What makes an all day blend an all day blend? I recently have been trying a few bulks so I don't smoke up my rare stuff. Grabbed some Luxury Navy Flake. That stuff is pretty darn good. Is it better than my rare stuff, no, but in a wierd way, maybe. It's exceptionally smooth with a great flavor. While smoking it I kept thinking, this is an all day blend but I don't know why. The price, yes. But also something else. Like it's generic goodness and overall high quality? What does it mean to you? And what are your all day blends?
All Day Blends
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Typically, some mild non-offending crap that you can smoke all day long and won't hurt your palate. Velvet comes to mind. As much as I love number of different blends, I won't smoke them day in and day out. That would bore the poop out of me.
I could smoke a lot of different blends all day, but I would say it’s analogous to what people call “session beers” these days.
Something that’s not overpowering to the palate nor the nicotine receptors, doesn’t bite, and isn’t bland.
Something that’s not overpowering to the palate nor the nicotine receptors, doesn’t bite, and isn’t bland.
Capstan Blue, St Bruno, Hal o' The Wynd, Amphora Red, MacBaren Mixture Scottish Blend, McConnells Scottish Cake.
As to the meaning of an "all day blend", to me it is a blend that I might smoke any time of day and one that is mild enough that I might smoke more than one bowl of it.
As to the meaning of an "all day blend", to me it is a blend that I might smoke any time of day and one that is mild enough that I might smoke more than one bowl of it.
My all day blend is one that I can scoop it out of the tin, press lightly, light and forget about everything else. I don't want to worry about cadence, or a hot pipe or am I going to get tongue bite. I just want to enjoy a good smoke and get a nice nutty, woodsy, earthy taste. I guess you can tell I'm a Burley lover. My all day smokes are Velvet, Sir Walter Raleigh and Half and Half. Are they the ultimate smoking experience? Probably not, but they are what I need to get me through the day.
I find that there's so much variety out there. I don't even want to look for what might be an all day blend.
I couldn't imagine smoking the same tobacco all day, every day.
I couldn't imagine smoking the same tobacco all day, every day.
I've got 150+ blends in the closet and spend most of the time smoking C&D Engine 382 and Sutliff TS24.
When I first started, I was chasing nicotine because I quit chewing and dipping, and mostly quit cigars, so it was Peterson Irish Flake for quite a while.
Then I became pretty enamored with Arango Balkan Supreme and smoked it all day when working on knives. That went on for about a month, I reckon. Then I smoked PS Luxury Navy Flake the same way for about another month.
I eventually branched out, but there are several I have smoked all day.
Then I became pretty enamored with Arango Balkan Supreme and smoked it all day when working on knives. That went on for about a month, I reckon. Then I smoked PS Luxury Navy Flake the same way for about another month.
I eventually branched out, but there are several I have smoked all day.
I was the same a few decades ago but then blends with similar components just became too similar.
It all depends on what your preferences are and just how strong a tobacco you like. An all day blend can be anything and everything. I think that's what's so interesting about tobaccos and pipe smoking. My all day blend is C&D Night Train....... but also Penzance.... and Dan Tobaccos's Patriot Flake and ........ the list goes on and on......
So what does that mean really? That you may as well smoke the same thing cause picking another would basically be the same?
I've enjoyed different tobaccos at different times of day. For instance, St Bruno for me is a morning smoke. I cant really enjoy that outside of the morning. Heavy lat, nighttime. I typically reach for SG Navy or Bothy when it seems like rain. Wierd maybe, but its my hankering. I recently tried Ennerdale and damn if that flavor, to me, suits any time of day, hot or cool outside, I'm so surprised at that creation. Today trying luxury navy for the first time, the smoothness and flavor felt all day worthy, but not sure I'd grab it first thing in the morning or at night.
Blends in most genres aren't significantly different enough for me to invest much space for them in the collection.
I can't recall the last time I smoked the same blend all day long. It's rare for me to smoke the same blend back to back. I enjoy the sequence and routine I have now, I see no reason to revise that.
I think it has to do with repeatability.
@jiminks will of the say something to the effect of "not an all day smoke, but repeatable".
I've always taken an all day blend to be something that you can smoke from morning to evening, and not be overwhelmed. Either by nicotine, or strength. I would also think, for most it would also have to be something that wasn't boring either.
@jiminks will of the say something to the effect of "not an all day smoke, but repeatable".
I've always taken an all day blend to be something that you can smoke from morning to evening, and not be overwhelmed. Either by nicotine, or strength. I would also think, for most it would also have to be something that wasn't boring either.
Not too heavy on the nicotine, not harsh. Lane Burley LWAB. Any Captain Black. Most bulk Lanes, really. Early Morning Pipe.
Nicotine is subjective, but I wouldn't smoke Key Largo all day, for example.
Nicotine is subjective, but I wouldn't smoke Key Largo all day, for example.
For me, it would be LJ Pretty Cuban Mixture. However, variety is the spice of life and I couldn't smoke the same blend for very long, maybe a day or two but not longer, call me a privileged smoker. I think that it really depends on your stash and repetition stamina, for some all day smoke can be Penzance and for others Granger.
I’ve never been more disappointed with humanity than reading this thread.
All these so called “connoisseurs” and not one mention of the King of Tobacco - Granger!!
it’s almost unfathomable and preposterous.
All these so called “connoisseurs” and not one mention of the King of Tobacco - Granger!!
it’s almost unfathomable and preposterous.
Yeah, a have tons of jars in different genres with only 2-4 ounces in them, but I usually only have one or two blends from each genre that have pounds stocked up in the cellar. I tend to experiment within a genre until I find something I think is a winner, and then stock up.