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Another new release from Cornell & Diehl, Watchman’s Reach is a Bright Virginia plug in C&D’s new Summit Series. This is the most different of the four with a brighter profile with far less earthy tones than the other three blends in the series. Join me as I open my first tin and share my
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My good friend, Erik Stokkebye, sent me a sample of his newly released bulk blend, Black Dot. It is a hand spun Red Virginia and Perique coin cut that looks a lot like Luxury Bullseye Flake from STG. Does it stand out? Check out my initial impressions.
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Skyward Gate is a whole leaf plug of Red and Orange Virginias, just released from Cornell & Diehl. Does it stand apart or get lost in the plethora of Virginia blends that are out there? I give my initial thoughts as I smoke my first bowl.
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One of the best new editions to Cornell & Diehl’s Small Batch series last year was Fire Bird Flake, and thankfully, they have brought it back, and in a much larger run. In this video I open up a tin and offer my first impressions for your viewing pleasure….
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In this video, I unbox a tin of Cornell & Diehl’s Hoodoo Ridge, one of their newly released offerings in their Summit Series of plug tobaccos. Did I pronounce it correctly in the video? I am unsure. But that does not hamper my description of its flavors! Made whilst sitting in my study next to
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Cornell & Diehl’s new Summit Series arrived and the first one I decided to pop open and try was Lone Sentinel, a VAper blend of Red and Orange Virginias and Perique. It also presented a great opportunity to show how I prepare plug tobacco. I wanted to know how this “whole leaf” plug measured up
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In this video, I review Dexter’s Secret, an English flake in the 7-20-4 Briary Blends series. Dexter’s Secret is a repeatable, maybe even an all-day Latakia blend, but it is bolder than blends like My Mixture 965 but not as strong as Night Cap or Quiet Nights. I also share how the blend came about,
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About 5 years ago, I started a conversation with Cornell & Diehl’s Jeremy Reeves about making a tobacco line extension for Kurt Kendall’s 7-20-4 cigar line. The first of these to be released was a Burley blend we called Boston Tea Party. In this video, I open up a tin from the original release back
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I got my S.T. Dupont lighter about 20 years ago. Yes, a Bic has the same soft flame. No, the palladium does not add to its effectiveness. And no, I do not recommend them if you lose stuff. But nothing beats that Dupont “ping!” That said, it has been the most reliable lighter I have
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As promised, I did a side-by-side comparison of Seattle Pipe Club’s Plum Pudding Special Reserve manufactured by Cornell & Diehl verses the original blend manufactured by Sutliff. I am so glad I did!
Not Just Blowing Smoke with Pastor Padron 