"X" marks the spot where I'll be having some Stokkebye Cube Cut in a 5th Avenue Diplomat. Grab Monday by the throat, folks, and shake it until it screams for Friday.
2011 Villiger Maryland No. 333 in a 2004 smooth long stem Canadian Trever Talbot Ligne Bretagne Faite en Bretagne 4/3. Have enough left for a couple bowls. A bottle of Cheerwine is my drink.
Finally got the chance to sit down with some of Adrien Stricklin's On the Square blend loaded into a meer with some Earl Grey alongside. Fresh-brewed black coffee is the first thing that comes to my mind with this tobacco. Not the bitter and burnt break room stuff or the bland, one-note chain cafe stuff, but the rich, earthy, slightly sweet, slightly tangy flavor of a good bean that's been roasted well. I'm still at the top of the first bowl and my impressions are likely to change, but it's clear that Adrien has a talent for complexity.
Almost half way through this bowl of Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem.
2012 Rolando’s Own in a smooth straight WW2 pre-republic Peterson Sterling Canadian with a sterling silver band and a p-lip. Not sure what I wanted to smoke more: the tobacco or the pipe. I settled for the best of both worlds!!
A third of the way through this bowl of GQ No. 2 Dutch Halfzware in a 1970s smooth medium bend Stanwell Rego 969-48 Design Choice 837 sitter with a vulcanite stem and ferrule. A great tobacco!