Anyone Recently Discover a New Blend That They Absolutely Love?

[lasttango]

War Horse red and green bar, Peretti's #52 and Key Largo from GL Pease

 

[toobfreak]

Thanks Jim, wonderful review. You make the stuff sound great! I will have to try it. Sounds delicious.

 

[mso489]

PS Proper English ... well, it's stogy, but after two or three puffs, also entirely satisfying to me, a sort of mellow English blend. And for those who like mild but complex English, I'd highly recommend Nat Sherman 536.

 

[davidintexas]

SWRA----that was the first blend I tried back 4 years ago. I enjoyed that first smoke, and have only smoked it again maybe 3 times since. I'll have to revisit it again soon to remind myself of it's taste. Hopefully I will appreciate it a little more after trying many other blends since that time.

 

[ophiuchus]

Since SWRA has come up, I feel like the one that's really taken me by a storm recently is a new enough blend ... :wink:
With all this talk about the depletion of McClelland's depleted Syrian Latakia stock, I was feeling a little blue a couple weeks ago. To combat this, I popped open a 100g can of Frog Morton Across the Pond and smoked it almost exclusively for several days. (Yes, mso489, in wide bowls. :lol: ) Mellow, smoky and sweet and almost creamy; I visited hillsides and marshes without leaving my urban neighborhood. Arresting, engaging smoke!
I guess I've mentioned a couple times here that I revisited Sir Walter Raleigh (Regular) this past Thanksgiving and really got to digging the stuff. I've started the collection of tubs of SWR now. After JimInks's and sablebrush52's reviews/impressions on SWR Aromatic, I'm feeling inclined to skip the re-introductory pouch and jump straight to tubs of this as well. ::

 

[hawky454]

It's so frustrating to hear people talk about Hyde Park as a floral "Lakeland-esque" tobacco blend, not because I don't believe y'all but I just personally don't get that from this blend, at all. I just get maple and rum, I get zero florals, zilch! I keep hearing folks say that it's has a Lakeland essence and I want so badly for that to be the case for myself but alas, I've had no such luck. Maybe I'll try another tin someday.
As for new blends that I have recently come to love.
SG Lakeland Dark

SG Kendal Cream

SG RB Plug

GH&Co. Westmorland Slices.

 

[davet]

It's so frustrating to hear people talk about Hyde Park as a floral "Lakeland-esque" tobacco blend

I've been meaning to try this one just for that reason :mrgreen:

 

[buckeyepaddler]

Seattle Pipe Club's Rainier Levant seems to hit my palate perfectly. Love all the Seattle Pipe Club blends, though.

 

[jerwynn]

In addition to my newly beloved War Horse Green, this one has been taking the cake around here as well!!! >>>

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[shutterbugg]

SWRA was the only OTC I would smoke, especially once Amphora Brown disappeared from these parts in the early 1980s.

Really glad Amphora Brown is back, and hope it stays. Aside from me needing to leave it out at least 24 hours to get rid of some of the PG, it tastes like a medium-strong natural blend, unlike the rest of the mild-as-air heavily-topped OTC's.

 

[lestrout]

The series from the great RussO using bright Canadian Virginia that is fermented using techniques borrowed from Perique production added a whole new dimension to my taste and flavor spectrum. The RO Acadian Gold is a knockout for flavor, and even when fresh, burns cool and smooth. Somehow this young blend tastes as if it has already aged a few years. The Acadian English and Acadian Perique are great in their own right, and are straightforward extensions of the core VA.
hp

les

 

[username]

I am really on a burley kick now and been smoking alot of Chatom Manor. friend sent me a sample then I ordered a tub the next day.

 

[drrock]

3 new to me blends that I'm really enjoying:
4noggins.com Weybridge

Peretti Blend No. 52

Watch City Cigars Deluxe Crumb Cut
Initial impressions of these 3 blends: Wow, they're really good!!!

 

[heimedvw]

Within the last month I tried McClelland's 5100 red cake. It's very one dimensional, being sweet, smooth and creamy but man is it good!!

 

[preacherpiper]

New to pipe smoking but have bought about 20 different types/brands/cuts. I like some of them, can't stand some but I have gone through 2 pouches of MM Great Dane. It really satisfies and I don't think it's an aromatic. Reasonably priced too.