Recent content by Eric Cioe

I hate the p-lip. I don't understand the idea behind it. "Let's save the tongue by directing all the smoke to a different part of the mouth!" The best stems spread the smoke around. A fishtail does just that.

Why are they not stocking Glenfarclas 12 anymore?

Here's an experiment for you and a pipe smoking buddy. Have him fire up a pipe of Westminster and wait a while before you smoke anything. The room note on that thing is almost better than the taste. Whenever my pal smokes it, I always wait a minute or five before firing up whatever I might be...

Pipe down about Kensington, lest everyone find out about it! That might be the blend I know the best. I originally got it because there were a few of the old tall cans of it at Iwan Ries, so I picked one up. After smoking a few bowls, I bought the rest of those tins. Now I have enough of it...

Not sure about that. I love latakia but sometimes nothing hits the spot like Stratford. It's really light, almost hay-like, with just a hint of spice from the perique. It's one of the few tobaccos that I've smoked on a 90 degree day that tasted good. Usually a cigar tastes better to me in...

I'm new here and am mostly a pipe smoker. I registered for the forum because of the scotch reviews but as a regular pipe smoker I'm always up for discussing tobacco and pipes. The majority of what I smoke these days comes from GL Pease. In the fall, I always find myself with Embarcadero. In...

I'm a brand new member here and after using your Scotch reviews for a year or so, I thought I'd finally take some time to thank you for the time, labor, and dollars you have saved me. Of course our tastes probably differ but as sort of a first filter your reviews are the best I've found online...