This week Jon David continues the task of training us all in how to train our palates and know best how to identify the various flavors and components that make up our favorite pipe tobaccos. Spoilers: they all taste like raisins. Just kidding... don't tell Jon David I put this here lol.

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How To Train Your Palate Part 2

This week Jon David begins the task of training us all in hor to train our palates and know best how to identify the various flavors and components that make up our favorite pipe tobaccos.

How To Train Your Palate Part 1

Ever wonder where flake pipe tobacco comes from or how to smoke flake tobacco? This week we have you covered!

Pipe Smoking 101: How To Smoke Flake Tobacco

Dave Shain started smoking a pipe back in 2007. He loved everything about the hobby, the tobacco, the tastes, the pipes, and the community. Between local pipe smoking friends and online groups he learned a great deal about proper methods and where to buy tobaccos. As his passion for the hobby grew so did his desire to teach others just as he had been taught. Early on, Dave learned about restoring pipes. It was a great way to get pipes that he might not otherwise be able to afford. Dave found great fulfillment in taking old pipes well loved by their previous owners and restoring them to their former glory. Pipe restoration took Dave to places he never thought possible, and in 2017 Dave won the Master of Pipes award from the Chicago Pipe Collectors Club for Dave’s charitable works through The Free Pipe Project. The Free Project was started by Dave in order to help new pipe smokers and those in our military, especially those deployed get their hands on quality restored pipes and tobaccos. The idea came from Dave’s firsthand experience of generosity and care from the wider pipe community when he was a new smoker. Since the first box went out over 4 years ago, Dave and the pipe community have sent out over 400 pipes and 100 pounds of tobacco to new pipe smokers and our military. The project and interacting with pipes smokers from all over the world has given Dave a passion to take his pipe journey to the next level. That is where the idea for this site came from, helping pipe and cigar smokers find products to enhance their smoking journeys whether it be new pipes, estate pipes, vintage tobaccos, cigar accessories, or other merchandise. Dave’s vision is to have a pipe shop like of old, a one stop shop for all of your smoking needs.

The Piper of The Pipery: A Chat with Dave Shain

This week we take a look back to a famous pipe smoker of history and art: Norman Rockwell

Heroes of the Bowl: Norman Rockwell

What's this? A pipe tobacco podcast talking about pipe tobacco!? How noval... Enjoy!

Tobacco Talk: Abingdon and Bob's Chocolate Flake

It's a Squire Select Rum edition where this week we are pairing up 2 very different Rums with some excellent Pipe Tobacco. Enjoy!

Squire Select: Havana Club and Bumbu Rum

This week we kick off a new series where we highlight newer products on the market.

Latest and Greatest: New products from Cornell and Diehl & Peterson

A follow up to our episode 402: The McClelland Legacy

The McClelland Follow Up

Alternate Title: Mailbag Shag. This week we take a look at Shag tobacco as well as open up several packages sent in from listeners. Enjoy!

Shag-A-Delic: A Look At Shag Tobacco

This week we are looking at the Zippo lighter and the Zippo Manufacturing Company of Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.

Zippo-Dee-Doo-Da: A Look At the Zippo Manufacturing Company

A raw and honest look at the impact of McClelland. It's a long one. 

The McClelland Legacy

This week for our Tobacco Talk series we are reviewing Plum Pudding Special Reserve Flake and Esoterica Woodbridge Enjoy!

Tobacco Talk: Plum Pudding Special Reserve Flake and Woodbridge

That's right! It's been 400 weeks sense we started this thing and this week we are taking a look at the past 100 episodes. So much has happend sense we sat down to record the 300th at Missouri Meerschaum and we hope you enjoy this celebration of show milestone with us!

Country Squire Radio: Episode 400

Ready to level up your pipe smoking enjoyment? Longtime listeners and pipe enthusiast Russ Hicks is here to help take a look into what makes someone a pipe smoking expert.

Defining Expertise with Russ Hicks

JD and Beau sit down every week and talk about the rich history and elegance of pipe tobacco, the custom blends found only at the Country Squire, as well as general shop talk. If you’re a pipe enthusiast looking for a show to listen to on the go or while you’re kicking back enjoying a bowl, this is definitely the place for you.

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