Tobacco Talk

Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes and the next stop on my journey to smoke through all of Sillem's pipe tobacco portfolio. If you've been following this series lately, you've likely noticed that I've been slowly smoking my way through the Sillem's pipe tobacco portfolio. I started with the Aromatic mixtures (the ones in the solid-colored square tins) and found some new favorites, ... Read More

Welcome back to another episode of The Mystery Tobacco Review! For this month's installment, we asked Samuel Bowden, one of our knowledgeable Customer Service Reps, to sit in the Inquisitor's chair and select one blend for us to review in a blind taste test. Tune in to find out how we fared. ... 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 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 The Mystery Tobacco Review. Mystery Tobacco Review! For this month's installment, we asked Dana Mahanay, one of our knowledgeable Customer Service Reps, to sit in the Inquisitor's chair and select one blend for us to review in a blind taste test. Tune in to find out how we fared. ... 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: the master leatherworker, pipe smoker, and industry icon, Mr. Claudio Albieri. ... Read More

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