Am I Too Late?

[jpmcwjr]

Isn't Liz's Mixture more of an aromatic? Smoked a tin a year ago, and can't be sure.

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

I think some people have said they detected a hint of additives, it’s just a yummy well behaved blend as far as I can tell.

 

[seacaptain]

it’s just a yummy well behaved blend

8O

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Frozen is obviously a Sutliff schill, planted here to spread rumors about these so-called Virginia blends. Everyone knows that aromatics are what the real pipesmokers buy. ::

 

[Chasing Embers]

Sutliff does blend for Russ and Mac Baren to name a couple.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Everyone knows that aromatics are what the real pipesmokers buy

Well, yeah.

 

[pipesticks]

Perhaps Wessex used some McClelland components in their blends??? hmmm. I'm still trying to figure out which Hearth & Home/Scotty's/etc. blends had McClelland components in them and are they still on the shelves? One I'm pretty sure on was Scotty's Old Red and that appears to be extinct these days too.

 

[pipesticks]

Funny, this is probably my favorite Virginia blend: https://www.4noggins.com/sutliff-altadis-bulk-dunhillelizabethan.aspx

I love that Elizabethan MATCH. I like a bunch of their match blends. The Presbyterian Mixture MATCH is another real winner.

 

[renfield]

If you’re really feeling compelled to try McClelland then wait for the current fervor to abate and get a tin of 40th Anniversary and put it aside for a special occasion when you’ve got smoking a pipe figured out.
Until then a few to add to what was mentioned would be GLP Chelsea Morning, Quiet Nights, Key Largo, Union Square, Temple Bar, Westminster.

At P&C there are Firestorm, Magnum Opus, Classic Burley Kake, Anniversary Kake.

Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, heck, waaay too many good blends out there for one lifetime.
Find what you really like and cellar what you can. Tobacco will never be cheaper or more available than it is now.

 

[kola]

50-so years of pipe smokimg I never cared for any McClelland or Dunhill blends.
McC's virginia ? Pffft. Samuel Gawith blows them away. (i.e FVF and Best Brown to name a few)
GL Pease and S. Gawith are top of the line. IMHO.

 

[sablebrush52]

Jesse, are they also making Peter Heinrichs?

I don't know. It's either K K & Co, or Planta. Maybe Jim knows.

 

[coyja]

Third rule is that there is no such thing as Virginias.

Dude... thats the FIRST rule.

Please consult your manual.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Wait, Planta makes blends for other companies? I had always imagined that they were a tiny company with their limited selection of just aromatics. I thought that maybe someone else made their blends. But, that was just my guessing while looking at their selections. They don't have the diversity that Sutliff does, knowing that Sutliff makes blends for several other blenders.

 

[seacaptain]

McC's virginia ? Pffft. Samuel Gawith blows them away.

Sure, if you don't mind running the flakes through a dehydrator for 8 hrs before you smoke them.

 

[9mmpuffer]

not to be an ass but McClelland was the best, in my opinion. That said, lots of great tobacco still available. H&H, GLP, Solani, Germains, etc. Recently Dunhill tobacco not too stellar.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I don't know. It's either K K & Co, or Planta. Maybe Jim knows.

According to tobacco reviews, Kohlhase & Kopp and Mac Baren manufacture them.

 

[sablebrush52]

According to tobacco reviews, Kohlhase & Kopp and Mac Baren manufacture them.

Good to know!

Wait, Planta makes blends for other companies?

Yep. And people here also thought that Sutliff only made aros with their "second rate" leaf. Little did they know that McClelland used a lot of that "second rate" leaf in their blends. Sutliff supplies leaf, or creates blends, for a number of different labels. Surprise!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Sutliff manufactures for Russ and Mac Baren to name a couple.

 

[sablebrush52]

Sutliff manufactures for Russ and Mac Baren to name a couple.

Yep. And the only reason I can mention the McClelland connection is because it's no longer active.

 

[Chasing Embers]

This is how I knew about Russ's connection.