Sounds like you are having quite the bachelor boy" weekend lol.
***What Are You Smoking, June 2023?***
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Been feeling a tad under the weather this weekend (not necessarily due to a lack of premier league footie), but have still managed to enjoy a few bowls of Capstan Blue.
Good morning all. I’m smoking Anthology in a Country Gentleman, sipping coffee, and waiting for the start of the Cubs game from London. Sunday morning baseball?? Yes, please!!
Cheers!
Cheers!
Man you have some impeccable taste. Gorgeous Castello!
Scaferlati bleu in my new The French Pipe with my younger son at a cafe near Place de la Bastille. Very hot day! Tobacco and pipe acquired at à la Civette
My grandfather always told me, “ You‘ve got to make hay while the sun is shining”, so I’m going to have a week of sunshine!
Get to feeling better soon. August 13th will be here before you know it.
Belated birthday felicitations @Streeper541. Looks like you had a good time.
@Tar Wheel, yes indeed, and thanks.
@Tar Wheel, yes indeed, and thanks.
Thanks. My preferences and collection has evolved over the years. Will probably continue to do so.
Good day all! Starting this lazy Florida Sunday with another "side by side," namely Peterson De Luxe Navy Rolls along with KBV Raven Eye Flake (basically a stoved version of DLNF) in respective Nachwalter Scandi-Lumberman and Upshall Bulldog pipes, both size 4.
I tried arising before the household to have some alone time with a bottomless cup of coffee and a pipe. My daughter ended getting up around the same time, but fell back asleep watching cartoons.
Enjoying Mac Baren Vanilla Roll Cake in a Peterson Donegal Rocky 80s p-lip while watching the critters do critter things.
Enjoying Mac Baren Vanilla Roll Cake in a Peterson Donegal Rocky 80s p-lip while watching the critters do critter things.
Still working on ghosting this meer
As June winds down, I have expanded my pipe tobacco adventure into Virginias; namely, MB Virginia Flake and GLP Union Square. The Virginia Flake had two years age when I popped the tin and the Union Square had three months of age.
First impressions: Virginia Flake is sweet with a fruitlike confection quality to it. Given the youth of the tobacco, the first bowl of Union Square was remarkably easy to smoke - some bread notes with just a touch of dark fruit jam . . . Was surprised how much I like this one.
A couple of aromatics have seen more bowl time this month: Peretti's Black Virginia and GLP's The Virginia Cream. Black Virginia is fairly mild and I get a bit of coffee on the palette. The Virginia Cream has some DFK and perique - Totally different from Black Virginia but both have a place in my tobacco stock.
First impressions: Virginia Flake is sweet with a fruitlike confection quality to it. Given the youth of the tobacco, the first bowl of Union Square was remarkably easy to smoke - some bread notes with just a touch of dark fruit jam . . . Was surprised how much I like this one.
A couple of aromatics have seen more bowl time this month: Peretti's Black Virginia and GLP's The Virginia Cream. Black Virginia is fairly mild and I get a bit of coffee on the palette. The Virginia Cream has some DFK and perique - Totally different from Black Virginia but both have a place in my tobacco stock.
HH Burley Flake in a Castello great line.
Granger in a sandblasted Eltang prince. 
Now smoking some tobacco from Sutliff's Private Stock - Maple Street. A very smoooth and cool smoke. The pipe is "cool" too: A Radford's 1995 Limited Edition Pipe of the Year. A great tobacco, a handsome pipe, and an all-around good experience. Takes a 9mm filter.
Smoking some Ennerdale Mixture after extensive drying time in a Ludwig Hartman & Eidam Austrian meerschaum 'cutty' pipe with black vulcanite mouthpiece and silver work stem band hallmarked 1887. The pipe has its original carved meerschaum 'half a marble' butt plug restrictor with smoke veins which is very unusual for those to survive. The pipe was practically unsmoked when it came into my possession and like the restrictor the case was in beautiful condition so this has become my Sunday morning pipe. I brief word about this G&H Ennerdale Mixture. I have not come across this before and upon opening the bag the contents looks just like Ennerdale Flake. With that said it does seem that the Oompa Loompa's at G&H have increased the dose of magic sauce which whilst welcome does mean it needs a little drying time to avoid steaming your tongue. When you open the bag its like been hit with the smell of Clubman Pinaud barbershop aftershave, however once it has been jarred it will no doubt settle down which it seems to have done in my tobacco pouch overnight.
If it’s my first bowl of the day, it’s what? Happy Sunday!
Tobacco just wasn’t tasting right so I took a little time off. Back at it with C&D Oriental Silk in a Savinelli Noce 626.
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