My Next TAD Purchase...Any Thoughts?

shayde · Nov 15, 2013

As P&C is having a discount of 10% on all McCelland blends I thought it was the perfect time to binge and buy some blends I've been wanting to try. My Birthday is the 27th so it's going to be my present to myself

Shopping cart:

Black Shag

Honeydew

Frog Morton's Cellar

Grey Havens

Deep Hallow

Blue Mountain

No. 5100 red cake (2oz)

M34 Carnival (2oz) after reading the description I had to put some on my order.

Arcadia

Frog Morton on the Town

Boston 1776 - highly recommended by a fellow forum member.
And then the curveball

Cornell & Diehl's Nutty Irishman (2oz)
Has anyone tried any of these blends? Any suggestions, tips, reviews for smoking any of them? I'd like your opinions and/or other McClelland blends you'd recommend.
Thanks,

Shayde

scrapyardape · Nov 15, 2013

I have a tin of Froggy's Cellar, and I'm liking it so far.

Perique · Nov 15, 2013

I've tried none of those blends, so can't help there.
But for McClelland, I would recommend Beacon Extra and St James Woods -- if you like VaPers.
I'm also a fan of the admittedly controversial Blockade Runner.

05venturer · Nov 15, 2013

Cellar for certain

Coyote Classic is great IMO also

shayde · Nov 15, 2013

Which ones are your absolute favorites? As I haven't tried any of them yet (with the exception of Arcadia, which I love). I would very much like you're opinion on some of the blends, you definitely know your stuff when it comes to pipes!

rmason · Nov 15, 2013

While I'm not a huge McCelland fan I would recommend Christmas Cheer if you haven't picked up a tin yet.

~Ron

howulikeit · Nov 16, 2013

Just some food for thought - cigarsinternational is cheaper than any other site I've encountered when it comes to McCelland tobaccos. The most recent free shipping code is expired, but you might be able to save a couple bucks if a new one pops up if you grab your McCellands there.
As for blends to try, Christmas Cheer is pretty popular. I grabbed some and I found it a bit harsh but I think after I give it some time to age and let it breathe a bit before smoking that it will be nice. I haven't yet tried Dominican Republic Maduro but I have some enroute at the moment and I'll try to leave some comments on it after I give it a whirl. Cigar blends sound interesting because so few of them are out there.

petes03 · Nov 16, 2013

I've had Black Shag, Honeydew, On The town, Blue Mountain, Deep Hollow and Cellar. The only one I didn't like was the Honeydew flake, I found it to be harsh. As for the rest of them, yes, I highly recommend them! Another one (or three) you might try is 5110 Dark English, Grade 1 Balkan, and Coyote Classic. Over all, sounds like a nice TAD!

chemistfox · Nov 16, 2013

I will also be taking advantage of the McClelland discount at P&C in the next week or two. I'll be trying FM Cellar and Dark English (along with various others). Dark English has some good reviews.

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