Let's Have Some Fun! Tobaccos You HATE!
- Thread starter bronxbriar
- Start date
SmokingPipes.com Updates
Watch for Updates Twice a Week
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
Site Sponsors
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
- Status
Isn't it strange how a number of Gawith tobacco blends have made it onto this list? I purchased my tins on the firms reputation of being purveyors of time honored classics.
I've never had tobacco I've regretted at least trying, nothing that bad. I have an occasional bowl of Capt. Black w/bourbon or Borkum Riff, though
my pouch comes from Holland and may be a slightly better blend. My one blind spot may be Mac Baren. I've not connected with a tin of that
I like. Their Navy Mixture has a too many tobaccos and too much bite, though I'm still aging it to see if I can at least see the up-side. It's
tolerable in a filter MM or Grabow. I like the several English and Balkan blends I rotate, and a number of aromatics that aren't overdone with
the dressing. I want the tobacco flavor up front, complemented by the rum, vanilla, walnut, etc. The best whisky aros, the whisky is really low
key. I composted a small quantity of home blends I had in canning jars, that I'd done before I got the hang of putting together a pleasant home
mix, but those were combined from tobacco I would have gotten rid of otherwise. Not worth it with 965, Nat Sherman 536, LL-7 and tasty new
aros from Altadis on hand. If I get 1/3 into a bowl, and it's not good, I just don't continue. Even old codger Granger can give me a happy smoke.
my pouch comes from Holland and may be a slightly better blend. My one blind spot may be Mac Baren. I've not connected with a tin of that
I like. Their Navy Mixture has a too many tobaccos and too much bite, though I'm still aging it to see if I can at least see the up-side. It's
tolerable in a filter MM or Grabow. I like the several English and Balkan blends I rotate, and a number of aromatics that aren't overdone with
the dressing. I want the tobacco flavor up front, complemented by the rum, vanilla, walnut, etc. The best whisky aros, the whisky is really low
key. I composted a small quantity of home blends I had in canning jars, that I'd done before I got the hang of putting together a pleasant home
mix, but those were combined from tobacco I would have gotten rid of otherwise. Not worth it with 965, Nat Sherman 536, LL-7 and tasty new
aros from Altadis on hand. If I get 1/3 into a bowl, and it's not good, I just don't continue. Even old codger Granger can give me a happy smoke.
I've been especially happy with CD's blending Latakia and Perique. I had less fun with their Morning Bayou and Nigh Bayou blends ...
I think those were the names, if I remember. Seemed a little harsh. Something like Nightcap, I approach with respect and don't
smoke too fast, but the flavor reward is notable. I may sample some other CD blends at a pipe show and get a range on what of
theirs I like. They're a home-state tobacco blender, and I'd like to support them. Morganton, N.C.
I think those were the names, if I remember. Seemed a little harsh. Something like Nightcap, I approach with respect and don't
smoke too fast, but the flavor reward is notable. I may sample some other CD blends at a pipe show and get a range on what of
theirs I like. They're a home-state tobacco blender, and I'd like to support them. Morganton, N.C.
The only thing I've tried that I thought was intolerable is Smoker's Pride Vanilla. I bought some a few years ago, just to see if it might be a good cheap smoke kinda like Carter Hall. I actually tried it again a month or so ago, after letting it sit for a few years, and it was almost smokable. I have to admit, while it is a super cheap blend, I actually like their Black Cavendish, but it does require a lot of drying time. I'm also not real crazy about McClelland 221b Honeydew flake. I found it to be kinda harsh with with not much in the flavor/ room note category.
C&D Burley Flake #2. Didn't enjoy it, burned hot (I know, probably my cadence), tongue bite, and nic hit me like a truck. My buddy threw up after it too.
I'll chime in....
I wouldn't normally delve into the negative....
But, this stuff needs exposure.
Some have given it 5
's.
And, I can't fault them for that.
Afterall; I love Samuel Gawith Grousemoor.
This stuff ghosted one of my pipes on the first puff....
I couldn't handle it.
Stanwell Melange
:
:
I wouldn't normally delve into the negative....
But, this stuff needs exposure.
Some have given it 5
And, I can't fault them for that.
Afterall; I love Samuel Gawith Grousemoor.
This stuff ghosted one of my pipes on the first puff....
I couldn't handle it.
Stanwell Melange
:
:
I love this blend. Sorry to hear it didn't work out well for others.
My all-time, most disgusting tobacco ever is McClelland's "Special Black." It tastes like mushrooms crossed with hippie incense sticks. YUCK! Just the thought of it makes me gag a little.
University Flake was one of my first Virginia's, and first flakes. I remember thinking it was sublime. The last time I smoked it, after having more to compare to, I thought it was awful. Dry, thin, harsh. It wasn't the flavor so much as the character of the smoke itself.
Lostandfound, I have to agree, I don't care for University Flake either. As a matter of fact, I've had a number of Peterson blends and the only one I care for, so far, is Irish Oak. I love their pipes, but their tobacco, not so much!
Five Brothers straight is terrible for me. Too much Nic too quick. I do enjoy blending it in with an aro though.
While others seemed to have liked it, I have only managed half a bowl, Sutliff Great Outdoors. It tastes like Mixture 79 without the lakeland , so just the fake licorice taste. I will have to let it dry a while and try it again, see if some of it disapates. But I just cant look forward to doing it.
- Status