Best Blend of 2024: The Elimination Game Part

[Pipke]

How about a rule that if a blend drops under a certain threshold, a downvote counts as two. Maybe that ought to help clear things out faster.

 

[Manawydan]

+1 Sun Bear
-1 1792 Flake

 

[spearheadbill]

It's been a couple days since my last update, days which haven't been too kind to Latakia blends bearing nonsensical names. First to fall was Shepherds Pie, to which the users on this thread said wham, bam, thanks but no lamb. After a slow bleed with scarcely any contention, this dish was cooked.

More recently, we lost the Gates to Aragorn's Bath. This obscure blend has a single review - and a glowing one at that - on tobaccoreviews.com, so this little taste of obscurity was always going to face an uphill battle if it was to stay in the game. Funeral services were held this morning and @onepyrotec was seen weeping incessantly.

Cringle Flake still holds a marginal lead, but 10 blends have hit the 20+ tier. C&D and GLP hold half of these, but @AcesAndEights has even managed to sneak Watch City's 558 into the running. We'll have to have another rule shake-up soon to see if we can't get a bloodbath or two going!

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+ Sun Bear
- Bosun

Nominees
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AC Peterson
Escudo - 11
Cornell & Diehl
Eight State Burley - 10
Exclusive - 20
Steamworks - 18
Sun Bear - 20
Winchester - 20
Country Squire
Cowboy Coffee - 13
Daughters & Ryan
Ryback - 11
Dunhill/Peterson
Early Morning Pipe - 9
Erik Stokkebye 4th Gen
1931 Flake - 10
Esoterica
Pembroke - 12
Gawith Hoggarth
Aniseed Twist - 9
Bosun Plug - 23
Dark Flake Aromatic - 8
GL Pease
Bankside - 14
Geometrie - 7
Horizons - 11
Telegraph Hill - 21
Quiet Nights - 21
HU Tobacco
Aus dem Krater no. 2 - 13
Director's Cut - 17
Makhuwa - 15
Mac Baren
HH Burley Flake - 21
HH Latakia Flake - 17
Old Dark Fired - 7
Royal Twist - 11
Missouri Meerschaum
Luminaire - 12
Samuel Gawith
1792 Flake - 21
Cabbie's Roll Cut - 11
Savinelli
Doblone D'Oro - 11
Sutliff
Cringle Flake - 24
Match Victorian - 13
Phantom Privateer - 9
The Old Boss - 7
Watch City
558 - 21

Deceased, in order of disappearance:
1-Q - Lane
BCA - Lane
Bosun Cut Plug - GH
Golden Sliced - Orlik
Trail Head - Cascadia
Capstan Blue - Capstan
Rule Britannia - Drucquer & Sons
Bipolar Express - Watch City
Ennerdale Flake - GH
Three Sails - D&R
Dunbar - Esoterica
Pegasus - C&D
Shepherds Pie - Country Squire
Gates of Argonath - Ravenwood

I was torn between a laughing love emoji and anger so I settled on WOW. Sunbear?? Now I need to reevaluate my abilities to judge a person based on their pipe tobacco choices.

 

[jbfrady]

I was torn between a laughing love emoji and anger so I settled on WOW. Sunbear?? Now I need to reevaluate my abilities to judge a person based on their pipe tobacco choices.

I have a varied palette when it comes to tobacco. The only thing I really don’t like is dark fired Kentucky. I can’t seem to develop a taste for it no matter how much I’ve tried.

Sun Bear is the most creative and enjoyable VaOr I’ve come across, and I once told Jeremy Reeves that if he ever acquires a hot press and uses it on Sun Bear, that’ll make for a perfect 10 blend.

 

[woodsroad]

We need a Mass Extinction Event.​

 

[Servant King]

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We need a Mass Extinction Event.​

True, but this rendering was not done to scale. Diplodocus was bigger than T-rex. WAY bigger.

And where's Slim Pickens riding on the asteroid? These are some major oversights!

 

[spearheadbill]

I have a varied palette when it comes to tobacco. The only thing I really don’t like is dark fired Kentucky. I can’t seem to develop a taste for it no matter how much I’ve tried.

Sun Bear is the most creative and enjoyable VaOr I’ve come across, and I once told Jeremy Reeves that if he ever acquires a hot press and uses it on Sun Bear, that’ll make for a perfect 10 blend.

I enjoy the tupelo series. A bit like a jalapeno margarita with tejin on the rim. This year locust model seems to be almost a cavendish but i may have only had 2 pipes max. I will have another go at it. But yeH otherwise you’re doing a bang up job and you will get a 4 star yelp from me

 

[VDL_Piper]

+1 Telegraph Hill
-1 179Spew.

 

[andrew]

+1792
-horizons

 

[onepyrotec]

More recently, we lost the Gates to Aragorn's Bath. This obscure blend has a single review - and a glowing one at that - on tobaccoreviews.com, so this little taste of obscurity was always going to face an uphill battle if it was to stay in the game. Funeral services were held this morning and @onepyrotec was seen weeping incessantly.

Services were postponed until tomorrow morning. I will be opening a tin of Elephant & Castle New World in celebration of life for my young friend GoA

 

[BenMN]

+1 Telegraph Hill
-1 179Spew.

Double this for me, just cuz it's clever

 

[64alex]

+1 Bosun
-1 The Old Boss

 

[onepyrotec]

-1 Bosun Plug
+1 Esoterica Pembroke

 

[seanv]

+1 Winchester
-1 quiet nights

 

[Val]

+1 cringle flake
-1 bosun plug