Saturday, March 7, 2015

Like Smoking a Black Forest Cake (Ole Shenandoah Bootlegged in a Savinelli Alligator 114 KS)

 

(Smoking Jacket) ... Opening the can I am greeted with the aroma of confectioners’ sugar, perhaps chocolate, and berries that is pleasant and sweet, warm and inviting and reminds me immediately of Solani X – Sweet Mystery.
The presentation of deep mottled browns and near blacks is also warm and inviting and begs me to fill my pipe, which I do; a refinished Savinelli Alligator 114 KS (billiard with saddle bit).
The first few draws upon the pipe deliver on the promised sweetness with a taste of fruit (cherries or black currants) and surprisingly, chocolate. Continued

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