Last two days spent cleaning out my brothers garage and back shed. He rented a dumpster and we did it up right. Had another pipe smoking buddy helping us. After it was done my brother sprung for hot wings all around and we over did it on the whiskey. All in all it was a good couple of days work and a great couple of days spent smoking pipes with two good guys. This morning however, Ole'Pops is'a movin mighty slow and drinking nothing but black coffee.
Interesting story behind this great Italian pipe, the Piazza Di Spagna. This pipe has been carved to resemble one of the most visited squares in Rome, Italy. The Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Square) is connected to the Trinità dei Monti, a French church situated atop a hill, via a long staircase, the Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti, better known as the Spanish Steps.
If you look closely at the famous stairs, and kinda squint a little to see the stair lines, the pipe has been carved to look like the stair steps. The carving goes around horizontally matching the lines the steps make. Pretty cool huh? Now you know the rest of the story.
After dinner, there were two lime quarters left over, so I went out on the rear deck with two fingers of Jonah's Curse black spiced rum, rocks, and the lime. Also a mix of 2/3rds Carey Revolution and 1/3rd Frog Morton's Cellar in an EA Carey large billiard. Apotheosis. If I could, I'd smoke nothing but this mixture, abandoning Barbados Plantation, but I only have about an ounce of FMC left....
I'm sipping on a cup of fair trade tea from Tenfold Fair Trade store in Harpers Ferry. I get a great cup of tea and the farmers get a fair price for their crop. Everybody wins. I'm having it with Captain Black classic bit of would go well with Maltese Falcon or another medium English blend.
My only day off this week. I’m on the porch watching a massive storm roll in while drinking some salted caramel whiskey and smoking some Maltese Falcon.
@Londy3 I’m on my back porch listening to the thunder enjoying some Woodford Reserve. Brought you to mind seeing as how it’s one of your favorite bourbons. Cheers buddy.
Anybody remember recommending Brinley Shipwreck Spiced Rum? I finally scored a bottle. i'll report after I've tried it and compared it to Jonah's Curse......
@Michael308 Woodford Reserve is definitely one that is always in my cabinet. It's my standard bourbon. There are many others I enjoy and perhaps will shave here on the form sometime. Enjoy it this weekend too buddy.
Hamms beer while smoking some Carter Hall in a Dr Grabow Grand Duke.
I just finished a midnight snack of Vienna sausages and crackers with a Hamms beer. This is a light cross refreshing beet without the national advertisement campaign. It i therefore s very cost effective. It is also very tasty. It is hard to argue with a beer that is reasonably priced and that tastes good.
@Ron191 - I remember Hamm's. I thought they stopped making it after the brewery was bought by Olympia. At one time, Hamm's was a national brand. I remember the commercials with the Hamm's Bears on tv. I think they even sold Hamm's in cans that resembled beer kegs.
@PappyJoe I don't remember the commercial but I do remember the Hamms beer sign showing up in a Saturday morning cartoon. It was in one of the old theatrical cartoons that they used to run before the main feature. The local Washington DC independent station must be picked it up on a bundle of old movie features.
I didn't know Olympia bought them. I know that Miller/Coors owns them now.
At $3.49 a six pack from the local Food Lion and beer that tastes like beer used to it is hard to turn down. I can live without the national advertising and the racing team.
@motie2 seeing you drinking rum, what are your favorites? Just finished off a bottle of Papa’s Pillar Dark Rum from Hemingway’s (not in one sitting!). Trying to branch out to try different brands.
@Ron191 - Yep. Olympia bought Hamm's around 1975. Olympia was then purchased by Pabst. Miller Brewing then purchased Hamm's from Pabst (about the same time that Coors bought the Olympia brand). Miller was sold to South African Breweries. A few years later, SABMiller merged its U.S. and Puerto Rican assets with MolsonCoors and formed MillerCoors. MillerCoors is now the owner and producer of Hamm's.
I was a big beer drinker in the 70s & 80s and there was quite a "beer war" going on back then. Breweries started gobbling up their competition and then eliminating the different brands. In the Pacific Northwest, Olympia bought competing breweries Rainer and Hiedelberg and then started buying up out of state brands until they ran out of money and became financially unstable. That's when Pabst swooped in and bought Olympia.
The same thing happened to other older brands like Falstaff, Jax, and Schlitz among others. For awhile back in the 1990s, it seemed that there were really only two or three major beer companies that owned the majority of beer brands. Eventually all the beers really started to taste the same, in my opinion, which is why small local craft breweries started becoming popular.
