The name Rattray’s stands for the highest quality of Scottish smoking culture. Charles Rattray, born in 1880 in Scotland, spent his time training in a stronghold of the tobacco industry, in Dundee, Scotland. Charles made the decision, very early on, to embrace his ideas for tobacco mixtures. In 1903 he opened the House of Rattray in Perth, thus founding one…
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BANKSIDE BY G.L. PEASE
The finest tobaccos are brought together in careful balance to provide a smoking experience like no other. It is my sincere wish that you will derive as much pleasure from smoking this mixture as I have from its creation. G. L. Pease When you pop the top on a tin of a G.L. Pease tobacco, you’re greeted with this message,…
Peterson 125th Dracula
Since the inaugural release in 2012, the Dracula has become one of Peterson’s most popular regular production series, characterized by its evocative stem work and ghoulish aesthetics befitting the Gothic horror genre. This year, Peterson commemorates the 125th Anniversary of Bram Stoker’s legendary novel with a particularly haunting addition to the Dracula line — available for retail sale on May…
Chesapeake Pipe & Cigar Is Now A Certified Retail Tobacconist
“Reverend” Mike Lohsl has successfully completed all the requirements for the designation Certified Retail Tobacconist (CRT) through Tobacconist University (TU). CRT’s are the world’s most prestigious and credentialed professional tobacconists. Tobacconist University is the first and only organization that educates and certifies professional tobacconists. TU is the exclusive educational curriculum for the Premium Cigar Association (PCA), the industry’s oldest and…
We’re Now Text Enabled
Recent trends indicate that a majority of adults prefer to text over calling or emailing a business..
NEW PIPES FROM SAVINELLI
On my latest weekly shopping trip to the Savinelli website, I found a NEW pipe series pair of pretty cool new pipes that I immediately knew I had to have at our shop. I pulled the trigger, ordered a couple of each finish, and, thankfully, pressed the BUY button. Just an hour after I paid for the content of my…
PROTECT YOUR CIGAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE’S GERMS!
All those precautions you took helped you dodge infection like Neo dodging bullets in the Matrix, but then, you dropped your guard a little too early. It’s like DeShaun Watson spiking the football BEFORE he crosses the goal line.
NEW! XIKAR HIGH PERFORMANCE™ Butane
Not all butane is the same AND not all great butane is as great as others as well. XIKAR’s new High Performance Butane is a cut above some of the best butanes on the market, including XIKAR’s Purofine Premium Butane. XIKAR High Performance Butane is specially formulated for increased performance of jet flame lighters, consistently providing a more robust and…
The Art Of Tasting Spirits
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of attending a class on the Art Of Tasting Scotch given by The Dalmore’s Master Blender, Richard Patterson. The primary thing I remember from that class is that you “hold” the spirit your tasting in your mouth, as Patterson describes in this video, for one second for every year of aging. So,…