How'd you know that's what I picked? It's just flue cured Burley lightly cased in the 1950's aromatic American style. Nutty, cool burning, slightly sweet, pretty good Nicotine punch if you push it. Burley is usually smoked at a faster rate than VA, it will go out if sipped. Some people get their tongues wrecked when switching to VA because they learned on Burley blends...
It is pretty sweet. I would say it's almost as sweet as Captain Black at first, then less so as it is smoked.
Heirloom Cherry in a Country Gentleman corncob. I found a nice teak pipe rack on eBay. I found some new Woodmere racks online, but not any 12 pipe versions. This will give me a little room to grow into. The pipe has the vulcanite freestyle bit from MM.
Drew Estate Grand Central with a bourbon and soda this evening. The Grand Central is described as an apricot/fruit virginia/burley aromatic, but I didn't notice the apricot. It was a very nice, cool smoke.
I've been smoking more Burley lately, I really like the cool burn characteristics that Burley brings to the party.
I've only tried two GLP blends, Abingdon and Haddo's Delight. I didn't notice it so much with Abingdon, but Haddo's Delight packed a wallop. I'm going to order The Virginia Cream soon, and try it out.
Late night pipe, La. Red Havens, a 50/50 blend of La. Red and McClellan Grey Havens. I've decided the Perique in La. Red is a bit much for me, so mixing with Grey Havens, a VaBur with a very slight amount of Perique, is toning it down. Smoked in the Chacom Lumberman. Please excuse the mess on the deck!
Having some Comoys Cask #1 in my Dr. Grabow Royal Duke (Straight Brandy). Sitting on on the porch tonight as the rain finally let up and it's actually fairly warm out for this time of year. We've had so much rain the past few days, I had to stop in the middle of an intersection on my way home tonight, to let a beaver who was trying to get away from the flooded river, cross, lol. It was pretty funny.
Some GLP Virginia Cream in my Kriswill on the way home. The extra N helped take the edge off a tough day.
Tonight it was Germain Brown Flake in my Stefano Santambrogio. Brown Flake is enjoyable, but rather one dimensional. I'm still trying to get an exact handle on it. I'm thinking it needs several months more in a jar. Chris, I know you have a tin of this, what's your take on this blend?
I've had three bowls. Green is what comes to mind. I just can't tell if there's much to age though. For VA it's kinda flat tasting, almost dank in the last third of the bowl. Setting it aside for another year might be the thing to do.
Relative nicotine, strongest first St James Perique Acadian Perique Green River process Kentucky burley Dark-fired Kentucky burley (Flue cured commercial Roll-Your-own cigarette tobacco, mostly flue cured burley and some flue cured VA, would be here) (Flue cured commercial cigarette tobacco, mostly flue cured burley and some flue cured VA, would be here) Flue cured pipe burley (Prince Albert, Carter Hall, Granger and familiar aromatics of all stripes) Air cured Burley Cavendish (can be anything, but mostly Burley) Flue Cured VA (rare in pipe) Air Cured VA (Orlik) Ornamentals like Perique, Oriental and Latakia are quite strong, but used in small quantities. Burley is strong, dense, and lacks sugar, therefore burning at a relatively low temperature. VA has abundant sugar, this makes it burn hotter. The VA has only a fifth of the Vit N of burley, and some of that nicotine is destroyed at the higher temps.
Morning Pease Nice morning smoke with some tea as a chaser. I'm liking this GLP a little more each time I smoke it. It stars very smooth and gets stronger in the middle.
