My First Non-Aromatic: You Decide 2012!
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Brian's suggestions are good ones, but I would recommend Dunhill Early Morning Pipe for your first foray into the Dark Side of Latakia.
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Hi gent's
Intresting disucsion for new pipe smoker as I strat with aromatic which is nice to have but still feel it's not my area if you used to smoke cigars.
I chose Frog Morten on the Bayo to be my gate to the dark side and hope it works fine for me.
Wish you a great journey
Wasim
Intresting disucsion for new pipe smoker as I strat with aromatic which is nice to have but still feel it's not my area if you used to smoke cigars.
I chose Frog Morten on the Bayo to be my gate to the dark side and hope it works fine for me.
Wish you a great journey
Wasim
If you are leaving aros for the first time, I would not recommend incredibly complex blends that are heavy on the latakia.
My favorite smoke-it-any-time blend with latakia is Old Dublin. It is not a 50-60%, rub-your-face-in-it latakia blend, but it's there.
If you have an e-tailer you have been dealing with, call 'em up and talk to them. They will probably have good suggestions for you. And enjoy your new explorations. ::
My favorite smoke-it-any-time blend with latakia is Old Dublin. It is not a 50-60%, rub-your-face-in-it latakia blend, but it's there.
If you have an e-tailer you have been dealing with, call 'em up and talk to them. They will probably have good suggestions for you. And enjoy your new explorations. :
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Squadron Leader is a favorite amongst a lot of our members and I also agree with Jud about Old Dublin, you can't go wrong with these two.
I agree that your first non-aro not be heavy. It could possibly turn you off for future blends. Go with something milder for your first venture, Dunhill Early Morning Pipe is a good choice as is Frog Morton On the Town or The Bayou. I think Hal O the Wind is too much to start as well but I am not schooled enough to recommend a good VA
Good for you Smeaton for thinking outside the box. I'm mostly smoke aromatics but over the past couple years I've started trying different stuff. The Old Dublin from Peterson's is a good one. I like just a little latakia not a punch in the face. I've found that in the summer time when it's hot out and especially after a big meal Virginia blends are nice. I like GL Pease blends like Telegraph Hill, Cairo and Embarcadero at these times.
I'm going to toss in a vote for Hearth & Home's Black House. It's a very light Balkan Blend (at least to my sense of taste) that was created for a competition to duplicate Balkan Sobranie. I also find there's an underlying creaminess that speaks of aromatics but with all the components of a full bodied non-aro blend.
Also, there's very little bite.
Having recently tried Penzance, I'm sure a few people would throw that in for the offering. It is indeed a fine blend, but requires a bit of luck and good timing to find an available stock somewhere.
Also, there's very little bite.
Having recently tried Penzance, I'm sure a few people would throw that in for the offering. It is indeed a fine blend, but requires a bit of luck and good timing to find an available stock somewhere.
Thinking a little outside the box here. You could try some OTC blends like Carter Hall or Prince Albert. You can find them anywhere, and if you don't like em you wont be out much. 8)
For a light English blend, you can't do much better than Boswell Tobacco's Mild English. It would be a good way to introduce you to a light Latakia blend. Their Magnum Blend is also very good. You can buy by the oz. so you could get a small sample of each. One other English I really like is C&D's Plantation Evening. It's a pleasant medium English that has VAs, Turkish, Latakia, and Perique. You can buy tins of it from C&D so you can try a couple of oz. Russ Ouellette at Pipes and Cigars has a wonderful light English called Distinguished Penguin that you can also buy by the oz. and he has another one called Evening Stroll. I would highly recommend that you consider these tobaccos.
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