mejoshee
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I have no affiliation with SG, but I do enjoy FVF, so with that motivation alone, I thought I'd try something different that (I think) hasn't been done by a single reviewer. I was recently inspired to smoke through the majority of the current SG portfolio! Hopefully not over-ambitious? :shock:
I intend to crack new or try recently opened, minimally handled tins of each blend and make notes. To the extent that I can find current production blends and not pay an arm and a leg for the tins, I thought this would be helpful for my own understanding of the brand and the way to smoke tobaccos of different formats (plug, rope, flake, etc.) and blend types.
Of course, I intend to post write-ups on each blend to the best of my ability without too much fluff. This would be for the edification of others throughout the process. Being an "inspector" personality type, I like to look things objectively and gather data (via others' experiences usually for tobaccos), so I thought I'd return the favor. Reading tobaccoreviews.com is sometimes helpful, but also leaves little room for context for the smoker/reviewer to speak about his/her experience. I think it will help the curiosity of other pipers in the same positive way that has driven me in my piping adventures.
If such a thing is possible in pipe tobacco land, I will try to share my observations as uncolored as possible. I see different blends as different pigments of paint or flavors of ice cream that we each as pipers find appealing to our own tastes; no "right" or "wrong" blend but what is according to your taste and your decision. As a relatively new piper, I think I have an open mind to all this stuff (Lakeland bias/hatred and all!), BUT, I'm not a perfect observer, so take everything I say with a grain of salt. And I will try to note whether the blend was/wasn't to my liking and for what reason. I want to be as unambiguous as possible, so if you have questions about what I say, please comment or PM me and I can update with more details.
There is no timeframe/schedule/roadmap in which I plan to do this, but I will likely have 3-4 tins of each going at some point (and figure out what to do with the less preferred ones later). I hope you can be patient with the process.
There are really no rules, but I figure I should try at least a couple different methods of prep for each blend and perhaps pipe shapes. I will probably stick to certain format & pipe shape match-ups such as flakes in pots/bulldogs/Rhodesians, but there is still a lot of room for non-scientific latitude. Unfortunately this means that the experience will not exactly be duplicable, but such is the way of things on a finite budget (i.e. not dozens of identical pipes).
I am not explicitly asking for any assistance unless I really cannot find a supposedly available blend online. However, you are welcome to PM me if you'd like to help cause you bros (and sisters) all are so helpful!
Thanks in advance for your support! :cheers:
I intend to crack new or try recently opened, minimally handled tins of each blend and make notes. To the extent that I can find current production blends and not pay an arm and a leg for the tins, I thought this would be helpful for my own understanding of the brand and the way to smoke tobaccos of different formats (plug, rope, flake, etc.) and blend types.
Of course, I intend to post write-ups on each blend to the best of my ability without too much fluff. This would be for the edification of others throughout the process. Being an "inspector" personality type, I like to look things objectively and gather data (via others' experiences usually for tobaccos), so I thought I'd return the favor. Reading tobaccoreviews.com is sometimes helpful, but also leaves little room for context for the smoker/reviewer to speak about his/her experience. I think it will help the curiosity of other pipers in the same positive way that has driven me in my piping adventures.
If such a thing is possible in pipe tobacco land, I will try to share my observations as uncolored as possible. I see different blends as different pigments of paint or flavors of ice cream that we each as pipers find appealing to our own tastes; no "right" or "wrong" blend but what is according to your taste and your decision. As a relatively new piper, I think I have an open mind to all this stuff (Lakeland bias/hatred and all!), BUT, I'm not a perfect observer, so take everything I say with a grain of salt. And I will try to note whether the blend was/wasn't to my liking and for what reason. I want to be as unambiguous as possible, so if you have questions about what I say, please comment or PM me and I can update with more details.
There is no timeframe/schedule/roadmap in which I plan to do this, but I will likely have 3-4 tins of each going at some point (and figure out what to do with the less preferred ones later). I hope you can be patient with the process.
There are really no rules, but I figure I should try at least a couple different methods of prep for each blend and perhaps pipe shapes. I will probably stick to certain format & pipe shape match-ups such as flakes in pots/bulldogs/Rhodesians, but there is still a lot of room for non-scientific latitude. Unfortunately this means that the experience will not exactly be duplicable, but such is the way of things on a finite budget (i.e. not dozens of identical pipes).
I am not explicitly asking for any assistance unless I really cannot find a supposedly available blend online. However, you are welcome to PM me if you'd like to help cause you bros (and sisters) all are so helpful!
Thanks in advance for your support! :cheers:
