Balkan Sobranie in stock
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It's the most mediocre Balkan I have ever tried. The new recipe is crap. I've never tried the older tins, but I imagine that for a blend to get so famous that it must have been good at one time. Now, I can barely finish a tin of the damned stuff. Hearth and Home Whiteknight will blow you away with how much better it is than BS.
Good thing is I don´t have to go out of my way to get a try on it. I guess it´s called "BS" for a reason.... :mrgreen:
The other BS (Sasieni) is better, but why go foreign when you've got Russ with H&H and John Cotton, Smyrna, etc.(Std. Tobacco of PA); Greg Pease with a dozen fine English blends; and now you can get Kramers main blends online. I wish I knew more about McClellands!
BS (Sasieni) is my favorite Balkan. And the price point is excellent. That's no BS. I got a chance to try the Original Sobranie 759 when I found a dry, old foil pouch of it in a glass showcase at a pipe shop that was closing down. This had to be about 20 years ago. It truly was all it was cracked up to be. YMMV :
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Germain's product is a real disappointment. I used to smoke Balkan Sobranie when it was the real deal and this ain't it. To add injury to insult, retailers stick it to their gullible clientele by overcharging for this nasty stuff because it carries a legendary name and badly done reproduction of the old artwork.
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I appreciate the heads up and like Balkan Sobranie. I doubt I'll pick any up this go around because of the price point. I don't think $25 is terribly unfair, but I have managed to accumulate a good amount of tins over the past couple years for a much lower price. It seems as though some really don't like it, which always works for me when it's something I enjoy that is only available on occasion. I've smoked White Knight and other similar blends and like them too, but I like Balkan Sobranie's cut and also the flavor a little more than it's comparable blends. Everyone has his/her own likes and dislikes. I'm a little surprised that a simple heads up about the availability of a blend generated as much reaction as this? I guess some really don't like it? I can't compare it to it's old self, so I imagine that it could be a let down for some in that context. I read similar reactions following the Mac Baren release of Three Nuns.
I like Balkan Sobranie better than White Knight, but that's just too expensive. It can easily be found from time to time for under $15. I bought a five can roll for $60 back in December.
Nate, thank you saying what I have been thinking for quite some time. It reminds me of people who slam someone else's musical taste. I don't like a lot music other people listen to and I certainly think my musical tastes are far superior to everyone else's, but I don't see how it helps anyone for me to blather on about how much I hate their music. So I don't.
Yeah that was a bit of a row, but Mac Baren had licensed the Virginia Kentucky version of Three Nuns, not the Va/Per version. If you want to smoke something pretty close to the Va/Per Three Nuns, try Savinelli Doblone d'Oro.
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For the record, I am not a basher, however individuals who speak freely about forum sponsors can disappear into the cornfields...
Most every thread has people coming on giving a contrary opinion to whatever the topic is. Sobranie is not being bashed. It isn't bashing just to say that you don't like a blend as it stands today or don't think it is the same as it was many years ago or that you think it is overpriced. I've smoked the stuff of old and I've tried the current stuff. Not the same, other than the label on the can.
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