I've tried maybe a half dozen pipe tobaccos recently, smoked in as many different pipes. I'm enjoying the exploration, but honestly, the taste, even among the blend styles, sames narrow compared to cigars.
I had occasion to smoke a Padron 1964 (double toro or churchill) Annie over the weekend. As much as I'm liking pipes, I was reminded that even the best pipe tobaccos fail to offer the creamy, rich, subtle profile of a really good cigar like the Annies. I've tried GL Pease lines, SG, and other major blends.
The smoking experience between a pipe and a cigar is very different as well, of course. But I'm wondering if I'm ever going to get bowled over (pun intended) by a pipe tobacco like I have when smoking a really good Padron, or Fuente, or Cohiba or Drew Estate or Alex Bradly, etc, etc, etc.
I had occasion to smoke a Padron 1964 (double toro or churchill) Annie over the weekend. As much as I'm liking pipes, I was reminded that even the best pipe tobaccos fail to offer the creamy, rich, subtle profile of a really good cigar like the Annies. I've tried GL Pease lines, SG, and other major blends.
The smoking experience between a pipe and a cigar is very different as well, of course. But I'm wondering if I'm ever going to get bowled over (pun intended) by a pipe tobacco like I have when smoking a really good Padron, or Fuente, or Cohiba or Drew Estate or Alex Bradly, etc, etc, etc.