Pouch tobacco still has the image of a casual over-the-counter purchase. Old faithful codger blends like Carter Hall, Granger, Prince Albert, and Half-and-Half among many others do much of their sales in pouches. In addition to sampling these blends, pouches also offer a good way for beginners or anyone to sample a small quantity of a blend and a variety of blends at modest cost. Prices of a pouch hover at around half the cost of tinned tobacco for roughly the same amount. As near as I can tell, it is the only way to sample Five Brothers, the rugged old burley, and probably the only likely way for many to sample Mixture 79 or Capt. Black Grape. At least most of us wouldn't dive into a tub of those first. Also, now you can get blends by Peterson and other mostly-tin blend brands, and blends like John Bull Royal and Erin Go Braugh, a well tuned whiskey aromatic, in a pouch. So don't overlook the price and variety advantages of pouch tobacco. They're not just for codgers anymore. And us codgers can enjoy them mightily too.
