February 23, 2023
Product: Seattle Pipe Club Virginia Jazz 2oz
Tin note of pungent sour, spices and sugar. Tobacco is a Krumble Kake of yellowish brown with a few dark brown and tan spots. Moisture content is great, maybe a little dry. Takes a little effort to rub out, results are a course cut. Burns slow with a few relights. The strength is medium and nic is mild. No flavoring is listed, but there is a sweetness I think comes from the stoving. It diminished a bit but never goes away. Taste is medium and mostly consistent, with complex notes of tangy raisin, spices, bready, floral, stewed tart dark plums, wood, very savory, earthy, sugar, rich, spicy, vinegary fermentation, buttery, mildly salty, a sweet herbal grass background note, and a retro that is sometimes peppery and sometimes smooth. Virginia is leading with Perique providing support, mostly in the background, but at times Perique was more pronounced. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is great....Read More
Virginia Jazz or Vinegar Jazz?
July 18, 2024
Product: Seattle Pipe Club Virginia Jazz 2oz
Tin note is pleasant, figgy/citrusy and a bit earthy. Came at the perfect moisture level, lit easily and required minimal relights. However this is were my positive experiences ended with this blend. I am not a stranger to vinegar tastes in blends, however this was something different. For almost 3/4 of the bowl, the entire flavor of the smoke was strictly that of sour vinegar. The perique was non existent to me, and any grassy/hay notes from the Virginias only emerged as I neared the end of the bowl. I powered through hoping I would either smoke past this taste and get some of the perique but I was sadly mistaken. Hopefully this improves with age since at $25 a pop I struggle to justify tossing it outright....Read More
A little smoother than expected
December 03, 2023
Product: Seattle Pipe Club Virginia Jazz 2oz
The ten year old matured red Virginias provide a lot of tangy fermented dark fruit, earth, wood, bread, some floralness, vegetative grass, mild tart and and tangy citrus, sugar, light vinegar, spice, peat and a touch of herbs. The tin doesn't contain only a single piece of kake, rather there's 7-8 slices in there, and a little that's already crumbled in transit. The scent that greets you is a tad tart and spicy and the scent of baked dark bread. This is a very Virginia rich blend with the Virginian making up the majority of the flavor....Read More
March 21, 2023
Product: Seattle Pipe Club Virginia Jazz 2oz
I’m a Balkan/English guy so take my opinion with a grain of salt. This blend is quite lovely in my opinion yes figgy and dark fruit, a little punch of perique and it is very flavorful. Enough to keep a Balkan guy interested. Bright Virginia tends to give me tongue bite so when I seen just mellow reds though I usually find them a bit bland alone I decided to give it a shot and wow they work really well in this blend. I’m not converting by any means but I want to try everything once and this blend will find a place in my cellar a few tins at least for when I’m ready for a change of pace like I was this week....Read More
March 21, 2023
Product: Seattle Pipe Club Virginia Jazz 2oz
It has an especially pleasant aroma and almost never requires a re-light. I just don't know that it's worth the price.
March 09, 2023
Product: Seattle Pipe Club Virginia Jazz 2oz
Fantastic. Sweet and sour. Figs and pastry. Great stuff!
June 11, 2023
Product: Seattle Pipe Club Virginia Jazz 2oz
Good sh*t man
May 03, 2023
Product: Seattle Pipe Club Virginia Jazz 2oz
Kudos to all of you who can smoke this right out of a fresh tin. I found the tin note absolutely delicious, but had trouble keeping it lit. I put it away for a bit and came back to it, gave it some air on work bench before crumbling, and it smoked beautifully. Very Perique forward to my tastebuds, and I love that. I have another tin aging and we'll see how that turns out. I think it's going to take it a level up....Read More
September 22, 2024
Product: Seattle Pipe Club Virginia Jazz 2oz
松糕条状,揉草容易,点燃后第一口酸度很高,然后酸甜可口