Cigar Tobacco in Pipes?

[tolstoyevsky]

I'm a newbie with a great deal to learn.
I just tried Old Dark Fired, and it knocked me into another dimension. Then I read that burley is primarily known as a cigarette tobacco. Perhaps that's why I have an affinity for burley? Next step...
I once enjoyed cigars. Are there pipe blends featuring those lovely leaves?

 

[cachimbosergipano]

There's a brazilian producer that makes an awesome burley (as you can see here). No chemicals, just the pure leave of burley. For sure the americans from this forum can recommend you something like this.

 

[ziv]

Have you tried C&D Billy Budd? I love it.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Then I read that burley is primarily known as a cigarette tobacco.

Burley, Virginias, Orientals, and Perique are primarily grown for cigarettes while Dark Fired Kentucky is primarily grown for chewing tobacco. The pipe industry just benefits from the crops. The Warped line of pipe tobacco has a few that may interest you.

 

[NookersTheCat]

There are a few blends that use maduro cigar leaf including Purple Cow from C&D.. I believe they carry a few others as well not to mention carry chopped cigar leaf as a bulk blending tobacco.
They've also recently come out with a Toscano line that uses the same tobaccos as those cheroots... again, featuring mostly dark fired Kentucky which is gonna come closest to that strength/fermented taste you're looking for.
You can also try chopping up cigars yourself or smoking stubs/roaches in the pipe as some others do.

 

[dottlejockey]

Several cigar leaf blends out there. Check tobaccoreviews.com and search the word "cigar." In addition, C&D sells chopped cigar leaf as a blending ingredient. I have been known to keep cigar leaf from my trips to Tampa (the local cigar shops use excess leaf and scraps as a humidification device when you purchase a zip full), and from other cigar marketers who pack their products in loose leaf. I typically store it and use it later as a blending agent in home concoctions.

 

[K.E. Powell]

There are several pipe blends that use cigar leaf, and many are quite tasty! There are two I particularly enjoy.

First, is Warped King's Stride. They took cigar leaf and made it into a cavendish. The result is a very creamy smoke. Warped makes some pretty good cigars for the price, and their line of pipe tobaccos are also good.

Second, is Briar Works Country Lawyer. Such an underrated blend. It's the pipe cigar blend that tastes most like a cigar, in my opinion. Bold and heavy but with a hint of sweetness. It's good stuff.

 

[elvishrunes]

Gawith ropes might scratch the itch.

 

[Brendan]

GL Pease 'Robusto' was mentioned in another thread, I haven't tried it myself but you can't go wrong with GLP

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Samuel Gawith Brown No.4

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I enjoy Cigars, smoke 6 to 8 per week depending upon how much golf I play. The only blend with cigar leaf added I've ever smoked, that didn't totally stuck, is C&D Seersucker. It's quite good.

 

[FLDRD]

Robert Lewis 123 mixture is cigar leaf based. I just saw that brand on sale yesterday or today at one of the typical online vendors.

 

[Pooh-Bah]

In addition to blends like Seersucker which include cigar leaf, you might also satisfy your cigar flavor-hunger with semois - which I'm pretty sure is technically Burley, but there's something in the production process or the Belgian soil that puts more cigar flavor into it.

Nowhere near a cigar expert myself, but I did once have a tobacconist smell some and he remarked on its similarity on the nose to Nicaraguan cigar leaf.

 

[Zamora]

Key Largo by GL Pease is pretty popular. Then there's Cuban Mixure by LJ Peretti which is probably the oldest cigar leaf blend on the market, it's believed to be made with Arturo Fuente leaf

 

[BenMN]

Cornell & Diehl Winchester is made from Red Virginia and Dominican Cigar leaf that has been "cavendished" (steam-heated). I'm a fan. Maybe worth a try, available (only) in bulk

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipe-tobacco/cornell-diehl/winchester/product_id/123401

 

[anotherbob]

