Not trying to knock your love for Engine 99, but I wanted to add my own observation.
Engine 99 is half Red Odessa and half unpressed Pirate Kake. I am crazy for Red Odessa. Much less Latakia, and the focus is squarely on the Va. The Perique is a major player, at least in bag/jar aroma. The...
No I wasn't saying that at all. I just was reading along in the thread and posted this as my recent, unfortunate observation. In fact, the behavior is from another forum. I'm not a frequent BoB poster, and I've never experienced anything untoward here.
The flipside of this is getting uncivil reactions from forum members for no better reason than you happen to have pipes that cost a little more and maybe a decent cellar too. I come to a web forum to share a common interest with people of a like mind. I don't care if you smoke 20 year old Balkan...
I have about half a dozen tobaccos that I have two pounds of each cellared. I haven't found the blend I felt like going higher than two pounds yet. I still have a lot of virgin unsmoked tobaccos, so I don't want to get too crazy and find out that I have four or five favorite tobaccos that I...
that keyhole rack is fine for the nosewarmers you smoke, but if you have any squat bulldogs, full bents, or large Burley pipes like I have, the profile rack will accommodate them all.
that first part is meant in good humor btw :D
The first is Sierra Nevada, which was made for the 2011 West Coast Pipe Show. This is a unique mixture of three quality Virginias, great Orientals, Perique and a bit of earthy Burley to make a one-of-a-kind rich blend that’s hard to describe. A portion of the proceeds will go to the continued...