MClelland Cellars

[cigrmaster]

The only MC made blend I have in my cellar is Butera Royal Vintage: Dark Stoved. It is supposed to be very similar to Dark Star. I bought 140 tins of it as I knew beforehand that MC was calling it quits. I will probably sell off 100 tins when the time is right as 40 to smoke will be plenty.

 

[gervais]

Not one, and waaay too many delicious, readily available blends to care ?

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

I have 3 tins of Frog on the log.

 

[Cappy]

JEALOUS!

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

A single tin each of:

40th Anniversary
Bayou Slices
Beacon Extra
Boston 1776
Christmas Cheer 1997
Christmas Cheer 1999
Red and Black
Virginia No.24
McCranies Red Flake 1983

Half I managed to purchase from America before Mcclelland shut up shop and half I bought on the secondary market. The tins I purchased from Smokingpipes were pretty expensive once taxes & duties were added but the stuff I bought on the secondary market like the Christmas Cheer & McCranies cost even more.
Worth every penny though as you can't get straight red Virginia blends over here and i'm going easy on the single tin of Mcclelland I have opened.

Amazing stuff?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

 

[Simplicity]

I have one box left

Jokes aside, think I have a couple tins of Frog left. Not one to chase these blends now when I can get half a dozen tins I really enjoy for the same price.

 

[sablebrush52]

not a single tin have I cellared or ever tried,never seen them this side of the pond.
.Why should I care I can get G&H easily and that is good enough for me

You're talking sense, man! Stop it!

 

[hawky454]

I have no idear how much I have either, I just know that it’s enough.

 

[sablebrush52]

The only MC made blend I have in my cellar is Butera Royal Vintage: Dark Stoved. It is supposed to be very similar to Dark Star. I bought 140 tins of it as I knew beforehand that MC was calling it quits. I will probably sell off 100 tins when the time is right as 40 to smoke will be plenty.

It's Dark Star's evil sister, and just as flame proof. That's another one I have. Do yourself a favor. Sell off 200 of them.

 

[sablebrush52]

I often thought about taking a photo of my entire McClelland stash last year, but then I just kept adding more, and I continue to add more, so I don’t know when I should take the photo.

Take the photo when you get up to 5 tins.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

I have one box left
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Jokes aside, think I have a couple tins of Frog left. Not one to chase these blends now when I can get half a dozen tins I really enjoy for the same price.

It really does smell of ketchup, doesn't it? I'd heard all the talk about it but was still a bit surprised how strong the smell was. The tin I opened was Christmas Cheer 2014 so maybe the years had intensified it a bit? I couldn't taste any ketchup flavour when I smoked it tho.

 

[Inspired Idler]

I have a couple cans of Frog OTT, OTB, and Cellar. A couple Blue Mountain (Balkan Blue), Holiday Spirit and some others I may be forgetting.
I have about a half a tin of original Mississippi River which I heard used McC Va's. Any truth to that?

 

[Simplicity]

It really does smell of ketchup, doesn't it? I'd heard all the talk about it but was still a bit surprised how strong the smell was. The tin I opened was Christmas Cheer 2014 so maybe the years had intensified it a bit? I couldn't taste any ketchup flavour when I smoked it tho.

Yeah, I was gifted a tin of Cheer a while back and it definitely had the smell. But, did not detract from the smoke at all.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Staight American red Virginias are amazing and there's nothing like it over here. The Small batch Cornell and Diehl Red Virginia Flake is brilliant as well.
Don't get me wrong, I love Sam Gawith Virginias like FVP & Kendal Plug but the straight reds are on a different level in my book.

 

[solideogloria86]

Some

 

[mingc]

1 British Woods
1 Bombay Court
Some CORPS Full Balkan Reserve
Some Dark Star
Some Dark Navy Flake

That's it. I was never too fond of tabac au jus d'sauerkraut or the Frogs.

 

[kcghost]

Sold all of mine. Took the profit and ran.

 

[didimauw]

I lost track and got dizzy from all the zeros in my cellar.

Just one zero.

Zero..

None. I've never even held a McClelland tin.

I do have lots of Carter Hall though. Real tobacco.

 

[Ahi Ka]

I do have lots of Carter Hall though. Real tobacco.

That Richmond VA stuff will be the next FMC…or maybe not.