Lakeland suggestions please
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GH&Co.
Best Brown #2 - little to no essence, VA/Burley
Bright CR Flake - little to no essence, straight VA
Rum Flake - sweet but not in the US aromatic way, little essence
Bob's Chocolate Flake - sweeter than the above, little/medium essence
Louisiana Perique Flake - great VAPER with slight/medium amount of essnece
Ennerdale Flake - full throttle essence
Best Brown #2 - little to no essence, VA/Burley
Bright CR Flake - little to no essence, straight VA
Rum Flake - sweet but not in the US aromatic way, little essence
Bob's Chocolate Flake - sweeter than the above, little/medium essence
Louisiana Perique Flake - great VAPER with slight/medium amount of essnece
Ennerdale Flake - full throttle essence
I'll second GH&Co as the best for Lakeland. I'm also fond of Gawith's Lakeland Dark.
Kendal Flake and Ennerdale are my favs.
Kendal Flake and Ennerdale are my favs.
+1 on Grousemoor. I also enjoy Kendal Cream flake, 1792, best brown - all great
Lakelands - just dedicate a pipe for them as they ghost like a "@$!!?*^%##+^!?
Lakelands - just dedicate a pipe for them as they ghost like a "@$!!?*^%##+^!?
A cob is a great idea drennan, I have several cobs I use for Lakeland blends and come to find out they do
an outstanding job with them.
an outstanding job with them.
All the blends mentioned are much less expensive online than in th UK with its high tobacco taxes. I would purchase blends which are difficult to find except in the UK. In fact, I would just get as many pounds of Condor as you can smuggle back. If you can get up to Ireland, be sure to grab some Condor Plug.
Grasmere is a nice mild Lakeland Va flake with a bit of rose scent. It's not nearly as scented as Ennerdale and it doesn't have the strange musk scents of other Lakelands like Kendal Flake or Coniston Cut Plug. Grasmere -- mild, sweet VA, lightly scented with rose essence.
I'm enjoying some GH brown flake scented right now! Doesn't seem to be a lot of love for this blend, but I seem to like it and its strong lakeland flavors. Might not be the best starter, but it will give you the full lakeland experience for sure. And yes, as a necessity, I have a few pipes dedicated to lakeland blends. Love the stuff from time to time!
I'm looking forward to trying some Lakeland essence tobaccos. I really haven't found a category of pipe tobacco that I don't like yet except maybe Captain Bob (but what the heck category would that be?!)
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