Favorite Old School Drug Store Blends

[DotAndBang’sPipes]

Getting a great smoke has been hit or miss lately with English blends, and to a lesser extent with Virginias, but the old codger-style burley blends are always a reliable good smoke.

Lawdawg- yes I smoke CH, LL Readying Rubbed, Sutliffe’s RR match, and other sweet Burley blends for exactly this reason! If my palate is off, or blends start tasting weird, I reach for these. I also reach for these when I get too bogged down in random parts of the hobby and want to remember the simple enjoyment of a good smoke.
So, to my drug store blends:

My go to, and all around favorite, probably my #2 affordable desert island smoke, is PS Cube Cut.
Other blends, in no particular order:

CH, PA, LL ready rubbed, Sutliff match ready rubbed, Granger.
I bought some Half and Half to try this week.

I also bought a sample of Chatham Manor that I’m excited to try.

 

[timt]

Looks like I'm gonna have to try some Old Joe Krantz.

Good choice. Old Joe aint no wimp and it's not what I consider an all day (multi-bowl) blend, at least for me. There's a good amount of perique which a person needs to be able to appreciate, but like I said a few posts above, if you put this in a cob with it's wide open draw, just the tiniest of sips deliver a very satisfying smoke. This has been my morning dog walking choice as of late and I especially like the last half of the bowl with coffee when we get home.

 

[markus]

Amphora Original, Prince Albert and the much hated Mixture 79.

If St. Bruno and Condor count, I would throw them in there as well.

 

[weezell]

If St. Bruno and Condor count, I would throw them in there as well.

:worship:

 

[ashdigger]

AGED GRANGER!!!

 

[crashthegrey]

Did you buy that aged Granger?

 

[bnichols23]

AGED GRANGER!!!

Ash, you're stran..., er, different.
Bill

 

[economistandfisherman]

Carter Hall, Captain Black.

 

[kola]

The older Revelation.

 

[economistandfisherman]

By the way, do you have Prince Albert in a can?....

 

[ashdigger]

Crash, I did. I actually bought 4 tubs. I purchased a fresh tub from P&C so I'll run a taste test.

 

[crashthegrey]

I wondered where they had gone. Ha. I am very interested in hearing your comparison.

 

[workman]

If St Bruno qualifies, I'm in.