Daughters and Ryan

[Lumbridge]

Two Timer should be a staple of any burley lover's cellar. Wonderful stuff.

 

[woodsroad]

I would say D&R died the day Mark Ryan sold the company. That's when London Dock was cancelled.

Intercontinental has retained 16 D&R blends on three packaging sizes. That’s amazing to me. There was no possibility of holding on to the most marginal blends, although they were some of the best, IMHO. The phrase has been over used, but those blends were Mark’s passion projects, and probably generated little income. Only people like Mark Ryan and The McNiels could put that much time into sourcing all those unique tobaccos for such short-run products. I’m still hoarding my Blender’s Bench selections.

 

[JimInks]

@JimInks Jim, could you elaborate on the changes, if any, that you’ve observed since the sale of D&R’s bagged tobacco line to Intercontinental?

I can't because I only have the Mark Ryan versions. Before the sale, he called me and offered me a great deal on anything I wanted, so I stocked up then, and have no reason to buy the Intercontinental version.

 

[woodsroad]

I can't because I only have the Mark Ryan versions. Before the sale, he called me and offered me a great deal on anything I wanted, so I stocked up then, and have no reason to buy the Intercontinental version.

Au contraire, James.
Your public demands it!

 

[JimInks]

Au contraire, James.
Your public demands it!

Well, with your help, I'll do my best.

 

[fireground_piper]

Intercontinental has retained 16 D&R blends on three packaging sizes. That’s amazing to me. There was no possibility of holding on to the most marginal blends, although they were some of the best, IMHO. The phrase has been over used, but those blends were Mark’s passion projects, and probably generated little income. Only people like Mark Ryan and The McNiels could put that much time into sourcing all those unique tobaccos for such short-run products. I’m still hoarding my Blender’s Bench selections.

Losing TAPS VIP still saddens me.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

I'm looking forward to that comparison.

Finally, some good news around here!

 

[/Adam\]

Another quick and informative little read for me. Threads like these about discontinued tobacco blends make me feel like I missed everything that was ever good about this hobby/lifestyle. I’m a cigarette smoker who found this site when I decided to switch over to rolling my own. I smoke a lot less cigarettes now but haven’t been able to quit. My last RYO tobacco order consisted of a bag of Three Sails and 2 bags of Ryback, one regular and one gold. All were smokable and worked in my tube stuffing machine but none made the best tasting cigarettes. I smoked about half of each bag that way, then jarred the rest. I think all 3 are better in a pipe than in cigarettes. I will say that Three Sails is about the “blondest” tobacco I’ve seen to date. It to me tastes just as good as any other full virginia blend I’ve tried. But my pallet is pretty unrefined. Definitely sweet and lots of hay and grassy notes but very weak in the nicotine department. The Ryback was much better to me and had that ketchup and vinegar bag note. But in a cigarette it was a little harsh and again not enough nicotine. I’ve only smoke maybe 25-30 different tobacco blends in total. So I don’t have a lot to go by. But Ryback to me tasted a bit like Petersons standard mixture. Almost like a mild English blend I guess.

 

[pappymac]

Glad I bought up a bunch when the sale was first being whispered.

I wish I had the foresight at the time to do the same.

 

[/Adam\]

Couldn’t figure out how to edit my messages above but I think I might have had Vangeur and not Ryback. But I’m not positive. It was pretty tasty in a pipe. But definitely didn’t make for good cigarettes.