New Favorites for 2024?

[dottlejockey]

This year has been a year of new exploration for me after many years of having my set-in-stone go-to's and special hard-to-find favorites stocked away for nearly a couple decades. I delved deeper into the oriental genre and found some new favorites from my already esteemed burley and VA styles. Figured i'd share them and see if there are any of you whom have had a similar experience this year.

Here's what i came up with:

Burley:
Cobblestone Hiking
Savinelli Jupiter
C & D Pegasus
4th Generation 1931

VA:
C & D Opening Night

Oriental:
MM Luminaire
4th Generation Twilight
GLP Geometrie

Honorable mentions:
C & D Bijou
Savinelli Janus
GLP Sixpence

If you found some new favorites this year, post em up and maybe i'll give them a shot, too. So the journey continues...

 

[yanoJL]

I do really enjoy 4th Generation 1931. I'm discovering that I enjoy blends that have a top note just delicate enough to NOT be considered aromatic. 1931 is a great example, as are Solani 633 and Reiner Blend 71.

 

[FurCoat]

Captain Black Grape!!!

 

[Scottmi]

KBV Stampede Flek
Steamworks 2024
Dark Holler
Cowboy Coffee

 

[Chasing Embers]

Captain Black Grape!!!

Been a favorite for a while but I've smoked more of it this year than anything else. Even bought a Castello to dedicate to it.

 

[dottlejockey]

Captain Black Grape!!!

How could you have missed that one?! lol That's how i feel about Pegasus and Opening Night. All this time and i've never tried them till recently. Doh!

 

[dottlejockey]

KBV Stampede Flek
Steamworks 2024
Dark Holler
Cowboy Coffee

I could have easily mentioned Cowboy Coffee and Steamworks in this list! Excellent finds!

 

[PaulRVA]

PS-403 Luxury Bullseye Flake

 

[kcghost]

I tend to set my tobaccos in stone once I have made my mind up.

Latakia - Westminster Pease
Nightcap Peterson

VaPer - Six Pence Pease
Stonehenge Pease
Mad Fiddler (C&D)

 

[FurCoat]

How could you have missed that one?! lol That's how i feel about Pegasus and Opening Night. All this time and i've never tried them till recently. Doh!

I tried it loooong ago and dismissed it. I actually dismissed Captain Black as a whole. I guess now that I know how to properly smoke an aromatic, I am enjoying this blend.

 

[Auxsender]

LJ Peretti London Flake
Hearth and Home Virginia Spice
Watch City Simply Orange

 

[Skippy B. Coyote]

Great pick with Pegasus! That's easily my favorite Burley blend, by a country mile.

As far as my favorite new tobacco discovery this year goes, I gotta go with Sutliff 507C Virginia Slices. I had put off trying them for quite some time, since they're a bulk blend and incredibly inexpensive so I figured they couldn't be all that good, but I'll be darned if this isn't the absolute best bright Virginia flake I've ever smoked! Imagine Orlik Golden Sliced but without the bergamot topping or Perique and that's what you've got with Sutliff 507C Virginia Slices.

It's a totally natural tasting tobacco with no detectable toppings or casings, and the brightest most lemony pure Virginia flavor I've ever tasted. You get the usual grass, hay, green tea, and occasional honey notes that you'd get with any good quality bright Virgina as well, but the natural lemoniness is just out of this world and I couldn't think of a better smoke for a hot summer day!

 

[Chasing Embers]

I tried it loooong ago and dismissed it. I actually dismissed Captain Black as a whole. I guess now that I know how to properly smoke an aromatic, I am enjoying this blend.

Try the Dark now. Another definite favorite.

 

[Sig]

Another HUGE fan of Pegasus!
When I can't decide, its always Pegasus.

 

[FurCoat]

Try the Dark now. Another definite favorite.

I'm going to do that. After reading abut it, I think it warrents a tub.

 

[hoipolloiglasgow]

I smoked many blends this year, most of the Gl Pease English line included.
My favorites are:
Hu Zulu
Charging cross
Drucquer&Sons Levant
Mac Baren Balkan
Mac Baren Vintage Syrian
Mac Baren Old Darkfired
Bob’s Chocolate Flake
There are many more that I love.

 

[LeafErikson]

I’ve gotten really into sir Walter raleigh aromatic this year. It’s a fantastic blend.

Another one I’ve gotten really into is Sutliff’s Match Victorian.

 

[kola]

Nicely aged 2009 Germains Plumcake.

 

[dottlejockey]

I smoked many blends this year, most of the Gl Pease English line included.
My favorites are:
Hu Zulu
Charging cross
Drucquer&Sons Levant
Mac Baren Balkan
Mac Baren Vintage Syrian
Mac Baren Old Darkfired
Bob’s Chocolate Flake
There are many more that I love.

Love ODF and the occasional bowl of Bob's Chocolate. S Gawith's Choc Flake is also great, VA sweet.

 

[vosBghos]

HU Soraya, Sadly though it does not jar well, if you crack a tin, it is best to smoke it straight through the flavor dissipates rather quickly. YMMV