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As far as aros go, I believe 1Q is the top of the list, but there are some other good ones out there. Sutliff Molto Dolce is very good, as well as CAO Eileen's Dream. One of my favorite aros is one I make myself, I call it Fat Albert. It's easy to do, just mix equal parts black cavendish and Prince Albert. For the black cavendish I'll use either Lane BCA or Smokers Pride Black Cavendish (also a Lane product). Hope this helps!
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"Best" is a relative term, or as the Romans had it, de gustibus non est disputandum--there is no arguing about matters of taste. We are constitutionally different, and our bodies react differently to different tastes and aromas. If you run into someone who has been smoking Mixture 79 for many years, don't disparage his taste--he's getting what he wants from his pipes--even if he shells out big bucks for them. I discovered English blends in the mid 1960s and tried to convert my aromatic smoking friends to "true smoking." I gave that up long years ago.
By the way, these days I smoke an aromatic a few times a week, and enjoy 1Q tremendously. I also find the aromatics made by Peretti's and Pipeworks and Wilke to be superlative tobaccos. Who knows, I may even try a bowl of Mixture 79 some day! :roll:
By the way, these days I smoke an aromatic a few times a week, and enjoy 1Q tremendously. I also find the aromatics made by Peretti's and Pipeworks and Wilke to be superlative tobaccos. Who knows, I may even try a bowl of Mixture 79 some day! :roll:
"Best" is indeed subjective. If you want something objective, though, one of the next-best-selling blends is Stokkebye's Nougat. (I rarely smoke aromatics, but when I do, that's one I turn to.) Like 1Q, it's sold all over the world under a host of different names. (Tinder Box labels it as "North Sea," and it's been their best-selling blend since the late 1970s.)
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I smoke about half aromatics. My standard aros don't seem to be big favorites on Forums, but I'll mention them
again. I like 1Q's kid brother from Lanes, LL-7, and from Altadis, Queen Anne's Revenge and Dark Obsession, and
from Sutliff, Great Outdoors, and from Peter Stokkebye, Nougat.
Maybe a correction on one of the posts above: I believe Q1 is called Wilshire at Tinder Box, and Stokkeybye's Nougat
is called North Sea -- correct me if I'm wrong.
Of course, there are many other blends that cross my path, and that I enjoy, which comes from reading Forums too often.
As mentioned before, I find rotating between aromatics and English blends and other non-aromatic tobaccos increases
the flavor of each tobacco or blend, rather than sawing away at only one type.
again. I like 1Q's kid brother from Lanes, LL-7, and from Altadis, Queen Anne's Revenge and Dark Obsession, and
from Sutliff, Great Outdoors, and from Peter Stokkebye, Nougat.
Maybe a correction on one of the posts above: I believe Q1 is called Wilshire at Tinder Box, and Stokkeybye's Nougat
is called North Sea -- correct me if I'm wrong.
Of course, there are many other blends that cross my path, and that I enjoy, which comes from reading Forums too often.
As mentioned before, I find rotating between aromatics and English blends and other non-aromatic tobaccos increases
the flavor of each tobacco or blend, rather than sawing away at only one type.
Lane BCA
Straus Rookwood
Trout Stream
MacBaren 7 Seas
MacBaren Vanilla Cream Flake
Sutliff Molto Dulce, Maple Street
Scotty's Blend: Butternut Burley
Straus Rookwood
Trout Stream
MacBaren 7 Seas
MacBaren Vanilla Cream Flake
Sutliff Molto Dulce, Maple Street
Scotty's Blend: Butternut Burley
My suggestions would be
Lane LL-7
Molto Dolce
Butternut Burley
or like petes03 i do a little home blending with Carter Hall and Smokers Pride Black Cavendish and Smokers Pride Cherry Cavendish. Just mix up small batches with different quantities of each and see what you like best.
Lane LL-7
Molto Dolce
Butternut Burley
or like petes03 i do a little home blending with Carter Hall and Smokers Pride Black Cavendish and Smokers Pride Cherry Cavendish. Just mix up small batches with different quantities of each and see what you like best.
+1 on using CH for home blending.
I don't care for CH a whole lot by itself, but it works wonders with anything else that isn't so good by itself.
I'm a 1Q fan also.
I don't care for CH a whole lot by itself, but it works wonders with anything else that isn't so good by itself.
I'm a 1Q fan also.
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