Favorite Old School Drug Store Blends

[slowwideturns]

Whats your favorite old drug store blends?

 

[ray47]

Carter Hall does it for me.

 

[philobeddoe]

I still like Velvet as well as Captain Black White & CB Royal.

 

[kcghost]

Its been a long time but Amphora was it for me.

 

[aldecaker]

I'm a Prince Albert type of guy.

 

[JimInks]

Amphora Original, Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend, and Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic.

 

[weezell]

Granger, Sir Walter Raleigh, Carter Hall, and Prince Albert in that order...

 

[chilipalmer]

No school beats old school. I have all of these on hand at all times, in quantity:
Sir Walter Raleigh, Match Holiday, Match Revelation, Match Briggs Mixture, Match Barking Dog, Match Edgeworth Ready Rubbed, Lane Ready Rubbed, Match Walnut, H&H Midtown Chestnut, Match Bourbon Street(It's odd, I know, but there something about it that I really like), Amphora Full Aroma, Edward G Robinson, E. Hoffman Distinguished Gentleman, Half & Half, Velvet, and the wrongly maligned Mixture 79.
I am a sucker for old school burley blends. I am too young to be a codger, but, I am practicing now so when I come of age I'll be ready...
Cheers,
Chili

 

[oldtoby]

I always favoured the old Hayward Mixture. I have about ten ounces jarred up that I dip into from time to time.
Sad that Hayward is long gone.

 

[mikethompson]

Codger blends get a bad rap sometimes, but we forget that our dads and granddads smoked them just fine. There is a reason they have been around so long!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Carter Hall

SWRA

Sugar Barrel

Middleton Apple

Mixture 79

Prince Albert Soft Vanilla

Most of the Captain Black blends

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Amphora Brown & St Brunos if we can call this latter as being OTC, SWRA and Carter hall are always pleasant experience for me

 

[pianopuffer]

+1 for SWRA. Delivers every time. And surprisingly doesn't ghost my pipes...
I have yet to try Half & Half or Velvet, those are on their way as we speak.

 

[slowwideturns]

Walnut is all gone right? Or is someone producing a copy?

 

[csharp]

http://www.tobaccoreviews.com/blend/9205/sutliff-tobacco-company-match-walnut
https://www.pipesandcigars.com/p/hearth-home-mid-town-chestnut-pipe-tobacco/1486439/

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Captain Black White is probably my favorite. It is a great vanilla aromatic that is easy to enjoy and reminds me of the flavors of first getting into pipes. But, I like quite a few other OTC blends from time to time.

 

[lawdawg]

Carter Hall and Walnut. The Sutliff Walnut Match and the H&H Chestnut are both very good. Can't decide yet which one I like better.
Also, Lane's "Edgeworth" Ready Rubbed. I first tried it several months ago and now it is an indispensable part of my rotation.

 

[crashthegrey]

Walnut is all gone right? Or is someone producing a copy?

H&H Chestnut is very similar and meant to be a reproduction but of better quality. Forgetting all of that, it is a very nice blend either way. I have been diving hard into Burley blends in general, and "codger" blends in the process. It is an essential part of the tobacco rotation. I am currently on a search for one that I like enough to buy a tub. I love popping tins and having open jars, but there is something comforting about having a big old tub of a favorite old school blend.

 

[cajomu]

Captain Black Gold and Walnut.

 

[mso489]

Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic, Five Brothers, and PC Chestnut (a Walnut match). Along these lines, although not exactly drugstore brands, Iwan Ries Three Star Blue, D&R Two Timer, and Edward G. Robinson.