***What Are You Smoking? January 2020.***

[JimInks]

Almost half way through this bowl of year 2013 sugar crystalized Stonehaven in a 1998 smooth medium bend Peterson Limerick 69 with a nickel band with a tapered black vulcanite p-lip stem. Some of the flakes in this bag are thin and partially broken. Makes it easier to light and stay lit. Delicious chocolate and raisin notes abound.

 

[JimInks]

Happy birthday, Simon!

 

[MattRVA]

Cringle Flake in a Kaywoodie dublin 5108.

 

[BROBS]

MacBaren Vanilla Cream at lunch from my Don Regular Sandblast (Bari) squashed bulldog.. then as it started to snow tonight from my Republic Period Peterson Limerick 01. Almost smoked through this whole jar of VC! I’d say it’s dang near the Vanilla Flake which I love!

 

[jaytex1969]

Bold Kentucky in a BriarWorks Poker.

 

[btwes7]

2014 GL Pease Union Square in a **Ferndown Bark Billiard.

 

[upnorth1]

Dan Salty Dogs in a Dr. Thomas straight panel with coffee.

 

[danimalia]

Cornell & Diehl - Burley Flake #1 in a moretti bent billiard

 

[trubka2]

Just finished a bowl of HU Makhuwa in a GBD Prehistoric 488 pot.



Next up is Erinmore Flake in a Scott's Burner Dublin.

 

[tnfan]

C&D Opening Night in a Maddis Sandblasted Apple.

 

[JimInks]

Did some snacking and am now smoking Watch City Eureka! in a 2003 medium bent Ural meer with a lined and etched egg shaped bowl with a silver band and a brown pearl acrylic saddle stem. Phone chatting with an old friend.

 

[rushx9]

I have to say, I'm rather disappointed. I'll give it a few days and try it again, but I didnt care for the flavor.

Latakia can be a love it or hate it thing for some. It can also be one of those things you don't like at first but slowly start to crave. I'd recommend letting it air out well, and trying again in a few days. If you still don't like it, try mixing a good pinch of Va in with it. Some folks hate heavy lat but appreciate it in small doses. Presbyterian got me started on Balkans and it has very little Lat. A little is like incense, bbq, or scotch, but a lot can be like a tire fire. One day you might wake up and crave that tire fire...

 

[rushx9]

Just got back from a sample swap at a buddy's house. I turned him on to some Grasmere Flake and he cut into a plug of Condor and loaded me up. Delicious and truly indescribable. Getting ready to pack the Meer with some Frog Morton On The Bayou.

 

[charf]

Smoking some C&D Pegasus in a new Savenelli 673 Roma. Very windy out. Been gusting to 35 knots for most of the day.

 

[dino]

Had some John Cotton Smyrna with a pinch of Syrian Latakia, in a bent Billiard meerschaum. Pretty good, but I'm not going to use up my precious stock of Syrian to goose up any more of my JCS. Maybe I'll try adding Cyprian next time.

 

[upnorth1]

MacBaren Vanilla Flake in a Falcon with Bulleit Bourbon and a Rum & coffee chaser, oh, and some clementines!

 

[danimalia]

Finishing up the day with some Quiet Nights in the Bluebird Rhodesian. Thought I might appreciate this one a bit more on a re-try and I surely do.

 

[JimInks]

Enjoyed a tasty Jazz apple and am now smoking Ken Byron Ventures Verge Engine Overdrive in a 2018 smooth straight flame grain Basil Meadows Merchant Service "Bing" replica with an aluminum band and black ebonite stem.

 

[Spinkle]

I'm smoking a bowl of Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake in my Savinelli rusticated Regimental shape 101. I just looked and I've now had this tobacco aging for more than a year. Very nice and dark brown now.

 

[MrTom]

G'day folks, Ruby Cherry in a Peterson's Kerry 05 pipe. 8°C & cloudy with a few showers forecast by the government Met Office.