What Were Your Go-To Tobacco’s in 2025?

[Mike N]

Every year I keep the lids from each tin and the label from every can I empty in a tupperware container just to see what I smoked most often during the year. I was a bit surprised to find these were my top blends this year. What were yours?

1. Drucquer & Sons Loch Ness: the quality of the tobacco’s GL Pease sourced for this series made them enjoyable fresh out of the can without any aging.

2. Palmetto Balkan by C&D: when this limited series came out in March 2024 I bought six of the 8 ounce cans. At the one year mark in the spring of this year, I gave it a go. Let’s just say that only 3 cans are left.

3. Drucquer & Sons Casbah. This Balkan crumble cake became a mainstay in my rotation.

4. HU Makuwa: a Burley, Virginia and Perique blend. An all day smoke for me if the urge struck.

5. HU English Breakfast. Typically my first bowl of the day.Virginia & Latakia blend, a step up from the typical English.

Honorable Mention: Captain Earle’s Ten Russians. I‘m typically a Perique forward guy, but this Latakia blend really struck a note with me.

I also dabbled in a lot of different Burley blends, but no single one was much ahead of the others.

What were your favorites this year?

 

[dottlejockey]

That's one way to keep track. Do you then toss them once you've noted the annual trends?

I've been through much Penny Farthing and Pegasus this year. Also quite a bit of Dockworker and Night Owl. Too many lids to save!

 

[Piperjd]

Autumn evening is probably my most smoked, nightcap, and George’s dragon from the country squire.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Sir John's Flake Virginia, CVP, Vauen No 14 and MB HH Pure Virginia have been more than 75% of what I've smoked the past year.

 

[warren]

No change in years, Three Star Blue.

 

[Mike N]

Sir John's Flake Virginia, CVP, Vauen No 14 and MB HH Pure Virginia have been more than 75% of what I've smoked the past year.

Based on your post, I just put a few tins of Sir John’s and No.14 in my cart at SP.com. At least they’re still on sale for Black Friday…

 

[BigR]

Tombigbee from the Country Squire for me.
Also, Blackhouse from Hearth & Home.

 

[Piperjd]

Tombigbee from the Country Squire for me.

I just ordered some seersucker and some hunting creek from them. Have you ever had those?

 

[Servant King]

1) Mac Baren Virginia Flake
2) PSLNF
3) Mac Baren Plumcake
4) Savinelli 140th Anniversary
5) Mac Baren Vanilla Cream

 

[Slax]

Capstan blue
Cvp
London flake
Scottish cake
Wessex red

 

[Piperjd]

1) Mac Baren Virginia Flake
2) PSLNF
3) Mac Baren Plumcake
4) Savinelli 140th Anniversary
5) Mac Baren Vanilla Cream

Is vanilla cream still available?

 

[BigR]

I just ordered some seersucker and some hunting creek from them. Have you ever had those?

I've smoked Hunting Creek many times. It's good. Haven't had the seersucker.

 

[Piperjd]

I've smoked Hunting Creek many times. It's good. Haven't had the seersucker.

I look forward to it. I’ll let you know how seersucker is

 

[BingBong]

The constant was Cabbie's Roll Cut Mixture. Many other blends in supporting roles, with Hal O The Wynd becoming the main reserve.

One that knocked my socks off, Germain's Rich Dark Flake. Scarcity limited my consumption, else it would have been a regular.

 

[spearheadbill]

Watch city cigars American Cut Plug Mixture
HU Nyala
HU Directors Cut
Condor

 

[Douglas]

Elizabethan Mixture and Billy Budd with Bayou Morning playing a supporting role.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Haunted Bookshop
C&D Opening Night
GL Pease Sixpence
SG Full Virginia Flake
WC Rouxgaroux
WC Old Dominion
Cobblestone Hiking
LJ Peretti’s Tashkent ️

 

[jerry]

Peretti Ampersand. Peretti Tashkent. Watch City Glass Slipper.

 

[Roach1]

Haunted Bookshop
OJK
Briar Fox
Expensive Taste here considering the prices.

 

[PaulRVA]

1.HU Janneman Flake
2.HU Dark Moor
3.HU Director’s Cut
4.HU Edward G
5 GH Kendal #7


Perpetual - C&D Exclusive, Kramer’s Father Dempsey, Escudo, Pete DNR, Capstan Blue, Capt Earles Ten Russians,GH Bob’s Chocolate Flake

Random- C&D Old Grove, Oak Alley, Visions of Celephais, Capt Bob’s Blend,
GLP Penny Farthing, Quiet Nights, Cairo,Spark Plug
GH Rodeo, Kendal #6 , Brown Sugar Flake, Best Brown #2
D&R 3 Sails, Windsail
HU Khoisaan, Nayla, Makhuwa