One of the up and coming personalities in the pipe carving sphere is Josh Thompson. Josh is a working guy who lives in the gorgeous state of Hawaii doing what he loves: just living life. After encountering some of his work online (and being quite impressed I should add) I emailed Josh asking if we…
“Mississippi River actually appeared to Master Blender Joe Lankford in a dream. Awakened from a sound sleep he grabbed a pencil and scribbled a recipe before the memory faded. The next morning he used those notes to create a Virginia blend like no other. Mississippi River was born. The rest is history in a tin. …
“Welcome the newest addition to the Seattle Pipe Club family of pipe tobaccos. Pike Place is named after our famous Public Market. An honest farmer’s market where wonderful aromas waft from a hodgepodge of open air fruit & vegetable stands, cheese & butcher shops, even fish mongers tossing salmon. Inspired by this abundance, Joe Lankford created…
I seriously doubt that there is a pipe club more prolific, welcoming, fun, and just plain successful than the Seattle Pipe Club. I had a chance to spend some time on the phone with the Seattle Pipe Club co-founder Matt Guss. We got around many different categories, from bourbon, to mortgages, to Greece, to Seattle;…
Every now and then I have the honor of spending time with some truly wonderful people. It is one of those things I look forward to in life. Even though we didn’t spend time face to face, I was able to have a long and deep conversation with Matt Guss. If you are familiar with…
“Westminster Abbey is far from being religious–this blend is truly a sin! But smoking this elegant bouquet of Virginia, Burley, and hand-rubbed Virginia Flake blended with some Black Cavendish, every puff is worth the offense. Each draw fills your mouth with an incredibly delicious cream caramel flavour and you will ask yourself: why haven’t I…
“Distinctively delicious! G.L. Pease seasons fine red and golden flue-cured Virginia tobaccos with rare condimental leaf, enhancing the result with a subtle vanilla/bourbon topping that is never overbearing. Rare for a blend of its genre, The Virginia Cream delivers on its aromatic promise from the first puff to the bottom of the bowl, while leaving…
“An impeccably structured blend. Featuring a foundation of sweet, tangy Virginias and cool burning Burleys, a dash of Macedonian leaf is added to round out the mixture and add a hint of the exotic. The different leafs are then aged as one, in order to marry and harmonize flavor, prior to being pressed into a…
“Henry Sutliff opened the first of his shops back in 1849 in San Francisco on Kearny Street. This fine mixture of Sweet Virginia and Spicy Perique is in commemoration of the founding of America’s oldest pipe tobacco company. This unique blend is a mixture of Bright Virginia, Sweet Red Virginia, and two cuts of Perique.…
“This tobacco epitomises the traditional English tobacco. Blended dark and bright Virginias, together with Latakia and Turkish leaf results in a perfect, medium bodied product which gives a rich and slow burning smoke.” – Samuel Gawith In the name of transparency, I will admit to you that this is my favorite blend to smoke with…
Confessions of a Pipe Smoker 