***What Are You Smoking, June 2023?***

[RustiePyles CPG]

5100 in a Peterson Heritage Pub

 

[Lyon0oq]

Visiting back East for a few weeks, just got back from a walk with my friend's dog. Enjoyed some And so to bed in a Chacom.

 

[Jbrewer2002]

Paradoxical in my Savinelli with an afternoon local roast black coffee.

 

[Jbrewer2002]

GL Pease Charing Cross in a Tonni Nielsen No. 3 cherrywood

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I love that pipe!!

 

[warren99]

I love that pipe!!

I like your Nonpareil too. I have one very similar. Sav's smoke great, regardless of the grade.

 

[warren99]

GLP Stratford in my Pere again after a pizza dinner on a cobblestone side street just off of the Pantheon.

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Brings back memories of eating on the patio of a cafe opposite the Pantheon while watching a mime harass the tourists and locals in the piazza. Hilarious.

 

[mbmoehl]

Paradoxical in my Savinelli with an afternoon local roast black coffee.View attachment 225959

That's one of the nicer Savinelli's I've seen.

 

[FurCoat]

Burley Delight in the yard cobs. Working on the cars.

 

[alaskanpiper]

SG Brown Sugar in the trusty SmithHouse pot.

 

[Ben.R.C]

ES 1931 in a 1986 Ashton.

 

[Brewfan]

Rougaroux in a Peterson sandblasted Hansom.

 

[NightSkyFlash]

L”Anatra with 3 Stars Green

 

[Zero]

Paradoxical in a Claudio Cavicchi bent brandy. Happy smokes

 

[JimInks]

Not far from finishing this bowl of year 2016 Peter Heinrichs Dark Strong Kentucky in an undated family era Sasieni Natural Four Dot Grosvenor smooth medium brown quarter bend bulldog with a black tapered vulcanite stem.

 

[Jbrewer2002]

I like your Nonpareil too. I have one very similar. Sav's smoke great, regardless of the grade.

Should have seen it when I got it lol

 

[warren99]

Should have seen it when I got it lolView attachment 225971View attachment 225972

Nothing a bit of spit and shoe polish won't fix.

 

[Ahi Ka]

I got given a big ziplock bag of South African tobacco. I’m not sure what it is, but it is sure enjoyable.

 

[ilpipatorebarbanera]

Carolina Red Flake w/ perique 2021 in Giugliucci

 

[Ahi Ka]

I got given a big ziplock bag of South African tobacco. I’m not sure what it is, but it is sure enjoyable. View attachment 225973

Update. It’s Wesley’s #1 Rhodesian blend.

 

[PipeIT]

No, the current day prices are prohibitive, I wanted to try Dunbar and Dorchester at least once because I’m a VaPer guy so I paid the premium prices for a couple of tins. I was not a pipe smoker when Esoterica was active, no opportunity to hoard! I love Dorchester, it’s better than Dunbar, in my humble opinion. Those are the only Esoterica blends I’ve had the privilege of trying. I’m not usually particularly fond of ribbon cuts either but Dorchester just smokes and packs effortlessly.

Just be sure to keep an eye out for the next drops, and then you can pay regular retail.

Brighton is a very nice VA. It has a different sweeter Esoterica sauce going on, it’s light and sweet, with some nice complexity. It might be my favorite light VA at the moment.

P.S. If you like VAs, be on the lookout too for John Alysebury Sir John’s Flake.