Adam O'Neill

Shane continues his video reviews of the Drucquer & Sons lineup with this Tasting Notes video of Red Lion: a light-medium bodied blend based on bright and red Virginias, Cyprian Latakia, a bit of toasted black Cavendish, and just a touch of air-cured leaf. ... Read More

Shane takes on Dunhill's Dark Flake, a darkly sweet, spicy, and complex companion blend to Dunhill Flake, with notes of charred wood, bread, caramelised brown sugar, coffee, cocoa, and warm spices. ... Read More

At the start of our November mystery review, I'd decided to go easy on our intrepid reviewers. With two and a half correct guesses out of four, clearly this was a mistake, and one I don't intend to make again. ... Read More

Shane takes on the ninth blend in Cornell and Diehl's Cellar Series, Speakeasy, a New Orleans inspired Navy Flake of Virginia, Perique, Turkish, dark-fired, and a healthy dose of rum— back in stock January 25th at Smokingpipes.com. ... Read More

Shane continues his video reviews of the Drucquer & Sons lineup with this Tasting Notes video of Trafalgar: a rich mixture of exotic Orientals, red and bright Virginias, and a dash of creamy Latakia. Check out the video and try this luxurious English blend yourself. ... Read More

In my time here at Smokingpipes.com I've worn a number of hats: copywriter, photo processor, photographer, and now social media specialist. Currently, when I'm not neck deep in forums, social media sites, and spreadsheets, I do maybe 90% of the content you see on social media. ... Read More

A while back we discussed Jared Coles' visit to Adam's workshop. At the time, we focused on a sandblasted Disk that Adam produced, but Jared also crafted a pair of pipes himself — a smooth Disk, and a sandblasted asymmetric Tomato — both of which are available in today's update. ... Read More

This Christmas season is, well, somewhat of a stressful time. It's true for most everyone, but as anyone who works in the industry can probably attest, it goes doubly so when you work in retail. Our regular Monday and Thursday newsletters swell in size, phones ring off the hook as our amazing customers try to find gifts for ... Read More

Christmas shopping can be an intimidating endeavor at the best of times. Not only do you have to find the time to get to the shops, navigate the running of the bulls that is walking into any retail store after Thanksgiving, but you have to actually buy a personalised gift, often for people that are unwilling to give any kind of clue as to what that might be. ... Read More

Yep, that's right ladies and gents, it's that time of year. PSL is out and peppermint mocha is in, supermarkets have been spruiking Christmas decorations for a solid month and change, and every visit to your folks is scored by "that nice Michael Bublé fellow". That could only mean one thing. Despite having spent 261 out of the last 365 days ... Read More