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Perique tobacco for Pipe Blends and other MYO Tobacco products

I have a few more batches of wholeleaf tobacco going.

Just wrapped up an Arcadian Perique NET. The flavor I'm getting from this (stand alone) juice is wonderful. I can only imagine what a whole leaf version of this tobacco tastes like. One day I'll spring for some at leafonly and be amazed, I'm sure.

 

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Just stuck six more PG macerations in the cue for November goodness. : )

C&D Haunted Bookshop
C&D Habana Daydream
P. Stokkebye Lux. Bulls Eye Flake
C&D Izmir Turkish
Moonshine XXX Blend
C&D Poplar Camp

Should have some tasting notes on Bengal Slices coming up soon; the PG version has almost gone through the filtering process; the PGA version is still in the winterization stage.

I've had to change out the 2.5 micron filter a couple of times now on the PG version; lots of sediment with this one. I think the fact that I had to hand rub the Flake to break it up before it went into the jar caused a bit more "fall out".

 

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I got to thinking today.....if Black Note can do a
Isfahani..... so can we! And at roughly $10 for a 250g brick, that'll make a bunch of extract (1200ml) on the cheap.

Or you can buy the Black Note finished version for $1 per ml.

 

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I have a few more batches of wholeleaf tobacco going.
Cold extraction in a 70/30 vg/pg base. Takes about 8 weeks before filtering.
The ones I have completed so far has been great. Nice pure tobacco taste. Now my ADV

Sure satisfies that need/desire for tobacco flavor doesn't it.

 

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I got to thinking today.....if Black Note can do a
Isfahani..... so can we! And at roughly $10 for a 250g brick, that'll make a bunch of extract (1200ml) on the cheap.

Or you can buy the Black Note finished version for $1 per ml.

I've never extracted Isfahani, if you do please be sure to share your experience.

 

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I got to thinking today.....if Black Note can do a
Isfahani..... so can we! And at roughly $10 for a 250g brick, that'll make a bunch of extract (1200ml) on the cheap.

Or you can buy the Black Note finished version for $1 per ml.

absolutely!

 

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Bengal Slices:

(Vendor notes)
Black Cavendish
Latakia
Oriental
Virginia
(English)

Back in the seventies, a singular blend came to market. It was a bright, Latakia-based crumble cake made with superior Orientals, sweet yellow Virginias and a bit of black Cavendish. It became a brand with a cult following - it was called Bengal Slices.

A bit of history~
Bengal Slices was, originally, the flake version of Balkan Sobranie. When Gallaher took over the Sobranie mixtures from the Redman family the original blenders finding the composition too complex and costly, they simplified it.

After Gallaher stopped making the simplified Bengal Slices, Mr James B Russell arranged for a composition similar to the Gallaher revision to be made exclusively for them by A & C Petersen, Horsens, Denmark.

A & C Petersen has recently been sold to Orlik A/S, of Assens, Denmark, which promptly discontinued the manufacture of Bengal Slices. A replacement, under the James B Russell ægis, has been released, approximating the A & C Petersen blend. For the new production of Bengal Slices see listing under The Standard Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania.

My take~
This tobacco is a wonderfully Latakia forward blend; the more I vape it, the more I am falling for the sweet, yet pungent, smokey nature of what is referred to as "English" tobacco.

(Interesting article on this topic: What is an English Pipe Tobacco Blend? | With Pipe and Pen)

This being my third extraction of a Latakia blend pipe tobacco, I can put this bug in your ear:
If you don't think you'd enjoy a robust, campfire, smokey quality to your vape, be cautious of the tobaccos which say they contain a high Latakia element or ones which are labeled as an English, Balkan, Cyprian or Syrian blends.

(Another nice article on this topic: What’s The Deal With Latakia?)

Besides the nice smokey nature of this tobacco, the Black Cavendish (slight hint of vanilla there) and Virginia bring the sweet into the picture quite nicely, while the Oriental brings in the bright spice quality. I've vaped the Bengal Slices for a couple of days now; finding it rather hard to go back to a tame mix now, due to how much I'm enjoying this Latakia ladened blend; a pleasingly stout vape.

This was a PG maceration; heated for 8 hours at +/- 140 degrees and cool steeped for 1 month. Final mix was a 40P/60V at 10% extract.

 

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Three more for the cold dark steep closet.

C&D ~ Bayou Morning
Perique
Virginia
(Non-Aromatic)

H&H ~ Virginia Spice
Cigar Leaf
Perique
Virginia
(Non-Aromatic)

Sutliff ~ Sunset Rum
Burley
Cavendish
Virginia
(Aromatic)

PG macerations.

Looking forward to Thanksgiving and few days off to get these filtered.

 

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Sad face : (

Looks like Pipes & Cigars is discontinuing the sale of some H&H blends due to the FDA deeming regulations. I got the word from P&C customer service that, come the end of October, everything Marquee and Landmark is on the chopping block.

This is not say you won't be able to get H&H from other vendors, but keep an ear to the ground for possible sales events from P&C concerning blends to be liquidated from their stock. They have 5 or so H&H blends still on the End of Summer Sale.

I'm trying to get an exhaustive list of the future discontinued H&H blends out of their customer service folks, but that information has not yet been determined by the powers that be.

http://www.pipesandcigars.com/mobile/pipe-tobacco/end-of-summer-sale/?=&v=5000&sourcekey=PC4W

 

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Sad face : (

Looks like Pipes & Cigars is discontinuing the sale of some H&H blends due to the FDA deeming regulations. I got the word from P&C customer service that, come the end of October, everything Marquee and Landmark is on the chopping block.

