Tobacco Seasonal Rotation

grumpybear · Oct 13, 2018

With the weather cooling off my sense of taste is leaning towards the traditional fall flavors. That is as far as food and drink goes. It got me thinking about my tobacco. Does anyone have any fall tobacco favorites? What about Christmas or winter favorites?

bluto · Oct 13, 2018

You guys are gonna have to guide me thru the holiday and seasonal offerings
.. any suggestions

jaytex1969 · Oct 13, 2018

I've been a "smoke whatever, whenever" kind of guy. Since we don't really have much winter down here, I guess that's a fair approach. As most of my smoking is indoors, heat has not repelled me from latakia or other "traditionally cold weather" blends, either.
I'm also mostly a non-aro guy. That said, I scored an LJ Peretti assortment from a forum purchase a while ago which included some of their Thanksgiving aro blend. I'm patiently awaiting November to bust into this and will surely share my opinion with all of you, once I tackle the egg nog....
Speaking of seasonal smoking, have all of you sad sacks signed up for the Secret Santa yet? Huh? Huh?

skydog · Oct 13, 2018

I'm not much of a seasonal anything guy. I like my stout and other dark beers year round just like I like my VA and VA/Pers year round. I occasionally enjoy a latakia or Kentucky or burley blend but not because of any changes in weather, just when the mood strikes me.

Chasing Embers · Oct 14, 2018

No seasonal preferences here either

I just smoke whatever suits my mood at the given moment. I do however bust out the Christmas Cheer for Christmas.

warren · Oct 14, 2018

I've got a few chosen blends and I stick with them.

anthonyrosenthal74 · Oct 14, 2018

I've never let the seasons dictate what goes in my pipe at what time. I mean seriously, the seasons.... who the hell do they think they are???

davidy97 · Oct 14, 2018

I usually open an older tin to enjoy while watching football in the garage. 15 yr old rattray tin is open right now.

smudgersmissingleg · Oct 14, 2018

I don't have different tobaccos for spring, summer, autumn etc. but I do for Christmas, throughout December I smoke 80% aromatics like Petersons Christmas offerings and Careys Caribbean flake, the rest of the year I only smoke aromatics occasionally. I don't know what the reason is that I seem to really enjoy aromatics around Christmas time but for some reason I do.

Chris.

jrenko · Oct 14, 2018

If i am in the mood for latakia i smoke that, if i want straight virginia i smoke that. Never cared about what season it was i just smoke. I think that is what most people do.

blackadderlxx · Oct 14, 2018

This being my first year smoking pipes, I realized in the middle of last summer that my English blends didn't taste as good in the middle of a hot and humid summer day. So I started smoking Va and Burley blends more. Now that it's cooling off again, it's on like Donkey Kong. English all day...

bluto · Oct 14, 2018

So , those holiday blends
Are they ....?

hiplainsdrifter · Oct 14, 2018

I definitely have seasonal preferences. I exclusively smoke outdoors, and latakia blends impart more flavor in cold weather I have found. If I had an endless supply, I would smoke Yenidje Highlander from October to March, then Gawith Best Brown and Wessex Campaign through September. Aylesbury Luxury Flake for the hot summer nights.

ray47 · Oct 14, 2018

Because I attend a lot of family functions during the holidays, I usually reserve aromatics like C&D's Autumn Evening, Lane Limited 1Q/BCA (50-50) and Butternut Burley for those occasions. I won't be asked to leave if I smoke those blends.

onestrangeone · Oct 14, 2018

About as far as I go with the seasonal thing is a few bowls of the holiday offerings, Petersons, K&K, Rattray’s, C&D Etc. For me these are a November- December thing, then it’s back to my normal? Blends. It typically smoke a bowl of Latakia to start the day during the week, straight Virginia on weekends, from there it’s just whatever I’m in the mood for.

seldom · Oct 14, 2018

HU Director's Cut has become my go-to year round. This past summer I discovered that HU Daddy Gefftl is a nice summer/late spring aromatic. It is one I wouldn't smoke in autumn and winter though. In Autumn I've enjoyed maple aromatics like Radford's Black Maple. I suppose I mostly think of aromatics as being seasonal but I don't always smoke aromatics. Some businesses have embraced the idea of seasonal tobacco. Rattrays, for example, has "Summer Edition" and "Winter Edition" blends.

prndl · Oct 14, 2018

No seasonal bias here.
I smoke the "usual suspects" year round.

npod · Oct 14, 2018

I am a seasonal smoker. I prefer Va/VaPer flakes, but in the fall and winter I gravitate toward aged Burley flakes and Latakia and Balkan blends. I tried to not be “that guy”, but alas here I am.
Also, I prefer crumble cake and ribbon cut styles in the winter because I smoke outside and the flakes tend to be a “long” smoke. My toes get cold if I sit out longer than an hour. And that is also why I like stronger blends in the winter. You get the punch right away without having to wait.

virginialover · Oct 14, 2018

Cigars, Va and Va/Pers with an occasional Latakia mixture in the Spring and Summer. Mostly Latakia mixtures, Va/Pers and stronger Virginias in the Fall and Winter. I don't smoke a lot of Burley or Kentucky but oddly the seasons don't have an impact for these tobaccos.

seanv · Oct 14, 2018

My choices move towards burley, Lakeland and Latakia blends for the winter months. Through the summer I smoke primarily Virginia’s and vapers but that being said, there are no hard rules as to what I smoke.

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