It has been a long week. Mother in law was rushed to hospital and started my chemo treatments for skin cancer so last night finally had time to sit on the back porch and have some relaxation time with Captain Black Royal and a glass of Papa’s Pillar Dark Rum. This morning it has been Sutliff Rum and Maple with a cup of coffee.
Uhcoogsfan - I've been chasing the perfect rum since 2003, having been infected with the rum thing by Captain Jack Sparrow ["But, why is the rum gone?"]. Around 2010 I decided to focus on dark rums. This led to spiced rums which I had not considered. I went thru Bacardi Oakheart, various Capt. Morgans, the Kraken, Cruzan 9, the big names. Never paid more than $30.00 for a bottle; usually no more than $20.00. I liked Cruzan 9 the best of that lot, but it's hard to get in my county. I also discovered that I did not have "good taste" in spiced rums, tending to like cheaper rums made in totally embarrassing places, like NOT the Caribbean, but New Jersey. I'm like that with soy sauce too, preferring La Choy or Chun King, to Kikkoman (spellings?).
So, I drank Sailor Jerry for about a year, before discovering Jonah's Curse Black Spiced Rum, which I've been drinking since 2017. Anyway, someone recently recommended Brinley's Shipwreck Spiced Rum. It's 70+ proof to Jonah's Curse's 90+ proof, but it drinks more like an Irish Whiskey, IMHO. Jonah's Curse is sweeter, with a thicker mouth feel. Whereas I drink rum straight (sipping), on the rocks. or -- rarely -- in a mixed drink, I admit to pouring Jonah's Curse on Cherry Garcia ice cream. I won't be doing that with the Brinley's. OTOH, I'm going to prefer the Jonah's Curse, with its higher alcoholic content, for cleaning pipes. OTOH, I'm going to try flavoring some innocuous tobacco blend with the Brinley's; maybe make my own version of Barbados Plantation, my favorite tobacco blend; or FM's Cellar..
Comments
Nice 85 degree sunny day
Had a good workday
Woodford Reserve
LL7
Boom!
If you look closely at the famous stairs, and kinda squint a little to see the stair lines, the pipe has been carved to look like the stair steps. The carving goes around horizontally matching the lines the steps make. Pretty cool huh? Now you know the rest of the story.
....or for anyone else who'd like to know 😁
Tell us a little about LL7? Flavor? Aroma? Room Note?
EA Carey Revolution Tabac with a pinch of GL Pease Lagonda, in a EA Carey apple.
"Aromatics are better with a little Latakia."
I just finished a midnight snack of Vienna sausages and crackers with a Hamms beer. This is a light cross refreshing beet without the national advertisement campaign. It i therefore s very cost effective. It is also very tasty. It is hard to argue with a beer that is reasonably priced and that tastes good.
At one time, Hamm's was a national brand. I remember the commercials with the Hamm's Bears on tv. I think they even sold Hamm's in cans that resembled beer kegs.
I didn't know Olympia bought them. I know that Miller/Coors owns them now.
At $3.49 a six pack from the local Food Lion and beer that tastes like beer used to it is hard to turn down. I can live without the national advertising and the racing team.
I was a big beer drinker in the 70s & 80s and there was quite a "beer war" going on back then. Breweries started gobbling up their competition and then eliminating the different brands. In the Pacific Northwest, Olympia bought competing breweries Rainer and Hiedelberg and then started buying up out of state brands until they ran out of money and became financially unstable. That's when Pabst swooped in and bought Olympia.
The same thing happened to other older brands like Falstaff, Jax, and Schlitz among others. For awhile back in the 1990s, it seemed that there were really only two or three major beer companies that owned the majority of beer brands. Eventually all the beers really started to taste the same, in my opinion, which is why small local craft breweries started becoming popular.
So, I drank Sailor Jerry for about a year, before discovering Jonah's Curse Black Spiced Rum, which I've been drinking since 2017. Anyway, someone recently recommended Brinley's Shipwreck Spiced Rum. It's 70+ proof to Jonah's Curse's 90+ proof, but it drinks more like an Irish Whiskey, IMHO. Jonah's Curse is sweeter, with a thicker mouth feel. Whereas I drink rum straight (sipping), on the rocks. or -- rarely -- in a mixed drink, I admit to pouring Jonah's Curse on Cherry Garcia ice cream. I won't be doing that with the Brinley's. OTOH, I'm going to prefer the Jonah's Curse, with its higher alcoholic content, for cleaning pipes. OTOH, I'm going to try flavoring some innocuous tobacco blend with the Brinley's; maybe make my own version of Barbados Plantation, my favorite tobacco blend; or FM's Cellar..
Prayers said for your mother.
I don’t remember if I have asked/mentioned it before, but have you tried Meyer’s Dark Rum?