I smoke a bowl of PA (sometimes Price Andrew) every night at bedtime, but
only in a cob.
I made the exact comparison that newbroom did about two days ago about codger blends being like comfort food, i.e., macaroni & cheese, grilled cheese sandwich, etc. Tried a few time smoking PA in a briar but for some reason it's just not the same to me. More likely than not it's mind over matter as I'm somewhat a creature of habit but so be it. Also, for some odd reason, I only smoke Mississippi River in a cob as they just seem to match up so well.
Someone made a comment on this site that he thinks the reason codger blends have lasted so long is because the same guys have been buying it for 50yrs or so. Now that is something I totally disagree with. I would venture
to say that we have a share of younger folks who like codger blends simply because they enjoy them, and more likely than not first tried them to achieve some memories of what their grandfathers smoked and ended up liking them. Granted, I like and have my fair share of the numerous blends available, but I simply smile and shake my head when people trip over their own feet and spend exorbitant prices on difficult to obtain tobaccos such as Penzance. If worse came to worse I’d be a happy camper and survive quite nicely with a handful of cobs and a few tubs of codger blends.
I don’t know, and maybe I’m just old fashioned, but for those that feel that they must have 50+ plus pipes and a cellar filled with a hundred or so pounds of multiple blends, which more likely than not they’ll ever get a chance to smoke, is just plain silly to me and is simply not what smoking a pipe is, nor in my opinion, was it ever meant to be. But... that’s just this old ‘codgers’ opinion.