Another Spot Review Tuesday

The fact that I've had two Tuesday's in a row that I've done spot reviews on is purely unintentional.  Since, given the heat outside, I am able to maybe get through one pipe a day (and sometimes not even that), I sort of smoke whatever comes to mind in the morning.  Today was another baccy I'd received a couple of weeks ago and finally decided to test: C&D Three Friars.  Somewhere in a distant, dusty corner of my brain, I think I've tried this tobacco before.  I cannot be certain at this moment and it doesn't really matter right now.  First impressions:  this is somewhat stern stuff.  The air outside was very still so I was able to use matches to light the pipe.  False light went well, the tobacco blooming up eassily, and then it took the match very well at true light.  It wanted to bite some at true light (given, I was puffing a bit rapidly) but settled down promptly and became a nice smoke.  I'm a big VaPer fan and this one was a little different...the pepper of the Perique poked in now and again but the Va and Burley component kept it from being too spicy.  There were also hints of sweet and fruit from the Va and Perique that carried neatly on the body of the Burley.  I got about halfway through before the heat and humid got to me...not that it'll be better this afternoon (unless it rains) but I have DGT'd the rest and will update accordingly at that time.