What are some good beginner tobacco blends?
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Depends on what you like. I've only been smoking for a couple months myself.
Pick up some Lane 1Q. That will give you something to taste. I like English and Virginia blends. Dunhill Early Morning Pipe, or C&D Autumn Evening are both strong smokey flavors (for me)
Virginia blends such as: PS Luxury Twist Flake or MB Virginia #1 are sweet, clean flavors with a hint of citrus (for me)
It really all depends on what you like. If you like Aros, find the flavors you like. Everything from chocolate, to pie, to cherry and apple.
If you like VA or VaPer blends, you can explore those for years and always find something new. (my current quest)
If you like English, there are a tonne of those out there as well.
Pick up some Lane 1Q. That will give you something to taste. I like English and Virginia blends. Dunhill Early Morning Pipe, or C&D Autumn Evening are both strong smokey flavors (for me)
Virginia blends such as: PS Luxury Twist Flake or MB Virginia #1 are sweet, clean flavors with a hint of citrus (for me)
It really all depends on what you like. If you like Aros, find the flavors you like. Everything from chocolate, to pie, to cherry and apple.
If you like VA or VaPer blends, you can explore those for years and always find something new. (my current quest)
If you like English, there are a tonne of those out there as well.
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The only way to know what you like is to smoke a variety. Blends featuring Latakia (called English and/or Balkan) are probably the easiest non-aromatics to get flavor from right away. Quality aromatics can be a wonderful introduction as well. If you know you like vanilla as a flavor pick up a good vanilla blend and you should have a good time. All varieties have their pleasures. Are you looking for any particular type of experience?
Welcome to the forum. Along with the ones that everyone has mentioned I throw in is Carter Hall. You can find it in most supermarkets, drug stores and other places pretty easily. The other item I would suggest you to pick up is a Missouri Meerschaum corn cob pipe.
Very easy to smoke and keep lit with no bite and almost no actual tobacco taste and nicely priced, Ole Shenandoah Bootlegged, Ole Shenandoah Appalachian Berry.
The always recommended for new smokers, Lane 1Q.
Pipeworks & Wilke has very good aromatic blends.
Amphora Full Red if you want a bit of the tobacco to start to shine through, and Amphora Black Cavendish, for bit less tobacco taste than Full Red but less sweet than some other aros.
The always recommended for new smokers, Lane 1Q.
Pipeworks & Wilke has very good aromatic blends.
Amphora Full Red if you want a bit of the tobacco to start to shine through, and Amphora Black Cavendish, for bit less tobacco taste than Full Red but less sweet than some other aros.
Aromatics, despite their popularity in sales, are not great beginner smokes, though of course, YMMV. What the other guys wrote....
Since you are a beginner and don't have a grasp of the different tobacco categories, I will recommend the following.
For an aromatic... Cult Blood Red Moon and Sutliff Molto Dolce
For a Virginia/Perique... Escudo and GL Pease Haddo's Delight
For a Virginia.... Wessex Brigade Campaign Dark Flake and McClelland 5100 Red Cake
For a Virginia/Burley/Kentucky.... Mac Baren Old Dark Fired and Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky
For a aromatic flake.... Mac Baren Modern Virginia Flake and Peterson University Flake
All of these suggestions are easy to find at one of our fine sponsors. I always take into account availability when recommending a blend. No sense in recommending Stonehaven when no one can find the thing.
For an aromatic... Cult Blood Red Moon and Sutliff Molto Dolce
For a Virginia/Perique... Escudo and GL Pease Haddo's Delight
For a Virginia.... Wessex Brigade Campaign Dark Flake and McClelland 5100 Red Cake
For a Virginia/Burley/Kentucky.... Mac Baren Old Dark Fired and Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky
For a aromatic flake.... Mac Baren Modern Virginia Flake and Peterson University Flake
All of these suggestions are easy to find at one of our fine sponsors. I always take into account availability when recommending a blend. No sense in recommending Stonehaven when no one can find the thing.
Aromatic blends:
MacBaren's Vanilla Cream Flake or Loose Cut
C&D's Autumn Evening
Lane Limited aromatics
SWR Aromatic
Boswell's Pennsylvania Dutch Treat
Boswell's Berry Cobbler
Boswell's Christmas Cookie
MacBaren's Vanilla Cream Flake or Loose Cut
C&D's Autumn Evening
Lane Limited aromatics
SWR Aromatic
Boswell's Pennsylvania Dutch Treat
Boswell's Berry Cobbler
Boswell's Christmas Cookie
Absolutely without question Lane Ltd BCA. This is a coarse-cut vanilla-flavored black cavendish which has been sold under many other names at B&M tobacco stores for years and years. It smokes as dry as an aromatic can, is forgiving of packing technique, will not bite if puffed too fast, and will not ghost a pipe. Also makes a great mixer. Buy 8 oz of it, smoke it straight, and as you run through tins of other blends you don't like, drop in a teaspoon of BCA and you won't need to flush the rest down the toilet. Well, except a Lakeland.
I would recommend Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture, any East India Trading Company blends to start. OR just select 1oz sample from Pipes and Cigar or try one of their sample bundles, experiment and find out what suits your taste.
There is a school of thought that says "stronger" blends are better for a new smoker.
The reason is that a fuller blend can help you learn to smoke slowly. A lighter blend can encourage over puffing leading to a hot and bitting smoke.
With that in mind... Mac Baren HH Old Dark Fired.
The reason is that a fuller blend can help you learn to smoke slowly. A lighter blend can encourage over puffing leading to a hot and bitting smoke.
With that in mind... Mac Baren HH Old Dark Fired.
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Peter Stokkebye Proper English
These were two of my favorites when I started out.
Peter Stokkebye Proper English
These were two of my favorites when I started out.
McClelland bulk 2045 is an excellent blend for the newer smoker IMHO. Just a bit of Latakia, orientals and pretty darned good Virginias. Somewhat aromatic (a woman once told me the smoked aroma was similar to peanut butter). It isn't expensive and is better fresh than it is aged.
Mike S.
Mike S.
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