Well, pardon me. It's not as if I had your review in front of me. I didn't read anything into it. The clue is I said: "as I recall".
Mixture No. 79
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One of the few blends I really dislike.
I like Lakeland blends and other strongly flavored blends like Warhorse but there’s something about the combination of flavors in 79 that really doesn’t work for me. Just goes to show how everyone’s experience with a blend is different.
I like Lakeland blends and other strongly flavored blends like Warhorse but there’s something about the combination of flavors in 79 that really doesn’t work for me. Just goes to show how everyone’s experience with a blend is different.
love it but I couldn't say I see it having wide appeal. It's a very particular blend. Medicinal is the best description I can come up with.
It reminds me of chewing on a fresh snapped Birch twig. In a good way. Woody and birch flavored with some vanilla lurking. For me it’s very evocative of old timey things. I’m not a frequent aromatic smoker but I really enjoy Mixture 79. It’s great with a Sazerac. I never had the older version but if the new version lost the floral flavoring that’s a win in my book.
good call. Yeah it does have that quality. Makes me wonder how many people who like this blend have done that exact thing. It does also have a very old time feel to it. You know this isn't something made for the modern palate.
I was eating some black jellybeans this morning and thought that they taste like Mixture 79. An hour later I smoked a bowl of 79 and bingo, I nailed the flavor. Eating those black jellybeans and following it up with a bowl of 79 really enhanced the flavor of 79. By the way I enjoy Mixture 79 and have since I first smoked it over 50 yrs ago. Another suggestion, for those who dip (moist snuff), try some Grizzly Mint or Stokers Mint. Leave it in your lip for 30-45 minutes, then smoke a bowl of Mixture 79. Pure Heaven IMO.
seriously love this stuff. It kind of bums me out that I just found it. I just find it kind of perfect. There are blends I like more, but there ain't nothing like this one. And I can't call it an OTC it's so just it's self. Also I am tempted to freight train it as it hasn't even come close to getting bite at all.
I get less licorice and more anise but they're both so similar.
Ah Crap, I Like Mixture 79 :: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
Just for a lark, I ordered some to see how bad it was. First bowl was very strange, but not unpleasant. Six bowls later, I have a pound of the stuff on the way. Currently smoking it it a straight MM Legend with a cup of licorice tea and some hard Italian licorice candy. BTW, I have always...
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I just mixed Mixture 79 with BriarFox and it was tasty. Very harmonious, it tasted like a more natural tobacco forward Mixture 79.
This works great. I could never take Mixture 79 straight, but liked the flavoring. I cut it with Mac Baren's Extra, roughly one-to-one.
I think I like it so much because it was what my Grandfather smoked(at work, and outside. My Grandmother was a hater and would not let him smoke it in the house ?). 30 years after he died, I got his pipe collection, and that pipe STILL smelled of it.
And it was the first tobacco I personally ever tasted, even though it was different back then. Medicinal, birch, anise...all good descriptors. And it's definitely an acquired taste!
update I have been smoking the heck out of this one. It's to me what the British refer to as moreish. Not the best but there is something I really insanely love about this one.