Everything changes eventually. I understand that. That's eventually. But dammit (or is that damnit?), I wish they would leave my tobacco alone. It should be criminal to alter a tobacco blend within, say 50 years, at least . If you can't, then don't even start making it.
I mean, we should all have a constant in our lives. Something familiar you can look forward to, or come home to. Something that centers you, and helps you keep your sanity in this crazy world. Something that remains just as you remember it. Just as you want it to.
I have been a pipe smoker for over 30 years, and in that time I have found only a few blends that I really liked. But what do you think happened? Yep, one by one they were discontinued. If not discontinued out right, then they were subtly changed when another company took over production. That's just criminal. It should be illegal to mess with a man's tobacco. Of all the things in this world that need changing, MY TOBACCO ISN'T IT!
I hate the fact these days that if you like something, you now have to buy a ton of the stuff, because you know it's going to change at some point in the not to distant future.
Realizing that, I started searching the old codger blends about 5 years ago, and found that Middleton's Cherry blend and Walnut were pretty damn good. They became my go to blends. I was thinking these will never change. They've been around since forever. Well, they did. I have one tub of Walnut left, and I found that I can't get the Cherry blend in a tub anymore, so I bought 15 boxes. I have no doubt that they will soon drop even the boxes. Isn't anything sacred anymore?
(I have tried Chestnut, the substitute for Walnut. It's ok. Just not the same.)
Last night I finished the last of my Esoterica Tilbury. I can't get anymore of that. I have one tin of Penzance left. After that, zip. ( could Tobaccoreview.com be responsible?)
Am I living in the wrong era? Did the smokers before me ever have to worry about stocking up, so you would have something familiar to you that you liked, for longer than a few years? Come on pipe tobacco manufactures, LEAVE MY DAMN TOBACCO ALONE!
OK. This is turning into a rant and I didn't mean for it to, but it just ticks me off that all of a sudden it seems that if you like something, it's going to become unavailable. For instance, I like the .22 Mag. round. Great for a lot of things. I have two handguns and two rifles that shoot the round. Can I find any ammo for them? Barely. My local gun store said they would only sell me one box. It's being rationed. Went online to find some and I did, but it's not something I would care to shoot a whole lot of. It's smokey and fouls the guns quickly. The good stuff is unavailable.
Damn! What's going on in this crazy world? Is this thy beginning of a new way of life? "buy it now if you like it. It won't be available tomorrow." I don't like that kind of world.
Which brings me to the reason I started this post. I have found a new tobacco that I really like, but I'm not going to mention it's name. Others may try it and like it, and before you know it, the damn stuff will become unavailable. But being on a fixed income these days, I am going to have to stock some away from time to time, as finances permit.
Maybe one day I will say what blend it is. But probably not. So you who cellar all that tobacco, the thing to do instead of stocking up, is just not say a thing about a blend if you happen to like it. No one knows, no one goes crazy and starts hoarding. Everybody is happy. You will just have to try finding a blend all on your own. TobaccoReview will go silent.
I mean, we should all have a constant in our lives. Something familiar you can look forward to, or come home to. Something that centers you, and helps you keep your sanity in this crazy world. Something that remains just as you remember it. Just as you want it to.
I have been a pipe smoker for over 30 years, and in that time I have found only a few blends that I really liked. But what do you think happened? Yep, one by one they were discontinued. If not discontinued out right, then they were subtly changed when another company took over production. That's just criminal. It should be illegal to mess with a man's tobacco. Of all the things in this world that need changing, MY TOBACCO ISN'T IT!
I hate the fact these days that if you like something, you now have to buy a ton of the stuff, because you know it's going to change at some point in the not to distant future.
Realizing that, I started searching the old codger blends about 5 years ago, and found that Middleton's Cherry blend and Walnut were pretty damn good. They became my go to blends. I was thinking these will never change. They've been around since forever. Well, they did. I have one tub of Walnut left, and I found that I can't get the Cherry blend in a tub anymore, so I bought 15 boxes. I have no doubt that they will soon drop even the boxes. Isn't anything sacred anymore?
(I have tried Chestnut, the substitute for Walnut. It's ok. Just not the same.)
Last night I finished the last of my Esoterica Tilbury. I can't get anymore of that. I have one tin of Penzance left. After that, zip. ( could Tobaccoreview.com be responsible?)
Am I living in the wrong era? Did the smokers before me ever have to worry about stocking up, so you would have something familiar to you that you liked, for longer than a few years? Come on pipe tobacco manufactures, LEAVE MY DAMN TOBACCO ALONE!
OK. This is turning into a rant and I didn't mean for it to, but it just ticks me off that all of a sudden it seems that if you like something, it's going to become unavailable. For instance, I like the .22 Mag. round. Great for a lot of things. I have two handguns and two rifles that shoot the round. Can I find any ammo for them? Barely. My local gun store said they would only sell me one box. It's being rationed. Went online to find some and I did, but it's not something I would care to shoot a whole lot of. It's smokey and fouls the guns quickly. The good stuff is unavailable.
Damn! What's going on in this crazy world? Is this thy beginning of a new way of life? "buy it now if you like it. It won't be available tomorrow." I don't like that kind of world.
Which brings me to the reason I started this post. I have found a new tobacco that I really like, but I'm not going to mention it's name. Others may try it and like it, and before you know it, the damn stuff will become unavailable. But being on a fixed income these days, I am going to have to stock some away from time to time, as finances permit.
Maybe one day I will say what blend it is. But probably not. So you who cellar all that tobacco, the thing to do instead of stocking up, is just not say a thing about a blend if you happen to like it. No one knows, no one goes crazy and starts hoarding. Everybody is happy. You will just have to try finding a blend all on your own. TobaccoReview will go silent.