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Tasting Notes: Gold Block

October 13, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. In this installment, I continue my journey down Memory Lane, exploring Aromatic mixtures that I haven't smoked in ages. You see, for the past several years, the main focus of my rotation has been Virginias and Virginia/Periques, and before that, I was obsessed with English ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Chacom No. Three

September 30, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. Over the last several weeks, I've been tasting my way through four newly available blends from Chacom. I began with Chacom No. 4, because it was the blend I was most interested in. What's been really interesting about this exercise, however, is that it forced me to get out of my own comfort zone in terms of what I normally smoke and try blends like Chacom No. 1, a delicious medium-bodied and well-balanced English Mixture; Chacom No. 2, which renewed my interest in Aromatic blends in general; and now Chacom No. 3, a genre-bending Aromatic that I'm excited to review today. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Chacom No. Two

September 3, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes, a video review series all about discovering (or rediscovering) some of the best pipe tobacco blends on the market. Continuing my journey through Chacom's tobacco portfolio, today I'm taking a closer look at one the brand's more recent additions ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Rattray's Bagpiper's Dream

August 13, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. For this installment, I'm stepping outside of my comfort zone and revisiting Aromatic blends, starting with Rattray's Bagpiper's Dream. I've long overlooked Aromatic mixtures in favor of Virginia/Perique or pure Virginia tobaccos, but I've recently realized ... Read More

Newly Redesigned Best Sellers Pages

July 15, 2020 by Andrew Wike

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If you've spent any time at all here on our Daily Reader, you've likely stumbled across articles like our popular "Top 11 Best Selling Aromatics" post. Indeed, they're among the most viewed pages on our blog. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Chacom No. One

July 2, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. In this installment, I take a closer look at Chacom's #1 blend, which is a mellow English mixture comprised of Virginia, Black Cavendish, and Oriental tobaccos with a touch of Latakia. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Chacom #4

June 18, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. In this installment, I take a closer look at Chacom's #4 blend, which features various Virginias combined with a small portion of Perique for some added strength and a touch of fruity spice. One of four new recent additions to Smokingpipes' portfolio of Chacom blends, this ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Savinelli Juno

June 10, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Welcome to another episode of Tasting Notes. Today I am talking about the third of the three latest additions to the Savinelli line of pipe tobaccos: Juno. Much like Jupiter and Janus, which I've covered previously, Juno continues a collaboration between Jeremy Reeves, Cornell and Diehl and Savinelli. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Savinelli Jupiter

June 4, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Today, I'm taking a closer look at one of the most recent additions to the Savinelli tobacco portfolio: Janus. Often depicted as having two opposing faces, Janus was the Roman god of beginnings and endings, phases and transitions, and gates and doorways; Savinelli's tribute to his mythology is a fitting one ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Savinelli Janus

May 20, 2020 by Shane Ireland

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Today, I'm taking a closer look at one of the most recent additions to the Savinelli tobacco portfolio: Janus. Often depicted as having two opposing faces, Janus was the Roman god of beginnings and endings, phases and transitions, and gates and doorways; Savinelli's tribute to his mythology is a fitting one ... Read More

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