Cornell & Diehl Haunted Bookshop Pipe Tobacco in Review

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Cornell & Diehl Haunted Bookshop Pipe Tobacco in Review

CATEGORY: Burley Based
BLEND: Burley, Perique, Virginia
FLAVORING: none

BLENDER: Bob Runowski
MANUFACTURER: Cornell & Diehl 

CUT: Coarse cut
PIPE: Missouri Meerschaum Country Gentleman (straight)
INTENSITY: Medium/Medium-full

WEBSITE: www.cornellanddiehl.com

NOTES:

Peanut brittle | White peppercorn | Tropical fruit

A blend at home in a front-porch corncob rocking chair. Burley, with condiment leaf present to simply flex said burley. So yeah--go ahead like tf out of burley prior to smoking a bowl of this 'un. Impeccably if not predictably balanced. A bit of an OTC blend kicked up a BAM! of a notch; served au naturale. Cereal grains. A pat of fresh-churned butter.

White peppercorns coarsely crack, toast. There, it's more of a deeper sensation than mere taste, it structures, drives. Sets the stage. A sweet brittle nuttiness, pale and rich. A lesser fruitiness--tropical syrup--heightens on the finish. That's there in the room, as well, a tick mustily. The palate avoids being cloying on the strength of a lemon rind note... marmalade via progression.

Burns slowly coolly. If rushed greedily, will become a cigarette experience. Paced correctly, will never bite and be codger-smooth. Fills the bowl with baby powder ash. Nothing fancy but definitely a Cracker Barrel in a Golden Corral world. Makes me want to homespun orate whilst thumbing up-&-down my suspenders. Thick red ones. The final grade is curved toward burleyphiles.

TASTE: B+
AROMA: B+
BURN: A

FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59

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