If You Could Pick 4 Extremely Different Pipe Tobacco

[shubhammandhre]

EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title (See Rule 9)

Hello,

4 years ago I’ve started the pipe smoking journey but it didn’t end up very well.

I never managed to get used to it and I quit.

Today I restarted thinking about it and decided to give it a another go.

I would love to try four different types of tobacco, extremely different. I believe testing extremely different tobaccos could help me to get closer from knowing what I like

If you could think of four (or more) extremely different tobacco what would they be?

Thanks

 

[BarrelProof]

I don’t know anywhere near enough to be able to answer this question. But, I don’t know if I could make another list without Orlik’s Dark Strong Kentucky on it.

Apart from that, I’ve found a ton of value to using www.tobaccoreviews.com lately. You can use the advanced search feature to pick out several styles of pipe tobacco and then just pick the top rated from each style.

That’s probably the approach I’d take if I was in your shoes.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Mixture 79, Ennerdale Flake, Old Dark Fired, and Balkan Supreme.

 

[workman]

Peterson Nightcap, Capstan Blue Flake, Mac Baren HH Old Dark Fired, Samuel Gawith St James Flake, Amphora Full Aroma.

English, Virginia, Burley/Kentucky, Va/Per, Aromatic.

 

[aquadoc]

Peretti's Tashkent, Sutliff Virginia Slices, Samuel Gawith Grousemoor, H&H Chatham Manor

 

[Casual]

Balkan Supreme
Mac Baren HH Burley Flake
Mac Baren HH Old Dark Fired
Capstan Blue Flake
Stokkebye Nougat

 

[jeff540]

Four (ok really five) completely different but easily obtainable blends for the novice....

1. Sir Walter Raleigh regular (red pouch)
2. Orlik Golden Slice -or- Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake
3. Peterson (formerly Dunhill) My Mixture 965
4. GL Pease Haddo's Delight
5. MacBaren's Old Dark Fired

 

[logs]

A Balkan, a straight VA, a strong burley, and a goopy aro should pretty much define flavor landscape for you.
For desert, throw in a fiery perique.

 

[shanez]

Four of my favorites:

Arango Balkan Supreme
GH&C Dark Flake Unscented
Samuel Gawith St James Flake
GH&C American Delight

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Lane BCA
Five Brothers
GH Rum Flake
Presbyterian

I have limited experience myself. These are my 4 out of the stuff I've tried.

 

[autumnfog]

Capstan Blue
Black Frigate
Bold Kentucky
Old Dublin
Autumn Evening

That's five but they're all very good in their different characters.

 

[hauntedmyst]

GH&CO Dark Plug
GH&CO Exclusive Black Cherry
Esoterica Pembroke
Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake

 

[briarbuck]

Directors Cut
FVF
Capstan
Solani Silver

 

[kcghost]

G.L. Pease Six Pence
Nightcap
S.G. 1792 Flake
Heinrich's Dark Strong

 

[Gecko]

Full Virginia Flake - Straight Virgina, "The Essence of Pure Flavor" ?
Dunhill/Peterson Standard Mixture - Latakia blend.
American Delight - Aromatic.
Cabbies Mixture - Virgina with perique, peppery.

I'm fairly new to pipesmoking myself but I believe the four above would be a decent basis to start from and good representatives of their respective category. Then explore broader from there, or at least that's what I have done. Next/fifth category for me will be burley blends and sixth Lakelands.

Best of luck on your tobacco journey I am sure it will be enjoyable!

 

[renfield]

GLP Gaslight - lots of smooth latakia
Cult Blood Red Moon - big flavor aromatic
RO Firestorm - a tasty VaPer on the big side
Capstan Blue - Virginia calling.
C&D Pegasus - burley

Pick four.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding

Peter Heinrich's Curly Block (If that's too tough to get, then Samuel Gawith St. James Flake)

MacBaren HH Burley Flake

Gawith Hoggarth Ennerdale Flake

Watch City Rhythm and Blues

The Country Squire Old Toby

 

[saltedplug]

MB HH Rustica
GH Dark Flake, Scented and Unscented
GH Brown Pigtail

 

[elasmo]

Nightcap
Cabbie's Mixture
Bill Bailey Balkan Blend
Midnight Ride

 

[dcon]

I am curious about what you smoked before and what you did not like? I personally believe this method will lead to disappointment, especially if you take some of the above advise.