I was afraid of that. Another casualty. We'll that's certainly one I'm going to save for certain occasions.
Sutliff 759 is a good enough blend, I have some of that. But it's not an absolute match. I enjoy it, but not as much as BH. I would possibly stock up on some if it comes around.
Until STG took over production of Black House a few years ago it was the same blend. The Original Match was White Knight.
Might be a mental thing with my tastes. I was thinking Blackhouse was inspired by Balkan Sobrani 957, but Sutliff 759 was the closer match. Or was Balkan Blue the closer match? Still have plenty of that one and I about equally like that to Black House.
Black House won the judges' vote but Balkan Blue got the popular vote.
Ah yes. I remember now. The sad thing now is that all these blends will be no more.
And the Sutliff entry for that contest Luxury Blend 957 has been gone since before McClelland closed.
And like the wine drinking skeleton drinking from an empty bottle in The Last Unicorn, I will draw from an empty pipe and say, "but I remember!"
You probably won't be disappointed. Well you might be disappointed when you can't get anymore.
That's a risk I'm willing to take. A lot of people don't bother getting stuff about to be discontinued if they never tried it before, but for me that's all the more reason to get it before it's too late. I started off with cigars so I'm used to buying singles (I've never bought a box and have no plans to) so I'm used to only smoking something once, so even if I only get one tin of a pipe tobacco that's about the same number of smokes as a box of cigars would get you for a fraction of the price.
Russ hasn't blended in years and years.
