Tasting Notes

Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. Today I am tasting something long anticipated, and it's a good day anytime I get a chance to talk about a new blend from Greg Pease, the Dark Lord: Metropolis, the latest addition to the G.L. Pease Zeitgeist ... Read More

I'm continuing my journey through Cornell & Diehl's new Summit series, inspired by the National Parks here in the US. Today I'm smoking what on paper, I think, was the one that I was most curious about because ... Read More

Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. I'm still on a mission to smoke my way through the entirety of the new Summit series by Cornell & Diehl and Jeremy Reeves. Now I am moving on to the second one of the four blends from the series ... Read More

Today I'm here to talk about the long-awaited return of Cornell & Diehl's Small Batch: Palmetto Balkan. Palmetto Balkan is, for me personally, one of the more memorable English blends that Jeremy and his team at C&D have put out ... Read More

Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. I am resuming my mission to smoke through all of the HU blends. Today I'm smoking HU's White Horses, one of the newer blends that's been imported by Laudisi Distribution Group from Kopp ... Read More

Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. Today I'm here to talk about something brand new from Cornell & Diehl and Jeremy Reeves, and that is the Cornell & Diehl Summit Series, a series of four plug tobaccos inspired by the outdoors and specifically some really important landmarks across America's West ... Read More

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

Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. Today I am visiting an old friend: Robert McConnell's Scottish Flake. This is my all-time favorite tobacco, which I have stated publicly many times for many years, and that remains true. ... Read More

Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. I am back on my quest to smoke through all of the HU tobaccos, and today I am smoking HU's English Breakfast. ... Read More

Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. Today I'm revisiting an old friend, Cornell & Diehl's We Three Kings, available now. It's one of three Cornell & Diehl holiday blends meant to commemorate the holiday season, and actually We Three Kings ... Read More