Pipe Community Top Tobacco's - As Voted By YOU!!!

metalheadycigarguy · Jan 22, 2015

The Pipe Communities Top Tobacco's for 2014:

I have taken the list from my earlier thread on this site along with video's from YouTube of those that have made a Top Tobacco's list for 2014 and complied the votes. After about 15-20 hours of compilation here are the numbers:
Top 20 Tobacco's:

1. GL Pease - Gaslight (15)

2. Mac Baren - HH Latakia Flake (12)

2. Peter Stokkebye - Luxary Bullseye Flake (12)

4. Seattle Pipe Club - Mississippi River (11)

5. Hearth & Home - White Knight (9)

6. AC Peterson/STG - Escudo Navy De Luxe (8)

6. Dunhill - Early Morning Pipe (8)

6. Mac Baren - Modern Virginia (8)

6. McClelland - Frog Morton (original) (8)

6. Orlik - Golden Sliced (8)

11. Dunhill - Nightcap (7)

11. GL Pease - Sixpence (7)

11. McClelland - Frog Morton Cellar (7)

11. Peter Stokkebye - Luxary Navy Flake (7)

11. Seattle Pipe Club - Plum Pudding (7)

16. Esoterica - Stonehaven (6)

17. Capstan - Blue (5)

17. Mac Baren - HH Old Dark Fired (5)

17. McClelland - 3 Oaks Syrian (5)

17. Samuel Gawith - Full Virginia Flake (5)
Top Brand Manufacturer's:

1. McClelland - 39 different blends received at least one vote.

2. Cornell & Diehl - 19 different blends received at least one vote.

3. GL Pease - 18 different blends received at least one vote.

4. Hearth & Home - 16 blends received at least one vote.

5. Mac Baren - 13 blends received at least one vote.
Top Tobacconists:

1. Straus Tobacconist - 5 blends received at least one vote.

2. Boswell's - 4 blends received at least one vote.

3. Smoker's Haven - 3 blends received at least one vote.

4. Tewksbury & Co. - 2 blends received at least one vote.

4. Just for Him - 2 blends received at least one vote.
Here are some more stats:

75 Voters (47 PipesMagazine.com users, 28 YouTube Pipe Presenters)
306 Different tobacco blends received at least one vote.
83 Different tobacco manufacturer's had at least one blend voted on.
197 tobacco's received one vote.
44 tobacco's received two votes.
24 tobacco's received three votes.
21 tobacco's received four votes.
601 total votes were tallied.
Note: as some members here are also YouTube Pipe Presenters, no duplicate votes were added. Votes were only taken from one media if votes were listed on both.
Thanks to all that made a list! Hope you enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CNMmfxrinQ

iamn8 · Jan 22, 2015

As a newb, I've become completely enamoured with Escudo. It is just so good!!!

metalheadycigarguy · Jan 22, 2015

I'm a stat guy. I love working with random stats whether it be pipes/cigar related or sports related.

tarheel1 · Jan 22, 2015

I am suprised Penzance nor Quiet Nights made the list.

metalheadycigarguy · Jan 22, 2015

There were a lot of popular blends that were not on the list or only received like one vote. Penzance had 4 votes. Balkan Blue/Blue Mountain only got one vote as well. 90% of the people listed tobacco's they tried for the first time in 2014 which is why some blends didn't score high or even make the list.

wyfbane · Jan 22, 2015

Great compilation! With my reception of the box pass, I have tried all but 3 of the top tobaccos and have tins of most of the other 14 cellared.
Thank you for your time on this!!

cobguy · Jan 22, 2015

Very cool, metalhead!
I was expecting some music during the final roll though ... even turned down my Pantera to listen!

