Drucquer & Sons Question

[Milleniumsmoker]

Hello Everyone,

I have been enjoying Drucquer & Sons lately. I have a pipe dedicated to Blairgowrie and one for Trafalgar. I'm leaning towards repurposing one of my other Virginia blend pipes for another one of Druquer's English Blends.

Before doing that, I'm wondering which of the blends they carry can be smoked in the same pipe.

Blairgowrie and Trafalgar both have Latakia, Perique, and Orientals but taste wildly different at least to me. I'm wondering if they can be interchanged in the same pipes or if they need a dedicated pipe? I am also wondering if their other blends should get their own dedicated pipe prior to cracking open a new tin and experimenting. The only one that does not contain Perique is "Levant"

From what I've seen online, their 7 blends have the following ingredients:

Trafalgar: Latakia, Orientals, Perique, Virginia
Blairgowrie:Latakia, Orientals, Perique, Virginia
Princes Blend: Black Cavendish, Burley, Latakia, Perique, Virginia
Red Lion: Black Cavendish, Burley, Latakia, Perique, Virginia
The Devil's Own: Black Cavendish, Burley, Latakia, Virginia
Inn's of Court: Black Cavendish, Burley, Latakia, Perique, Virginia

Levant: Latakia, Orientals, Virginia

Does anyone have experience with this line of tobacco? I'm really enjoying what I've tried so far. As an aside, I have nothing against Virginia blends, but what with the cold, nasty Northeast weather we've been getting I've just been in the mood for a more intense smoke lately to fend off the cold. Thanks!

 

[hauntedmyst]

Any of them can be smoked in the same pipe. Dedicating them is really a personal choice but most of the time you'll taste just a little of the previous tobacco but it takes a pretty heavily flavored blend to really stink a pipe.

 

[rushx9]

You can choose to dedicate however you see fit, but many dedicate to genre, as in:
Straight Va (flakes/rr)
Straight Burley (Semois/codger Burley/flakes)
Lat blend (English/Balkan/Scottish)
Aromatic (BurleyCavendish/ Crossovers/Lakelands)
Oriental forward (VaTur/light Balkan)
Va forward (VaBur/VaPer/VaKy)

If you want to separate your Lat blend designations according to if they contain Perique or Cavendish, you can do that. But although they may taste very different in the pipe, the main factor in ghosting is the Latakia, so it shouldn't really matter.
Some simplify the designation choices to only "sweet" or "unsweet".

 

[bent1]

Agree with Rushx9. Given the brand, I’d guess the blends that contain cavendish are not aromatics and would have barely a perceptible effect on those without it.

Latakia, IMHO, ghosts pipes and can mute non latakia blends.

 

[kcghost]

I've got two of the original Drucquers in my possession: XX Press (4 Oz) and States Blend (8 Oz). Haven't a clue what they are made of.

 

[Milleniumsmoker]

That all sounds like good advice thanks everyone!

 

[maduromadness]

I dedicate to pure Virginia, va/bur/per/Ori, Latakia, and Aromatics. Honestly your palate would have to be really well developed for you to pick out Burley, Oriental, or perique ghosts, unless your severely sensitive to them. But Latakia is all consuming. Do as you please, I'll add that the pipe of choice (dimensions/shape/briar taste) may greatly influence how a blend taste in conjunction with being dedicated to a blend type.

 

[haparnold]

Inns of Court is definitely not an aromatic, and it's really really good. I get a black pepper bacon note from it, probably from the Perique/Latakia/Burley/Black Cav.