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fishnbanjo
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Per request by one of a fellow of the pipe I was asked to give a dissertation on my findings of Dunhill's Elizabethan Mixture, latest iteration that is. I did smoke it yesterday and reported it was a nice smoke but that really was in a pipe I smoke many types of tobacco in and if one is to seriously give any kind of review one must obviously smoke the tobacco in a pipe either where similar tobacco has been smoked in or at least a pipe that carries no memory, or ghosting, of past smokes, thus enters the Askwith Morta Rhodesian with Olive Wood Cap and white Stem which has had only VA's and VA/Per's smoked in it and as with all Morta pipes carries no memory of past smokes.
I loaded the aforementioned Askwith with Elizabethan Mixture and the first 1/3 of the bowl was a pleasant and mild smoke, no hint of tang or peppery notes were experienced either on the palate or the snork. At the 1/3 mark after being tamped the first note of pepper was felt in the snork but was gone by the 3rd puff where I then picked up the bright flavor of VA on the palate which also lasted only several puffs. Hitting the 1/2 way mark the peppery note was definitely apparent in the snork making me sneeze as only Perique does so there must be some in the blend. I enjoyed more of the bright flavor of VA for the next little bit getting to the bottom 1/3 of the bowl and things mellowed out once again to a satisfying little smoke it was the last few minutes where the tobacco finally opened up prior to ending where I picked up the brightest flavors albeit short lived. I do believe the tobacco needs aging as it is quite young just being released and plan on keeping the 4 cellared tins tightly closed. I will revisit this tobacco again next week and weekly here on in the same pipe to see if this agrees with my current assessment, as always a PRM rode shotgun this time #7 which was Jamaican Blue Mountain.
I loaded the aforementioned Askwith with Elizabethan Mixture and the first 1/3 of the bowl was a pleasant and mild smoke, no hint of tang or peppery notes were experienced either on the palate or the snork. At the 1/3 mark after being tamped the first note of pepper was felt in the snork but was gone by the 3rd puff where I then picked up the bright flavor of VA on the palate which also lasted only several puffs. Hitting the 1/2 way mark the peppery note was definitely apparent in the snork making me sneeze as only Perique does so there must be some in the blend. I enjoyed more of the bright flavor of VA for the next little bit getting to the bottom 1/3 of the bowl and things mellowed out once again to a satisfying little smoke it was the last few minutes where the tobacco finally opened up prior to ending where I picked up the brightest flavors albeit short lived. I do believe the tobacco needs aging as it is quite young just being released and plan on keeping the 4 cellared tins tightly closed. I will revisit this tobacco again next week and weekly here on in the same pipe to see if this agrees with my current assessment, as always a PRM rode shotgun this time #7 which was Jamaican Blue Mountain.
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...continuing with my journey into the "Black Cavendish" tobaccos...early AM...McC #600..followed by, Captain Black Dark...now, to clean the palate, Player's Navy Flake in a Cooper rustic Canadian...:cheers:
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...up next...more McC #600, then Captain Black Dark...:cheers:
“IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY RULE NEVER TO SMOKE WHEN ASLEEP, AND NEVER TO REFRAIN WHEN AWAKE.”
~MARK TWAIN
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...up next...more McC #600, then Captain Black Dark...:cheers:
“IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY RULE NEVER TO SMOKE WHEN ASLEEP, AND NEVER TO REFRAIN WHEN AWAKE.”
~MARK TWAIN
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Time for some elegant tobacco in an elegant pipe so I chose HU Tobacco's Sweet Latakia in Maigurs Knets Calabash Exhibition Grade with Masur Birch bowl cap.
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Now for a break from the English blends. A bowl of Peterson's Irish Whiskey in a Peterson Shannon 03 Fishtail.
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Wessex Gold Brick in a smaller Charatan Canadian. The pipe is a Charatan size 2 but its more like a Dunhill group 3. The Charatan group sizings are more generous than Dunhill. 8)
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Outstanding...cause we would send the dogs out to find you if we didn't hear from you....it's what keeps us all going! It's what friends are for.JimInks":1bpvinct said:
Earlier, Peterson's Sherlock Holmes in a cob...was unimpressed with the Holmes.
W.O. Larsen Blend in a Comoy straight grain pot....eh..maybe it's me.
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...final pipe of the day...J. Aylesbury Luxury Flake in a Savinelli Ontario rustic Canadian...:cheers:
With my pipe in long repose
Gently I my thoughts compose
the peace I find with briar in hand
only the few, and noble understand
With my pipe in long repose
Gently I my thoughts compose
the peace I find with briar in hand
only the few, and noble understand
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