MacBaren Plumkenstein (~ 2/3 Plumcake + 1/3 Burley London Blend) = same great taste, much easier light, much LESS tongue bite for me, in a Digby full bent rustic apple shaped pipe.
CAO Bella Vanilla in a Digby "Collector" Author. Now that I learned to retrohale I can actually REALLY taste the vanilla. Very nice. I also learned to SLOW down so no more tongue bite, even nicer!
Just tried my first bowl of G.L. Pease Blackpoint in a Digby "author" shaped pipe. Very smooth and buttery with mild latakia, very tasty. It tastes like a milder, tastier, higher quality Frog Morton.
Thanks for this post, I was wondering which Navy to try and being a complete newbie had no idea where to start. Please forgive the newbie question but which brand is SG?