A Good Sobranie 759 Match Going Forward

[Swiss Army Knife]

Not to pile on but this is something I've been thinking about recently and haven't had a good answer for. For years the consensus of a good Sobranie 759 match has been to just go with Hearth & Home's WhiteKnight or Sutliff's bulk match. I went with Sutliff's bulk match and despite not really liking balkans or englishes very much I really enjoyed it, really scratched a dark spicy oriental itch I didn't know I had.

Obviously with Sutliff kicking the bucket neither of those are an option going forward. So what's a good alternative? I don't think I'm going to just buy up several pounds of Sutliff 759 Match, I frankly don't like it or smoke it that much but it would be nice to have something to fall back on when I do get a craving.

 

[woodsroad]

OK, so just buy one pound.
Really, it's that simple.

 

[sablebrush52]

For years the consensus of a good Sobranie 759 match has been to just go with Hearth & Home's WhiteKnight or Sutliff's bulk match.

White Knight was a match to a 1980's version of the Original Smoking Mixture, not 759. Frankly, it was closer to the real deal than Germain's version.
Have you tried Hearth and Home Black House? That's supposed to be the 759 match.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Also, you might like McConnel's Oriental. It doesn't come in bulk, but I really like this one also.

 

[Ahi Ka]

OK, so just buy one pound.
Really, it's that simple.

That’s exactly what I did. And then I started growing yenidje.

 

[hoipolloiglasgow]

The 759 clone we have or had is Black House. White Knight would be the 70’s Balkan Sobranie Original mix clone. If you want something close to Black House-a dry, Oriental forward, hit-you-in-the-face English smoke, try Brebbia Balkan. I like it better than Black House actually and it is definitely in the same vein. It has a decent hit of Perique in it, but I find it a similar experience. Remember, the original 759 didn’t have Kentucky in it either. I think it’s just there to make up for the differences in Latakia, compliment the dryness of the Orientals, etc. Honestly, there aren’t too many blends out there today that offer that dry, extreme flavor hit. Skiff is another one that offers that brash, green leaved Turkish hit, although much lighter on Latakia. It was 10 years ago when an Oriental blend you cracked open was half full of olive green leaves in it. Now, the leaf has changed to a lighter, if slightly green at all tan. Don’t let that deter you though, blenders are still making good use of what they have.

 

[hoipolloiglasgow]

Also, you might like McConnel's Oriental. It doesn't come in bulk, but I really like this one also.

Another fine, Oriental forward blend and favorite of mine. It’s much lighter in flavor, sweeter, less dry, and less in-your-face than something like Black House though.

 

[Swiss Army Knife]

White Knight was a match to a 1980's version of the Original Smoking Mixture, not 759. Frankly, it was closer to the real deal than Germain's version.
Have you tried Hearth and Home Black House? That's supposed to be the 759 match.

Yeah apologies, got WhiteKnight/BlackHouse mixed up. I never tried either, opted for the Sutliff bulks instead as I heard they were basically the same thing. I'll probably cave and just get a pound to put away.

Also, you might like McConnel's Oriental. It doesn't come in bulk, but I really like this one also.

I have tried it but I should give it another go as first impressions were muted. Later on I tried Watch City's Glass Slipper which was the first blend to beat me over the head with that classic Oriental flavor.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I'll probably cave and just get a pound to put away.

Do it while you can. P&C blends sound like they've been discontinued.

 

[Swiss Army Knife]

Do it while you can. P&C blends sound like they've been discontinued.

Looks that way, at least all the H&H blends have vanished off of SmokingPipes. Think I'll take advantage of the SP Sutliff bulk sale and get that pound of 759 match and a half pound of Mixture 79.

Anyone have any other Sutliff bulk recommendations? I know most of them and bought a pound of 507C earlier, SP's sold out of Match Victorian, RC-1 and TS1R and they don't carry Mocha Strips.