In Defense of Codger Blends
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The only codger blend I've tried was Half and Half. That was my first smoke, 15 years ago. Didn't like it.
Although I generally dislike burley, I am curious to try the famous codger blends, just to have tried them.
The two which most intrigue me to try are Mixture 79 and SWRA.
Although I generally dislike burley, I am curious to try the famous codger blends, just to have tried them.
The two which most intrigue me to try are Mixture 79 and SWRA.
I like codger-type blends particularly from Watch City and Wilke.
I'm quite fond of Lane Ready Rubbed, and Milan's "Our" Kentucky Club Mild. I'm smoking Amphora Original right now. MacBaren Mixture (Scottish Blend) is another fave in this area.
I could live with five brothers though I'd be smoking less for sheer pleasure and more for nicotine thus less in general.
There is nothing wrong with codger blends. I had a friend for a few years whom I looked in on everyday. He smoked Prince Albert in his one pipe all day long.
But, for me, I am smoking for diversity of flavor. And, while I may smoke one occasionally, I really have no interest in ever smoking just one tobacco.
But, for me, I am smoking for diversity of flavor. And, while I may smoke one occasionally, I really have no interest in ever smoking just one tobacco.
Blends over 100 years of age are beyond need of defending.
They need a struck match.
They need a struck match.
I could probably live on having only Amphoras,Mc Barens Golden Extra and St Bruno
Other than Half and Half and Mixture 79, I could smoke most codger blends with impunity. They aren't complex, memorable smokes but they "scratch the itch" for a decent pipe. Amphora Original is the only one that really speaks to me such that I would seek it out.
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being in Europe I have never tried American codger blends.
St Bruno and Condor for me
I could put up with Polish Condor ,at a push
St Bruno and Condor for me
I could put up with Polish Condor ,at a push
Can't let this thread slide past without a salute to jiminks who rescued the blend Edward G. Robinson from the dustbin of history. Perhaps it is too special a case to call it a codger blend, but it is associated with the genre though it is distinctive in its own right. I really like it, but I keep saving back my tin. I may have to stop doing that.
I wouldn't let him do me!
I can smoke CH, Granger, Half/Half, SWR, & SWRA pretty interchangeably. I also enjoy CBW/RLP6, HGL, & Iwan Reiss 3* blue. If I could only smoke one or two of these for the rest of my life I'd be ok.
Half and Half is way underrated at a codger blend in my opinion. However, Im much more of a Virginia fan, so maybe thats why I like Half and Half over the more burley based blends? Id like to know how much burley is in other codger blends. I think Half and Half is about 50% burley, ha.
Nothing wrong with smoking codger blends. Smoke what you like and enjoy, and don't worry about what other people think.
Half of Half and Half is BU, half of half and half is VA.
Yeah it is. I wonder how they came up with the name though, ha.Half of Half and Half is BU, half of half and half is VA.
St Bruno.
Maybe Condor.
Either St Bruno or Condor.
Maybe Erinmore.
Ok, either St Bruno, Condor or Erinmore.
Probably St Bruno.
Maybe Condor.
Possibly Erinmore.
Maybe Condor.
Either St Bruno or Condor.
Maybe Erinmore.
Ok, either St Bruno, Condor or Erinmore.
Probably St Bruno.
Maybe Condor.
Possibly Erinmore.
I remember reading somewhere that 5 bro’s used to have a number of competitors in the “strong codger” category. This is to say, there used to be a variety of codger blends that were not tamed into submission. If this were still true, I might be a codger blend smoker. But the codger blends I have smoked, except 5 bros, all seem like white burley with the life toasted out of it, then cased and topped. I taste the flavoring—and the flatness of white burley beneath. I smoke them once in a great while, but it mainly serves as a reminder of how much I like burley alive and wild