Know the feeling, came from the tobacconist quite a bit lighter than when I went in (they had a sale on pipes, what was I supposed to do) For the blood moon though, I like it much better in larger pipes vs smaller the flavor comes through more consistently and mellows all the way down. Speaking of, the flavor is very nice at the top, lots of cherry that isn't synthetic(?) if you know what I mean, they say chocolate but I only get that from the tin, likely that's on me though. Room's nice after as well. Kind of looking for a decent english/scottish blend though. Something of a daily, lane 1q is nice but on occasion, if I'm busy, I get it far too hot and it goes wrong fast.