I'm a newbie with a great deal to learn.
I just tried Old Dark Fired, and it knocked me into another dimension. Then I read that burley is primarily known as a cigarette tobacco. Perhaps that's why I have an affinity for burley? Next step...
I once enjoyed cigars. Are there pipe blends featuring those lovely leaves?

two of my favorites have cigar leaf. Key Largo which is just one I rarely have because it's so good I only smoke it when I really just want to get lost in a smoke. And another great one in my opinion is James Fox the Bankers. It's the closest thing to cuban tobacco I have had in America that claims it's uses leaf made from Cuban Seed. Both are certainly pipe tobacco and taste like pipe tobacco with a few nice clear and present cigar notes. Some Burly reminds me more of cigars too. Oddly one of my other favorites that has cigarish notes in my opinion is Founding Fathers by C&D which is a pomegranate scented aromatic. It's more on the side of a cheaper cigar that is very good but not overly complex.

 

[chefmike]

Cornell & Diehl Winchester is made from Red Virginia and Dominican Cigar leaf that has been "cavendished" (steam-heated). I'm a fan. Maybe worth a try, available (only) in bulk

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipe-tobacco/cornell-diehl/winchester/product_id/123401

Mmmm… perhaps you are thinking of another blend? Winchester is red VA and cavendish. Or maybe I have something to learn? It does have the… purity? Simplicity?… of a cigar. But not what I generally find from cigar leaf in a blend.

 

[BenMN]

Mmmm… perhaps you are thinking of another blend? Winchester is red VA and cavendish. Or maybe I have something to learn? It does have the… purity? Simplicity?… of a cigar. But not what I generally find from cigar leaf in a blend.

Hey Chef!

Gotta say I really appreciate the way you worded this. Thank you

The "Black Cavendish" in Winchester does in fact start its (pipe tobacco) life as Dominican Cigar leaf. The processing C&D puts it through does change it. It's unique, and maybe worth a try.

*I learned this from C&D head blender J. Reeves. Some quotes from personal communications (used with permission) can be found in this thread from last year

C&D Winchester & Others :: Pipe Tobacco Reviews

I ordered some new tobaccos to try and have enjoyed subsequent bowls of two so far. I’m quite enamored with Cornell and Diehl’s Winchester. The other is the Sutliff Match Ready Rub —Interesting chunky cut that one—I rubbed it out further. The CD Winchester is a joy to smoke. Tasty, pure leaf...

pipesmagazine.com

I blind-bought a pound a year ago and am glad I did

 

[Joe H]

I used to smoke cigars only from the '70s to the '90s. Since then I've mixed cigars into pipe tobacco on and off for years. I slice a disk from a favorite cigar foot, rub it out and mix a slice into a bowl's worth of pipe tobacco if I'm in the mood for a cigar-like smoke. Or I mix in a couple of inches, shredded into larger amounts if I'm preparing a larger batch. I'm mostly an aromatic smoker but occasionally I miss the cigar tobacco taste.

 

[chefmike]

Hey Chef!

Gotta say I really appreciate the way you worded this. Thank you

The "Black Cavendish" in Winchester does in fact start its (pipe tobacco) life as Dominican Cigar leaf. The processing C&D puts it through does change it. It's unique, and maybe worth a try.

*I learned this from C&D head blender J. Reeves. Some quotes from personal communications (used with permission) can be found in this thread from last year

C&D Winchester & Others :: Pipe Tobacco Reviews

I ordered some new tobaccos to try and have enjoyed subsequent bowls of two so far. I’m quite enamored with Cornell and Diehl’s Winchester. The other is the Sutliff Match Ready Rub —Interesting chunky cut that one—I rubbed it out further. The CD Winchester is a joy to smoke. Tasty, pure leaf...

pipesmagazine.com

I blind-bought a pound a year ago and am glad I did

I have often found when I think I know something, I have an opportunity to learn. Case in point here. I almost dug out Winchester, as I REALLY like it. Went Redburn instead. Thank you for the link! I tried a bowl of Winchester at the C&D B&M in Little River years ago and bought a bunch.