Last night I had GL Pease Maltese Falcon in a Peterson Dunmore.
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This morning early Trout Stream in a Baraccini. I have really gotten fond of Trout Stream.
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Very nice Patrick...

Bill, which Baraccini do you have? I've been eyeing that black sandblast bent billiard at P&C...
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Nightcap in the Comoy bulldog.
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Filled the Koncak big bowl meerschaum with Grand Lake 1957. A home blend of Bur/Va/Orientals/Latakia...
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Peaches and Cream, in a Boswell Poker. Was high 50's this morning and delightful.
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Starting the day with some C & D Drive Time (thanks stevieray!) in a cob, says it's not an Aromatic but boy it sure has a plum or sweet fruit smell to it.
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Margate in a GBD billiard with a saddle bit
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Just lit up some Old Gowrie in a Gresham Giant Apple briar. Very tasty!
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Last night has a bowl of Dunhill DNR in a Stanwell Sixtus, I did the rub instead of trying to fold and load, it was really outstanding.
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Had a bowl of Frog Mortons On The Town. Very nice mellow smoke. Think I may need to work on my rate of smoking. Last couple smokes I've gotten some gurgling.
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Luxury Bullseye Flake in the Savinelli, love this stuff not quite as strong or flavorful as the Dunhill De Luxe Navy Rolls, but a really nice easy smoke and who can complain about the bulk prices :-)
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Just had a bowl of H&H Eggnog. My first time smoking an aromatic. It was sweet with some spicy floral notes, and at the end it was very creamy and earthy. Not sure if I was just imagining eggnog! I enjoyed this however it was very mellow compared to what I imagined an aromatic would be like in my imagination.noveral though it was very enjoyable. Only had one relight too!:-)
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I have yet to jump into the aromatics, God knows I have enough of them to sample now ... bastards ... :-) I think I'm going to use the Twain Bent for aromatics to start, just designate that as a "gooey" pipe.
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Yeah I have designated one of my pipes as the aromatic pipe. Just makes me need a few more pipes for each category.:-)
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Trying some Boswell's Best (thanks Steve!) in the Twain Bent. My first aromatic, the tobacco has a very sweet vanilla smell in the baggy. Easy and cool smoking, very very very mild, not what I would expect from an aromatic, the room smells like a vanilla candle has been burning, very strong room note (much stronger than the actual smoking flavors), it's that vanilla with a hint of cocoa or chocolate. I seem to get more flavor sipping on it a couple little sips at a time rather than big pulls and massive clouds of smoke. So far no gurgle, even though I don't think I let it dry enough before trying it.
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Wonder if that's a common belief. Can one of the vets out there comment on this?
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Tonight I had a bowl of the Peterson's Holiday Season 2015 (Thanks, Neil!), wow it is a a thick moist aromatic, a lot of raisin and berry smell out of the bag. Smoking it in the Twain Bent, it's a very sweet, thick smoke with a lot of that berry flavoring, I can honestly say "to me" that the room note is almost like blueberry pie. :-)
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Puffing on Squadron Leader as I type.
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Smoking my first bowl of Vermont Meat Candy. Really enjoying it. Nice smokey flavor with a very pleasant sweet aroma. Burns incredibly well also. Haven't relit once.
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