Best Blend of 2023: An Elimination Game

[Servant King]

PSLNF +1
CB Grope Grape -1

 

[Dave760]

Mixture №79: -1
Maple Shadows: +1

 

[Tate]

Exclusive +1
Capt Black Royal -1

 

[cshubhra]

Since no one has purchased me yet …

Dark Birds Eye +1
Sutliff Match 20 -1

 

[Servant King]

Since no one has purchased me yet …

Can't afford you--TAD claimed all my spare $$$ this past year, and it seems uncouth to haggle.

 

[Bbailey324]

SG Squadron Leader +1
CB Grape -1

 

[captainsousie]

SG Squadron Leader +1
CB Royal -1

 

[Ahi Ka]

Home grown +1

 

[jbfrady]

Update (newest votes in bold)...

Nominees:
Anomalous - Sutliff - 11
Grape - Captain Black - 8
Brown Twist #4 - SG - 10
Aged Burley Flake - Solani - 10
Luxury Navy Flake - Peter Stokkebye - 11
Squadron Leader - SG - 12
Royal - Captain Black - 8
Golden Sliced - Orlik - 10
Red Virginia - Robert McConnell - 10
Dockworker - HU - 10
Oriental Silk - C&D - 9
Match 20 - Sutliff - 8
Pegasus - C&D - 10
Mixture #79 - Sutliff - 11
Rouxgaroux - WCC - 10
Ennerdale - GH - 10
1989 - Erik Stokkebye - 11
Stratfordshire - C&D - 10
Full Virginia Flake - SG - 10
Maple Shadows - Sutliff - 10
Holly's Non Plus Ultra - Dan - 10
Rich Dark Honeydew - GH - 10
From Beyond - C&D - 10
Bob's Chocolate Flake - GH - 10
Hogshead - SPC - 10
Black - Sillem's - 10
Dorchester - Esoterica - 10
American Cut Plug - Watch City - 10
Exclusive - C&D - 11
Skiff Mixture - SG - 9
No. 69 - Peter Henrichs - 10
Flake - Peterson (Dunhill) - 10
Lancer Slices - F&K - 10
Wintertime Flake - SG - 10
Royal Yacht - Peterson - 10
Dark Bird's Eye - GH - 11

 

[jbfrady]

I just noticed... there's not a single Pease blend on the list, whether GLP or D&S. Intriguing.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

My favorite blend of this year and all-time is Haunted Bookshop. A new one that’s been around and. Another I can’t get enough of lately is Opening Night. ️

 

[Scottmi]

Darn good list of tobaccos. Going to be a challenge as this tightens up! Today, though:

Dorchester - Esoterica +1
Squadron Leader - SG -1

 

[cshubhra]

I just noticed... there's not a single Pease blend on the list, whether GLP or D&S. Intriguing.

I think GL Pease does amazing work with Latakia. But, which one to put here? I enjoy Westminster and Quiet Nights a lot, but I just finished a tin of Meridian which was quite good as well. I had loved Samarra Anniversary earlier, and Gaslight is exquisite if you can get over (Or love) preparing hard plugs. While I did not love Chelsea Morning, I still liked it. It’s a lot of choice, to nominate a single one when he only has 20 or so base tobacco from C&D as his raw ingredients.

 

[Winnipeger]

Pegasus +1
CB Grape -1

 

[jbfrady]

Odd... I'm smoking Quiet Nights as I write this and only a few minutes ago I tossed my empty tin of Meridian.

I think GL Pease does amazing work with Latakia. But, which one to put here? I enjoy Westminster and Quiet Nights a lot, but I just finished a tin of Meridian which was quite good as well.

 

[ThermionicScott]

I just noticed... there's not a single Pease blend on the list, whether GLP or D&S. Intriguing.

I also found it interesting that a match blend (Match 20) was nominated, but not the standard-bearer (Peterson MM #965.)

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

SG - Skiff Mixture +1
Dunhill - Royal Yacht -1

Updated...
Nominees:
Anomalous - Sutliff - 11
Grape - Captain Black - 7
Brown Twist #4 - SG - 10
Aged Burley Flake - Solani - 10
Luxury Navy Flake - Peter Stokkebye - 11
Squadron Leader - SG - 11
Royal - Captain Black - 8
Golden Sliced - Orlik - 10
Red Virginia - Robert McConnell - 10
Dockworker - HU - 10
Oriental Silk - C&D - 9
Match 20 - Sutliff - 8
Pegasus - C&D - 11
Mixture #79 - Sutliff - 11
Rouxgaroux - WCC - 10
Ennerdale - GH - 10
1989 - Erik Stokkebye - 11
Stratfordshire - C&D - 10
Full Virginia Flake - SG - 10
Maple Shadows - Sutliff - 10
Holly's Non Plus Ultra - Dan - 10
Rich Dark Honeydew - GH - 10
From Beyond - C&D - 10
Bob's Chocolate Flake - GH - 10
Hogshead - SPC - 10
Black - Sillem's - 10
Dorchester - Esoterica - 11
American Cut Plug - Watch City - 10
Exclusive - C&D - 11
Skiff Mixture - SG - 10
No. 69 - Peter Henrichs - 10
Flake - Peterson (Dunhill) - 10
Lancer Slices - F&K - 10
Wintertime Flake - SG - 10
Royal Yacht - Peterson - 9
Dark Bird's Eye - GH - 11

 

[Chasing Embers]

I just noticed... there's not a single Pease blend on the list, whether GLP or D&S. Intriguing.

Two Friends is one of his as well.

I also found it interesting that a match blend (Match 20) was nominated, but not the standard-bearer (Peterson MM #965.)

Sometimes the Match exceeds the standard. Elizabethan/Victorian Match is often preferred to Elizabethan.

 

[minerLuke]

SG FVF +1
Solani Aged Burley Flake -1

Edited to add, the Solani ABF is the only moldy tin I've got so far

 

[ThermionicScott]

Sometimes the Match exceeds the standard. Elizabethan/Victorian Match is often preferred to Elizabethan.

Yes, but I haven't really heard much of that for Match 20, just that people tend to appreciate it when #965 goes out of production. Anyway, sidebar for this thread.