What Tobacco Do You Recommend for a Corn Cob?

[SmokerLawyer]

I'd like to buy a MM corn cob. What do you think what's the best choice for this type of pipe?

 

[saintpeter]

A cob is incredibly forgiving with just about any tobacco. To be "traditional" (if there is such a thing) I would suggest some thing like Mark Twain, or such.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Any tobacco.

 

[jaytex1969]

That's kind of like pondering, "What kind of food should I put on this plate?"

It's up to personal preference. I see you are new to the forum. Welcome.

I see from your other posts that you have at least 3 blends and some briar.

A new cob may have a slight "roast corn" taste for the first 2 bowls or so. Don't let that bother you.

I would suggest that you take one of the blends that you've gotten familiar with in the briar and try it in the cob, to note any differences in taste or behavior.

 

[burleyboy]

I Had only smoked a Corn Cob once, because it was not mine. But I have to say, the roast corn taste harmonized pretty well with Dunhill Deluxe Navy Rolls.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Plain U.S made OTC Burleys or Mc Baren Golden Extra,but I don't smoke Corn Cobs any more and so by my experience is rather limited and opinion subjective

 

[kcghost]

You know Missouri Meerschaum has a line of tobaccos, don't you??

 

[curl]

I smoke all the blends in all my cob pipes and they all taste as advertised.

 

[diamondback]

I’m with the balance: really anything smokes great out of a cob. Once it’s broken in, which happens pretty quickly, that odd corncob taste will go away.

These old-hats here know waaay more than I, but my understanding is that cobs wick up moisture very well and personally I’m a big fan of the draft I get from MM cobs. I’m somewhat odd in that I predominantly learned to smoke a pipe from using cobs. The down side being I had an uncomfortable adjustment period when adopting briars into the family.

Personally I’m a big fan of cobs (but don’t tell my briars that), and have probably my only ‘rule’ concerning pipe tobacco attached to them: Burleys and burley-forward blends — cob.

Having said that, I will sometimes attempt to run off estate briar ghosts with, say, Five Brothers.

Keep us updated

 

[SmokerLawyer]

You know Missouri Meerschaum has a line of tobaccos, don't you??

Yeah, I know, but I can't buy or order them here

 

[SmokerLawyer]

I’m with the balance: really anything smokes great out of a cob. Once it’s broken in, which happens pretty quickly, that odd corncob taste will go away.

These old-hats here know waaay more than I, but my understanding is that cobs wick up moisture very well and personally I’m a big fan of the draft I get from MM cobs. I’m somewhat odd in that I predominantly learned to smoke a pipe from using cobs. The down side being I had an uncomfortable adjustment period when adopting briars into the family.

Personally I’m a big fan of cobs (but don’t tell my briars that), and have probably my only ‘rule’ concerning pipe tobacco attached to them: Burleys and burley-forward blends — cob.

Having said that, I will sometimes attempt to run off estate briar ghosts with, say, Five Brothers.

Keep us updated

Thank you very much! Actually, that's what I wanted to know (maybe my question or drafting was ambiguous). I mean, I wanted to know your opinion /preferences concerning corn cobs. Latakia or virginia, etc.
Thank you again for your precise answer, of course I'll try to keep updated

 

[Bowie]

Plain U.S made OTC Burleys or Mc Baren Golden Extra,

Carter Hall in a MM cob is terrific.

 

[mso489]

You can go premium or pouch with MM cobs, but anything with burley tends to meld well. The so-called English American blends, which means they have burley as a condiment, usually, do nicely too.

 

[Elric]

I always found there was a certain affinity between cobs and burley blends, especially in the summer months.

 

[ray47]

Other then burley blends, I like aromatics in a cob.

 

[lawdawg]

Other then burley blends, I like aromatics in a cob.

+1

Burley blends seem to always taste taste better in a cob than in a briar, at least in my opinion. Burley and cobs are made for each other.

Cobs are also great for aromatics because aros tend to be goopy and tend to gurgle more easily than drier tobaccos, and cobs are very absorbent. I have quite a few briars, but I only smoke my aromatics out of cobs. I do plan to add some meerschaums to the collection for aromatics in the future, but the point is, aros go great in a cob.

On the flip side, as much as I like latakia blends, I do not like them in a cob. Latakia is "briar only" in my book.

 

[SmokerLawyer]

+1

Burley blends seem to always taste taste better in a cob than in a briar, at least in my opinion. Burley and cobs are made for each other.

Cobs are also great for aromatics because aros tend to be goopy and tend to gurgle more easily than drier tobaccos, and cobs are very absorbent. I have quite a few briars, but I only smoke my aromatics out of cobs. I do plan to add some meerschaums to the collection for aromatics in the future, but the point is, aros go great in a cob.

On the flip side, as much as I like latakia blends, I do not like them in a cob. Latakia is "briar only" in my book.

Wow, thank you! At first I thought that I should use some kind of latakia-english blend for a cob, but - as many of you suggest burley/virgina - I think I'll try a cherry burley with my first MM.

 

[perdurabo]

Everything!

 

[olkofri]

Ennerdale!

Just about anything, really. I never noticed any popcorny flavor from my cobs. Some guys use cobs as taster pipes: to try out new blends and decide whether they like them or not.

 

[fightnhampster]

anything is good, but in my experience burley forward blends really pop in them.

I like Storm Front (dont know if its still available) and blends like carter hall and prince albert.