Fall/Holiday Blends

[rsshreck32]

My favorite time of the year is fast approaching! Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas! I began pipe smoking last November and had absolutely no clue about seasonal blends or where to find them! With that said, what are your recommendations for seasonal/holiday blends? I'm definitely going to try out Sleepy Hollow from Strauss Tobacconist because I love all things .

 

[HitchensDog]

If you like Aromatics, We Three Kings from C&D is good. It's a Vanilla and Cinnamon blend that tastes "Christmasy". Not sure if they are still releasing it? I know they did last year. Some online retailers may have some from the last batch still.

 

[vosBghos]

I'm not a fan of Aromatics except Lakelands. So for Halloween, I crack open any of the Old Ones series by C&D they have plenty of great natural and unusual flavors without getting all chemically I really like Dreams of Kaddath and they are great in the fall. As far as Christmas , McClelland's Christmas cheer can still be easily got on the resell market and is worth it to cellar and bust out once a year.

 

[fireground_piper]

I enjoy a few of the C&D ones. Jolly Old St. Nicholas and We Three Kings in particular I keep a tin or two around of.

 

[AcesAndEights]

I geek out a bit this time of year. Love trying the seasonal blends!

 

[rsshreck32]

I'm not a fan of Aromatics except Lakelands. So for Halloween, I crack open any of the Old Ones series by C&D they have plenty of great natural and unusual flavors without getting all chemically I really like Dreams of Kaddath and they are great in the fall. As far as Christmas , McClelland's Christmas cheer can still be easily got on the resell market and is worth it to cellar and bust out once a year.

Interesting, I just bought an almost 2 year old tin of Dreams of Kaddath at a B&M. I'll have to crack that open this Fall.

 

[Oddball]

I have a couple of the C&D xmas blends in the cellar. I prefer Golden Days of Yore, it has a mild oriental chocolate thing going. pretty codgery in a good way.

 

[Waning Embers]

without getting all chemically

I'm guessing you haven't smoked Visions of Celephäis. More grape than Captain Black Grape was.

 

[PA Piper Mike]

LJ Peretti's Thanksgiving Day is another good one. As for C&D, I'm pretty sure they do a rotation of We Three Kings, Jolly Ole St. Nicholas and Corn Cob Pipe and a Button Nose (I think that's the name) from year to year. Always seems like 1 of those are available during the Christmas Season.

 

[JOHN72]

It is curious that tobacco and alcohol taste better during the colder months. Here, in the south of Spain, we call autumn, cool summer. I could smoke some English blend with some ice rocks in my balls, or inside the fridge at home. I mean, here the real winter lasts a month and a half at 17 degrees, 62.6 °F. So it's crazy to know what shit I can smoke today.

 

[kcghost]

I guess I am a curmudgeon because I smoke the same blends year round.

 

[autumnfog]

Autumn is my preferred season too, hence my alias.
I think burley and latakia blends fits the climate best.

 

[Peter Turbo]

Yeah I love me some LJP Thanksgiving Day. Going to have to try out some other holiday blends this year, Figgy Pudding from TCS is one I always seem to pass up but I’ll try this year. Maybe I’ll try a tin of C&D (Warped?) Scarecrow too.

 

[blackpowderpiper]

I primarily smoke the same blends year round with a few minor exceptions. During the fall, month of October, I usually open a tin of Warped Scarecrow. It's one of the few aromatics I enjoy. It goes well with the cooler temps. Around Christmas I dip into some of my few remaining tins of McClelland Xmas Cheer and also will open a tin of Cringle Flake. I might even have the occasional bowl of C&D We Three Kings or Golden Days of Yore if the mood strikes.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Wilke, Storyteller’s Pipe, Country Squire, KBV all worth checking out among the smaller blenders.

Had Sutliff Xmas Spice the other day.

 

[krizzose]

C&D Golden Days of Yore is very good. However, I don’t think it’s available every year. While not holiday-themed, Sillem’s Musketeer and Hearth&Home Russ’ Snickerdoodle both evoke Christmas for me. Musketeer is based on cube-cut burley, so it has more oomph than the typical aromatic.

Wilke’s Rum Cake also recommended, though for me that’s more for Easter as it tastes a lot like Polish babka

 

[vosBghos]

I'm guessing you haven't smoked Visions of Celephäis. More grape than Captain Black Grape was.

ha ha, as I said I don't go for aromatics I skipped that one in the series...

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

This thread had me go to the cellar and find some jarred Wilke Rum and Maple from a couple years ago. @john Brandt’s Wilke Vermont Maple is another good one and I do find I reach for those in fall - close enough.

 

[rsshreck32]

This thread had me go to the cellar and find some jarred Wilke Rum and Maple from a couple years ago. @john Brandt’s Wilke Vermont Maple is another good one and I do find I reach for those in fall - close enough. View attachment 238747

Sounds delicious!

 

[Waning Embers]

ha ha, as I said I don't go for aromatics I skipped that one in the series...

I got a pipe just for it. All of them but Awakened Elder have a topping though.