***What Are You Smoking, July 2025?***

[krizzose]

Fribourg & Treyer Special Brown Flake in a Savinelli 707

 

[Carol]

Tried to smoke a little trout stream in a cob, but it's just too hot to enjoy smoking. 94F here, and my AC broke down. Fans don't cut it. Hoping to be able to get a new AC reasonably soon. Cost is prohibitive. Will not be on the forum much. Not smoking right now.

 

[Steddy]

Tried to smoke a little trout stream in a cob, but it's just too hot to enjoy smoking. 94F here, and my AC broke down. Fans don't cut it. Hoping to be able to get a new AC reasonably soon. Cost is prohibitive. Will not be on the forum much. Not smoking right now.

I hope you have AC soon, that is no fun at all.

 

[Steddy]

Taking a short break from smoking but check out these poults(baby turkeys). Most I’ve seen.

 

[dottlejockey]

Back in the lounge with an iced coffee and a bowl of Indaba in a Ser Jacopo, after enjoying some outdoor time today. Nice little break from the full-on sun today. Overcast and just under 70F.

 

[Carol]

I hope you have AC soon, that is no fun at all.

No, no fun at all. Especially when you live in a metal siding singlewide. Ugh. Sitting out in the yard in the shade is at least tolerable. The house is an oven. Oh well, at least I'm not in a flood zone. Got nothing to complain about. Offering prayers for the folks in Texas, and now also in southern New Mexico.

 

[JimInks]

Almost a quarter of the way through this bowl of year 2010 Penzance in a 1990s smooth dark brown medium bend Peterson Captain Pete XL80 bulldog with a metal accent and a black vulcanite p-lip stem. Brought Daisy the Feral Princess in because a storm is coming. I called for Abner the Eager, and he came running to me. He's laying on m'lady's lap after eating. Tomato the Brave and Harry the Hairy apparently aren't here since they didn't come when I called for them.

 

[das3353]

Wessex Gold Brick in an Altinay

 

[PaulRVA]

C&D Visions of Celephais earlier and now a Bowl of Capt Black Grape in the IMP Poker.
Diet Coke on the side.

 

[towhee89]

CH and 5 Brothers in a unbranded Jobey Safari (made at the Weber factory in NJ)

 

[ravkesef]

Peretti’s Royal in an Ashton Billiard

 

[Sandblast]

Found grapefruit & unopened bottle of Buxton water. Got a B&Q card to hand in & found 3 parsnips at the market yesterday. A great haul!

Have been spending a pleasant afternoon, temps low 80's. Great lunch = pan fried a pork chop with cut up parsnips in a mild spice mix. Parsnips sort of a "little know" veggie but very tasty with excellent nutrition. Drinking lemon water, but from a suggestion from one of my Forum Brothers Sisters here, my biggest refreshment this Summer has been vinegar water, chilled.

Have been smoking a VaPer mix in an unmarked bent Rhodesian meer. Always nice to come back to this meer.

 

[Sig]

The 2023 tin of Escudo I opened a couple weeks ago is tasting better. Its just been sitting in the tin.
Smoking it in the Pete System XL315.

 

[Sandblast]

McClelland 2000 in this Bullfrog Eskimo Gumnut -
Seeing all this misguided dialogue around aromatics recently really got me craving a good bowl. McC 2000 is a well-aged virginia broken flake topped (cased?) with a subtle caramel/nougat flavor. It might be because of the mason jar aging but smoking it now you can hardly tell it's an aromatic if you weren't informed, there's definitely a faint caramel sweetness to the blend but it works complimentary with the aged virginias as opposed to modern aromatics that often use an aggressively sweet topping to cover some lesser quality leaves.

Interesting to read your comments on McClelland 2000. I have an unopened jar from 2012 where I added some 2000 right on top of an equal amount of 5115 with no piece of paper nor plastic separating them. I figured whenever I eventually opened the jar, I'd be getting pinches of 2000 until about mid-jar, then I'd be getting pinches of the mixture until I reached the bottom half where I'd be getting pure 5115. Some might ask "Why bastardize the two?" But they're both classic McClelland, both now gone forever, so I'll SAVOR every pinch. And I'm getting close to opening the jar to see what 13 years of age has done. Putting up some McClelland was (in hindsight) a great decision.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Kendal Plug in the Pete 87, Match Victorian in the workhorse J07, and now SG St James Flake in the Briarlee on the way home.
FIL is not better, slurring came back and started going numb right side.
Last we know he was en route to hospital…

 

[cshubhra]

Now smoking Gawith Hoggarth’s Aniseed Twist in the PCI Horn Meerschaum carved by Ahmet Govem.

Earlier it was cigar time: Monte Christo White

 

[samuelgawith01]

Guy on here actually sent me some dark birds eye. Good stuff.

True,I smoke it as a change of pace from my usual Burley and Virginia Flakes.

 

[dottlejockey]

Moving on to a home blend i enjoy before fetching dinner. Hence the name "Evening Aperitif." It's a hodgepodge mixture of Va with elements of perique and a touch of burley and kentucky for good measure. Functional for it's intended purpose.

Pipe is a Geppetto bent billiard.

 

[Sandblast]

Jim ... are ravkesef's posts inspiring you to add a lynx to the group?

 

[dd57chevy]

Now smoking Wilke No. 515 in a smooth dark medium bend 2021 Peterson Heritage Brown POTY 4AB No. 45/500 military mount with a silver cap and a tapered black vulcanite AB stem. This was the original 515 that Basil Rathbone smoked, and the model that he smoked it in. Ken Byron is in town and just came over for a visit. He obviously needs blending tips!
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Man , I like that pipe . Wish I could find one at a reasonable price .