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Real NameJeff Hrubes
Joined2004-07
Last Visited2021-11
LocationWisconsin

Scottish Rite Freemason. Pipe smoker since 1979. Worked a few years in a tobacco shop during college which was a great experience. My father and his father were pipe men. Dad smoked Mac Baren Burley for years, then Golden Extra for more years until I introduced him to Navy Flake. We also liked Troost Slices on occasion. I smoke all genres of tobacco.
I like Canadians, billiards, lovats, and Danish style slightly bent pipes. I am also an advocate of The Pipe and The Smoke, the plastic, graphite lined monstrosities that many dislike. They allow you to taste the tobacco without being influenced by the prior product that was used in the instrument.

Favorites:
Samuel Gawith 1792; Mac Baren's Navy Flake; G.L. Pease Jacknife and Cumberland; any Sam Gawith/Hoggarth brown ropes; Gawith Hoggarth Dark Birdseye, Kendal Kentucky, Dark Flake Scented; Dunhill Light Flake (Murray's), D &R Picayune and Don Giovani Sigaro.

Badges

Savant Has voted at least 100 times.
Venerator Has rated at least half of their reviews with 4 stars.
Veteran Has posted reviews in at least 5 different years.
Connoisseur Has reviewed at least 50 tobaccos from at least 10 brands.
Mentor Has voted for reviews spanning at least 100 different tobaccos.
Motivator Has upvoted at least 80% of the time.

Favorites

Date Blend Reviews Avg Rating
2017-11-14 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Dark Bird's Eye 146 ★★★★ 3.3
2017-11-14 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Brown Irish X 66 ★★★★ 3.3
2017-11-14 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Kendal Kentucky 79 ★★★★ 3.5
2017-11-14 Mac Baren - Navy Flake 334 ★★★★ 3.1
2017-11-14 Samuel Gawith - Brown No. 4 141 ★★★★ 3.2
2017-11-14 Samuel Gawith - 1792 Flake 444 ★★★★ 3.0

Reviews

60 reviews
108 helpful votes 		4 star:
32 Strongly Recommended
3 star:
23 Recommended
2 star:
4 Somewhat Recommended
1 star:
1 Not Recommended

Preferences: Kentucky 3.9, Cavendish 3.8, Black Cavendish 3.8, Virginia 3.6, Burley 3.5, Perique 3.5, Latakia 3.3, Oriental/Turkish 3.2

