I'd like to be smoking an unevenly thick, dark flake of some FVF I jarred up back in 2010, but the jar is in any one of a couple dozen boxes. Sounds like a weekend project...
Pipers far and wide give good reviews of Balkan Supreme, if you want to try a widely appreciated one. It is an inexpensive bulk blend listed under the brand Arango. I also like C&D's Super Balkan- also in bulk. It is more of a medium blend than the "super" in the name implies. Also, you might...
What they ^ all said. Do yourself a favor and buy some to stash away. Write on the jars: DO NOT OPEN UNTIL 2030. You will be very pleased with yourself in a few years...
If you found Early Morning Pipe to be too light for your taste, you may find Highland Targe too light as well. I like it for a light bodied smoke with a distinct smokiness. I would not call it a full or rich blend. YMMV.
Same experience as others here, though I can only speak to the versions from around 2010. OG is my favorite, but HOTW is no slouch. Fortunately both were plentiful back in 2010ish and I was able to put back a good supply of each. BC is milder than both. Nothing wrong with it, just milder in all...
Looks like lots of folks got boxes of rolled up sleeves of brown packing paper. Salute to whoever did the packing job. Mine could have been packed raw eggs and none would have cracked.
My palms start sweating at the very mention of it...
I finally did figure out how to smoke it, but for me straight was WAY too strong. Its quite good as a way to beef up milder codger burleys when added at around 25-30% of the mix.
Yeah, I miss SugarBarrel. Well, not really, as I have a few jars left from my last tub, but that was one i liked to have an open tub to scoop from on the regular.
Get your self a couple cases of half pint/8 oz. size mason jars. They easily fit the contents of a 2 oz. tin. Then open tins and try them out with abandon. If you dont get back around to something for months, no problem- its in a sealed jar.