Tobacco Talk

Cozy Reading & Smoking 2025

December 26, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

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For many pipe and cigar smokers, whether intentionally or by delightful accident, reading and pipe smoking pairings are made. Some like to pair genres with certain tobacco styles, dive into an old favorite book with a classic tobacco, or try something new with a fresh book ... Read More

Famous Pipe Smokers and their Preferred Tobacco

December 19, 2025 by Rose Kiser

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The pipe-smoking community has no shortage of celebrities; From famous authors to actors and even presidents, the briar and leaf is beloved by many. If you're like me — incredibly curious and slightly nosey — then you may find yourself asking what your fellow pipe smokers enjoy. I've shared my ever-changing rotation several times over the years, and I love hearing ... Read More

Codger Country: Sail Regular (Yellow)

December 12, 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 Borkum Riff, we're giving them all a fair shake. Today, we're setting out on the open sea once again with Sail Yellow, or Sail Regular ... Read More

Cornell & Diehl Small Batch: Fires on the Levee Roundtable

December 12, 2025 by Andrew Wike

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Welcome back to another roundtable chat, and today we are chatting about a super special Small Batch from Cornell & Diehl, inspired by a Christmas Eve tradition from Louisiana: Fires on the Levee, available on December 16 ... Read More

Tasting Notes G.L. Pease Silver Jubilee

December 10, 2025 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. I'm here to discuss something really special today. Greg Pease of G.L. Pease is celebrating his silver jubilee, 25 years, and today I am smoking Silver Jubilee. ... Read More

Smokingpipes University: Ready-Rubbed Tobacco

December 4, 2025 by Andrew Wike

Today I'm gonna be discussing what I think is probably the most underrated cut in the tobacco world: ready-rubbed tobacco, or as we call it here, particularly when we're talking about C&D, chop block ... Read More

HU Dark Sea

November 26, 2025 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes with Shane Ireland. Our friends at HU Tobacco over in Germany have released a handful of new blends, so now I have some more stuff to add to my list to smoke through. I went ahead and jumped one blend in particular to the front of the line that piqued my interest. Today I'm super excited ... Read More

Mystery Review: November 2025

November 26, 2025 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to another episode of Mystery Review, our monthly series in which our panel of experts attempts to identify a mystery tobacco or cigar. For November's edition, our guest Inquisitor is Eryn Patrick, Assistant to the Vice President of Retail, Shane Ireland. Will her mysterious submission ... Read More

Best-Selling Burley Tobaccos

November 21, 2025 by Kayla Ivan

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Burley tobacco has been a widely popular leaf varietal since it was first cultivated in 1864 and has been used in pipe, cigarette, and chewing-tobacco blends. When included in pipe blends, the air-cured leaf creates rich, earthy flavors that pair well with virtually any combination of other components. Today, we're going over our top-10 best-selling ... Read More

Warped Saint Espresso Returns

November 19, 2025 by Andrew Wike

We recently sat down for a round table discussion about Warped's Saint Espresso, making its return on-site now. We cracked into an old tin from the original release from Shane Ireland's cellar and shared our thoughts on the blend and plenty ... Read More