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Cellaring Tobacco and Factors that Influence the Aging Process

August 21, 2020 by Jeffery Sitts

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Acquiring tobacco and letting it age for years is one of the most rewarding aspects of pipe smoking, granting us the opportunity to appreciate how the flavor profile of our favorite blends can change or improve with time. Often referred to as "cellaring," purchasing tobacco with the intent to let it age is a somewhat newer ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Rattray's Bagpiper's Dream

August 13, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. For this installment, I'm stepping outside of my comfort zone and revisiting Aromatic blends, starting with Rattray's Bagpiper's Dream. I've long overlooked Aromatic mixtures in favor of Virginia/Perique or pure Virginia tobaccos, but I've recently realized ... Read More

A Closer Look At Aromatic Pipe Tobacco

August 7, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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Until recently, I had little interest in aromatic tobaccos. I considered aromatics to be a category of tobacco best left to newcomers, remembering how I had insisted on smoking them exclusively when I first started pipe smoking. I had wanted the most impressive-smelling tobacco possible and had terrible experiences with aromatics in those days. ... Read More

The Air Pocket Packing Method

August 5, 2020 by Jeffery Sitts

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Packing a bowl is not only a necessary part of pipe smoking; it affords us the opportunity to experiment with alternative methods based on our pipe's dimensions, the style or cut of blend we plan on enjoying, and the environment in which we will be smoking the mixture. ... Read More

Mystery Tobacco Review: July 2020

July 29, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to another episode of the Mystery Tobacco Review, the friendly game of "Guess Who" that leaves even our most experienced pipe smokers questioning their skills (and life choices). This month, we decided to shake things up and have our Cigar Specialist Tim Vanderpool select one pipe tobacco for us to blind review. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Chacom No. One

July 2, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. In this installment, I take a closer look at Chacom's #1 blend, which is a mellow English mixture comprised of Virginia, Black Cavendish, and Oriental tobaccos with a touch of Latakia. ... Read More

Mystery Tobacco Review: June 2020

June 25, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to another episode of the Mystery Tobacco Review, once again brought to you from our humble living rooms and home offices. This month, we were privileged to have Jeremy Reeves of Cornell & Diehl sit in the Inquisitor's Chair again and select one unnamed tobacco for us to smoke and review. The Mystery Tobacco Wagon rolls on! ... Read More

A Closer Look at Perique

June 19, 2020 by Jeffery Sitts

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Perique is an incredibly versatile blending component and one of the most interesting and complex types of tobacco. It's used to create numerous mixtures, often serving as a condimental tobacco to add nuance or complexity to a blend. Perique is steeped in tradition, having endured for centuries, its curing process passed ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Chacom #4

June 18, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. In this installment, I take a closer look at Chacom's #4 blend, which features various Virginias combined with a small portion of Perique for some added strength and a touch of fruity spice. One of four new recent additions to Smokingpipes' portfolio of Chacom blends, this ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Savinelli Juno

June 10, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. Today I am talking about the third of the three latest additions to the Savinelli line of pipe tobaccos: Juno. Much like Jupiter and Janus, which I've covered previously, Juno continues a collaboration between Jeremy Reeves, Cornell and Diehl and Savinelli. ... Read More

Cellaring Tobacco and Factors that Influence the Aging Process

Tasting Notes: Rattray's Bagpiper's Dream

A Closer Look At Aromatic Pipe Tobacco

The Air Pocket Packing Method

Mystery Tobacco Review: July 2020

Tasting Notes: Chacom No. One

Mystery Tobacco Review: June 2020

A Closer Look at Perique

Tasting Notes: Chacom #4

Tasting Notes: Savinelli Juno

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