fishnbanjo
Broken Pipe
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I related yesterday that I was going to jar up the remaining half tin of the 39 y/o Mac Baren Dark Twist Roll Cake so I could revisit it when it was 40 y/o.
As luck would have it I was asked how it compared to the version one can purchase today. I was bluntly honest stating it had been far too long from when I smoked any fresh of this tobacco I would be lying trying to make an honest assessment.
I received my Les Wood/Parks bark Premier ** Bulldog with diamond shank with silver band and silver capped bowl in yesterdays mail. In the package the seller sent several bags of different tobaccos he thought id enjoy and among them was the current version of Mac Barens Dark Twist Roll Cake.
Now having some fresh I promised to assess the two smoking them in one of my Morta pipes.
For the testing I chose the canted Pot Morta with horn stem by Carsten Ringling. I took 4 coins and rolled them like a fat cigar, this allows for a small space in the bottom of the bowl and a good tight fit on the sides of the bowl making tamping evenly a breeze. I took 1/2 a coin and rubbed it out for topping, char lit it, tamped it and relit it.
Immediately one can tell this is green tobacco compared to the 39 y/o but that doesn't make it bad, just different. On the palate the Virginia is very present with more zing than the older stuff that if puffed with abandon would most certainly bite, but I chose Morta for that very reason since it likes to be smoked slowly. The perky spice was well received on the snork but the Virginia is still lingering on the palate.
Certainly a delight to smoke and good quality tobacco which I would have no problem purchasing to smoke and most definitely cellar, stay tuned for the 39 y/o report later today in the same pipe, keep it smokey!
banjo
As luck would have it I was asked how it compared to the version one can purchase today. I was bluntly honest stating it had been far too long from when I smoked any fresh of this tobacco I would be lying trying to make an honest assessment.
I received my Les Wood/Parks bark Premier ** Bulldog with diamond shank with silver band and silver capped bowl in yesterdays mail. In the package the seller sent several bags of different tobaccos he thought id enjoy and among them was the current version of Mac Barens Dark Twist Roll Cake.
Now having some fresh I promised to assess the two smoking them in one of my Morta pipes.
For the testing I chose the canted Pot Morta with horn stem by Carsten Ringling. I took 4 coins and rolled them like a fat cigar, this allows for a small space in the bottom of the bowl and a good tight fit on the sides of the bowl making tamping evenly a breeze. I took 1/2 a coin and rubbed it out for topping, char lit it, tamped it and relit it.
Immediately one can tell this is green tobacco compared to the 39 y/o but that doesn't make it bad, just different. On the palate the Virginia is very present with more zing than the older stuff that if puffed with abandon would most certainly bite, but I chose Morta for that very reason since it likes to be smoked slowly. The perky spice was well received on the snork but the Virginia is still lingering on the palate.
Certainly a delight to smoke and good quality tobacco which I would have no problem purchasing to smoke and most definitely cellar, stay tuned for the 39 y/o report later today in the same pipe, keep it smokey!
banjo