Galloping Gertie

[Plinsc]

I just got a tin from cigarbid.com to try. Smells great!
Seattle club description:
Fine Virginia Perique crumble kake mixture with Turkish orientals
I will have to read through Bob’s blends to find the comparison recipe to try also. I’ll let you know how it is after I try it!

 

[deluxestogie]

A quick search turns up:

• Citadelle
• Diamon Frog
• Top Frog

Bob

 

[Plinsc]

Smokes smooth and my tounge didn’t get a bite, I liked it.

 

[Plinsc]

The more I smoke it the better I like it. Hard to light at first, needs a couple relights, but burns down to ash and and doesn’t seem to have a bad room smell.

 

[deluxestogie]

All modern, commercial pipe blends contain added humectants. Try packing a pipe at bedtime, then not lighting it until the next day.

Bob

EDIT:

"Seattle Pipe Club Galloping Gertie is one of the more unique blends you'll come across. It's a Virginia/Perique blend, but it has a lot more going on. For one thing, some of the Virginias are stoved until black. Then, to make things even more intriguing, some Turkish tobacco is added. Finally, the mixture is pressed into a crumble cake..."​

Stoved is an ambiguous process. It may mean that some of the flue-cured Virginia has been cooked into Cavendish. And, of course, there are scores of different "Turkish" varieties.

"A lot more going on," means it's not really a VaPer.