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Tasting Notes: Sutliff's North Pole Peppermint Mocha

December 15, 2021 by Shane Ireland

Happy Holidays and welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. For today's installment, I have something very festive in store for you. As many of you know, I am mostly a Virginia and a Virginia/Perique smoker, but more recently I've been diving into the bountiful world of Aromatics. So, naturally,I was actually pretty excited to try Sutliff's recently released North Pole Peppermint Mocha. ... Read More

Mystery Tobacco Review: November 2021

November 22, 2021 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to another episode of the Mystery Tobacco Review! We're back at it again for the month of November, and, luckily, our panel seems to be feeling more like themselves since last month's *ahem* special *ahem* episode. For this month's installment, one of our resident cigar experts Tyler Caldwell took to the Inquisitor Chair and selected a blend for Shane, Andy, and Truett ... Read More

Wintertime Reserve 2021: Behind the Blends

November 4, 2021 by Andrew Wike

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Cue the festive music, pour the eggnog, and don those oh so terrible sweaters, because this week we officially began our 14th annual Buy a Peterson Pipe, Get a Tin promotion: From now until December 31st, buy any new Peterson pipe and choose from a selection of four special-edition Cornell & Diehl Wintertime Reserve pipe tobaccos. But with four different blends to consider, which should you choose? ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Sillem's Mayor's 1814 Flake

November 3, 2021 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. If you've been following this series recently, you'll know that I've been smoking my way through the entire Sillem's portfolio. I started with the Aromatic mixtures — the Green, Blue, Red, and Black — and I've now moved on to the flakes. Today, I'll be reviewing a blend that ... Read More

Mystery Tobacco Review: October 2021

October 27, 2021 by Jeremy Reeves

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Hello, I'm Jeremy Reeves, head blender for Cornell & Diehl. This won't be like other Mystery Tobacco Reviews, I'm afraid. Something sinister is afoot here at Smokingpipes. One by one my colleagues have become unlike themselves. No longer eloquent or nimble, they now grasp and grown, their motor functions greatly lessened. I fear they have become zombies. ... Read More

Single-Farm Components: Carolina Red Flake with Perique

October 15, 2021 by Chuck Stanion

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Most of us take what we can find at the grocery store. Chefs, however, choose the highest quality ingredients that they can, some personally inspecting and selecting produce at the farm itself, guaranteeing the quality they require to achieve the creative combinations that make a night at a fine restaurant a meaningful event for the rest of us. A very few are so dedicated to quality ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Cornell & Diehl Small Batch: Carolina Red Flake with Perique

October 13, 2021 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes! Today, I'll be taking a look at and reviewing Cornell & Diehl's latest Small Batch Carolina Red Flake with Perique! Today, I'll be discussing and reviewing the latest run of Cornell and Diehl's Small Batch: Carolina Red Flake with Perique — available Wednesday, October 20th. For this year's edition, C&D has combined stoved and ... Read More

A Closer Look at Burley

October 6, 2021 by Chuck Stanion

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Burley is a relatively young tobacco varietal, dating only to 1864, but it became very popular very fast. Two planters, George Webb and Joseph Fore, are credited with Burley's discovery. They procured seeds from a tobacco plant in Kentucky that was different: it had leaves that were less broad and of white/yellow tint, and they tried planting these seeds in southern Ohio. The ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Warped Scarecrow

September 29, 2021 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. Today, I'll be reviewing a very special mixture, just in time for Spooky Season: Warped's 2021 Halloween blend, Scarecrow — available Friday, October 1st, 2021, only at Smokingpipes. The diabolical minds of Kyle Gellis of Warped Cigars and Jeremy Reeves of Cornell and Diehl have come together again to release a limited-edition blend ... Read More

A Tobacco From Beyond

September 17, 2021 by Chuck Stanion

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I have learned first-hand that ancient creatures foul and furious lurk beyond our senses, as oblivious to us as we to them, awaiting only the focusing of perceptions for mutual recognition and the horrible consequences thereof. Once we see and are seen in turn, our only response is terror, and it was terror that I recognized in my friend Jeremy Reeves ... Read More