Lane Tinned Tobacco Returns: Starting with Crown Achievement

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weezell said:

Leonard is a good and positive influence for Lane and the pipe smoking community! I will raise a glass and toast his efforts for our behalf!!!

Hear! Hear!
No doubt!
Three Cheers!
Leonard said this one year ago,

"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."

http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/lane-limited
And by God, he's made it happen!
He is THE MAN!
Thank you for your hard work and enthusiasm Leonard!

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[swhipple]

That is outstanding work on the part of Leonard. Makes me happy just knowing that someone put that much effort into to accurately bringing back an old beloved blend. I can't wait to try some.

 

[gothicmace]

Not only is this a great story... and I am looking forward to trying this blend out.. but they are from Georgia as am I... woo hoo.

This made my day.

 

[judcole]

I am anxious to try this. I never got to try the original CA, and am glad to have the opportunity.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Very cool story! And those employees that thought to jot down the original recipe deserve some sort of compensation. I've never tried the blend, either version, but I will definitely purchase a tin upon relaunch. I'll be looking forward to it.

 

[stbruno70]

I am impressed by the effort that went into tracking down all the bits necessary to restore this old blend and will be sure to get me some. Well done.

 

[aristokles]

Outstanding! Count me in for the 'can't wait for' bunch.

 

[leonardw]

Thanks for all the kind words. This one has been a (prolonged) labor of love. I am completely blinded by my bias for this re-creation, of course, but I've been smoking it exclusively for about two weeks and I'm kind of loving it.
I also wanted to publicly thank papipeguy for sending me a sample of his cellared Crown Achievement back in July.

 

[dragonslayer]

Single press tins! That's doing the right way. :clap:
Craig

 

[jah76]

So what's in CA? Tobacco reviews, seem to be incorrect because the article hear mentions Perique and not even the Cavendish that was substituted.
From what I'm gathering it's a heavier English, made up of Virginia, Latakia, and Perique?

 

[leonardw]

Jah: The description on tobacco reviews is correct, if incomplete. The presence of perique/black cav was not something that was previously publicized about the blend.

 

[jah76]

Gotcha. Thanks very much Leonard! It might be a little heavier in Latakia then I normally enjoy (Leo, Chelsea Morning, EMP) but I'm looking forward to trying it.

 

[ssjones]

By my experience with the sample from papipeguy, the blend was a very smooth lat-heavy blend, similar to MM965 but far smoother (the sample was quite old!). I can't wait to compare the two.

 

[oldredbeard]

I've only had the match, and loved it. It is a little Lat heavy, but very smooth, and I love Lat anyway.

 

[papipeguy]

I'm counting the days. This has been a long time coming. Cudos to Leonard.