GatlinBurlier Gatlinburg TN

[vosBghos]

I went and visited Richard at the Gatlinburlier in the strange tourist strip that is Gatlinburg. He had some vintage tins in a special case. I picked up a 2012 McClelland Arcadia mixture for a reasonable price. He alluded to a friend's recent passing and that he was selling off his cellar for his friend's widow. Richard is the epitome of a gentleman scholar. Had I more time and my family wasn't waiting for dad to do his "tobacco thing" I would have liked to smoke a bowl or three and visit more with this kind wise soul. The pipe wall was amazing I think the website alludes to a pipe wall cam. A quick anecdote that shows his charm, he compared a tin of Sobranie Virginia that he'd acquired in 78 to that girl you stole your first kiss from at camp who got on the bus at the end of summer never to be seen again.

 

[jaytex1969]

 

[buckle2600]

I went and visited Richard at the Gatlinburlier in the strange tourist strip that is Gatlinburg. He had some vintage tins in a special case. I picked up a 2012 McClelland Arcadia mixture for a reasonable price. He alluded to a friend's recent passing and that he was selling off his cellar for his friend's widow. Richard is the epitome of a gentleman scholar. Had I more time and my family wasn't waiting for dad to do his "tobacco thing" I would have liked to smoke a bowl or three and visit more with this kind wise soul. The pipe wall was amazing I think the website alludes to a pipe wall cam. A quick anecdote that shows his charm, he compared a tin of Sobranie Virginia that he'd acquired in 78 to that girl you stole your first kiss from at camp who got on the bus at the end of summer never to be seen again.

My family and I were down there this weekend also. I didn’t get the chance to stop in. I’ll remedy that the next time through. Thanks for sharing your experience.

 

[vosBghos]

My family and I were down there this weekend also. I didn’t get the chance to stop in. I’ll remedy that the next time through. Thanks for sharing your experience.

We had no idea going in just thought oh let's go on down to Gatlinburg a quaint lil TN town, felt like PG rated Mardi Gras. Richard's shop was definitely the best part. Just know that all he has is house blends and those vintage tins no new tins , but again the pipe wall is awesome and so is Richard.

 

[bullet08]

Used to go up there every year for a highland game. We used to call it "Las Vegas of the East" with all those love chapels.

 

[daveinlax]

The Gatlinburlier and The Country Squire are on my pipe shops to visit list!

 

[mso489]

Gatlinburg is proof that beautiful surroundings can overcome an intense tourist industry and make a place enchanting. On a family vacation as a teenager, my dad and I wanted to dress up in bathrobes and stand into the tableaus at the Biblical museum -- just a gentle joke as we were church goers. Years later, my late wife and I stopped there and took the lift to the top of a nearby peak where we went ice skating. It's worth a stop despite the total tourist immersion with some crisp mountain air. We had some good almandine mountain trout too.

 

[vosBghos]

The Gatlinburlier and The Country Squire are on my pipe shops to visit list!

add Pipes by George over in Raliegh to that list if you haven't already great guy great shop Old School got some great aged Rattrays there