Recent content by Brunello

Ok, I had to do something fun and indulgent (if not quite 102 degrees crazy!): I have four pipes lined up on the deck with a side of honey bourbon. I'm continuing my explorations of Voodoo Queen tweaks because the retrohale of the stock version really does a number on my sinuses. Best tweak and...

Rattray's Hal O' Wynd in a Design Berlin Prelude.

What I'm not smoking: Mayan Stone Pipe. My son and girlfriend picked this up for me for Father's Day from an "artisan craftsman" as they were exploring the Mayan ruins in Mexico. Let's just say it's not a clencher - unless you want to crack your teeth! Since they are both total non-smokers the...

Peaceful morning walk on Wildcat Mountain. C&D Oriental Silk in a paneled Design Berlin. Bright and focused blend cleared out all the fuzzy cobwebs from last night! Rucci, our cream coat shepherd, in a mellow mood - no foxes or wild turkeys to chase!

Earlier today: my own blend "Sun God" in a Mark twain cob. It's a style I like but I've never tasted any other commercial blend that combines golden Virginia, Basma, Samsun, and a pinch of Golden Cavendish for a sweet finish. I have several blends that are variations on this idea. Right now...

Ordered a few items which arrived today, well packaged and promptly shipped. Thank you!

When my son was a teenager a passenger in the car he was driving threw out a fast food drink cup and it bounced off the car in the next lane. That driver called in the license plate number and we soon got a call from the police and our son and his friend had some explaining to do. The other...

Good luck with your transition to decaf and low-nicotine tobaccos! Looks like you've got a good friend there to manage the stress.

I hadn't thought about that in a while, but I too had significant variation depending on the pipe. Whenever I have time and the computer is on I make an entry into my smoking log about the date, what I smoked, and an overall point score for the session. Looking at my log I see that Crystal...

Just a dozen tins in the deep cellar: Dunhill Flake, Astley's 44 (pre-2015), Orlik Golden Slice, and a can of C&D Byzantium. Ever since I discovered online retailers in August 2016 I've been focused on trying new things and doing comparative flights of different baccies to determine just what my...

Watch City Rouxgaroux in a Design Berlin Royal Star. Va-Pers aren't really my thing so I'm not the best judge for these kinds of blends. Several of you will probably be making the sign of the cross but I Kept wondering how it would taste with a tweak of Burley or a dash of Latakia!

Sam Gawith Firedance in a brushed brown Stanwell. Once it gets going there's nothing wrong with this, it's just not my thing. I'm putting the rest of this in the Pass Along box.

Wilke Royal Gentry in a Design Berlin Siegfried. As an afternoon or evening smoke this is too mild-mannered for me, but as a mid-morning smoke it works just fine (after the usual coffee and Burley). If you are looking for an American style Va-Bur with just a touch of Latakia and some pastry...

SPC Mississippi River Rum Barrel in an SMS meer. Sipping some 1888.

It's good that you have thought ahead about this. Pipes and tobacco are something that won't be easy for surviving family members to try and sell. It's a very specialized market. The first couple years we lived up here on the mountain we had no high speed internet so we built a huge library of...