Blend(s) you will hate losing the most?

[davet]

Peterson 3Ps :crying:

 

[derfatdutchman]

GL Pease Gaslight, Quiet Nights, Six Pence, Navigator, Sextant and MacBaren ODF.

 

[jefff]

Is Astleys 44 pre 07?

 

[okiebrad]

Bengal Slices

Frog Cellar

Blackhouse

3 Oaks Syrian

Sillem's Black
Just to name a few....

 

[tennsmoker]

Seattle Pipe Club Deception Pass

Frog Cellar

Pease Chelsea Morning

Chatham Manor

Chestnut
I'm so upset about this, I can't think of more! This is like losing old, dear friends.

 

[johnbarleycorn]

I suspect that imports, regardless of the date of original & continuous manufacture, will need to comply with the new FDA rules.

That is first mention I have heard of possibly losing most or all imported blends. That truly would be tragic because almost all my favorite blends are imported. No Dunhill no Escudo and no Samuel Gawith would almost be unbearable. Is that really a possibility to consider?!!!!
I guess at least I would still have carter hall.

 

[danielplainview]

My god, I didn't even think about losing my GL Pease!!
Any word on if the new Dunhill blends will survive?
Hoarding Bengal & New Dunny's as of now.

 

[hiplainsdrifter]

McCranies anything

Hmmm, pretty sure the McCranie's reds have been around a long time, wasn't the first Red Ribbon a 1983 crop?

 

[cossackjack]

@jefff: I found some Tabacco Reviews of Astley's No.44 from Jan 2005 (Astley's No.44), so it may be OK (notwithstanding my previous post).

 

[checotah]

I wonder if it is too late to adopt Greg Pease? After all, I'm sure he could make stuff for his adopted family.
But, seriously, most of his blends and the SPC blends will be missed the most. Several others, but those the most.
Stopped in front of the pipe cabinet to pick something for my after dinner smoke, and it really hit me hard that so many good tobaccos will disappear, and so many good people will be hurt.

 

[mso489]

Fire Storm, Seattle Pipe Club blends, McClelland's Christmas Cheer, PC Midtown Home and Hearth blends. Among so many.
I'm thinking that Iwan Ries Three Star blends will remain, all pre-2007.

 

[phil67]

Not worried about it (which is no reflection on the absurdity of what the FDA is doing), but I'll survive with what I have and what will still be available, which is a more than enough to satisfy me.

 

[jmatt]

Hmmm, pretty sure the McCranie's reds have been around a long time, wasn't the first Red Ribbon a 1983 crop?

Yup. And they're not exactly able to sell Red Ribbon 1983 anymore, are they? Like McClelland's Christmas Cheer, because the varieties were year-specific, a new "McCranie's Red Flake 2016" or any other year would be a "new" tobacco blend subject to the new rules. Meaning once the current McCranie's is gone....it's gone.

 

[fnord]

Lets all take a breath amidst these imminent demises, lawsuits and swirling cut off dates.
What's happened is despicable, but it is happening.
The question now is how soon can new alliances be forged so crowd favorites don't disappear?
I'd like to think that smart tobacco barons like Messrs. Pease, Tarler, Oueltte, et al, are on point and have laid in the appropriate contingency plans.
Fnord

 

[jvnshr]

I have been smoking pipe for 10 months and there are tons of blends that I haven't tried yet. Damn.

 

[hextor]

I love the McClelland frog morton cellar,Christmas Cheer, Bengal Slices, Hearth and Home 10 to midnight, I just got a letter from senator John Cornyn and he states
"On April 28, 2015, the FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2015 (H.R. 2058) was introduced in the House of Representatives. This legislation would change the grandfather date for newly deemed tobacco products from February 15, 2007, to the date on which the FDA’s regulations were finalized, May 5, 2016. H.R. 2058 has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce for further consideration. Although no similar legislation has been introduced in the Senate, you may be certain that I will keep your views in mind should relevant legislation be considered during the 114th Congress."
do you guys think they are going to push back the grandfather date to may 5.

 

[jerwynn]

All of the above. Sigh. Weep. Wimper. Sound of night falling. All light being sucked into the black hole at the center of the galaxy ne'er to be seen again... I want my mommy.

 

[blendtobac]

I'd like to think that smart tobacco barons like Messrs. Pease, Tarler, Oueltte, et al, are on point and have laid in the appropriate contingency plans.

I'm hardly a baron, but, yes, we have a contingency plan in place. We'll say more as the time approaches.
Russ

 

[mso489]

'Hoping things will loosen somewhat on the regulatory side and make accommodations from the pipe and pipe tobacco business easier, once people get a better picture of what/who this is, and why it's important to us. I know this sounds really dreamy headed, but it is crazy expensive, for regulation, the economy, and the pipe business to hammer at this. It's like a campaign against antique cars or some other specialized interest.

 

[hiplainsdrifter]

Hmmm, pretty sure the McCranie's reds have been around a long time, wasn't the first Red Ribbon a 1983 crop?
Yup. And they're not exactly able to sell Red Ribbon 1983 anymore, are they? Like McClelland's Christmas Cheer, because the varieties were year-specific, a new "McCranie's Red Flake 2016" or any other year would be a "new" tobacco blend subject to the new rules. Meaning once the current McCranie's is gone....it's gone.

This doesn't make much sense. It is still called McCranie's Red Ribbon, and it still contains the same type of tobacco ingredients, just a different crop. This is no different than any other blend that uses different crops to achieve roughly the same product. Who knows how the FDA actually interpret this when the time comes, but maybe they should just re-label all their tins without the '2007 crop' and then they would be good?