Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding cigars Seattle Pipe Club’s modern classic Plum Pudding finds another new format for fans of the Balkan-style pipe tobacco. The flagship brand from the notorious pipe club was of course the work of the late Joe Lankford, one of the first of many beloved mixtur …

For the February Tobacco File, I decided to treat myself. As one who smokes widely—that is, I'm not so inclined to keep to a few favorites blends, and am always trying to explore something new. For that reason, one tin can stretch quite a while, but once something is gone, it may be some time bef …

So in the last Tobacco File, I wrote that I would be changing the main column from biweekly to monthly, and would write short, bonus blogs highlighting a single blend—likely something new or special in some way—when opportunity presents. Well, here is the first such installment, as I’ve spent the la …

For this Tobacco File, we have Seattle Pipe Clubs latest, Hogshead, and Janus from the Italian pipe masters at Savinelli. HogsheadOur hogshead is a blend of very old Virginias cultivated in Africa, Brazil, and the United States. Pressed into an easy to use plug, Hogshead har …

Update: Sept 2022Sadly, Seattle Pipe Club’s Master Blender, Joe Lankford, has passed away.Capturing the palates of pipe smokers the world over was never the goal when Joe shared his home-blends with his friends at pipe club meetings. But now, some 15 years since the first Seattle Pipe Club blend was …