Change of venue.

Please note the change of venue for the next meeting on Saturday 22nd June.

We will now be meeting in the beer garden (at the rear) of The Beehive Inn in The Grassmarket.

We tried them last summer and it was a nice spot; unfortunately they close their beer garden for the winter so we only went a couple of times.

BPSC13 Competition Pipe and Tobacco.

The pipe and baccy to be used for this year's competition has been announced:

The tobacco will be Gawith Hoggarth & Co's. "Rum and Maple Ready Rubbed". This blend is not currently commercially available so unfortunately we won't be able to practice with it beforehand. However, the description  is "a traditional English type blending and non-aromatic". Personally, I find GH's blends to be based on great tobacco so it should be a good smoke.

The pipe will be a Peterson's Aran 15. This is a classic billiard shape so it will make a handsome addition to your collection.

Yet more from Samuel Gawith.

Bob has very kindly invited us back for another visit later in the year :-) to be included, just come along and join us at a meeting (or two).

To see more photos from the day, have a look at the album on dropbox.

More from Samuel Gawith.

Nice to see that a press made in Edinburgh is helping to make Samuel Gawith's lovely flakes!

Samuel Gawith visit continued.

Here's some of their machinery...it's all pretty low-tech but judging from the end results, it seems to work!
P.S. There might be some magic, or alchemy involved ;-)

Samuel Gawith visit.

Many thanks to Bob Gregory of Samuel Gawith who looked after us yesterday when we visited their factory.
Neil, Ian, Jakub, Marcin and myself had an amazing day seeing how they make all their lovely blends.

Pear Tree

Very pleasant afternoon enjoying the sunshine in The Pear Tree's beer garden yesterday.

Steve, Ricardo, Dragos, Marcin and myself worked our way through a nice selection of baccy and several pints of beer.