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  1. attic_piper

    ***What Are You Smoking, March 2024?***

    Gawith and Hoggarth, unscented brown flake in an unmarked straight apple.
  2. attic_piper

    ***What Are You Smoking, March 2024?***

    Warped's "The Haunting" in a Scott's Burners billiard. Bought this little fella years ago. I wanted to get another one but it seems they're no longer in production.
  3. attic_piper

    ***What Are You Smoking, March 2024?***

    Sunbear tupelo in a Winslow straight billiard.
  4. attic_piper

    Mold check

    I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with the intricacies of processing and distributing pipe tobacco ( and commercially baked goods). If the nature of the original post is against against forum rules I expect moderators will delete the thread. Common decency? Am I to suppose that bringing another...
  5. attic_piper

    Mold check

    Update for anyone interested: Smoking pipes customer service responded telling me that it doesn't appear to be mold, but looks more like "antifungal compounds". "These compounds are typically combined with a carrier agent during the tobacco blending process. While some dissolve completely...
  6. attic_piper

    Mold check

    I appreciate the kind offer, but you just reminded me that I have a microscope buried in a closet somewhere. If I can't find it this weekend I just might take you up on that.
  7. attic_piper

    Mold check

    Good evening, everyone. I went ahead and opened my 2nd can of Midsommar. It was tinned on the same date as the other one (July 10,2023). White powder still present on some parts of the cake, though it's significantly less apparent. Still comes off if touched, still looks like confectioner's...
  8. attic_piper

    Mold check

    I have not yet contacted anyone. The last time I opened a funky C&D tin was around 2018. I had bought it from Smokingpipes and they offered me a refund when I sent them an email. I'll probably open up the 2nd tin I have tomorrow and see if it's also compromised before reaching out to anyone...
  9. attic_piper

    Mold check

    I tried doing so and there was no sparkling. It looks like powdered sugar. When shining the flashlight into the tin I noticed something else, however. The white paper that lines the tin is positively covered in this mystery substance. I ran my fingers through an inch of it and will attach the...
  10. attic_piper

    Mold check

    The weather finally started warming up here so I figured I'd finally give this a smoke. I'll leave it in the tin for a few days and see if it spreads. I went ahead and just opened a tin of Tupelo that was tinned within the same week and I'm happy to say it's free of any white spots. Thanks for...
  11. attic_piper

    Mold check

    Any mold doctors in house tonight? Just cracked open a tin C&D Midsommar that was tinned on the 10th of July, 2023 and was greeted with this peculiar coloration. I wouldn't call this fuzzy, yet it comes off the finger if rubbed. Excellent aroma; no off smell. I took these pictures with the...
  12. attic_piper

    In Search Of The Burley Unicorn

    Penny Farthing is completely different to the burley flakes, which I also smoke pretty often. It's no surprise either, since apparently it's virginia, perique, and dark fired only; no burley. I just smoked a tin of it a couple weeks ago and already forgot its components!
  13. attic_piper

    Fall Pipe Smoking is the Best

    Reporting in from the ol' attic with a late night bowl and can confirm it's ideal smoking conditions, at least here in Virginia. I'm partial to winter smoking as well, but last year's was so brutal I ended up smoking indoors during the coldest few weeks. Despite being so delicious never imagined...
  14. attic_piper

    In Search Of The Burley Unicorn

    I love a lot of C&D burley blends. Burley Flake 1&2 are incredibly full bodied, very rich and satisfying smokes. C&D Redburn is a bit less full bodied and has a very slight rum topping, but it's a very straightforward, easy to enjoy crumble cake with a pleasant room note. I can easily smoke...
  15. attic_piper

    ***What Are You Smoking, September, 2023?***

    I checked it out and it looks pretty flush with the bottom of the bowl. If I ever get a thick enough layer of cake on it maybe it'll help out with the gurgle. It also started oxidizing within the first week of purchase :'). Thanks for the heads up, I'd never heard of Irish Seconds, though the...
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