Gents, I've got this bag of Granger, and smoking it was like I was chewing cut glass...does it have to be humidified, or dried out to make more smokeable?
Granger treatment
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Granger is the Virginia No 1 of burley tobaccos.
Whoever Wellman was who invented Wellman’s Process had a hairy chest and an asbestos tongue.
Granger is a delicious smoke, it’s just not a mild, easy smoke.
Whoever Wellman was who invented Wellman’s Process had a hairy chest and an asbestos tongue.
Granger is a delicious smoke, it’s just not a mild, easy smoke.
So many people say this that it must be true! True about both! I don’t doubt any of you!
But I have no issue with Virginia #1 and Granger is the softest tobacco I’ve ever encountered!
I’ve sampled many tobaccos but not a single one of them equals my blue can of burley scraps!
It’s surely oft chemistry @SunriseBoy, so unfortunately drying it might be futile.
I count myself blessed to have found a blend that absolutely clicks with me. I retro every puff of Granger and it’s so mild for me that I have to be consciously careful not to breathe it if I decide to clench.
It's easy enough to try a bowl of the stuff hydrated.
Take the amount of tobacco that you would normally smoke, place it in the palm of your hand and exhale on it up close and slowly a few times until it becomes limp.
Load up and see how you like it.
Take the amount of tobacco that you would normally smoke, place it in the palm of your hand and exhale on it up close and slowly a few times until it becomes limp.
Load up and see how you like it.
A few years ago I made an effort to find out what “Wellman’s Process” was and failed.
I was able to locate the patent number that appeared on the cans of Prince Albert for about fifty years, and it was a process to infuse lower grades of burley leaf with licorice (or other flavorings).
Years ago, every decent sized hillbilly grocery store and larger drug store carried these brands of pipe tobacco
Prince Albert, Velvet, Sir Walter Raleigh, Half and Half, Carter Hall, Middleton’s Cherry Blend, Field and Stream, and Granger.
Smaller stores might only stock Prince Albert, Velvet, SWR and Half and Half.
Prince Albert and Velvet were far and away the most popular. This was due to dual use for roll your own and pipes, plus Prince Albert sponsored (along with Martha White’s Self Rising Flour) the Grand Ole Opry.
Granger and Union Standard plug both used to have Union Made labels (so did SWR) and were popular among old men who were members of unions or The Grange.
National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry - Wikipedia
The Granger motto was well known, to those raised up in the old time Christian Church:
In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas
Granger was different than all the other “drug store” blends in that it was darker and had a more robust smell of licorice, and smelled like minced plug chewing tobacco to me. I don’t ever recall seeing it rolled up in a cigarette.
I think it was the last drug store tobacco I tried.
I will say, that fifty years hasn’t changed Granger. It’s the same today as it was then.
But it’s an acquired taste, I think.
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Granger was always marketed as Pipe Tobacco and advertised itself as such. — Most every other OTC billed themselves as roll-your-own for either pipe or cigarette.A few years ago I made an effort to find out what “Wellman’s Process” was and failed.
I was able to locate the patent number that appeared on the cans of Prince Albert for about fifty years, and it was a process to infuse lower grades of burley leaf with licorice (or other flavorings).
Years ago, every decent sized hillbilly grocery store and larger drug store carried these brands of pipe tobacco
Prince Albert, Velvet, Sir Walter Raleigh, Half and Half, Carter Hall, Middleton’s Cherry Blend, Field and Stream, and Granger.
Smaller stores might only stock Prince Albert, Velvet, SWR and Half and Half.
Prince Albert and Velvet were far and away the most popular. This was due to dual use for roll your own and pipes, plus Prince Albert sponsored (along with Martha White’s Self Rising Flour) the Grand Ole Opry.
Granger and Union Standard plug both used to have Union Made labels (so did SWR) and were popular among old men who were members of unions or The Grange.
National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry - Wikipedia
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The Granger motto was well known, to those raised up in the old time Christian Church:
In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas
Granger was different than all the other “drug store” blends in that it was darker and had a more robust smell of licorice, and smelled like minced plug chewing tobacco to me. I don’t ever recall seeing it rolled up in a cigarette.
I think it was the last drug store tobacco I tried.
I will say, that fifty years hasn’t changed Granger. It’s the same today as it was then.
But it’s an acquired taste, I think.
I would love to know what the “Wellman Process” or even if the modern iteration employs it. — Nonetheless, your post is very informative and much appreciated.
It pleases me to know that the Granger of today closely resembles the Granger of 50 years ago.
Acquired taste? All I know is from the first we’ve been inseparable. My intro was one where you close your eyes and smile as you slowly let the smoke escape. I never tire of this.