In Praise of Mixture 79

[huntertrw]

Mixture 79 was a favorite of the late Hugh Hefner. Perhaps its aroma attracted all those nubile, young women (or maybe it was simply his money and the 15-minutes of fame he offered). To my nose, however, the only thing that aroma would attract are grandmothers and their moms, for it reeks like an old-lady's perfume!

 

[scloyd]

It's not a blend I smoke often, but when I do, I enjoy it.

 

[pappymac]

They seriously must have changed the recipe because when I tried smoking a pouch back when I started pipe smoking in the early 70s, it out Lakeland the Lakeland blends.

I thought about giving it another try as my palate has changed considerably, but I just can't do it.

 

[huntertrw]

t's not a blend I smoke often, but when I do, I enjoy it.

You must secretly be The Most Interesting Man In The World!

 

[burleybreath]

I like it a lot, but I used to cut it with Mac B's Golden Extra, because the flavoring of Mix 79 was way over the top. It no longer is, in my opinion. I can easily smoke it straight. Ditto for the last years of Middleton's Cherry, Kentucky Club Mixture, and Half&Half, all of which were obnoxiously flavored or scented at one time. The old Bond Street tasted like pure soap to me. It wasn't the scent, actually, but its potency, like wearing too much cologne. Everybody except the smoker used to bitch about it.

But I like it. It has a wonderful bowl aroma, unlike many "superior" blends. I'm buying it by the tub. Wish I'd done the same for the Cherry, KC Mixture, and Walnut. (They used to sell these Anywhere,USA.)

 

[filmguerilla]

I don't care much for this one, but I do like Velvet. So what do I know?

 

[ThePiedPiper]

Good old Mixture 79. If you ever took a sip of soda and thought, "I wish I could smoke this." then this one is for you.

 

[Searock Fan]

The stuff has to be different from the drug store Mixture 79 of years past. That was one nasty blend.

 

[f4phantomdriver]

I used to buy the tubs but the last few years I bought the Sutliff #600 which is the bulk version. I moved on to Country Squire's blends and Gawith Hoggarth Flakes but I still smoke a few bowls of M79 a week. When this Sutliff and MacBaren atrocity happened I bought two pounds to stow away in my cellar. Such a shame that one of the first aromatic pipe tobaccos in the U.S. is just a memory now. I might even cut it with some of the many tubs of Prince Albert I have to just make it stretch a little longer.

 

[wyfbane]

When I first started smoking pipes Mixture 79 was the butt of M A N Y jokes so I never even contemplated it. I didn't try it until last fall. I managed to get a couple pounds before the tobaccacalypse, but wish I had more. I really enjoy it.

 

[OzPiper]

Mixture 79 was a favorite of the late Hugh Hefner. Perhaps its aroma attracted all those nubile, young women (or maybe it was simply his money and the 15-minutes of fame he offered).

Mixture 79 didnt exude the same pheromones when I smoked it

Must have been his money.
And the offer of “free room and board” in his mansion

 

[f4phantomdriver]

When I first started smoking pipes Mixture 79 was the butt of M A N Y jokes so I never even contemplated it. I didn't try it until last fall. I managed to get a couple pounds before the tobaccacalypse, but wish I had more. I really enjoy it.

Me too brother. I bought a few pounds as well. I'm really contemplating on buying two more pounds. Along as they are in Mason Jars and sealed correctly it can stay good almost indefinitely. I'm a HUGE Cowboy Coffee fan too. I have about three pounds of that in my cellar as well.

 

[Steddy]

It’s one of a kind and I don’t get perfume from it. I stocked up on the big tubs and I’m wondering if they hold up over time, does anyone have experience with aged tubs?

 

[ThePiedPiper]

Good old Mixture 79. If you ever took a sip of soda and thought, "I wish I could smoke this." then this one is for you.

When I originally wrote this, I said "Dr. Pepper," not "soda" - bizarre that it was changed. Mixture 79 tastes specifically like Dr. Pepper, not any other kind of soda!

 

[sablebrush52]

I've been smoking it for the past several weeks. The first bowl was overpowering, but I think that the toppings had unevenly applied because subsequent bowls are nothing like that first one, and also a bit different one to the next.

It's a weirdly pleasant blend, not the horror story that's been presented here. But, it's nothing I'm going to buy more of, either.

 

[Piping Abe]

When I originally wrote this, I said "Dr. Pepper," not "soda" - bizarre that it was changed. Mixture 79 tastes specifically like Dr. Pepper, not any other kind of soda!

 

[ClinchKnot]

My theory is that this hellish concoction ‘hit different’ back when there was horse and mule dung on the roads you travelled.

 

[dozicusmaximus]

My theory is that this hellish concoction ‘hit different’ back when there was horse and mule dung on the roads you travelled.

Must be why I like enjoy it now that I'm back in Amish/farm country.