You are going to love that Gaslight!!!8oz of Gaslight and 2 tins of Pembroke.
Keen as to try another Esoterica.
So my TAD went a bit wild last night and I ended up with 16oz of Esoterica Margate... Hopefully i like it...
Your latest pipe/pipe tobacco purchase thread....
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Hahaha I'm sure I will have no problems paying any Esoterica forward! I just hope I enjoy as I have never pulled the trigger on 16oz of something I have never tried before.. I'm yet to find an English blend I don't like though so here's hoping.If you don't care for it I'm sure we can help you with disposing of that garbage.
Yeah I think I will, I feel stupid though I thought I was buying 8oz of ribbon cut... instead I ended up with 8 cakes.
However I do love the ribbon cut gaslight and I love 3ps and the whole ritual behind plug so again, here's hoping!
Margate is tasty. If you like English blends you shouldn't be disappointed.
I have been using a razor blade to shave my plug tobacco into thin strip and then rubbing it out a little til it gets fluffy. Smokes marvelously....especially Gaslight.
The Munt
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I might try that method. I been using excalibur for my 3p's and it has been a little difficult to slice..
cgraunke
BoM March '14
IIRC Pembroke and Margate are the same blend other than the added cognac flavoring. I've yet to try either of them but I bought both with the intent of comparing side by side... You should do comparison reviews!
Are you sure what you were smoking was really Gaslight? Not sure I've ever seen it other than plug. I know they do a "Ready-Rubbed" version of JackKnife, but not Gaslight, and definitely not a loose ribbon cut...
The Munt
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When I get the Margate I will be sure to try! Probably be a month though as I order from the U.S.
That's excellent news because I like the Pembroke!
I have been doing some research into it myself Clint and at first I thought maybe Josh Blunk had pre sliced it for me in the sampler.. But after having a bowl just now from the plug it's totally different and I think I'm confusing my memory of it with Frog Moreton.., either way another delicious English blend I enjoy! And now I've got an excuse to buy more Frog Moreton
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cgraunke
BoM March '14
When a guy's TAD teams up with a 25% Off sale and kicks the shit out of a spending freeze, this is the result.
Oh, and in case you're wondering, that's what a group-buy SEVEN POUND bag of McClelland No. 5100 Red Cake looks like!
(I kinda want to pour it out and roll around in it)
The Munt
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Nope the more i think about the more I am sure I had gaslight in my noob sampler. Page 67 of the pipe noob sampler thread second baggy in from the top right. Can just see the top of the G in the pic. Maybe @cigarblunk can remember, i know you hook up alot of noobs Josh but is cutting up gaslight aomething you would have done for me? Its wrecking my head now I wouldnt have just thought up the name...
When I open up a tin to smoke a bowl, if it's in a cake/plug I do try to rub it all out before I jar it so it's ready to smoke. I am not sure on the writing can't see it too well. Also am the one Straus blend that you where curious what it was is Lostitaniville (spelling may be wrong) it's one of their shop blends.
The Munt
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I'm nearly certain now it was Gaslight again. My memory of it was a little different from the stuff I just bought but maybe that's down to dry time. even a mate I had over tonight remembers sharing a bowl of gaslight with me so it must have been.
cgraunke
BoM March '14
That's in a Strauss bag. Likely a house blend, not G.L. Pease.
You remember what house blends you buy, Josh @cigarblunk?
The Munt
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Not convinced... Josh admitted to rubbing out plugs so it's ready rubbed, I think based on the fact I remember that name, it's the right colour, the first letter looks like a G and a mate remembers the name too there is every chance it was in fact gaslight. Hmm if only I could confirm.
cgraunke
BoM March '14
Haha! Nope, sorry. Especially since it's in a Strauss bag. Doesn't really matter, it's just my OCD hates to see something labeled wrong if you moved it to a jar. (or just read wrong, the workers at Strauss don't have the clearest handwriting)
cgraunke
BoM March '14
So, the three Straus bags are going to be house blends that got labelled at the store when purchased.
Most likely should show up on this list:
http://www.tobaccoreviews.com/search?Brand=straus
cgraunke
BoM March '14
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Ok just before I let it die and admit defeat... @cigarblunk do you reuse bags? I do.
Boswell's 2013 estate pipe. "Clean & ready to smoke"...? Not by my standards. Ran four Bacardi 151 soaked pipe cleaners through the stem before they came out clean, then washed it with Dawn. Now time for the rum to sit in the bowl.
Really liking the shape on that oneBoswell's 2013 estate pipe. "Clean & ready to smoke"...? Not by my standards. Ran four Bacardi 151 soaked pipe cleaners through the stem before they came out clean, then washed it with Dawn. Now time for the rum to sit in the bowl.