Unlikely to Ever Get to Try Penzance

[tzinc]

Since it doesn't look like I will ever get to try Penzance can you recommend something that might be similar and is available?

How does Penzance break down? Is it Latakia heavy? Is it more of an English or Oriental etc?

 

[shanez]

Arango Balkan Supreme is about the same. Penzance is a little creamier but that's about it.

 

[Jwebb90]

I’ve always heard Quiet Nights by Pease is a nice replacement. I’m not a big lat guy so someone else can jump in and verify or deny this.

 

[Alex.Jr]

Quiet nights.

 

[Waning Embers]

Since it doesn't look like I will ever get to try Penzance can you recommend something that might be similar and is available?

How does Penzance break down? Is it Latakia heavy? Is it more of an English or Oriental etc?

Lancer Ready Rubbed - F & K Pipe Tobacco | Smokingpipes.com

F & K's Lancer Slices is a smooth and mellow English blend of matured sweet Virginia and smoky Latakia presented in easy-to-pack slices.

www.smokingpipes.com

 

[pantsBoots]

Since it doesn't look like I will ever get to try Penzance can you recommend something that might be similar and is available?

How does Penzance break down? Is it Latakia heavy? Is it more of an English or Oriental etc?

Pease Quiet Nights is pretty damned similar. I actually bounced back and forth between QN and Penzance last winter upon making this discovery. Penzance did have that element of Germain's about it, but I am no longer interested in finding Penzance - I just load up on QN.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

To my tastes, none of these are close to the creamy incense-like aromas of Penzance.
I suggest patience. Keep some tobacco money on hand and play the game. If you’re not into the game, then smoke some of the suggested blends and tell yourself it is close…. But really they aren’t.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

How does Penzance break down? Is it Latakia heavy? Is it more of an English or Oriental etc?

I don’t get a blatant latakia taste from Penzance. It is well balanced with the orientals to give it more of a shifting kaleidoscope of different incense-like aromas on a creamy base.
It is one of the few latakia/oriental blends where people will usually stop and tell me that my pipe smells wonderful.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Lancer Ready Rubbed - F & K Pipe Tobacco | Smokingpipes.com

F & K's Lancer Slices is a smooth and mellow English blend of matured sweet Virginia and smoky Latakia presented in easy-to-pack slices.

www.smokingpipes.com

Lancer Slices is actually better!

 

[Waning Embers]

Lancer Slices is actually better!

That it is.?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I realy like Lancers Slices too, but it’s not even the same tobaccos. LS is just Virginia and latakia, for a meaty, leathery smoke. I’ve set back quite a bit of it.
But, if we are just suggesting random blends that we like better (but yet has nothing to do with what the OP asks) then I’ll throw GLPs Ashbury into the thread. I like a lot also, but doesn’t have anything to do with what the OP asks.

 

[jpberg]

Penzance is Penzance, no substitutes. Maybe Krumble Kake, but you can’t get that either.
I’ll vote Quiet Nights as well, for me it checks more “what I like about Penzance” than any other available blend.

 

[sablebrush52]

Since it doesn't look like I will ever get to try Penzance

...you should count your blessings. I detest the stuff.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

For those of you that mentioned Quiet Nights being similar to Penzance, which do you prefer of the two?

 

[jpberg]

Penzance.

 

[jpberg]

...you should count your blessings. I detest the stuff.

Jesse, your Penzance Privilege is showing.

 

[Razorback]

@tzinc PM me your address if you like, and I’ll send you a sample of Penzance to try, so that you can determine for yourself whether it’s worth the hunt.

To your original question, I have found no substitute for this blend.

 

[cfreud]

OK, so a long time ago (mid-90s), I worked at Sherlock's Haven in San Francisco. The shop had Esoterica lying around. It was a popular tobacco line, no doubt, but easily available. To the tune of $25 for 8 oz. and $5-10 for a 2 oz. tin. Penzance was just another smoke. Very good, but not worth the hoops and finances required now. I won't buy Penzance for $200 per bag. (I simply cannot bring myself to do that.) So my advice is buy what's available. GL Pease is making terrific Englishes, yes, including Quiet Nights. Does it compare? Don't know. Haven't smoked Penzance in ages. Gotta a pound still jarred in my closet.

 

[sablebrush52]

Jesse, your Penzance Privilege is showing.

I feel no guilt about that.

 

[pantsBoots]

For those of you that mentioned Quiet Nights being similar to Penzance, which do you prefer of the two?

Penzance is better, but not by much. For one, I like shaggier cuts and for two, it's aged before being sent to market.