I've tried all on the list except Sixpence and 3 Oaks Syrian.
A great order form right there ... won't go wrong trying any of those.
Surprises for me were:
1. No Penzance... interesting that Stonehaven did make it

2. No Aro's at all ... not even Yucko Dough Clay! :wink:
Thanks for taking the time ... Rock on! : puffy

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metalheadycigarguy · Jan 22, 2015

LOL... I thought about adding music to the end but YT freaks out about stuff like that. I always get crap the the music in my intro, so I just left it out. There were definitely some surprises in there and a ton of tobacco's that I had never even heard of. I've got a great shopping list now though. :mrgreen:

anthonyrosenthal74 · Jan 22, 2015

I can't believe Balkan Blue (Blue Mountain...still prefer the old name) only got one vote! It's an amazing tobacco. Great list though. You had to put a lot of time into it. I'm impressed

pipebaum81 · Jan 22, 2015

Awesome and inspiring dedication. Thanks for all the leg work here.

andystewart · Jan 22, 2015

Thanks for all of the time and effort put into a really interesting piece of research!
Andy

metalheadycigarguy · Jan 22, 2015

Here are the Tobacco's that got 4 votes:
Cornell & Diehl - Billy Budd

Cornell & Diehl - Pirate Kake

Dunhill - the Aperitif

Dunhill - My Mixture 965

Esoterica - Penzance

GL Pease - Jack Knife Plug

GL Pease - Triple Play

GQ Tobacco - Askwith Kake

Hearth & Home - 10 to Midnight

Hearth & Home - Anniversary Kake

Hearth & Home - Fusiliers Ration

HU - Dockworker

Just For Him - Shortcut To Mushrooms

LJ Peretti - Tashkent

Mac Baren - HH Vintage Syrian

Mac Baren - Navy Flake

McClelland - Dark Star

Murray - Warrior Plug

Peter Heinrich - Dark Strong

Tabac Manil - Semois

Wessex - Brigade Campaign Dark Flake

cobguy · Jan 22, 2015

Makin' me itch now ... :P
I guess it's apropos to have Disturbed telling me to "get down with the sickness" right now! :rofl:

papipeguy · Jan 22, 2015

That's quite a compilation. Thanks for putting so much work into a fascinating body of work.

pruss · Jan 22, 2015

Thanks for sharing the results.
I wonder, though, if this is really a "Top Tobaccos for 2014" list...
In this thread http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/top-10-tobaccos-from-2014 Which I'm assuming was the one you used poll us here, you stated:

What are your favorite tobacco's you tried from 2014. Here is a list of my Top 10 Tobaccos that I tried for the first time this year. This is not my "all-time" list but just the best I tried from 2014.

So I wonder if instead of a "Top Tobaccos for 2014" if what you really got was, "Favourite New Tobaccos of 2014"? Perhaps a hybrid? The question I answered in your poll was my Top 10(ish) tobaccos tried for the first time in 2014.
Given how the question was asked, I'm not surprised that Penzance didn't make the list. It has been around for a long time, and it is hard to find. Many of us likely tried it before 2014, and just as many new smokers might have had a hard time finding it. In the same scenario, it's no surprise to me that Gaslight and HH Latakia Flake are the top two. Gaslight was introduced in late 2013, so a lot of folks tried it for the first time in 2014. Latakia Flake was launched at the 2014 Chicago Pipe Show and it launched in tobacconists very shortly thereafter, also ensuring lots of first time trial in 2014.
Regardless of what the poll is actually measuring, it is interesting to see what folks liked smoking. Thanks for pulling it together.
Cheers,
-- Pat

metalheadycigarguy · Jan 22, 2015

@cobguy LOL how do you think I feel. I have a huge list of tobacco's. Hell I don't even know where to start with my "want list" now!

metalheadycigarguy · Jan 22, 2015

@pruss - yes its a list of Top Tobacco's that people have tried for the first time in 2014 and not an all time list. Though some people did list there all time list.

teufelhund · Jan 22, 2015

Looks like I'm a 4 vote kinda of guy... Got a lot of those in the cellar. I am happy to know that my top 3 were in the top 10 and sad that they will become that much more desirable to everyone else.

metalheadycigarguy · Jan 22, 2015

Nothing wrong with that. Lot of great tobacco's in that group of 4 votes.

owen · Jan 22, 2015

Its a wonderful list and certainly more food for thought.

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