I hope you enjoyed it, Rusty. Burley codger blend. This is my second smoke of the GL Pease Windjammer blend, in a Year of the Ox Michael Morgason cob. It's going better than the first smoke, but I'm still not sure what I think of this blend. I lit it last night but put it down when the dinner bell rang moments later so this is a DGT (Delayed Gratification Technique) smoke, for what that's worth.
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Opened a can of C&D Crooner with Deertongue to try this morning with coffee and loaded it in the dedicated Deertongue cob pipe that @Stubble sent me, TYVM Steve. Rare picture with both dogs in the background.
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@Yakster , a question. That Macedonian, is that like Basma? Or may Izmir? Or something completely different. I don't think I've run across it before, to my knowledge.
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It's from Prelip, a town in Macedonia, not sure if it tastes like Izmir or Basma, I got it in a trade as broken whole leaf pretty dried out and I smoked it in a small clay pipe but it wasn't very strong. I'm hoping that the moisture from the blend helps balance it out and brings something interesting out of it, maybe a bit of sourness and spiciness.
Here's a blurb from TrueLeaf Tobacco: "During smoking, this tobacco is medium in strength with a full and very sweet taste with an intensive aroma. Prilep P66-9/7 is an excellent tobacco for blending in cigarettes, Little is needed to impart its delicious sweetness and aroma to a blend."
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Smoking the unpressed Kitchen Sink Blend #1 Va/Bur/Per English in my small AKB Dublin lattice meerschaum pipe. I stored this blend in an old KBV Burley Morning Pipe bag so it's probably picking up some of that too. I'm picking up a spicy tingle from the perique and maybe from some of the vinegar notes from the stoved Virginia, I can tell that there's burley in this blend, not getting a lot of sweetness, these are my thoughts on the first go with this blend.
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Stoved it while in the press. Oven's lowest temp is 170, so I cracked the door about 8 inches and left it in there for around 45 minutes. Don't know if that was long enough, but it sure made getting the plug out of the press more difficult. I need to read up on stoving temps and times...just did this on a whim.
I recently read about some experimenting with pressing and stoving. On each experiment he did he got better results by stoving the tobacco before pressing it. He also had trouble getting it out of the press if he didn’t stove first. He said he had a lot of “goo” make things difficult.
I’ll see if I can find the article
I microwave the tobacco before pressing to heat it up a bit and then I heat the press up each day before I turn the screw to apply more pressure to the press. I haven't had any "goo", but I also haven't added any toppings like maple syrup or anything like that to the tobacco I'm pressing.
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I'm only heating it up for a few minutes before increasing pressure to help compress the tobacco. I believe that stoving is holding the tobacco at temperature for a longer period of time.
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Getting some pipes in before it gets too hot here today.
Mac Baren HH Pure Virginia Flake in my Norm Triptow "Lava Lamp" cob.
The HH Pure Virginia Flake is the winner today, nice long, sweet smoke.
Capstan Flake in the awesome Ikebana from Calvin.
@CalvinAndHobo
WCC Old Black Magic in an Askwith.
Edward Robinson courtesy of @Yakster in a Preben Holm
I hope you enjoyed it, Rusty. Burley codger blend. This is my second smoke of the GL Pease Windjammer blend, in a Year of the Ox Michael Morgason cob. It's going better than the first smoke, but I'm still not sure what I think of this blend. I lit it last night but put it down when the dinner bell rang moments later so this is a DGT (Delayed Gratification Technique) smoke, for what that's worth.
WCC Old Dominion in a J. Everett.
Opened a can of C&D Crooner with Deertongue to try this morning with coffee and loaded it in the dedicated Deertongue cob pipe that @Stubble sent me, TYVM Steve. Rare picture with both dogs in the background.
No. 7 Broken Flake in a Radice.
Watch City Elf Dandruff in a MM Dwarf Cobbit, appropriately enough, while I mix up some blending tobacco to press into a plug.
@Yakster , a question. That Macedonian, is that like Basma? Or may Izmir? Or something completely different. I don't think I've run across it before, to my knowledge.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
It's from Prelip, a town in Macedonia, not sure if it tastes like Izmir or Basma, I got it in a trade as broken whole leaf pretty dried out and I smoked it in a small clay pipe but it wasn't very strong. I'm hoping that the moisture from the blend helps balance it out and brings something interesting out of it, maybe a bit of sourness and spiciness.
Here's a blurb from TrueLeaf Tobacco: "During smoking, this tobacco is medium in strength with a full and very sweet taste with an intensive aroma. Prilep P66-9/7 is an excellent tobacco for blending in cigarettes, Little is needed to impart its delicious sweetness and aroma to a blend."
Carter Hall match in a Norm Triptow "lava lamp" cob.
50/50 mix of GH Coniston/Bosun in a MRM (Michael Morgason) Dublin.
Loving this tamper @Yakster !
Mac Baren club blend courtesy of @Stubble in a Kriswill
Smoking the unpressed Kitchen Sink Blend #1 Va/Bur/Per English in my small AKB Dublin lattice meerschaum pipe. I stored this blend in an old KBV Burley Morning Pipe bag so it's probably picking up some of that too. I'm picking up a spicy tingle from the perique and maybe from some of the vinegar notes from the stoved Virginia, I can tell that there's burley in this blend, not getting a lot of sweetness, these are my thoughts on the first go with this blend.
WCC Blue Ridge Special in an Askwith.
Mac Baren HH Rustica in a Kriswill
Frog Morton: Across The Pond in my AKB lattice Dublin meerschaum pipe while adding heat and pressure to the tobacco in the press.
Doblone d'Oro in a Sasieni.
WCC Deluxe Crumb Cut in a Moretti.
KBV Plague Bringer courtesy of @Stubble in a Stanwell
I took a small amount of Carolina Red Flake with Perique, pressed it into a plug, and then stoved it. Smoking some in a 1990 Stanwell POY.
You stoved it after you pressed it? What temp did you go to?
Stoved it while in the press. Oven's lowest temp is 170, so I cracked the door about 8 inches and left it in there for around 45 minutes. Don't know if that was long enough, but it sure made getting the plug out of the press more difficult. I need to read up on stoving temps and times...just did this on a whim.
Some people leave tins in their car or on their dashboard to stove the tobacco. I haven't tried stoving yet.
I recently read about some experimenting with pressing and stoving. On each experiment he did he got better results by stoving the tobacco before pressing it. He also had trouble getting it out of the press if he didn’t stove first. He said he had a lot of “goo” make things difficult.
I’ll see if I can find the article
I microwave the tobacco before pressing to heat it up a bit and then I heat the press up each day before I turn the screw to apply more pressure to the press. I haven't had any "goo", but I also haven't added any toppings like maple syrup or anything like that to the tobacco I'm pressing.
Isn’t heating the tobacco stoving?
I'm only heating it up for a few minutes before increasing pressure to help compress the tobacco. I believe that stoving is holding the tobacco at temperature for a longer period of time.