20 Lbs, That's the Limit

[woodsroad]

My list stands.

Funny how little McClelland shows up in folks's dream cellar.

 

[sablebrush52]

Funny how little McClelland shows up in folks's dream cellar.

Yep. McClelland Frogs, their Grand Orientals, and Christmas Cheer got attention here, occasionally Tudor Castle, but not as much as many other blends. Maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder?

 

[coyja]

20lbs Deep Hollow and I'm good.

 

[woodsroad]

Maybe absence makes the heart grow fonder?

I'm looking mostly at the list pre-demise.

Not a lot of McClelland-love. Not a lot of foreshadowing of the Great Panic Yet To Come.

 

[workman]

SG FVF 4 lbs

Rattrays HOTW 4 lbs

Capstan Blue Flake 2 lbs

SG 1792 4 lbs

SG Lakeland dark 2 lbs

Nightcap 1 lbs

MacBaren ODF 1 lbs

Petersons Irish Flake 1 lbs

Petersons Perfect Plug 1 lbs

My preferences change rapidly. It will be fun to revisit this thread in 6 months.

 

[mikefu]

2 lbs WhiteKnight

2 lbs Arango Balkan Supreme

4 Lbs Marlin Flake

1 lb FVF

1 lb Stokkebye 313 Oriental

3 Lbs English Oriental Supreme

2 Lbs Bob’s Chocolate Flake

2 Lbs Anniversary Kake

1 lb Scotty’s Butternut Burley

1 lb Chelsea Morning

1 lb Quiet Nights
That will naturally change in week or 2.

 

[sablebrush52]

I'm looking mostly at the list pre-demise.

Not a lot of McClelland-love. Not a lot of foreshadowing of the Great Panic Yet To Come.

True. I suspect that they were more respected than loved.

 

[woodsroad]

more respected than loved

That's an interesting distinction.

 

[spartan99]

3lbs: Gawith, Hoggarth & Co.: Brown Flake Unscented

2lbs: Gawith, Hoggarth & Co.: Best Brown #2

1lbs: Gawith, Hoggarth & Co.: Dark Flake Liquorice

2lbs: Lane Limited: Crown Achievement

2lbs: Lane Limited: Ready-Rubbed

2lbs: Lane Limited: RLP-6

2lbs: Cornell & Diehl: Stratfordshire

2lbs: Cornell & Diehl: Pegasus

2lbs: G. L. Pease: Lombard

4 100g tins: Peterson: Special Reserve Limited Edition 2013

10 50g tins: John Cotton's: Numbers 1&2
The remaining half ounce could be taken up by any of the bulk blends.
I have broad tastes and could be happy with many different mixes, but this is what I would choose today.

 

[npod]

I ran my cellar list and the numbers in generic form are roughly:
7 Virginia flakes

6 VaPers (and VaBurs)

5.5 English (Latakia containing, Scottish, etc)

1.5 Other
This was a good exercise. And very much confirmed what I suspected. Total cellar is 65% Virginia blends.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

My allocation (as of this moment) is below.
Mcb ODF - 3 lbs

Germain Brown Flake - 3 lbs

Esoterica Stonehaven - 2 lbs

Klondike Gold - 1lb

GLP Union Square - 1 lb

GLP Telegraph Hill - 1 lb

Solani 633 - 1 lb

Escudo - 2 lbs

HU Directors Cut - 2 lbs

Sav Doblone D'oro - 2 lbs

McClelland Christmas Cheer - 1 lb

Robert Mc Scottish Cake - 1/2 lb

Motzek Strang - 1/2 lb

 

[slowroll]

Jeez, how could I do this? I'd be out of tobac in a year and a half. I smoke about 15 lb a year. Now, if you said, "you can only replenish when you get below 200 lbs....."

 

[Chasing Embers]

My original post remains my choice.

 

[woodsroad]

Peck, that is a winning lineup.

But you are missing Mixture 69.

 

[mackeson]

True. I suspect that they were more respected than loved.

Interesting thought.

McClellands made a couple of my favorites, although I notice that I didn't list any of their tobaccos in my post. My favored blends do change/rotate every 6-12 weeks though (which I think I've noted many times).

I admit that I took them for granted, didn't reach for McC as often as others due to low nicotine content, and just assumed they'd be around forever. The old standards I find aged and neglected on B&M shelves often just become background scenery for me. The unexpected end of an institution certainly changed my perspective.

 

[rmpeeps]

McClelland Christmas Cheer 1997 - 2 lb

McClelland 2015 - 2 lb

McCranie’s Red Ribbon 1983 - 2 lb

G&H Bob’s Square Cut - 2 lb

G&H Dark Birdseye - 2 lb

SG Full Virginia Flake - 2 lb

SG St. James Flake - 2 lb

Peter Heinrich’s Curly Block - 2 lb

Smokers Haven Exotique - 2 lb

The best blending Oriental on the planet - 2 lb

 

[oldtoby]

3# McC Samovar

2# Dunhill Standard Mixture Medium

2# McC Christmas Cheer (2007)

3# Dunhill 965

2#GH&Co. Ennerdale Flake

2# GH&Co. Coniston Cut Plug

1# Condor Flake

2# GLP Haddos Delight

2# Esoterica Margate

1# Murray & Sons Yachtsman Plug

 

[sablebrush52]

The old standards I find aged and neglected on B&M shelves often just become background scenery for me.

Same for me. I'd visit my B&M and see the rows of McClelland on the shelves and think about picking up one of them to try someday and just never get around to it. I did buy the Cheers and some of the Grand Orientals, but not the Numbers. Maybe it was something as shallow as a blend being titled by number that kept me from investigating it. Finally, last year, I decided that I needed to at least investigate some of these, so I bought a few tins of each. Even when I became aware of their impending closure, I didn't consider stocking up as I have enough tobacco as it is and am completely satisfied with what I have. I bought a few things to try out and did stock up on the 40th, a little 2015, 2010, and a little more 5100 for blending fun.

 

[herrpfeifen]

I'll play. McClelland vs. no McClelland. If it's just what's currently available, I'd do:

2# FVF

2# OGS

3# Exotique

2# Caravan

2# Kensington

2# Blackhouse

2# Magnum Opus

2# Fire Storm

2# Escudo

And a pound's worth of mixed tins of Bengal Slices, Regent's Flake/Temple Bar, University Flake for "change of pace."
But if I can say 'open ketchupy' and gain access to Ali Baba's cave full of lost McClelland tins, the picture looks more like this:
3# Christmas Cheer

1# Dark Star

2# Samovar

2# Exotique

1# Caravan

1# Kensington

1# Blackhouse

1# Wilderness

1# 3 Oaks Syrian

1# Magnum Opus

1# Fire Storm

1# Beacon Extra

1# Tudor Castle

2# Escudo

with a mixed # of FVF, Bengal Slices, Regent's Flake/Temple Bar, University Flake for "change of pace."

 

[lordofthepiperings]

No order or specific amount:
Escudo

Orlik Golden Sliced

Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake

Lane's 1Q

Sutliff 507C Virginia

Newminster 400 Superior Navy Flake

Dunhill Flake