Review
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I open up a jar of BriarWorks latest blend, Smokehouse, for the first time and share my thoughts on this English flake. It surprised me!
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In this video I unbox both smooth and sandblasted finishes of the Chacom Bent Dublin made exclusively for Twins Pipe Club. Erik Stokkebye worked with Chacom to make this happen. A total of 50 pipes were made, 19 smooth and 31 sandblast. Like anything else, it took longer than any of us thought, but it…
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In this video I review Cornell & Diehl’s King Cake, one of the blends from their Cellar Series. King Cake is an aromatic blend presented as a crumble cake meant to evoke the spirit of the Mardi Gras cake of the same name that is traditionally served during the Christian church season of Epiphany, honoring…
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One of the things Gawith Hoggarth is famous for is their twist or rope tobaccos. Among the most popular are Brown Irish X and its cooked and pressed cousin, Black Irish X. They also make twists with different toppings, in this case, rum. Does the rum add something to the twist, or does it get…
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In this video, I open a tin of G.L. Pease Windjammer to review and take the opportunity to show how I prefer to pack a flake cut tobacco in my pipe.
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7-20-4 Briary Blends Little Gold Dust is one of five blends resulting from a collaboration between Jeremy Reeves from Cornell & Diehl and myself for Kurt Kendall, the owner of Twins Smoke Shop and 7-20-4 Cigars. Now available everywhere through twinssmokeshop.com, I want to share these blends with you, starting with this Virginia/Dark Fired Kentucky…
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HU’s Night Owl showed up at my shop this week after being on backorder for months. At least it got here in time for Father’s Day. But was it worth the wait? I share my own thoughts on it in this Father’s Day video.
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Gladora’s Pesse Canoe Latakia Flake 40 is a Balkan-style blend of Turkish grown Virginias, Orientals, and Latakia–which makes up 40% of the blend. There are a number of heavy Latakia blends available already, but after my positive experience with Pesse Canoe Oriental Flake, I decided to jump in and give this tobacco a try and…
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Gladora is a pipe tobacco company based in Izmir, Turkey, whose brands of tobacco have until recently only been available in the European market. Gladora’s Pesse Canoe line, including their Oriental Flake, is now available in the US via Laudisi Distribution Group. Is it worth looking for?
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First came the Black, then the Blue, followed by the Red. This year, Micallef introduced the Purple, which combines the wrapper and some fillers from the Blue with the binder and some fillers from the Red. The medium brown-gold wrapper is velvety smooth. The cold draw is excellent, offering notes of barnyard, hay, and wood.…
Not Just Blowing Smoke with Pastor Padron 