get that more at the finish, as the bowl progresses. There's something floral throughout as well, which is kind of like Calendula (or again — not quite — saffron).
The entire experience is very mellow but highly aromatic and flavourful. The Virginias run the gamut from grassy and woody, to fruity and maybe a little floral — assuming the floral aspect is not part of the Drama leaf profile.
The Drama leaf is very obvious and — I would say — what this blend is all about. I get a lot of interplay between the Virginias and the Drama. It's not a uniform experience down the bowl by any stretch. There's a development, and an interplay.
The bottom line is there's a ton of complexity here, loads of flavour, and it's SUPER easy-smoking — especially as the bowl progresses. I left it sitting for minutes at a time and came back to it and it was still smouldering. This was fully rubbed out BTW.
Anyway.
Just to confirm.
Old tobacco is good.
IMO.
So, go support Steve Fallon.
No affiliation.
Too bad everybody hates it here because the winters are intolerable. Hahahahah!
•••
My nightcap tonight is McClelland No. 24 Matured Virginias from a June 2001 tin, care of Steve Fallon, in a Musicò — along with some Woodford Reserve.
I guess I cracked this McClelland tin about a year-and-a-half ago, or so.
For the curious about my experiences with this tobacco:
I dried it a fair bit and left it in a jar for a while. For me it was too wet to smoke when I cracked the tin. I guess, I'm one of those poor unfortunates who has a certain chemical sensitivity to red Virginias.
Anyway, I'm not a big red Virginia smoker — BUT — the aged stuff is all good for me because — of course — it has NO BITE to it
— BUT —
it has a fair bit
(for me)
of vinegar.
That seems to die down — especially by the second half of the bowl.
This is probably about my 4th or 5th sampling of this tin.
I have no sense that the tobacco has declined since I opened the tin. The lid of the jar didn't pop down, and I didn't heat seal it or anything, but it's all good and ready to smoke.
I rubbed out the flake into shaggy ribbons [as is my wont.]
The Drama leaf became very obvious after the vinegar flashed off, which was around the 1/6 of a bowl mark.
What can I say about the flavour of the aged Drama leaf, other than that it's really, really really good? It's spicy like some kind of unique Ras El Hanout. It doesn't taste like saffron, but I get a similarly deep, pervasive underlying richness. It's slightly buttery, but that's far from my foremost impression. I'd just call it perfumy.
There's a flavour that I can only compare to pine oil, or even pine tar. It's there but it's not predominant. I get that more at the finish, as the bowl progresses. There's something floral throughout as well, which is kind of like Calendula (or again — not quite — saffron).
The entire experience is very mellow but highly aromatic and flavourful. The Virginias run the gamut from grassy and woody, to fruity and maybe a little floral — assuming the floral aspect is not part of the Drama leaf profile.
The Drama leaf is very obvious and — I would say — what this blend is all about. I get a lot of interplay between the Virginias and the Drama. It's not a uniform experience down the bowl by any stretch. There's a development, and an interplay.
The bottom line is there's a ton of complexity here, loads of flavour, and it's SUPER easy-smoking — especially as the bowl progresses. I left it sitting for minutes at a time and came back to it and it was still smouldering. This was fully rubbed out BTW.
Anyway.
Just to confirm.
Old tobacco is good.
IMO.
So, go support Steve Fallon.
No affiliation.
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Starting off with a bowl of Revor Plug in Barling Meer , on a overcast and chilly morning.
Eight State Burley with my morning pot o' coffee this morning. 
I jarred a 50 g. of No. 24 a long time ago, having had only one bowl from it. I should go back and try it again. I forget now what I thought of that one bowl.
Five brothers in the Peterson 999. Enjoy the day!
Fold and cram 2017 MB Vanilla Flake
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Karl Erik O. Special Made.
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