I was wondering if I could hear a little commentary about the other blends offered by Lane Limited. I've only tried 1Q, which I smoke regularly, and would like to hear how their other blends stack up against it.
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MV-1000: My go-to lately. Less heavy on the aromatic than 1-Q. Straight yet mild Virginia, no bite so to speak of. Mild vanilla-ish. I almost get like a Werther's candy from it. Wife (edit) likes the smell. Love it. Have a pound of it in jars.
RLP-6: Not bad, heavier on the aro side. I get buttered popcorn/caramel when I smoke it. But less impressed than the MV-1000. This one has lost out against the 1-Q and Mark Twain. But it's not bad.
RLP-6: Not bad, heavier on the aro side. I get buttered popcorn/caramel when I smoke it. But less impressed than the MV-1000. This one has lost out against the 1-Q and Mark Twain. But it's not bad.
I mix Lanes 1Q and BCA at an equal ratio for the big bag of stuff I keep around when i am too lazy to make up my mind.
Lately I've been smoking RLP-6.It's just a bit too mild for me though.I probably won't buy it again.I think 1Q has more taste.My favorite LANE blend was a Latakia blend called HGL.For reasons unknown to me it was discontinued.
Thanks very much for the suggestions. :
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too bad about the Latakia-based blend being discontinued. Would be interesting to find out how Lane does latakia.
:too bad about the Latakia-based blend being discontinued. Would be interesting to find out how Lane does latakia.
When Reynolds bought Lane Limited back in 2006, they essentially put the bulk pipe tobacco (and essentially the whole company) out to pasture. We used to have about 40 bulk blends. Reynolds quickly cut it down to the 7 that are available today: 1Q, Very Cherry, BCA, Burley-Light-Without-A-Bite (BL/WB), HS-3, MV-1000, and RLP-6. At the request of several of our wholesale distributors (we don't sell direct to retail or consumers) we've recently brought back TK-6.
As to HGL, particularly criminal to have discontinued this blend, considering that HGL stands for Herman G. LANE, the last member of the Lane family to own the company, and the creator of Captain Black. That blend is what he used to smoke around the office.
The question everyone has is: Will the old Lane blends come back? If I have anything to do with it (and it's kind of my job), the answer is yes. But it may take about a year or so.
My all time favorite Lane Ltd. blend was Highland. A lat blend somewhat akin to "And So To Bed" as I recall. I smoked that every day in the 1970's and early 1980's. I used to buy it at the Lane Ltd. store on 42nd st. in New york. Oh, to have it back again.
leonardw- do you remember Highland?
leonardw- do you remember Highland?
Leonard,
Thanks for jumping in on this. Shows your care, focus and passion.
Good luck in bringing the older blends back. I'm not a Lat fan at all, more of a VA and VA/Per guy,
@Doc and @Puffy: Yep. I like the RLP-6, but it's this in between MV-1000 and 1-Q that makes it a bit of a hybrid. I like it, but either I want something more mellow and go for the MV-1000, or something with more flavor and go for the 1-Q. Which leaves it hanging in between the two and gets rarely and pipe time with me. I notice my jars of 1-Q, MV-1000 and Mark Twain get empty a lot faster than the jar of RLP-6. Perhaps for a Burley fan it may be a better fit.
Zanthal: I'd get a couple of ounces of each, put them in a jar and play with them. They're all good day-to-day smokes. As mentioned. I always have a jar of those three around. The Mark Twain is an Altadis/AC Peterson bulk.
Thanks for jumping in on this. Shows your care, focus and passion.
Good luck in bringing the older blends back. I'm not a Lat fan at all, more of a VA and VA/Per guy,
@Doc and @Puffy: Yep. I like the RLP-6, but it's this in between MV-1000 and 1-Q that makes it a bit of a hybrid. I like it, but either I want something more mellow and go for the MV-1000, or something with more flavor and go for the 1-Q. Which leaves it hanging in between the two and gets rarely and pipe time with me. I notice my jars of 1-Q, MV-1000 and Mark Twain get empty a lot faster than the jar of RLP-6. Perhaps for a Burley fan it may be a better fit.
Zanthal: I'd get a couple of ounces of each, put them in a jar and play with them. They're all good day-to-day smokes. As mentioned. I always have a jar of those three around. The Mark Twain is an Altadis/AC Peterson bulk.
LeonardW, thanks very much for posting.
@Mick - I'm about 12 hours ahead of you, I've got 4 ounces each of RLP-6, MV-1000, BCA and of course 1Q on the way.
@Mick - I'm about 12 hours ahead of you, I've got 4 ounces each of RLP-6, MV-1000, BCA and of course 1Q on the way.
Well Leonard, your company's blends are pretty popular around here. If your product line ever expands to include new (or old) blends, I can think of easily 10 people that I've met in just my short couple of months on these forums who's wallets would be loosened in preparation. Myself included.
Keep us posted?
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