Tobacco Talk

Perhaps pipe smoking's most iconic and enduring tobacco, Prince Albert is a beloved over-the-counter (OTC) blend championed by both veteran and newer pipe smokers. It's also a tobacco that I've unfortunately overlooked since I began my pipe smoking journey. However, I've made it a personal goal to try as many classic over-the-counter as possible, Prince Albert was the next obvious choice. ... Read More

Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes and the next stop on my journey to smoke through all of Sillem's pipe tobacco portfolio. For this project, I decided to start with the brand's Aromatic range, which includes all of the colored tins: the Sillem's Red, Black, Green, and Blue. These mixtures have been cult classics since their release, and each of them brings something unique to the world of Aromatic pipe tobaccos. ... Read More

Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. Today I'll be reviewing the latest Small Batch blend from Cornell & Diehl: Eight State Burley. ... Read More

Welcome back to another episode of The Mystery Tobacco Review. Mystery Tobacco Review! For this month's installment, we were honored to welcome another new guest Inquisitor: Mr. Mike Murphy, host of the Pipe & Tamper podcast. For those of you who don't follow his podcast (and you should!), Mike is a devout lover of English blends ... Read More

Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. Today I'll be reviewing the latest entry into the Warped portfolio of exclusively different pipe tobaccos: Sarto. If you're familiar with Warped as a brand, you're perhaps most acquainted with their cigars, which is where Warped's founder Kyle Gellis got his start in this business. ... Read More

Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. Today marks the first episode in a new mini-installment. Over the next several videos, I will be reviewing the entire Sillem's portfolio, starting with Sillem's Black. I've been a fan of Sillem's mixtures for a long time, but honestly, I haven't explored everything that the blending house has to offer. ... Read More

Oriental tobaccos differ from other tobaccos in size, character, and blending applications. These plants are small in comparison to the tobacco plants we see growing in the mid-Atlantic south. Those plants grow tall, up to 10 feet, while the plants that produce Orientals are only about three or four feet tall, and although Virginias and Burleys have large, broad leaves, Oriental leaves are small. They are also sun-cured as opposed to the fire, air, and flue curing that we're most accustomed to. ... Read More

Welcome back to another episode of the Mystery Tobacco Review! For this month's installment, we're back with a very special guest Inquisitor: Mr. Glen Whelan, Director of Sales at Kapp & Peterson. Glen got his start as a part-time retail associate in the Peterson store at the age of 16, and today he leads Peterson's sales efforts ... Read More

In a previous blog we explored how American POWs crafted their own pipes while held captive in a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines. In the November, 1946 issue of Pipe Lovers magazine, Captain Frank Schaf, Jr. recounted his experience as a POW and the greath lengths he and fellow pipe smokers went to make their own pipes from local hardwoods and ... Read More

A number of terms used in our hobby represent slippery concepts. Cavendish, for example, isn't a type of tobacco so much as a process, and discussions centering on the topic can veer into confusion when different participants adhere to different interpretations. ... Read More