Anything Similar to Dunhill 965 in Tins?
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You might want to give Dunhill's London Mixture a go. My favorite Lat blend in their current line up.
I actually just 'discovered' 965 and find it a perfect blend that is inbetween Early Morning and Nightcap, which I find a bit too strong for my taste. I recently ordered a bulk pound from 4noggins and am very pleased.
Jud, sounds like I'm going to have to try the Peterson's and SG versions.
Thanks
Jud, sounds like I'm going to have to try the Peterson's and SG versions.
Thanks
Pascal:
If you're really looking for something similar to 965 -- and not just an English blend -- you are looking for a medium-weight, balanced English with cavendish. Unless I overlooked something, I don't believe anyone has mentioned any blends so far that fit that specific profile.
For me, Rattray's is one of the best blenders for producing English-with-cavendish blends. I would especially recommend Black Mallory and 3 Noggins. They are excellent blends, IMO. Jocks Mixture is one of my Top 5 blends as well. . . but the latakia is virtually imperceptible and there are no other orientals, so that may be too far outside of the "965" profile for you.
Of course, it's hard to find these days, but Esoterica's Penzance is an English with cavendish as well, and another one of my Top 5.
Bob
If you're really looking for something similar to 965 -- and not just an English blend -- you are looking for a medium-weight, balanced English with cavendish. Unless I overlooked something, I don't believe anyone has mentioned any blends so far that fit that specific profile.
For me, Rattray's is one of the best blenders for producing English-with-cavendish blends. I would especially recommend Black Mallory and 3 Noggins. They are excellent blends, IMO. Jocks Mixture is one of my Top 5 blends as well. . . but the latakia is virtually imperceptible and there are no other orientals, so that may be too far outside of the "965" profile for you.
Of course, it's hard to find these days, but Esoterica's Penzance is an English with cavendish as well, and another one of my Top 5.
Bob
A blend that you may want to try is McClelland's Blue Mountain. This tobacco was the winner of the 2011 People's Choice award and a 21 year old Mixture 759 was the inspiration for the tobacco. Its a real sleeper and is usually under the radar, why I don't know. Great tobacco.
Select mixture flies well under the radar. It is THE mild English, as you said, but those Virginia's are to die for. I have 8 tins put away, waiting for 20 years or so 
I will add, thy I have yet I be disappointe by any SH blend. Exotique, which is represented by the 8oz tins in my cellar, is at the top of the list for oriental blends. Take my word for it, when it stops being made, as all blends do eventually, the prices will reach the same level as any Sobranie blend.
I have several pounds of Exotique that will age extremely well over the next couple decades.
I will add, thy I have yet I be disappointe by any SH blend. Exotique, which is represented by the 8oz tins in my cellar, is at the top of the list for oriental blends. Take my word for it, when it stops being made, as all blends do eventually, the prices will reach the same level as any Sobranie blend.
I have several pounds of Exotique that will age extremely well over the next couple decades.
Roth,
You hit a good point. I have often been asked by some friends, why I buy expensive/vintage tins. My answer I simple, to me at least. On a good day, I can smoke 3-4 bowls, normally it's 2. I smoke smaller pipes. A bowl can last an hour to two depending on the blend. I'm talking about group 3 at most.
A 50g tin of tobacco can lat two weeks to a month. I smoke a bowl of SG fVF everyday. And I'll have a bowl of something real nice. Some Balkan Sobranie I have stashed, some old Garfinkel blends.. You get the point.
Unless you are smoking 10 bowls a day, is it real important to worry about splurging on a nice vintage or hard to gettin? In my eyes no. I fully agree with stocking a cellar, and I do. I also smoke OGS often, and some GH blends. I have built and continue to build a cellar. But I would rather smoke 2 bowls of some fantastic tobacco, then ten bowls of something that is good but not great.
Sorry to hi jack this thread, just a thought on the prices, and justification for the above recommended blends, in the case that you thought the price was high.
You hit a good point. I have often been asked by some friends, why I buy expensive/vintage tins. My answer I simple, to me at least. On a good day, I can smoke 3-4 bowls, normally it's 2. I smoke smaller pipes. A bowl can last an hour to two depending on the blend. I'm talking about group 3 at most.
A 50g tin of tobacco can lat two weeks to a month. I smoke a bowl of SG fVF everyday. And I'll have a bowl of something real nice. Some Balkan Sobranie I have stashed, some old Garfinkel blends.. You get the point.
Unless you are smoking 10 bowls a day, is it real important to worry about splurging on a nice vintage or hard to gettin? In my eyes no. I fully agree with stocking a cellar, and I do. I also smoke OGS often, and some GH blends. I have built and continue to build a cellar. But I would rather smoke 2 bowls of some fantastic tobacco, then ten bowls of something that is good but not great.
Sorry to hi jack this thread, just a thought on the prices, and justification for the above recommended blends, in the case that you thought the price was high.
MM965 is my go-to blend. For myself, similar blends I enjoy are:
- EMP
- Nightcap
I tried but didn't really enjoy London Mixture. I tried Old Dublin twice and just found it to be awful both times (Lestrout can't figure that one out).
Similar bulk blends are:
- Boswells RR Station
- P&C (Home & Hearth?)Admiralty
- EMP
- Nightcap
I tried but didn't really enjoy London Mixture. I tried Old Dublin twice and just found it to be awful both times (Lestrout can't figure that one out).
Similar bulk blends are:
- Boswells RR Station
- P&C (Home & Hearth?)Admiralty
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