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Not sure that it’s been mentioned but MacBaren HH Burley Flake, an excellent burley with a little KY dark fired added which gives a pleasant spice note. If you’re inclined to spend a little extra money HU Tobacco has some really unique burley blends using Malawi burley, which has more of a...

I’m still amazed how guys like you can see the potential in a pipe as rotten-looking as that and make it look almost brand new again, great work!

A friend of mine was recently in Germany for his brother’s wedding and brought back a copy of a magazine called “hobby” (the magazine of technology) from 1961 which had this ad. It says “My friends smoke Kansas” and “Fine American leaf tobacco.” I got a laugh out of the three cowboys riding a...

Same for me, years ago I moved on from Lat blends to mostly Virginia’s, but really any blend that doesn’t contain Latakia. Occasionally I get a hankering for some but only as a light touch such as in Scottish blends. Very rarely I get a craving for Nightcap though so I have a few tins on hand...

Virginia, perique, and I believe a little cavendish, pressed into a crumble cake, no topping.

50/50 HOTW and perique, sounds quite interesting though may be a bit much for me! I’ll have to add Storm Front to the list for sure, may hold off on Dark and Stormy a bit since I only occasionally like to have some Latakia, same with Andullo, thanks for the suggestions!

I have not but it sounds like something I’d enjoy, will have to add it to the list, thanks!

I was intrigued by BriarWorks Country Lawyer, a cigar leaf blend with no Latakia! I liked it enough but seemed to be all treble with no bass. Latakia would be the obvious component to add some darkness but I wanted to avoid that. Kentucky was the next idea but the blend already contains a little...

Anyone else have the experience that Kajun Kake pretty well tastes like a glass of dry, red wine that’s on the sweet side? I’ve smoked it in 3-4 different pipes to make sure it wasn’t just a characteristic of one particular pipe and got a similar taste from each. Not just a hint of wine but very...

Thanks JimInks!

I did some searching through old posts but didn’t come across this question, but I was curious if anyone had experience with long term aging of Heinrichs and Reiners tins. Specifically how well the Reiners “paint can” holds up long term and the 200g Heinrichs with the foil-like top. Debating...

Thanks again Brewdude, I'll post how it goes

Thanks Brewdude! Ever have any problems with shipping to USA?

A lot of these sound intriguing! Maybe I missed it but how does one go about contacting him? Thanks!

Thanks for the heads up, particularly happy to see Wessex Burley Slice is available, and a chance to try some McConnell I haven’t had.

Hopefully I’ll get to the BK by winter, I have so much other stuff open I’d like to get that down to a reasonable level first before adding to the pile. Only a few reviews as I guess it’s hard to find, but the ingredients sure sound good, I’ll be sure to post something when I crack it!

Passing through Billings, MT, today I thought I’d stop in a local B&M to see if they had anything interesting, and they sure did! B&M markup but considering these are never in stock online anywhere anyway it was worth it.

That’s a keeper

Speaking of that, now that they’ve closed the doors and there are no trade secrets to protect could they reveal to us what exactly that ketchup topping was? Edit: After a little searching I answered my own question, not a topping but just the natural smell of fermenting red VA. You learn...

In the back of a closet I found a partially full mason jar of McClelland’s VA No. 27, according to my label it was from a 2006 tin and I put it in the jar in 2010. This is what a straight Virginia should taste like, it’s almost silky. And sweet! What a surprise to find this. It’s too bad when...