Ok... baccy newbie question

[napulitano215]

So finally gave it a go smoking cobs first until I get my great grandfathers pipes cleaned and returned from Walker Briar Works. I like Aromatics and tried the recommended Lane 1Q it’s great. Now the newbie question I have is. Are all aromatics made with great flavoring and bad quality baccy? Or do some houses use quality different genres of tobacco with good casing topping? Seems I see a lot of talk about aromatics from houses that make them use low grade tobacco. Can u please shed some light on this. And if there are the better brands that use quality flavorings and quality tobacco can you tell me some houses to look at?

Also would like to know a few baccys from each genre that are not aromatics that have good room note as well. Sorry for the three probably long to answer questions but I appreciate your time to help and please pardon my ignorance as I am still Green... Lol

 

[prairiedruid]

I wouldn't say that aromatics all use bad quality tobacco. I like Lane 1-Q and Peter Stokkebye's Nougat and would say that the quality of the tobacco is just fine. Another aromatic would be C&D Autumn Evening. Other tobaccos in the non aromatic/English category you might like to try would be Early Morning Pipe, London Mixture, and MM965 by Dunhill. Pipes and Cigars offers a sampler of these. I'm just starting to explore VaPers and Burleys so other can probably steer you better than I but I do like the flakes offered by Peter Stokkebye which you can buy an ounce or two to try at a very affordable price.

 

[sablebrush52]

Interesting question. I don't smoke a lot of aromatic tobaccos, but those that I do smoke use good leaf. On a hunch, I'd stay away from cheap drugstore bulk varieties, but I think that the major houses, McClelland, MacBaren, Lane, etc use good leaf in their various blends. It's when you get into "natural" blends or blends made from a specific crop or year, like Christmas Cheer or McCranie's Red Ribbon that the tobacco has to be of a rarely found quality.
If anyone has any evidentiary data on "El Stinko Profundo" blends, I'd like to hear about it.

 

[newbroom]

I find it incredible that you're asking these kinds of questions after 2 years on the forums.

 

[napulitano215]

I joined and didn't start smoking until recently that's why. I toyed with it for awhile plus where I lived again was hard to without landlord knowing... Lol

 

[beerandbaccy]

I see no reason why quality tobacco producers would use poor tobacco for their aromatics, and even with my limited knowledge I have enjoyed the aromatics I have smoked so far but if you want to ease into non aromatics I was advised to try Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture as a first by a very experienced tobacconist and am enjoying it so far!
Happy puffing while trying out the endless variety of tobaccos aro and non-aro! ::

 

[napulitano215]

Ok thanks guys sorry for sounding crazy lol I know some of u guys thought it was strange lol but I hope youz understand

 

[napulitano215]

Took a hit at work $ wise so what I'm doing instead of buying bulk tobaccos I am buying 2-3 tins at a time and taking contents out placing into ziplock bags then putting that into mason jar. So I can have and try more variety. I will ry to get atleast 4-5 tins a week if money gets better so eventually I have a nice baccy collection of different types

 

[iamn8]

It would be like making a scotch n soda with Macallan 25 or using Grey Goose to make a screwdriver. Save the good stuff and allow it to be the "good stuff" is I'm guessing is the reason?

 

[napulitano215]

A few I may get in bulk like Lane 1 Q and HH Classic Burley Flake I loved those! I did Orlik Golden Sliced I think I need more time with it it smells like cigarettes to me but I may need to take it nice & slow with it to appreciate it more.

 

[brudnod]

I smoke a number of "aromatic" Virginia blends (pretty soft aros however) and I can assure you that the tobacco needs to be AT LEAST as good as stronger smokes since the flavors can be more subtle and easily spoiled by poor quality. You might "hide" a poorly flavored Virginia or burley with perique or latakia but to the discriminating tongue probably not for long.