Date Blend Reviews Helpful Rating Avg Rating
2020-04-12 D & R Tobacco - Don Giovanni Sigaretta 4 2 ★★★☆ ★★★☆ 3.3
2020-03-13 D & R Tobacco - Ramback Balkan (Ramback) 14 2 ★★★★ ★★★☆ 2.6
2019-11-08 D & R Tobacco - Don Giovanni Sigaro 7 3 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.3
2019-11-08 D & R Tobacco - Ryback 25 6 ★★★★ ★★★☆ 3.1
2019-11-08 D & R Tobacco - Picayune "The Pride of New Orleans" 48 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.1
2019-11-08 D & R Tobacco - Two Timer 14 1 ★★★★ ★★★☆ 3.2
2019-11-05 Mac Baren - Vanilla Cream Loose Cut 310 1 ★★★☆ ★★★☆ 2.9
2019-11-01 Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) - Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic 178 2 ★★★★ ★★★☆ 3.0
2018-09-30 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Sweet Maple Twist 33 2 ★★★☆ ★★★★ 3.3
2018-03-03 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Brown Irish X 66 3 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.3
2018-02-26 John Middleton, Inc - Kentucky Club 42 4 ★★★☆ ★★★☆ 2.9
2018-02-24 Solani - 633: Virginia Flake with Perique 161 3 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.4
2018-02-23 Mac Baren - Stockton 54 4 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.1
2018-02-22 Samuel Gawith - St. James Flake (Kendal Mayor's Collection) 202 3 ★★★☆ ★★★★ 3.4
2018-02-22 Solani - 660: Silver Flake 122 1 ★★★☆ ★★★★ 3.7
2018-02-14 Peterson - Elizabethan Mixture 273 5 ★★★☆ ★★★★ 3.0
2018-02-14 G. L. Pease - Cumberland (Original Mixtures) 144 6 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.0
2018-01-03 Reiner - Blend 71: Long Golden Flake 150 1 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.6
2017-05-29 Hearth & Home - Strikeforce (Signature Series) 17 0 ★★★☆ ★★★☆ 3.2
2017-05-28 Samuel Gawith - Lakeland Dark 43 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.3
2017-05-28 House of Windsor - Field & Stream 57 2 ★★★★ ★★☆☆ 2.2
2016-10-01 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Kendal Dark Thick Cut (Kendal) 5 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.2
2016-09-30 Samuel Gawith - Kendal Plug 53 2 ★★★☆ ★★★★ 3.4
2016-09-29 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Black Irish X Unsliced 93 1 ★★★☆ ★★★☆ 2.8
2016-09-25 Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) - Erinmore Flake 390 1 ★★★☆ ★★★☆ 2.9
2016-09-25 Samuel Gawith - Balkan Flake 199 1 ★★★☆ ★★★★ 3.2
2016-09-24 Samuel Gawith - 1792 Flake 444 1 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.0
2016-09-24 Mac Baren - Navy Flake 334 1 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.1
2009-11-29 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Curly Cut Deluxe 31 1 ★★☆☆ ★★★★ 3.0
2008-12-21 Peterson - Irish Flake 435 5 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.3
2008-12-21 Peterson - University Flake 430 1 ★★★★ ★★★☆ 3.0
2008-11-12 Peterson - Irish Whiskey 143 0 ★★★★ ★★★☆ 2.7
2008-11-09 Samuel Gawith - Black XX Twist (Rope) 158 1 ★☆☆☆ ★★★★ 3.0
2007-12-24 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Kendal Mixture 18 3 ★★★☆ ★★★☆ 3.2
2007-09-06 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Brown Twist Sliced 44 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2007-09-03 Samuel Gawith - Brown No. 4 141 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.2
2006-05-30 Uhle's - Perfection Plug Burley 25 1 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.6
2006-04-12 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Kendal Kentucky 79 0 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2006-01-01 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Glengarry Flake 63 0 ★★☆☆ ★★★☆ 3.0
2006-01-01 Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Bright CR Flake 75 3 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.5
2005-09-12 Orlik Tobacco Company A/S - Golden Sliced (Red Tin) 485 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.3
2005-05-31 Mac Baren - Virginia No. 1 264 1 ★★★☆ ★★★☆ 2.8
2005-05-25 Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) - Velvet 126 1 ★★★☆ ★★★☆ 2.3
2005-05-03 Uhle's - Blend 300 24 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.3
2005-03-22 House of Windsor - Barking Dog 56 0 ★★★☆ ★★★☆ 2.6
2005-03-04 Uhle's - Blend 114 11 0 ★★★☆ ★★★☆ 2.8
2005-03-04 Uhle's - Bishop's Move 33 2 ★★★☆ ★★★★ 3.8
2005-03-02 Uhle's - Blend 232 8 2 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.6
2005-03-02 Uhle's - Blend 44 13 2 ★★★☆ ★★★★ 3.5
2005-03-02 Uhle's - Blend 303 5 1 ★★★★ ★★★☆ 3.0
2005-02-20 Uhle's - Uhle's Irish Aromatic 15 0 ★★☆☆ ★★★☆ 3.3
2005-02-16 Uhle's - Golden Shag Blend 13 5 ★★★☆ ★★★☆ 3.0
2005-02-11 Mac Baren - Plumcake 291 1 ★★☆☆ ★★★☆ 2.9
2005-02-09 Mac Baren - Virginia Flake 112 1 ★★★★ ★★★☆ 2.6
2005-02-09 Mac Baren - Burley London Blend 157 2 ★★★★ ★★★☆ 3.0
2004-11-29 Mac Baren - Highland Mixture 14 0 ★★★★ ★★★★ 3.1
2004-11-15 Mac Baren - Latakia Blend 73 1 ★★★★ ★★☆☆ 2.4
2004-09-16 Uhle's - Blend 71 20 2 ★★★☆ ★★★★ 3.5
2004-07-15 Uhle's - Par Shooter Blend 7 0 ★★★☆ ★★★☆ 2.7
2004-07-13 Uhle's - Blend 255 16 0 ★★★☆ ★★★☆ 2.9