This morning began with a new tin from McClelland called Deep Hollow and I decided to pair it up with my Albatross Line Straight Billiard from Briar Bird. At least for my first bowl :) This tin has some light, medium and dark Virgina ribbon cut tobacco in the tin. The tobacco is moist but not too much where drying is required. The aroma in the tin is quite nice with what appears to be sweet nutty-raisin & maple. Now it was time for a bowl! I packed it, lit it, then tamped it and before I knew it the bowl was getting a little hot. It could be a combination of my fast puffing and sugars cased/topped in this tobacco. The smoke was thin & mellow with a room note that was almost the same as the tin note...but much lighter. The taste was a faint sweetness of cooked meat and a little tinny flavor. Not too bad for a tobacco that could almost be called an aromatic. I'm not a big fan of aromatics, but I wouldn't exclude them from my collection of baccys. Deep Hollow could be a baccy that I place in the middle of the road in my book. It is a nice smelling and relaxing smoke. The only complaint I have is that the sugars in the tobacco leave my bowl quite sticky. After a couple of bowls (swtiched to my Savinelli Oscar 127 after the 1st bowl), the ash & tobacco really adheres to the inner chamber. One can expect faster cake build up with this tobacco for sure!
No new pipe tobaccos to review, but while smoking some Peterson Old Dublin in my JSG Stubby Poker I completed a pencil drawing. I call this the "Skull-n-Baccy". As you can see...it is a skull with smoke billowing out of the eyes with a backdrop of tobacco leaves. I think it would look cool in ink and even with some watercolors added to the leaves, but a pencil drawing is all there is today. I may try that someday, but for now...enjoy your Sunday!!
This evening I opened a new tin of McClelland Frog Morton's Cellar and paired it with my J.M.Boswell Churchwarden. I also have the IM Corona Old Boy lighter, Plateau Briar Tamper, and Chief Headdress Pipe Stand on showcase above. Frog Morton line of tobaccos have been highly recommended by many in the pipe community, which is why I purchased a couple of tins. I've already cleaned out a tin of Frog Morton on the Bayou. I'll have to get more because I don't remember much about it except that I liked it enough to empty the tin! When I opened the tin I noticed the cube of charred wood along with the dark brown and almost black Virginia and Latakia tobacco which felt a little oily. Frog Morton states that the tobaccos are aged with stave cubes cut from the barrels used to mature whiskey. I don't smell the whiskey since the campfire, smokey & woodsy cellar-like aromas are upfront. A loosely packed bowl lit with my Corona Old Boy and tamped with my Plateau Briar produced some full puffy smoke. There is a slight coating of the tongue with a light sweetness of the Virgina and light smoke of the Latakia, and I do mean light. After a few draws I get a little acidic/tinny taste in my mouth but that fades as I get to the end of the bowl. To me, this is a mellow smoke and what I would consider an "evening" baccy---relaxing & calming at the same time :) Overall, it's not a bad tobacco considering it's mellowness, but I'll try more of it later and see if grows on me. On that note...sweet smokes!! I chose to open a new tin of tobacco from Peterson of Dublin called Sherlock Holmes to solve this Gov't Shutdown mystery! I work at Offutt Air Force Base so I see & hear the how this directly affects many of our co-workers...I'm hoping for an immediate resolution! I chose to pair up this tobacco with my J.M.Boswell Churchwarden from my collection since this has the closest resemblance to a meerschaum "sleuth" pipe. This blend is made up of light brown and somewhat blonde Virginia and Burley ribbon cut tobaccos. Right out of the tin it looks and sort of smells like cigarette tobacco until I warm up the nostrils with full whiffs of the baccy. Now I get a light scent of hay and green tea. The tobacco is not too moist...just dry enough to load up a bowl. A couple of pinches in my pipe then lit with my IM Corona Old Boy lighter and tamped with my Plateau Briar, I immediately get a smooth and silky coating of sweetness over the tongue--very nice hay & green tea flavor in my opinion! I get a calming and relaxing feeling smoking this tobacco. It burns nicely and produces full smoke and now that the wind isn't a factor on the deck, I actually noticed the room note. The aroma out of the tin, the flavor on the palate, and the room note carry the light sweetness of green tea. There is also an aroma of hay warming in the sun...weird description maybe, but it is what it is! The tin label states that it has an aromatic aroma and I have to agree wholeheartedly. I am very pleased with this blend, a non-Latakia blend mind you, and would recommend it for sure! Two pipes up from me!! |
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