My First Tin of St. Bruno Flake.

[hawky454]

There was a lot of talk for awhile that the US marketed St. Bruno was different than the British stuff. In 2017 I did a side by side with the British Flakes that come in a pouch and the American tin version, I found the two to be identical in every way. St. Bruno was one that had to grow on me, I mean, I liked it from the get go but it was no match for my beloved Condor but these days those two are always competing for my holy grail but I’m not a one or the other kinda guy I have plenty of room for both in my rotation. Condor is more of a treat whereas Bruno works great as an everyday dumb reach blend for me.
Olkifri, I’m glad to hear you’re happy to see my avatar again, that there dog has been my best friend for almost 12 years now.

 

[hawky454]

Double

 

[madox07]

workman thanks for the tip. Will call on them, see if they ship to central Europe.

 

[kimbiker]

Madox07 - Danish pipes cannot ship tobacco within Europe.

 

[bentbob]

St. Bruno - affectionately known in certain parts of England and Wales as "Gay Condor".

 

[scloyd]

Gay as in lighthearted and carefree? Or cheerful, jolly, joyful, glad and happy? ::

 

[bentbob]

scloyd,
None of the above. No offence intended to anyone, of course.
:|

 

[scloyd]

No offence intended to anyone, of course.

Non taken here. We live in such a PC world now days...
Do Brits still call cigarettes "fags"?

 

[sablebrush52]

St. Bruno - affectionately known in certain parts of England and Wales as "Gay Condor".

That's hilarious!
Compared to the amazingly inventive and sometimes appallingly crude invective my otherwise quite polite Brit friends can spew on occasion, rather mild.

 

[bentbob]

Do Brits still call cigarettes "fags"?

We certainly do! But it's also an old public school term for a younger boy whom one coerces into doing all the necessary menial tasks to live comfortably whilst boarding, plus any other tasks for the amusement of one's fellows.

Compared to the amazingly inventive and sometimes appallingly crude invective my otherwise quite polite Brit friends can spew on occasion, rather mild

That particular phrase was coined by a Welshman, an altogether more poetic race than the standard issue Brit. Ironically, the Welsh are the original Britons. I have though, found New Yorkers to be particularly fluent and inventive regarding expletives and I doff my cap to them.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Madox07:Speaking of St Bruno flake by Mc Barens,You might wanna considering ordering from any Germany based tobacconist,so far the major tobacco stores out there seem to have it available.

 

[madox07]

kimbiker thanks, they don't have it any more any way ...
Paul Not all of them, I will check with your friend, perhaps he can attach it to that vintage syrian parcel.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Madox07: Yes in all probability He will, He has got plenty of them.

 

[scloyd]

Update* I've smoked SBF probably 8-9 times, no drying, straight out of the tin. I like it! Now I have to try the ready rubbed. Thanks again everyone for your comments.

 

[verporchting]

Funny that this thread caught my eye today, as I was sitting down to a pipe of SBF - just cracked open a tin - and about halfway through the pipe I got to wondering just what is that essence that makes SBF. Thought I might browse the forum a bit to see, and ... presto, a thread about SBF.
What exactly is it that gives the fruity tang to SBF? I get the vinegar and hay and floral notes that Sablebrush speaks of, but there's something else that eludes identification.
Maybe this is one of those unanswerable questions, like what gives Royal Yacht its distinct flavor but I haven't seen anyone actually ask the question before. Probably has been asked and answered already and if so apologies for the rerun, but anyone know? Natural? Artificial like Royal Yacht? Tonquin? Rose Geranium? Other?
Doesn't strike me as prominent or as distinct as what I detect in the Lakeland/Kendal essence, but ... there's something there that intrigues me.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

I think quite a similar fruity tang is percebtible in some another renowned British tobaccoes like Erinmore and Mellow Virginia by B&H.?

 

[jeffya2]

Was always one of my best, but had to get it from Rngland

 

[cigrmaster]

When St Bruno was released into the US I bought a tin and smoked some. I really enjoyed it and decided to cellar it fast and deep, that was on 4/1/2016. I still have that original tin somewhere, now I need to find it.

 

[crashthegrey]

affectionately known in certain parts of England and Wales as "Gay Condor"

I laughed especially hard that this statement was made by one whose name could be interpreted to mean "Gay Bob."

 

[craiginthecorn]

St. Bruno was easy to find everywhere I visited in Scotland last fall. Larger grocery stores had various pouch tobaccos, with St. Bruno and Clan being the most common. Condor occasionally. I encountered an older Scot, walking his dog on a trail while smoking a chewed up pipe. St. Bruno was what he was smoking.