smoking pipes
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Twins Smoke Shop has been bringing in some HU Tobacco blends, the latest being Nyala. I have been waiting for this to come in, but was it worth the wait?
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Cornell & Diehl’s Anthology 2023 is a limited release celebrating the company’s 31st anniversary. This blend is a flake composed of four high-grade Red Virginias from 2013, 2019, and 2022. The tin I reviewed was dated November 20, 2023. The aroma from the tin is reminiscent of sweet hay and dried fruit. The moisture level…
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Get ready to don your suits, dresses, and flat caps! Join us for one of the most exciting pipe events of the year! Our 5th Annual Petey Blinders event is happening on Saturday, March 8th at Twins Smoke Shop, 80 Perkins Road, Londonderry, NH from 12:00-4:00pm! This year, the Petey Blinders event is bigger and…
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Lately I have been spending some time at our Hooksett location, and while I has going through what was available for tobaccos, I came across this tin of G.L. Pease Fillmore, with a stamped tin date of 12/21/21. I noticed that the tin was a bit bowed and not sitting flat. Fillmore is a VAper…
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Gawith Hoggarth’s Sweet Peach is a ribbon blend of Virginia, Burley, and Cavendish with a light peach topping. The tin note is sweet but not as “peachy” as I expected. It is almost like a peach meringue. The tobacco is very moist but lights up fairly well right out of the tin, though a few…
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The cut or format of pipe tobacco can significantly impact how you experience a blend. Similar to how the vitola of a cigar affects the smoking experience, the cut of a pipe tobacco blend also makes a difference. By using Gawith Hoggarth’s Kendal Dark Classic Cut (a fine shag cut), Kendal Dark Vintage Cut (a…
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One of the long-running themes on NJBS since we started in 2019 has been an interest in exploring how aging cigars and tobaccos impacts the experience of the blend. Whenever I can, I love to compare aged tobaccos side by side, and I recently had an opportunity to do just that with one of my…
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“I seem to always be relighting my pipe. Why is that?” In this video Pastor Padron addresses that question. Relighting will always be a part of pipe smoking, but there are things you can do to keep the need to relight at a minimum. As always, your comments are appreciated!
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Haddo’s Delight is a blend of Virginia, Perique, Burley, and Black Cavendish from Greg Pease. The tin description informs you that it undergoes an “exclusive process [that] darkens and marries the mixture.” I am thinking that refers to the flavor profile, because the tobaccos themselves (other than the Perique) do not look darker that I…
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Just how long does it take to light a pipe? Is lighting a pipe a lot of work? It is not as much effort or time as you might think.
