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While doing some local running around, I'm doing some 3 year old VG Cavendish in a Mr. Brog Maestro #81.
My recommendation, Allow your VG blends 3 years. You will notice a much richer and smoother taste IMHO...

@motie2, not nearly as much as the clay modeler who left the udders off the reindeer and added boobs!

@RockyMountainBriar, nice Peterson site! I looked around and read a post on this year's Christmas series. Went to smokingpipes.com to check them out and bought an 03, my second favorite shape. Since it's my first briar this year I'm going to nickname it 3P after their plug tobacco but meaning Peterson Pandemic Pipe! 

Trying out C&D Star of the East. First impression is a subdued slightly sweet English. 

Trying the cheap stuff so you don't have to. 

I was in the local discount tobacco in looking for otc blends and I came across Smoker's Pride. It is cheap burly W/O any additives. I expected to blow a dollar to cross this one off my list. What I got was a decent smoke. If you like straight burly you could do worse. 

I did a favor for a fellow pipe smoker on a different forum and he repaid me by sending me for jars from his cellar. I’m having a bowl of HU Darkwood Scenery in my Stanwell HCA this morning.