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  • BOTL UPCOMING MAINTENANCE

    Hi Everyone, as mentioned in my introduction post, BOTL needs quite a bit of updating, patching and whatever else I might come across. Over the next few weekends BOTL may be unreachable on occasion as I do migrations or updates, etc. Just be patient - we'll be back! I'll generally try to keep these maintenances until later in the evenings.

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  1. javajunkie

    How full

    this right here. cedar is used in boxes (and humis) because it can absorb a lot of moisture without warping. dropping empty boxes in there will help take up volume and assist in stabilization without breaking the bank. full boxes work MUCH better though. just sayin'. o)
  2. javajunkie

    H. Upmann 1844 Reserve Toro Review

    actually not a bad blend at all here, and thanks for the review. to me, altadis has been trying to be relevant with some of their newer blends (like the new core h.upp here), and has been having some real luck with it.
  3. javajunkie

    First 2 attempts, fail.

    it is like cigars in that personal preference (experience needed), and individual blends (again, experience), will tel, you when to smoke a tobacco. for me, drier is usually good. the "pinch test" is a good method: pinch the tobacco, and if it springs back to shape rather slowly, it's good to...
  4. javajunkie

    Today's Smoke (2004-2022 Archive)

    is that the nub, in the band, on. the box? neat! best pic i've seen yet! o) also, just finished up the drive home with this guy, a mystery lons courtesy of all y'all.
  5. javajunkie

    Today's Smoke (2004-2022 Archive)

    aquitaine knucke dragger at the game:
  6. javajunkie

    Today's Smoke (2004-2022 Archive)

    for the ride, and the first game, a HE pyramid, with thanks to kinda everyone. o)
  7. javajunkie

    Today's Smoke (2004-2022 Archive)

    just packed up the car, on my way to pick up the nerds, and spend all day talking trash and playing cards. as it's a guy day, a cromag emh seemed a fitting breakfast smoke. o)
  8. javajunkie

    Show us your latest beverage purchase

    hendricks is odd, but beautiful. not a christmas tree bomb of a gin (although the juniper is there), it is cucumber-forward. very wet and fresh and bright. it always tasted summer-y to me, like fresh picked from someone's garden. try it! gotta stop looking in here, but nice pick ups, gents. o)
  9. javajunkie

    What's in your bowl today

    just decided to get casually back into it with a petey dracula? nice!
  10. javajunkie

    Old Pipes

    much better! still, could use pics of the bowl itself, and the stem, but from what i see they look in damn decent shape. if you want them to smoke: -salt treat the bowls. -use alcohol and a pile of pipe cleaners (or a wee little brush, look at a local hardware store, unless you have a local...
  11. javajunkie

    BOTL Pipe Newbie Sampler Thread

    sorry again about the communication failure, man, and i hope you enjoy taking those for a test run. o)
  12. javajunkie

    Today's Smoke (2004-2022 Archive)

    i see what you did there, you sly devil. o) and, to stay on theme: ffOx belicoso xXx with thanks to mojo!
  13. javajunkie

    Estate Pipe Restorations...............maybe

    table salt works, as long as you have uniodized, but as it is much smaller it can be a bear to remove afterwards (which i forgot this past week, to my aggrivation). kosher salt is never iodized, and also digs out better after it has dried, and usually just all around works better. and also...
  14. javajunkie

    Old Pipes

    yup! honestly, from that photo, they look dented but smokeable. maybe some tooth dents, some scuffed finishes, but all of them look intact and viable. give us better pix, when you have time, and let us know in as much detail as possible how you would like them to end up. then we should be...
  15. javajunkie

    Estate Pipe Restorations...............maybe

    everclear is the 190 proof. any beverage spirit works, but high proof evaporates quicker, and leaes less trace. the salt treatment (seen above), is using salt's absorptive properties, and alchohol's near universal solvency, to clean the interior of a briar. block the draft hole with a...
  16. javajunkie

    Halloween Costume will blow your mind!

    jeebus, dude, one HELL of a hook up! but, in all honesty, you rocked the costume hard. well done, brother. o)
  17. javajunkie

    Today's Smoke (2004-2022 Archive)

    burned this guy down before sun up. my favorite way to start fuente friday, a magR44!
  18. javajunkie

    What's in your bowl today

    the last of this tin of OGS in my little poker, in the nice clear leftover candy day at work: after this, looking forward to getting to all my samples. o)
  19. javajunkie

    BOTL Newbie Sampler Thread 2.0

    xavier dredo came through for me tuesday: seriously well done. half are faves, a and the other half are merely excellent. o) i will be packing tonight, and post either mañana or monday. hit you with a tracker when i do. and well done, shawn.
  20. javajunkie

    BOTL Pipe Newbie Sampler Thread

    romulus cogawell's end came yesterday: great selection, but the fine and rare is a bit of dirty pool, ryan. o) i will be packing tonight, and will send either this weekend or monday! when i get the box out, i will pick up the next NFG.
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