u/PipeBeard

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Pipes

1. Eltang Bjarne Nielsen
2. Ser Jacopo/Mastro Geppeto collab Canadian
3. Rattray Harpoon

These are my top pipes, not my most smoked. I baby these ones. Current, top three most smoked - Peterson 264, Rossi 8803, Briarworks C142

Tobacco

1. GH&Co Dark Flake Unscented
2. 1792
3. Easy Times

Igniter

1. Corona old boy

I really like HB. Smoking it as I type. Honestly, even just a month in the jar will do that to this blend. Right out of a fresh tine, it can verge on harsh/raw tasting, but it smooths itself and settles in nicely, even just in the open tin, within a few days. I can’t quite keep it around long enough to know if it ages well. I’m glad you’re digging it now! Enjoy every bowl.

Gaslight

I really enjoy both. If I’m not mistaken, they start out as the same tobacco but FVF is hot pressed for longer. Even is that’s not the case, it’s tastes that way to me. Best brown is brighter and grassier. The fruity note leans more towards citrus. Full Virginia flake is more dried hay and raisiny, like the sugars have been cooked a bit longer. They are both wonderful blends. If you like FVF, hunting for some BB will be worth your while.

Best brown is the base tobacco of firedance, which adds a vanilla blackberry brandy and is a truly remarkable aromatic blend.

Sorrry bout that!

Nothing wrong with knowing what you like! I do occasionally go for some of the limited drops, but don’t fret if I can’t get them. I’m down to a few regulars. Unfortunately, one of my regulars/daily smokes (dark flake unscented) is not always readily available. I’m happy as a clam with the few I’ve whittled down to, though. The most important thing is to enjoy every bowl!

1792

Dark flake unscented

Easy Times

Irish flake

Merry Monk

Yes

It’s like the beast without the wild amount of rum soaked perique. It’s really nice, and it ages well.

For non-rereads, probably Recursion by Blake Crouch.

I’d say to check out Klone. Definitely spacey, atmospherey. Their newer stuff isn’t as heavy as their older stuff but some of the tracks have their moments. Le Grand Voyage is particularly spacey.

Right on, three nuns is great, especially this time of year! Lovely weather we’re having here in New England :) (I’m in Boston)

I bet he enjoys all of them.

Yes, probably. I have my daily drivers (GH&Co Dark Flake and C&D Easy Times). I can go for stretches at a time only smoking those two. Daily. I have a good rotation of others that I’ll work in (namely 1792 and Irish Flake). Oh, and my typical “bowl between bowls” blend is Haunted Bookshop. Ooh, also Gawith ropes. And merry monk. So, to answer your question, no, probably not.

Smoking a big ol’ bowl of Irish flake right now. It’s a lovely blend. Enjoy it! I second giving 1792 a go. Similar slap, different flavor.

GH&Co Ennerdale and LJ Peretti No Name are both exceptional blends and are truly floral.

Ultimately, Lakeland or Lakeland-style blends are what you’re looking for. They’re called Lakeland as they come from the lakes region in England. The history has to do with English purity laws, which banned any artificial additives to tobacco. Sam Gawith and Gawith Hoggarth and Co (sister companies, now under one roof), are the ones. “Lakeland essence” is made of different botanicals and, often, floral, perfumey, soapy. They’re my favorite :)

They are producing seemingly fewer flower forward blends these days (rip Kendal flake). Ennerdale is a flowery almond bomb that will ghost the hell out of a pipe, but congrats, now everything is floral! Other blends they produce, like Bosun, have floral plus other notes like clove. Conniston is often considered the bigger brother to Bosun, but if I’m not mistaken, they are not producing the aromatic Conniston any more.

Dark flake is the blend I smoke every single day. The Dark flake scented has the floral essence (they make unscented as well). The only reason I didn’t recommend that at first is because it’s pretty high octane stuff and can be challenging for some. If you’re good with high strength blends, give it a whirl!

1792 is a tonquin bomb. Think herbal vanilla. It’s exceptional and is probably my all time favorite blend.

Peretti No Name is a burley aromatic, very reminiscent of the old Sutliff Mixture No. 79. It is not the hot air, tongue bite, gloopy mess that some aromatics can be. It’s very floral. And Peretti does some of the best burley in the industry. It’s not a Lakeland, because, well, it’s not from the lakes region in England (and it’s a classic America burley preparation), but it’s absolutely adjacent.

There are sometimes floral notes to be found in Bobs Chocolate Flake, but I think that has more to do with it being produced in the same shop as their other blends than anything they add. It’s an amazing blend. The subtle Latakia and subtle (though undeniably present) cocoa are really wonderful together.

Phantom thread - Ordering breakfast

Inside Llewyn Davis - Queen Jane

Assassination of Jesse James by Coward Robert Ford - Train heist

I do this too. I always have Dan from TPS in my head saying that if you put comp before drive, there’s “less to clip.”

Check out Amare at the Swan Reserve. We’ve really liked it there. Good date night vibe. The hotel feels more high end/boutiquey than swan or dolphin, and it’s a lot quieter, but not stuffy at all. The food has been awesome when we’ve gone. It’s definitely a hidden gem.

The boardwalk area is right across the street, which is a nice loop to walk, and you could always jump on the boats for a nice ride. There’s also mini golf right in the area.

You get used to just chucking it in there