Re: Latest Pipe/Pipe Tobacco Purchase
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 4:55 pm
I had been waiting to see these. Excellent!Kip wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2019 9:06 amI told Slagle to bring me whatever tins he grabbed randomly from the part of my stash that resides in his closet. These were what he brought. The Viprati is from @815DC last year. The others range from 2004-2010. Of note for me personally is the half-pound of 10-year-old Abingdon. I'm more than a little excited because any Abingdon over 5 really fires on all cylinders for me. I love the stuff.
Also interesting are the Quantum and New Century. Both were produced by McClelland for pipe clubs (Conclave of Richmond Pipe Smokers and the Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club, respectively), these being tinned in 2009. They're good blends that never made huge commercial splashes at the time but had cult followings once they went public with selling them. I'm excited to see how they have aged. Quantum is all-Virginia all the time, and the New Century is a "Balkan Mixture", which can mean a number of things because they didn't actually print much in the way of blend composition. It may have some latakia or may not, with its position filled by some other Oriental varietal. In any event, I haven't smoked either in a very long time and can't wait to break them open.
The Viprati that DC sent is a Va/Per, which I generally appreciate. I expect I'll hold it until June to give it a sure full year (This is absolute whimsy; I have no reasonable reason to wait outside of it having a year in the tin. Sue me.)
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