This is not say you won't be able to get H&H from other vendors, but keep an ear to the ground for possible sales events from P&C concerning blends to be liquidated from their stock. They have 5 or so H&H blends still on the End of Summer Sale.

I'm trying to get an exhaustive list of the future discontinued H&H blends out of their customer service folks, but that information has not yet been determined by the powers that be.

http://www.pipesandcigars.com/mobile/pipe-tobacco/end-of-summer-sale/?=&v=5000&sourcekey=PC4W

That truly is some sad news, as is news of other fine tobacco being discontinued and also vendors shutting down.

 

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I got mine so...here: P&C
It All Started In The Year 1792

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Gawith & Hoggarth first began producing tobacco in 1792. It's hard to believe that any company can trace their roots back that far. Over the last few years, Gawith & Hoggarth blends were hard to get and certain tobaccos would come on the market and then not be available for a long time, sometimes years. When you are rooted in such a long tradition, modern technology and increased efficiency doesn't really work. The processes for their tobaccos takes the time it takes because they employ the same machinery and techniques that the company started with. If they run out of a certain tobacco, they wait until that tobacco is available, they don't substitute similar tobaccos to get close. When you are carrying on a tradition that dates back to the time of George Washington's presidency, you don't change many processes. We were recently notified that there was a new US distributor for Gawith & Hoggarth and we took this opportunity to stock up on everything that was available. With over 50 blends back in stock, we couldn't be happier to have Gawith & Hoggarth back on our shelves.

 

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I got mine

What are your fav G&H picks? Inquiring minds and all.....

 

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What are your fav G&H picks? Inquiring minds and all.....

Since they were always out of stock I've only tried a few. My favorite of the ones I've tried was: Gawith & Hoggarth Balkan Mixture - Pipes and Cigars

I've like Gawith & Hoggarth Rum Twist - Pipes and Cigars but prefer the Balkan more. If I remember it takes both quite awhile to be ready.

 

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Since they were always out of stock I've only tried a few. My favorite of the ones I've tried was: Gawith & Hoggarth Balkan Mixture - Pipes and Cigars

I've like Gawith & Hoggarth Rum Twist - Pipes and Cigars but prefer the Balkan more. If I remember it takes both quite awhile to be ready.

Pipes and Cigars is featuring several NEW tobaccos from Gawith & Hoggarth in an email I received tody.

 

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prefer the Balkan

Now that I've taken a look at the complete list of G&H choices available at P&C, these are going on the list as well as the Balkan.

http://www.pipesandcigars.com/mobile/pipe-tobacco/72854/gawith-hoggarth-black-twist-sliced/

This D&R Ramback Balkan looks nice as well:

http://www.pipesandcigars.com/mobil...aughters-ryan-ramback-tins-bag-bulk/#p-154628

D & R Tobacco - Ramback Balkan (Ramback) - Tobacco Reviews

Kinda getting a thing for the Oriental blends these days. Pretty sure this one is sans Latakia though.

 

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Sad face : (

Looks like Pipes & Cigars is discontinuing the sale of some H&H blends due to the FDA deeming regulations. I got the word from P&C customer service that, come the end of October, everything Marquee and Landmark is on the chopping block.

This is not say you won't be able to get H&H from other vendors, but keep an ear to the ground for possible sales events from P&C concerning blends to be liquidated from their stock. They have 5 or so H&H blends still on the End of Summer Sale.

I'm trying to get an exhaustive list of the future discontinued H&H blends out of their customer service folks, but that information has not yet been determined by the powers that be.

http://www.pipesandcigars.com/mobile/pipe-tobacco/end-of-summer-sale/?=&v=5000&sourcekey=PC4W

From the emails I got from P&C a few months ago their seasonal holiday blends and I believe the H&H Marque and Landmark lines will be disappearing. Most were/are blended by Russ Ouellette, PipesandCigars.com's Master Blender. Russ' monthly blends will be going too. In truth I believe -any pipe tobacco or cigar introduced after 2007- will disappear from the market by the end of 2018. This is why I set out to determine which of my favorite tobaccos fell into that category, thankfully few did. The two that might be effected (both Drew Estates "Acid cigars") were promptly stockpiled, I couldn't determine an exact release date for either of them but it was around the 2007 timeframe which placed them in peril.

 

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their seasonal holiday blends and I believe the H&H Marque and Landmark lines will be disappearing.

Yup. I've tried to get an exhaustive list from P&C customer service, but the powers that be haven't made up their minds yet.

Stockpiling a few essentials of various things concerning vaping is not a bad idea right now; particularly ones favorite tobacco single varieties and blends.

 

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Found a great write up in ryomagazine.com on various tobaccos which might come in handy for those looking for that certain flavor in a NET.

RYO Magazine Tobacco Reviews, 2016,  keeping tobacco moisture content perfect., tobacco too dry, tobacco too moist,  pure herbal smoking blends,         D&R Tobaccos new pipe tobaccos, Bulk tobacco,    Balkan Sobranie, Tinned Tobacco, Pouch Tobacco, D&R Tobacco's Newest,    Bali Shag, Ramback Balkan, G.R. Rimboche Perique, Winsdail Organic, News from Stokkebye, McClintock's latest, ZigZags's New cigarette tobacco, Ramback Balkan Oriental PipeTobacco,  Peter Stokkeby Signature blends, the Seedman for Grow You Own, 

Bonus ~ There are back issues of these types of reviews, so you can go back and check out some of the tobaccos around before the 2007 cut off date.

Enjoy! ; )

 

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Thanks!

 

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Speaking of Stocking Up.
Have we done a list of Preferred Single Varietals?

If anybody would like to start a list (maybe with P&C links) and mixes you've tried...we could have a running tab.