Details
Date Apr. 12/2015
Name Bluenoser
Tobacco Green "O" Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake
Pipe Brindisi Briar
Indoor / Outdoor

Observations
Packed tightly into sqaures in package. Aroma seemed very familiar but couldn't %100 place it, kind of like licorice. Still new to pipe smoking and different types of tobacco but I believe this would be Flake? Great looking tobacco once pulled apart and ready to load.


Preparation
After pulling enough off of the block to load I did a noobs attempt at fold and stuff with it. Loaded into the Brindisi well, though once trying to light I noticed I had missed a "clump" and had to pull some out to rip it apart and re stuff it. Noob mistake, can't blame the baccy. The cat (Willie) always comes to supervise my loading, and he lets me know when I do it wrong...


Burn
Had alot of troubles getting this lit. I again can't entirely blame the baccy since I only smoke outside and there was a bit of wind blowing in a little rain storm as I was getting underway. Once lit it burned perfect, tamped when needed but didn't need a relight. Wasn't able to get it to the bottom of the bowl as I was rained out but I was well below the final 1/4 when I let it go out. Nice burn and didn't need to dump ash at all either so did enjoy that.


Flavor
As for flavor it seemed no two puffs were quite alike. It started out woodsy with a hint of sweetness that transitioned into an almost maple flavor with some spicy/pepperyness in the retro hale. As I moved further through the bowl it seemed to increase in spicy/peppery flavor and the sweetness cut back. There was another flavor in it though that I picked up throughout the whole bowl I couldn't quite grasp, "smoky"?. I came in craving some beef jerky so maybe a deli meat of some sort? Was enjoying a cup of coffee with it that seemed to bring it all together amazingly. I'm not usually a fan of spice/pepper but it was a rather nice smoke.

Comments and conclusion
Really looking forward to revisiting this and seeing if I can get any better read on it with another bowl. Since the rain storm was coming in fast from the west I was puffing a little faster than I'd usually prefer but this offered only a slight bite, so I look forward to, and will update this review, when I can get another go at it.