Esoterica Penzance

[EvanS]

Originally Posted by volfan

I tried Penzance as my first bowl ever in a pipe and it was a little funky and different. It reminded me of that smell coming off of a smoker when it has 10-15 beef briskets cooking. I am set to try some other things to see if I like the pipe or not.

scottie

funny how folks will taste things differently, and I notice that I myself am developing different tastes as well as noticing how especially tinned tobacco can change after it is open for a bit.
I tried Penzance 1st time about 3 weeks ago and my first thought was "yuk, orange rind and overcooked liver....not cool". But now I have had my 2nd and 3rd bowls of it this weekend and am enjoying it pretty well. Be interesting to see if I end up liking it well enough to pay for it again though. So far I would take any number of McClelland bulks (2020, 2015, 5110) over Penzance. But I did like it. Now I'm not comparing McC and Penzance...just my obsevations. In fact I already am pretty sure that I will not buy and smoke this on a reular basis...but I may buy a few tins to cellar and open them at five year intervals.

Now on the other hand I also tried my first chunks of Esoterica Stonehaven this weekend. Now THAT has some funk to it. By the smell I figured I'd love it but truth is I smoked 1/3 bowl, picked it up again 4 hours later for another 1/3 and finally scraped it out. Tasted like beef jerky soaked in watered down cheap scotch with more than just a hint of the oooold kilbasa grease from the bottom of the BBQ thrown in for good measure. Yep, looking forward to trying that again .

we'll see......

[TimB]

Penzance is my absolute favorite. I haven't been smoking a pipe that long, but I keep coming back to Esoterica. I bought a tin of Margate a couple weeks back and I'm in love with that too (Margate is Panzance in ribbon form).

I won't get long winded on the flavor profile here, there are tons of reviews and detailed descriptions here:

http://www.tobaccoreviews.com/blend_...LPHA=P&TID=498

I will say every bowl is completely satisfying, rich and creamy. It is like nothing I have ever smoked (in a pipe or a cigar)

[Mister Moo]

Penzance is, to me, the pipe tobacco equivalent of a rich, aged maduro cigar with some plume showing. I like the funky depth and smoke-house nature of the blend as much as anything I've smoked that wasn't discontinued in 1996.

Noons call on the $35 Tsuge stacked billiard for Pe'z was a good one; it takes two flakes, gently twisted into the chamber, just right.

[Hoplophile]

Penzance and Margate are my go-to English blends.

[Fumioso]

Just smoked my first bowl of Penzance and I have to say it's one of my favorites ever. I like English blends, but this one smokes so smooth and so rich that if I had discovered this five years ago I might not have ever picked up a cigar. (Which would have been a tragedy, but now I can enjoy the best of both worlds!)

I can't be equivocal about this tobacco. Lovely leathery gently spicy perfection. Wow. I was planning on an LFD torpedo tonight, but ran short of time and thought I'd try this pipe baccy instead. I'm VERY glad I did.

[Foz]

I have to join in the chorus and say Penzance is quickly becoming one of my favorites as well

[TimB]

If you guys like Penzance (which I love) try Compton's Macedonian - it is rich and fantastic as well

[EvanS]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Penzance is, to me, the pipe tobacco equivalent of a rich, aged maduro cigar with some plume showing. I like the funky depth and smoke-house nature of the blend as much as anything I've smoked that wasn't discontinued in 1996...

ok, ok - after getting my pipes broke in and getting my techniques down I am also on the Panzance bandwagon. VERY nice. And guess what? I actually like Stonehaven even better.

NOOBs shouldn't be allowed to comment on tobaccos for the first 3 months

[ghostrider]

I just smoked some of this last night. WOW. Looks like I may be stocking up on some extra tins to set aside for awhile. May not be an every day smoke, but definitely something I'll be keeping handy.

[mudd]

Penzance is one of my all time favorites. I just take the flakes and gentle push them into the bowl then sprinkle a little of the shake on top. I buy in bulk from smokingpipes.com

http://www.smokingpipes.com/tobacco/...roduct_id=2197

[TU09]

I only started smoking pipes in November of last year but Penzance has had a constant place in my pipe. Still familiarizing myself but I feel I could be content with Penzance for a very long time.

[fireman43]

I just finished a small bowl of Penzance. It is my first bowl of what I would call real tobacco. Not the one dimensional aromatics from CVS I have been smoking. The smell upon opening it reminds me of spicy molasses. This smell brings back memories when I was a kid and went to the Dr. It smells like that Doctors office, and not in a bad way, but different if that makes any sense. Once I got it lit up, the taste is very similar to the way it smells. Not too sweet really, but like molasses with a little spicyness mixed in. The finish is slightly bitter to me, but still very good. I am just getting started, so I can't pick up on certain flavors or type of tobacco yet. It was good though, and I am sure I'll pick up another tin when I finish this one.

[agony]

So far in my very short pipe-smoking career, Penzance is my favorite. So much so that I threw out all of my half-filled pouches of cheap drug-store aromatics, and only want english blends from now on.

Penzance was my first true English. I picked up a tin of the Early Morning Pipe today at the local shop, and hope it's as tasty and complex as Penzance.

Any suggestions on other 'must-smoke' Englishes out there before I order only Penzance?

[Alyks]

This stuff is awesome! It's my favorite. I can't smoke it everyday, though. It overpowers my palate. I smoke it on special ocassions.

Thanks TimB. Will surely give Compton's a try.

[mcdevster]

Very delicious.. and creamy somehow.. One of my new favorites.. I would not recommend smoking it indoors though - it does leave behind quite an aroma that is very hard to get rid of despite its pleasant smell during the smoke..
I try to sneak outside and enjoy it at during the quiet nightime hours - it tastes good at that time for me - and you can avoid the crowds that way..