Tobacco Talk

Aleister Crowley: The Beast That Inspired The Beast

March 28, 2025 by Rose Kiser

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Aleister Crowley has to be one of the most interesting humans of the 20th century. His resume includes being a ceremonial magician, poet, novelist, mountaineer, painter, a rumored spy for British Intelligence, and an occultist. He is also a terrible human being with a flagrant disregard for ... Read More

Spring Whiskey and Tobacco Pairings

March 27, 2025 by Rose Kiser

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I've spent a lot of time behind the bar, and working as a bartender in Kentucky, you're expected to know a thing or two about whiskey. As a tobacco writer, I'm expected to know a thing or two about tobacco. Bash those two qualifications together, and I think I'm fit to tell you some of my favorite whiskey and tobacco pairings, particularly for the spring ... Read More

Codger Country: Captain Black Original

March 21, 2025 by Rose Kiser

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Welcome to Codger Country, the series where we'll be smoking every Codger blend, commonly found over-the-counter tobacco blends, we can find and ranking them in an effort to find the "definitive" Codger blend. From Carter Hall to Super Value, we're giving them all a fair shake. Today ... Read More

Challenges In Tobacco Cultivation

March 14, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

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When it comes to pipe-tobacco information, we like to provide the full story as we know it, with no facts or facets spared. Today I will be shedding light on some of the struggles in delivering the highest-quality, unique tobacco varietals imaginable. Between tricky farmer-cultivator ... Read More

Top 11 Best-Selling G.L. Pease Blends

March 12, 2025 by Rose Kiser

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Few names within the field of pipe tobacco are as renowned as that of Greg Pease. His journey began in the late 1970s at the famed Drucquer & Sons tobacco shop in Berkeley, California. A college student at the time, Pease quickly became enamored with Drucquer's tobacco selection as well as the shop's atmosphere and tight-knit community. Soon he was working there, helping to restore, clean, and repair pipes ... Read More

Mystery Review: February 2025

February 27, 2025 by Truett Smith

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Welcome to another episode of Mystery Review, a monthly series in which our panel of experts attempts to identify a mystery tobacco or cigar. For February's episode, our guest inquisitor is Austin Quinlan, artisan pipe maker and Senior Craftsman at Peterson. Will his mysterious submission leave us shocked ... Read More

Tobacco Selections: Cornell & Diehl's Folklore

February 24, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

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Through the ages, all over the world, folklore stories have been shared, with plenty of wisdom and traditions upheld for many generations. Jeremy Reeves, Director and Head Blender of Cornell & Diehl, shared more about this special blend, serving as a tribute to cultural folklore around the world. Folklore ... Read More

The Tale of the Mighty Cesurians

February 21, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

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Long ago, there was a people who lived among the clouds atop Mount Cesur. At a staggering 16,000 feet, the magnitude of this mountain was impressive. You might wonder how those people got there in the first place. Various stories have been told about those called the Cesurians but it remained unclear how the originating families arrived there. While their origins ... Read More

Remastering Blends with Erik Stokkebye of 4th Generation

February 19, 2025 by Shane Ireland

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In this unique video, Erik Stokkebye and I had the opportunity to chat about 4th Generation blends and his methods for remastering them in the last year, in which he improved upon the mixtures we love to make them even better. The intricate and time-consuming methods of a master blender are fascinating, and the result is incredible tobacco blends that are blended as close ... Read More

How The Environment Impacts Tobacco Growth & Cultivation

February 14, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

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The tobacco we use in our most trusted pipes has a profound journey, from seed to blend, that is largely impacted by many factors. Most of us seldom consider how or why various tobacco varietals came to be, why they deliver the experiences that they do, or the ways in which those particular families of tobacco adapt ... Read More