Krampusnacht goes live on Tuesday, November 19th at 12 pm EST (TobaccoPipes.com exclusive) Cringle Flake will be available on December 3rd at 6 pm EST. It’s that time of year again—the holidays are upon us and with them, the festive mixtures that mark the season for many pipe smokers. Among t …

We’ve made it to the last installment, the final frontier of the Pipe Force hexalogy (like a trilogy, but six. Admittedly, a word I just looked up). But of course, we end on Episode III, greeted by the cephalopodic scowl of Lieutenant General Marshall. It’s been a treat to get familiar with t …

We’ve made it to the penultimate blend in the Pipe Force series—the second collaborative effort between Per Jensen and the Sutliff Tobacco Company—Pipe Force Episode II - Sergeant Kimble. Sutliff - Pipe Force Episode II - Sergeant Kimble A mellow, sweet mixture of Bright, …

I opted not to write a Tobacco File for April. It’s a busy month with the Chicago Pipe Show, and I figured I’d be spreading myself pretty thin already. But rolling into May, things settle down and the spring heat keeps rising, prompting the question—what two pipe tobaccos should be featured for …

Since taking the monthly Tobacco File out of hiatus at the start of 2024, I've been considering ways I might break with the structure of the column. One thing that I always have fun with is featuring pipe tobacco's with some sort of relevant thread that ties them together—whether it's blends of …

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 …

Officially past the halfway mark on this year's Per Jensen Signature series, Pipe Force Episode I launches February 13th at 6pm eastern.For all the details on this series, check out A Closer Look at Sutliff's Pipe Force. The short version is that each of these six blends contains at least …

I am very happy to kick off the first Tobacco File of 2024 and this first regular column in a little over half a year. For background, the Tobacco Files is a column where I offer my impressions on certain blends and cigars. I guess you could say they’re reviews—my idea of it is a smoking journa …

Cringle Flake 2023 releases December 5th at 6 pm Eastern Time It's that wonderful time of the year—true for many reasons, but for plenty of pipe smokers, Sutliff Tobacco's Cringle Flake tradition is among them. Each year since 2019, we're treated with a Red Virginia flake, using specially sourced …

For this Tobacco File, we’re taking a quick look at a TobaccoPipes.com exclusive which releases on November 21, 2023 at 4pm EST— Krampusnacht. Sutliff Tobacco Company's Cringle Flake tradition gets a dark twist with this return to a whole leaf, straight Red Virginia blend (last done by Sutlif …