I was thinking McClelland and Dunhill (although Peterson took up Dunhill blends). There are others but these two are off the top of my head.
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I was thinking McClelland and Dunhill (although Peterson took up Dunhill blends). There are others but these two are off the top of my head.
OK, McClelland wasn't large, and they shut down four years ago. Dunhill stopped producing tobacco decades ago. The name lived on through licensing agreements, the last of which was with STG, who produced all the "Dunhill" tobacco in Denmark. "Peterson" also no longer exsists as a corporate entity, but only lives on as a pipe tobacco brand owned by STG and a pipe company owned by Laudisi. To my knowledge, Peterson never produced pipe tobacco.
Thanks.
To be clear I am not talking trash about GH or SG. I am a big fan of their products and they represent a large portion of my cellar. I just don't want to buy their tins until I am more confident in the seal arriving intact.
I understand. I have been sealing my tins in mylar. The 1792 came dry enough to smoke right out of the tin. I only had to relight once which is unusual for this blend. I will also add that the amount of topping is nowhere near past releases which may have something to do with that.
I have never cellared one blend without first test tasting it. The one time I did it I ordered 25 tins of Cabbies Mixture. I figured a vaper from SG had to be great. I didn't do my normal test tin and found that Cabbies has way too much red tobacco for me.
Lucky for me I screwed up with a popular and well made blend as the demand for Cabbies is out there.
Anyone who thinks they should cellar something without first taste testing it, is making a mistake. Now if you screw up like me and got lucky, no harm no foul.
I forgot to mention, I have never taken my tobacco in tins and then jarred it. In over 20 plus years I have yet to have a tin fail. I think you guys must beat the shit out of your tins to get them to fail.
Lucky for me I screwed up with a popular and well made blend as the demand for Cabbies is out there.
Anyone who thinks they should cellar something without first taste testing it, is making a mistake. Now if you screw up like me and got lucky, no harm no foul.
I forgot to mention, I have never taken my tobacco in tins and then jarred it. In over 20 plus years I have yet to have a tin fail. I think you guys must beat the shit out of your tins to get them to fail.
It was 50/50 for the SG tins I just got. Any that didn’t still feel “sucked-in” got jarred up. April/May 2022 date codes, FWIW.
@cigrmaster, if memory serves, you haven’t bought any tins since 2013 or so, so you wouldn’t have been affected by the recent tin issue. It’s a real thing.
The prices sound okay to me. I've spent more than that to support my local independent pipe shop. I'm not buying this round because I have so much on hand.
I had 4 SG tins from April of this year and never checked the seal. Because of this thread I’ve Just now I sealed each in a food grade vacuum sealer. Hopefully they aren’t too dry already…
You are correct. The last tins I bought tins were 25 of Best Brown from Jrcigars and they were like 9.25 a tin. That was back in 2012.