***What Are You Smoking, July 2024?***
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After getting thoroughly knocked down a peg by that 1792 Flake I haven't felt overly inclined to smoke any especially strong blends since then, so today I've just been sipping away on some non-threatening pure Virginia blends that I know won't put me in bed with nicotine sickness for an entire day afterwards. 
This afternoon's pick is G.L. Pease Union Square, in a Dr. Grabow Lark.
If you enjoy darker tasting Virginia flakes like Mac Baren's HH Pure Virginia or Samuel Gawith's Full Virginia Flake then Union Square is one of the very best in my book! The dark, earthy, moldering leaf litter flavor of this one always makes me think of the autumn whenever I smoke it. Very smooth on the retrohale with a nice medium nicotine strength, it's a great pure Virginia blend for the colder months of the year or anytime you feel like reminiscing about them.
This afternoon's pick is G.L. Pease Union Square, in a Dr. Grabow Lark.
If you enjoy darker tasting Virginia flakes like Mac Baren's HH Pure Virginia or Samuel Gawith's Full Virginia Flake then Union Square is one of the very best in my book! The dark, earthy, moldering leaf litter flavor of this one always makes me think of the autumn whenever I smoke it. Very smooth on the retrohale with a nice medium nicotine strength, it's a great pure Virginia blend for the colder months of the year or anytime you feel like reminiscing about them.
On this fine Saturday afternoon, I am about to light some C&D Palmetto Balkan '24 in my Peterson Irish Harp 80s.
I better start drying out my tin of Burley Flake#2. The Pegasus I brought camping in my pouch is almost gone.
GH Best Brown #2 in a new-to-me Rattray's Monarch.
Passing the last third of this bowl of year 2010 Full Virginia Flake in a straight 1968 Dunhill Shell bulldog with a black vulcanite saddle stem.
Peter Heinrich Golden Flake in a Briarworks C151XL
Just received 3 blends I’ve never tried, first up is Kelly’s coin in the rescue pipe GBD RockRoot with afternoon espresso . I am a burley fan so this is a natural winner for me.
SG Chocolate Flake in an Upshall bulldog.
What do you think of that tobacco?
Three meerschaums, in preparation for boxing tonight. Shakur Stevenson and so many great matches... Bosun Plug in the meer swan neck, Newminster 400 in the meer cutty, and Blue Note (for the wife) in the meer billiard.
Irish Flake in the Short Army, midget in the Walmart special outdoor bathtub….
109*, but the humidity is back in the teens where it belongs.
109*, but the humidity is back in the teens where it belongs.
Nice! Has she tried Devil’s Holiday?
5 year old HU Janneman Flake in a GBD author.
1792 isn’t as hard on you if you inhaleAfter getting thoroughly knocked down a peg by that 1792 Flake I haven't felt overly inclined to smoke any especially strong blends since then, so today I've just been sipping away on some non-threatening pure Virginia blends that I know won't put me in bed with nicotine sickness for an entire day afterwards.
This afternoon's pick is G.L. Pease Union Square, in a Dr. Grabow Lark.
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If you enjoy darker tasting Virginia flakes like Mac Baren's HH Pure Virginia or Samuel Gawith's Full Virginia Flake then Union Square is one of the very best in my book! The dark, earthy, moldering leaf litter flavor of this one always makes me think of the autumn whenever I smoke it. Very smooth on the retrohale with a nice medium nicotine strength, it's a great pure Virginia blend for the colder months of the year or anytime you feel like reminiscing about them.
I like it but the chocolate top note is not very evident in the tin I have. The tobacco base is really good but for chocolate character and overall complexity I give the nod to Bob's.
Coniston Cut Plug in a Castello 1982 great line.
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