IHT
01-25-2006, 02:18 PM
JUNKYARD DAWG (http://www.tobaccoreviews.com/blend_detail.cfm?ALPHA=J&TID=2147)
well, one of my sampler baggies from C&D, and i thought i liked it when i first smoked it, dedicated a smaller pipe to it (stanwell golden danish - like a short stubby canadian lookin' thing, rusticated)....
but, i hadn't smoked it in a while, and i don't remember why (i've got too many samplers, not enough mainstays as of yet).
so, after lunch, swung by the house for something, packed me a bowl in my stubby stanwell, and i'm off to work...
as i was packing it, i kinda stick the pipe in there, scoop some up, let gravity take its course, and then tamp it down a wee bit...
i noticed as i was scooping my first scoop, there was a ton of crumbles of te 'cubed burley' down in the bottom of the bag. so, i decided to scoop some of that up. what i got was mostly a scoop of cubed burley - which reminded me why i hadn't sparked up another bowl recently, that stuff seemed hard to keep lit, i thought.
so, 2nd scoop, i made sure i got some of the virginia and latakia in there as well.
tamped it all down, didn't feel like a 3rd scoop as my drive is only 20 minutes.
hopped in the truck, struck a match and it expanded more than normal on the charring light, so i tamped it back down, struck another match, it stayed lit the rest of the bowl.
NOW i remember why i liked this tobacco. it's got a TWANG in there, not a cuban cigar twang, but there's something in there TWANGIN' away, especially when i push it out the nose. i also love the "smokey" flavor that it has...
now, this is my nose-warming pipe, very short... the tobacco did not smoke hot, nor did it give me any tongue bite.. just that nice TWANG and smokey flavor...
i'm new at pipe tobacco flavors, nowhere near able to pick 'em out like i could with cuban cigars... i guess that takes some time.
so, final verdict?
i will order a big tin of this and it will be a mainstay, calling for another pipe (or bigger pipe) to be used for this tobacco. i don't know why i wasn't smoking it more often.
well, one of my sampler baggies from C&D, and i thought i liked it when i first smoked it, dedicated a smaller pipe to it (stanwell golden danish - like a short stubby canadian lookin' thing, rusticated)....
but, i hadn't smoked it in a while, and i don't remember why (i've got too many samplers, not enough mainstays as of yet).
so, after lunch, swung by the house for something, packed me a bowl in my stubby stanwell, and i'm off to work...
as i was packing it, i kinda stick the pipe in there, scoop some up, let gravity take its course, and then tamp it down a wee bit...
i noticed as i was scooping my first scoop, there was a ton of crumbles of te 'cubed burley' down in the bottom of the bag. so, i decided to scoop some of that up. what i got was mostly a scoop of cubed burley - which reminded me why i hadn't sparked up another bowl recently, that stuff seemed hard to keep lit, i thought.
so, 2nd scoop, i made sure i got some of the virginia and latakia in there as well.
tamped it all down, didn't feel like a 3rd scoop as my drive is only 20 minutes.
hopped in the truck, struck a match and it expanded more than normal on the charring light, so i tamped it back down, struck another match, it stayed lit the rest of the bowl.
NOW i remember why i liked this tobacco. it's got a TWANG in there, not a cuban cigar twang, but there's something in there TWANGIN' away, especially when i push it out the nose. i also love the "smokey" flavor that it has...
now, this is my nose-warming pipe, very short... the tobacco did not smoke hot, nor did it give me any tongue bite.. just that nice TWANG and smokey flavor...
i'm new at pipe tobacco flavors, nowhere near able to pick 'em out like i could with cuban cigars... i guess that takes some time.
so, final verdict?
i will order a big tin of this and it will be a mainstay, calling for another pipe (or bigger pipe) to be used for this tobacco. i don't know why i wasn't smoking it more often.