Best Blend of 2023: An Elimination Game

[Scottmi]

Esoterica Dorchester +1
Squadron Leader -1

 

[Servant King]

PSLNF +1
G&H Bob's Schlocklolate Flake -1

 

[Winnipeger]

Pegasus +1
Maple Shadows -1

 

[Ryan]

1989 +1
Pegasus -1

 

[simong]

Rich Dark Honeydew +
Stratfordshire -

I think due to the time difference, a few of the downvotes for stratfordshire have been missed. @jbfrady as judicator you’ve got the power to deliver a swift ‘coupe de grace’ for this stricken blend. You’d be doing everyone a favour…….we’ll all be here for months otherwise! Lol
Do the decent thing & push that button.

 

[WerewolfOfLondon]

Here's another shot across the bow for the soon to be sunken blend:

Stratfordshire -
FVF +

 

[AcesAndEights]

Peterson Flake +1
Pegasus -1

 

[Leomania]

Luxury Navy Flake - Peter Stokkebye +1
Stratfordshire -1

 

[mingc]

Mixture 79 +
Luxury Navy Flake -

 

[Ahi Ka]

+ Bob's Chocolate Flake
- From Beyond

Living:
Anomalous - Sutliff - 15
Brown Twist #4 - SG - 10
Aged Burley Flake - Solani - 7
Luxury Navy Flake - Peter Stokkebye - 16
Squadron Leader - SG - 12
Golden Sliced - Orlik - 12
Red Virginia - Robert McConnell - 11
Dockworker - HU - 12
Oriental Silk - C&D - 10
Pegasus - C&D - 16
Mixture #79 - Sutliff - 5
Rouxgaroux - WCC - 10
Ennerdale - GH - 17
1989 - Erik Stokkebye - 16
Stratfordshire - C&D - 5
Full Virginia Flake - SG - 15
Maple Shadows - Sutliff - 13
Holly's Non Plus Ultra - Dan - 9
Rich Dark Honeydew - GH - 13
From Beyond - C&D - 8
Bob's Chocolate Flake - GH - 12
Black - Sillem's - 12
Dorchester - Esoterica - 17
American Cut Plug - Watch City - 9
Skiff Mixture - SG - 15
No. 69 - Peter Henrichs - 10
Flake - Peterson (Dunhill) - 12
Lancer Slices - F&K - 10
Wintertime Flake - SG - 13
Dark Bird's Eye - GH - 16

Deceased:
Grape - Captain Black
Match 20 - Sutliff
Hogshead - Seattle Pipe Club
Royal - Captain Black
Royal Yacht - Peterson
Exclusive - C&D

Cornell & Diehl's Exclusive is 50% Louisiana Perique. It's also 100% dead. Stratfordshire just got jumped in a dark alley by a group of hoodlums and may die next. Tied in hit points but from a slow bleed is 79. '89, by comparison, is flying high, and 69, for one reason or another, hasn't seen any action.

Wasn’t it @woodsroad who nominated mixture 69? If so, I think it has been mistaken for the peter Heinrich’s blend rather than the secret Santa small batch blend from a Few years back

 

[sardonicus87]

Maple Shadows +1
ABF -1

 

[jbfrady]

Wasn’t it @woodsroad who nominated mixture 69? If so, I think it has been mistaken for the peter Heinrich’s blend rather than the secret Santa small batch blend from a Few years back

If we can get that confirmed I'll happily change the entry. Wheen a brand wasn't specified and I didn't know the blend by name I searched it on tobaccoreviews and assumed the most popular entry. Wouldn't be a shock if I missed one.

 

[cshubhra]

Dark Birds Eye +1
Holly’s Non Plus Ultra -1

 

[jbfrady]

+Bobs
-Stratfordshire

Living:
Anomalous - Sutliff - 15
Brown Twist #4 - SG - 10
Aged Burley Flake - Solani - 5
Luxury Navy Flake - Peter Stokkebye - 17
Squadron Leader - SG - 10
Golden Sliced - Orlik - 12
Red Virginia - Robert McConnell - 11
Dockworker - HU - 12
Oriental Silk - C&D - 10
Pegasus - C&D - 15
Mixture #79 - Sutliff - 3
Rouxgaroux - WCC - 10
Ennerdale - GH - 17
1989 - Erik Stokkebye - 17
Stratfordshire - C&D - 1
Full Virginia Flake - SG - 18
Maple Shadows - Sutliff - 14
Holly's Non Plus Ultra - Dan - 7
Rich Dark Honeydew - GH - 14
From Beyond - C&D - 8
Bob's Chocolate Flake - GH - 13
Black - Sillem's - 13
Dorchester - Esoterica - 17
American Cut Plug - Watch City - 9
Skiff Mixture - SG - 16
No. 69 - Peter Henrichs - 10
Flake - Peterson (Dunhill) - 13
Lancer Slices - F&K - 10
Wintertime Flake - SG - 13
Dark Bird's Eye - GH - 18

Deceased:
Grape - Captain Black
Match 20 - Sutliff
Hogshead - Seattle Pipe Club
Royal - Captain Black
Royal Yacht - Peterson
Exclusive - C&D

It's a rare day now where no blend adds its name to the list of the fallen. I can't just go around cooking the books but I've left Stratfordshire with a single integer left in the account. Happy hunting!

 

[brandaves]

LNF +
From Beyond -

 

[pipenschmoeker123]

Stratfordshire - C&D - -1
Dorchester - Esoterica - +1

 

[Bbailey324]

LNF +
Mixture 79 -

 

[AcesAndEights]

Rouxgaroux +1
Solani Aged Burly Flake -1

 

[rick3wood]

Black - Sillem's +1
mixture #79. -1

 

[Servant King]

PSLNF +1
G&H Bob's Count Chocula Flake -1