Most Popular Codger Blend?
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Around here in western Canada, what I used to see most (before all tobacco products were hidden away) were the Captain Blacks and Borkum Riff lines as well as Amphora. I dont remember seeing Carter Hall or Prince Albert or SWR, but I wasn't looking for them then either 20 years ago. I do vaguely remember seeing some Mac Baren tins but can't remember exactly which one.
Which one do you like best? I'd probably have to go Erinmore.
@WerewolfOfLondon I like the Erinmore Flake best, St Bruno (both flake & ready rubbed) a close second.
Of SWR, CH, PA, H&H, , it has been most difficult for me to smoke the Half and Half. I haven't tried Middleton's Cherry though. 
Agree that one needs to define what a codger blend is first.Define "codger blend".It's not a very precise term.
Are you referring simply to what have been called "The American Classics" - the burley based, foil pouch blends that are sold in drugstores, convenience stores, and gas stations - the blends that you don't need to go to a tobacconist for? If so, probably Carter Hall or Prince Albert.
If you include things like commonly available bulks, then probably Lane 1-Q.
If you ask one of our friends from the British Isles, you will get different answers.
To me, codger blends are those I remember growing up, they were blends that male relatives and friends' fathers smoked. They came in pouches or big coffee can-sized tins and were available in grocery, drug, convenience, and even hardware stores. In those days a MacBaren tin was a unicorn. An incomplete list of what I would characterize as a codger blend includes
Carter Hall
Prince Albert
SWR
Amphora
Borkum Riff
Captain Black
Half and Half
Grainger
Mixture 79
I don't recall 1-Q being available in big coffee can tins growing up, so it's not on my list.