I was going to suggest that everyone had to try my homegrown at least once, "line up with a crisp $20 bill..." But, then I thought that I would probably be inundated with PMs from people who didn't get the joke.
Blends Everybody Should Try Once?
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Peterson University Flake
Pegasus
HH Acadian Perique
My Mixture 965
Navy Flake
Carter Hall
Royal Yacht
Half n Half
Golden Blend
Orlik Golden Sliced
Crooner
EGR
Picayune
Pirate Cake
Old Dark Fired
Scottish Mixture
G olden Blend
R oyal Yacht
A mphora
N orwood
G ambler
E scudo
R ich Taste
Pegasus
HH Acadian Perique
My Mixture 965
Navy Flake
Carter Hall
Royal Yacht
Half n Half
Golden Blend
Orlik Golden Sliced
Crooner
EGR
Picayune
Pirate Cake
Old Dark Fired
Scottish Mixture
G olden Blend
R oyal Yacht
A mphora
N orwood
G ambler
E scudo
R ich Taste
Velvet. Everybody needs to smoke this blend to understand what smoking air feels like.
Peterson Sherlock Holmes in a Peterson Sherlock Holmes. ?
Oh I get it named after the bug spray it tastes like. Seriously though I find myself more and more drawn to this blend. Sadly I'll be disappointed if it's o.k..
I once saw an old guy smoking something and I swear it had no scent at all. Just smoke. I wonder if that's what he was smoking.
Sounds like something a droog from a clockwork orange would smoke.
I've an unopened pouch from the Warpath Smoke Shop in Plummer, ID. I look forward to trying it!
mingc and I wiped out the stock that pipestud had at one time. I got five of the tins he had and smoked it until it was gone. I really liked it.
there are really only a few blends I haven't liked. And the fact is they all have one thing in common. Too much PG. Which does have a taste that ruins it for me. In fact I've looked up what percentage of pg a blend has all the gross ones had over 9 or 10 percent or something like that. Otherwise the next worst blend would be highly smokeable just not as enjoyable as many others.
I would say all of the very well-known blends, even if it's a bit of a boring answer for the experienced pipe smoker. For example:
- Nightcap
- Full Virginia Flake
- Capstan Blue
- Deluxe Navy Rolls
- Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake or Bulls Eye Flake
- Peterson (Dunhill) Flake
- GLP latakia blends (Westminster and Quiet Nights IMO)
- Boswell aromatics
- Various codger blends
And if you want to get into some worthwhile unicorn blends or discontinued blends:
- Frog Morton series
- McClelland virginias (I would not personally recommend shelling out the big bucks for McC virginias, but I understand why people like them, and they are pretty unique)
- Esoterica Penzance
Of course once you smoke all the well-known blends, then you branch out from there, which perhaps is what this thread is really about. I just wanted to make the point that it makes sense to become well-versed in the basics, which will give you a better framework for appreciating more unique or exemplary blends.
- Nightcap
- Full Virginia Flake
- Capstan Blue
- Deluxe Navy Rolls
- Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake or Bulls Eye Flake
- Peterson (Dunhill) Flake
- GLP latakia blends (Westminster and Quiet Nights IMO)
- Boswell aromatics
- Various codger blends
And if you want to get into some worthwhile unicorn blends or discontinued blends:
- Frog Morton series
- McClelland virginias (I would not personally recommend shelling out the big bucks for McC virginias, but I understand why people like them, and they are pretty unique)
- Esoterica Penzance
Of course once you smoke all the well-known blends, then you branch out from there, which perhaps is what this thread is really about. I just wanted to make the point that it makes sense to become well-versed in the basics, which will give you a better framework for appreciating more unique or exemplary blends.
Argentine Criollo. Hard to get unfortunately.
