Old Joe Krantz to start but have a couple new blends to try today
***What Are You Smoking, November 2023?***
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WAYS is like a game of Clue; HRPufnstuf with Erinmore Mixture in the MM Legend!
BTW, good morning!
BTW, good morning!
Burley morning everyone, in a cob with dark roast coffee and cream
My shipment got split lol. So right now I have From Beyond, Haddos delight, and Penny Farthing. But later tonight I'll have Oddesy, Chelsea Morning, Key Largo, and Telegraph Hill! I'm paralyzed with choice lol
All good stuff! You really can’t make a bad decision.
Trying a bowl of Country Squire Second Breakfast. 
No doubt and thanks for the suggestions on some of these!
Fox Campanile in the Northern Briars Premier army mount w/silver.
My bud gave me a bowl of Esoterica Ramsgate from 2002, the topping is still prominent, interesting smoke. Peterson 303 p-lip. 
Statistically, more old MFs like me die in the winter, having to be out in it likely doesn’t help!Hhahaha I feel ya
For real?! I didn't know that. I only smoke outside as well. I'll be out there! Not too bad now but this morning was pretty cold lolStatistically, more old MFs like me die in the winter, having to be out in it likely doesn’t help!
Reiner’s Gold Flake in a George Boyadjiev.
Used snus all morning. Forgot I owned this goofy little thing, Five bros jammed into an MM Shortstop.
The Second Breakfast wasn’t a hit for me but this KBV B Frog’s Peaty Hunt is really waking up the taste buds. 
Rounding out the morning by trying some Solani Green Label for the first time, in a Peterson Junior Rusticated Billiard.
Now this is something truly unique! The moment I lit it up my brain went, "This tastes exactly like how my grandparents' house used to smell around Christmas time when I was growing up." Pondering it further, I remember my grandma worked for Avon and she always had these red Avon stick candles lit around the house that had an appley aroma to them; and Solani Green Label tastes just like those apple scented red Avon candles smelled.
Smoking a scented candle might not sound terribly appealing, but in this case I think it works really well. There's not much in the way of Virginia flavors going on, it's pretty much all apple candle all the time from the first puff to the very bottom of the bowl with this blend, but the smoke has a good strong body and heft to it and is pleasantly smooth even on the retrohale with only a little nasal nip from the rough edges of the punchy dark Virginias; and it's got a nice medium strength nicotine content that I'm finding quite satisfying. I was also pleased to see that Solani Green Label is a Danish style aromatic, meaning that it's quite dry straight out of the tin like a non-aromatic and contains no propylene glycol as far as I can tell. It burns cool and dry and is just a rather delightful smoke, assuming you like the unique flavor.
If you've got an adventurous palate and enjoy Gawith Hoggarth's oddball aromatic blends (or your grandmother worked for Avon) then I think you'll find Solani Green Label to be worth checking out. It seems very similar in style to Gawith Hoggarth's blends in that it uses very good quality and rather strong dark Virginias coupled with double fermented Black Cavindish and a dry topping that you've probably never tasted anything quite like before. It's an unusual one, but in a good way I think.
Now this is something truly unique! The moment I lit it up my brain went, "This tastes exactly like how my grandparents' house used to smell around Christmas time when I was growing up." Pondering it further, I remember my grandma worked for Avon and she always had these red Avon stick candles lit around the house that had an appley aroma to them; and Solani Green Label tastes just like those apple scented red Avon candles smelled.
Smoking a scented candle might not sound terribly appealing, but in this case I think it works really well. There's not much in the way of Virginia flavors going on, it's pretty much all apple candle all the time from the first puff to the very bottom of the bowl with this blend, but the smoke has a good strong body and heft to it and is pleasantly smooth even on the retrohale with only a little nasal nip from the rough edges of the punchy dark Virginias; and it's got a nice medium strength nicotine content that I'm finding quite satisfying. I was also pleased to see that Solani Green Label is a Danish style aromatic, meaning that it's quite dry straight out of the tin like a non-aromatic and contains no propylene glycol as far as I can tell. It burns cool and dry and is just a rather delightful smoke, assuming you like the unique flavor.
If you've got an adventurous palate and enjoy Gawith Hoggarth's oddball aromatic blends (or your grandmother worked for Avon) then I think you'll find Solani Green Label to be worth checking out. It seems very similar in style to Gawith Hoggarth's blends in that it uses very good quality and rather strong dark Virginias coupled with double fermented Black Cavindish and a dry topping that you've probably never tasted anything quite like before. It's an unusual one, but in a good way I think.
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A third of the way through this bowl of early 2000s Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style. Ice water and bergs is my drink.
Big 'N' Burley in an Ardor Meteora.
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