A Lane 1-Q/Burley/Latakia/Carolina Flake mix from my cellar. Experimenting with new blending tobaccos from P&C. Still tweaking it. Came out super strong at first with the burleys, Latakia and cf. That was an experiment to see how it tasted. The Lane helped tame it down to a decent smoke I think. Smooth on the retro hale. Like I said, still tweaking it a bit.
Inspired by @buflosab, I'm starting the day with a Cassillero 125 and some Early Morning Pipe. I agree, the Cassillero 125 is a great smoker at an unbeatable price. I ended up grabbing 3 of them when they were on sale for under $20. One each for Aros, Virginias and English blends.
@ocpunk714 try in on your laptop or desktop. if you don't see it, I'll message the photo to you. That sucker's a monster. I'm still breaking it in, so the jury's out on how good a smoker it will be.
I just smoked an incredible bowl of Sutliff Spicy Vanilla in a Savinelli Dolomite Rustic in their "Prince" Shape. Walked the property making spring plans, then sat in the warm sunshine on the open deck......what is not to like.
Smoking? I'm glad to have heat again. Weather outside has been around freezing at night, with 40 degrees during the day.... and no electricity since last Wednesday's nor'easter. It got down to 49 degrees in the house. No heat, no light, no phone, no internet, nothing. Including our sump pump. We exhausted the backup 12 volt battery. With snow melting some at 40 degrees, it got dicey. Only four days, but it seemed like forever. I'm rambling.... glad to be back with y'all.
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Time to crack open this tin and smoke before the rain starts again