First, I'd like to thank those of you who've all made satisfying recommendations as to tobaccos to try after an almost 40 year hiatus from pipe smoking. Each has been pretty much as you described, whether it was taste, tin note, room note, or just general "smoothness," as I call it.
I see many more choices to sample. What concerns me is that due to budgetary and time restraints, I may not settle on some blends to stockpile before the outrageous price increases may settle in.
Any suggestions for a good methodology to use for this?
I lean toward aromatics, but have sampled Dunhill Flake and Mac Baren Navy Flake and found them pleasant. First impression is that I liked the Navy Flake better, but I did not use the same methods in preparing each, or the same pipe.
Aromatics I've tried and liked were Molto Dolce; Wike's Rumcake; Wilke's #191 and #192, Wilke's Bleeker Street; Carey's Grandma's Apple Pie (too chemical and did not like, but maybe it was the pipe), and several B&M blends from local shops and from 30 years ago in a Texas shop.
If you can get a sense of what I might like, I'm all ears. Keeping hearing and reading about Stokebeye's(sp?) Nougat and Lane 1Q and Black House, but also many others. In the past, I smoked a lot of the Mac Baren round tin blends, like Symphony (forget the names of others by MacB, or whether I ever tried any Dunhill blends. Remember visiting the Alfred Dunhill store on 5th Avenue in NYC long ago, but don't recall if I bought any tobacco there.
Again, thank you for all of the great recommendations.
I see many more choices to sample. What concerns me is that due to budgetary and time restraints, I may not settle on some blends to stockpile before the outrageous price increases may settle in.
Any suggestions for a good methodology to use for this?
I lean toward aromatics, but have sampled Dunhill Flake and Mac Baren Navy Flake and found them pleasant. First impression is that I liked the Navy Flake better, but I did not use the same methods in preparing each, or the same pipe.
Aromatics I've tried and liked were Molto Dolce; Wike's Rumcake; Wilke's #191 and #192, Wilke's Bleeker Street; Carey's Grandma's Apple Pie (too chemical and did not like, but maybe it was the pipe), and several B&M blends from local shops and from 30 years ago in a Texas shop.
If you can get a sense of what I might like, I'm all ears. Keeping hearing and reading about Stokebeye's(sp?) Nougat and Lane 1Q and Black House, but also many others. In the past, I smoked a lot of the Mac Baren round tin blends, like Symphony (forget the names of others by MacB, or whether I ever tried any Dunhill blends. Remember visiting the Alfred Dunhill store on 5th Avenue in NYC long ago, but don't recall if I bought any tobacco there.
Again, thank you for all of the great recommendations.
