English Recommendation?

[LotusEater]

C&D Engine #99 is pretty good too, and available in bulk!

Engine #99 is very good imho
and it isn’t a blend that a new smoker is likely to be aware of i.e not on the lists of top selling English blends.

 

[Singularis]

English is such a wide genre that it really depends on finding the ones that suit you. I'm a fan of several C&D English blends -- Old Joe Krantz, Billy Budd, Stratfordshire, Bayou Night, and Tuggle Hall included. Good old 965 is a dependable English, and of course, Nightcap. And so many others. I smoke enough blends with no Lat, that I don't get burnt out on it. But it is true, to me anyway, that Lat and Perique are overdone as default condiments in English blends.

I trust mso's suggestions, though I have only tried Stratfordshire amongst these and definitely resoundingly echo that rec. I am a big fan of C&D's Super Balkan as well. But for something a little different, try C&D's Habana Daydream. The chopped cigar adds a certain je ne sais quoi that doesn't scream "CIGAR" but really deepens the smoke.

And then there is Balkan Supreme (I've only smoked the Arango-labelled version).

Also, you can (probably) never go wrong with any English/Balkan blend by G.L. Pease. I love Quiet Nights and Samarra. Still have yet to try many others, but his reputation precedes him and I have no doubt in the excellence the many tins and ounces I have waiting for the perfect moment.

 

[kcghost]

Good lord, do you know how many Englishes there are for sale world wide?? Must be 1000's of them.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

C&D Engine #99 is pretty good too, and available in bulk!

#99?

I asked you not to tell me that!

 

[eljimmy]

Father Dempsey
Quiet Nights
Balkan Supreme

 

[JKoD]

In addition to others mentioned:

Levant, Blairgowrie and Trafalgar by Drucquer & Sons are worth trying.

Plus many, many more. A tin at a time…and I recommend you try as many as you can.

 

[Python 357]

Presbyterian, Match English Luxury

 

[Gooseman]

Lancer Slices if you can find it. Nice Even mix of Latakia and virginias

 

[romeowood]

Westminster's pretty good stuff to stock up on...

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

Presbyterian
Kramer's Father Dempsey
Squadron Leader
Nightcap
Abingdon
Westminster
Quiet Nights
Star of the East
Tuggle Hall

The list goes on...So many out there with so many different nuances.

I rarely smoke English blends now, but this is almost exactly what my lost would've looked like.

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

Rattrays 7 Reserve.

 

[Rpink53]

Can’t go wrong with Peter Stokkebye Proper English

 

[GawithPiper]

Really enjoying GLP Quiet Nights!

 

[camaguey]

Similar to balkan sasieni ? Whiteknight , Magnum Opus.

 

[GawithPiper]

It’s a broken flake. Really good stuff

 

[jiminy]

It is pretty hard to go wrong with Nightcap. I haven't explored a lot of pure English blends, but I quite enjoyed that one

 

[FurCoat]

LJ Peretti Omega, Royal and Tashkent