Do tell what your favorite strong crossover pipe blend. Not the mild or mild-medium ones, but tobaccos with some balls!
Favorite Crossover Blend With Some Strength
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crossing over from what to what?
I would classify Boswell’s Northwoods, Countryside, and Military Force as crossovers, and they’re pretty darn good. Countryside is the most obviously topped with notes of Vanilla and Caramel, followed by Northwoods with a much lighter application of Vanilla, and then MilForce, which has a slight off-dry pine thing going on. They’re delicious.
I also enjoy Sutliff’s Count Pulaski, a crossover English with the slightest sweet and anise topping - nowhere near what you get with Mixture 79 or even SWRA, but a very pleasant “something” that sits atop a really nice tobacco blend.
The challenge is that I haven’t discovered a crossover with “strength” as the target market for these types of blends appears to be the type of smoker who is coming from aromatics and dipping their toe in to the English world, so they’re not necessarily smoking for strength but for flavor. If you want to add a little strength you can always blend in some Five Brothers (fairly neutral addition) or even some C&D Big n’ Burley (which will definitely change the flavor of the base blend but might well work if you’re deft).
I also enjoy Sutliff’s Count Pulaski, a crossover English with the slightest sweet and anise topping - nowhere near what you get with Mixture 79 or even SWRA, but a very pleasant “something” that sits atop a really nice tobacco blend.
The challenge is that I haven’t discovered a crossover with “strength” as the target market for these types of blends appears to be the type of smoker who is coming from aromatics and dipping their toe in to the English world, so they’re not necessarily smoking for strength but for flavor. If you want to add a little strength you can always blend in some Five Brothers (fairly neutral addition) or even some C&D Big n’ Burley (which will definitely change the flavor of the base blend but might well work if you’re deft).
Favorite English/aro crossover, Boswell Northwoods.
Favorite Virginia/aro crossovers, Erinmore and Luxury Twist Flake.
Favorite Burley/aro crossovers, 1792 and Warhorse Bar.
Of those, 1792 and Warhorse bar are the only ones I'd classify as a strong tobacco in the nicotine department.
Favorite Virginia/aro crossovers, Erinmore and Luxury Twist Flake.
Favorite Burley/aro crossovers, 1792 and Warhorse Bar.
Of those, 1792 and Warhorse bar are the only ones I'd classify as a strong tobacco in the nicotine department.
Mac Baren Solent Mixture. Predominately ribbon cut virginia, small amount of burley, about 20% latakia and 10% Mac Baren's classic dark-fired cavendish and a rum-molasses casing. Sort of a beefed up version of Plumbcake but the molasses element seems heavier.