The Blends to Try by Genre

[eaglerico]

I know we have probably talked this to death but I wanted to put it all in one place. I am primarily an aormatic smoker and I know many here smoke mostly one genre of blends. I have been moving into other genres but have been wondering if I am smoking the standards or trying the outlyers. So if you all could give the standards of each genre it would be great. I think three of each would be good.
Aromatic

Virginia

VA/Per

VA/Bur

English (Don't know the major groups here, so there may be more to list.)

Burley

Cavendish
What I am comfortable to list.
Aromatics - 1Q, Mac Barren Vanilla Flake, Peterson Connoisseurs Choice

 

[lordnoble]

I can give you some of MY standards, and since you've "been around the block" long enough you'll know that my list may not agree with others' list, so YMMV...
Aromatics:

W.O.Larsen Signature Vintage

Rattray's Bag Pipers Dream

Mac Baren 7 Seas Red
Virginias:

Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake

Dan Tobacco Hamborger Veermaster

Dunhill Flake

McClelland's 221b Series: Black Shag

McCranie's Somerled
VA/Pers:

Escudo

Dunhill Elizabethan

Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake

McClelland's Grey Havens

H&H Anniversary Kake
VA/Bur:

Mac Baren Old Dark Fired
English (I'm going with the description of "English" as VA base, Orientals and Latakia):

Dunhill My Mixture 965

H&H Black House

McClelland's Blue Mountain

Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding

G.L. Pease Chelsea Morning

McClelland's Frog Morton Across the Pond

Peterson Old Dublin

Presbyterian Mixture

McClelland's 3 Oaks Syrian

Mac Baren HH Vintage Syrian
Burley (Not really into these, so my list is short):

Sir Walter Raleigh (Both Regular and Aromatic)
Hope this helps!
-Jason

 

[northernneil]

Aro - I'm no help here

VA - Dunhill Flake

VA/Per - McClelland St James Woods

VA/Bur - Solani Silver Flake 660

English - McClelland 3 Oaks Syrian

Burley - Solani Aged Burley Flake

Cavendish - McClelland Navy Cavendish

 

[brian64]

Virginia – Peterson Irish Flake, Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake, Dunhill Flake
VA/Per – Escudo, Rattray Hal O’ The Wynd
VA/Bur – Peterson University Flake, GLP Cumberland, MacBaren Old Dark Fired
English/Balkan – Balkan Sobraine, Dunhill London Mixture, H&H Black House, Presbyterian Mixture

 

[petes03]

I don't know about "standards" per say, but I'll give you some of my favorites (other than Va/Pers, I really don't like those).
Codger Blends;

1) Sugar Barrel

2) Carter Hall

3) Prince Albert

4) Half & Half
English/Balkan Blends;

1) McC Blue Mountain

2) H&H Black House

3) C&D Black Duck

4) Dunhill Nightcap

5) H&H 10 To Midnight
Crossover/Hybrid Lat Blends;

1) All Of The Frog Morton Blends!

2) H&H Mazatec
Aromatics;

1) Lane 1Q

2) Fat Albert (my own blend of Prince Albert and black cavendish mixed 50/50)

3) Sutliff Molto Dolce

4) Mac Baren Honey & Chocolate

5) CAO Eileen's Dream
Virginias;

1) McC Deep Hollow

2) Mac Baren Dark Twist

3) Mac Baren Roll Cake

4) Mac Baren Navy Flake

5) McC 221b Black Shag
Burleys;

1) Scotty's Butternut Burley

2) Boswell Premium Burley

3) Lane BLWB

4) Mac Baren Burley London Blend
There are more on my list, but those are the ones that came to mind. Hope this helps!

 

[cigrmaster]

Here is what I smoke.
Virginia Flakes
Fribourg&Treyer Cut Virginia Plug TR

Fribourg and Treyer Vintage TR

Fribourg & Treyer Special Brown Flake TR

Wessex Campaign Brigade Dark Flake TR

Wessex Brown Virginia Flake TR

Wessex Gold Virginia Flake TR

Wessex Gold Brick TR

Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake

Samuel Gawith full Virginia Flake

Hamborger Veermaster TR

Dunhill Flake TR

Astley’s no. 44 Dark Flake TR

Astleys 109 TR

John Aylesbury Luxury Flake TR

Rotary Navy Cut TR

Capstan Blue Flake TR

Brigham Klondike Gold TR
Virginia/Perique Flakes
Escudo TR

Solani 633 TR

Samuel Gawith St James Flake

Dunhill Deluxe Navy Rolls TR
Virginia/Burley or Kentucky
Solani Silver Flake TR

Petersons Irish Flake TR

GL Pease Navigator TR

Peterson 3P TR

Peterson University Flake TR

Mac Baren HH Old Dark Fired TR

Esoterica Stonehaven

 

[pitchfork]

I can't help much with aromatics or Cavendish blends, but here are some standards worth trying.
Virginia:

Capstan Blue

SG Best Brown Flake

McClelland's Christmas Cheer (any year)
VA/Per:

Escudo

Solani 633

SG St. James Flake
VA/Bur:

GLP Jacknife Plug

GH Brown Flake Unscented

Peterson's Irish Flake
English:

Dunhill 965

Dunhill Early Morning Pipe

GLP Chelsea Morning

Three Oaks Syrian
Burley:

Prince Albert

C&D Haunted Bookshop

Solani Aged Burley Flake

Uhle's Blend 00
Two other major genres...
Lakelands (British tobaccos from Samuel Gawith and Gawith & Hoggarth, heavily flavored/scented with flowers, fruits and/or tropical essences):

GH Ennerdale

GH Kendal Flake

SG 1792 Flake

SG Grousemoor
Classic British Flakes (cool-burning, lightly scented VA and burley flakes -- the British equivalent to drugstore blends like Carter Hall and Prince Albert):

Condor

Murray's Warrior Plug

Bulwark Flake

St. Bruno

 

[jah76]

While not in your original post, I have to offer up one of my favorite examples.
Va/Per/Cavs

PS LBF

Rattray's Marlin Flake.
These two really range between the drier hay-like LBF to the sweeter heavier Marlin Flake and I think that makes them a good example of the possible range of the subfamily.
I've been really diving into Orientals and that opens up a huge font of tobaccos. You get your cedar-like, tangy Virginia/Orientals like McCelland does so well and then you can get your creamy smooth Virginia/Orientals that have a bit of latakia in them.

 

[Perique]

Here's three for each. I'm not much of an English smoker so my recommends there probably reflect only my tastes.
Aromatic: C&D Autumn Evening, Pipeworks & Wilke 191, Savinelli Cavendish
Virginia: Capstan Blue Flake, Dunhill Flake, Orlik Golden Sliced
VA/Per: Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake, GL Pease Fillmore, Escudo
VA/Bur: Peterson University Flake, Erinmore Flake, Peterson Irish Oak
English: Dunhill 965, Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding, Frog Morton on the Bayou
Burley: Mac Baren Burley London Blend, Mac Baren Golden Extra, H&H Angler's Dream
And I'll add a category called "hybrid": GL Pease Haddo's Delight, Two Friend's English Chocolate, Pipeworks & Wilke No. 5