So many good blends, so little time!

[brewshooter]

This post was prompted by my recent cracking of a tine of Rattray's Black Mallory. I know it gets decent reviews, but doesn't get a ton of mentions on a lot of threads. As I smoked it I found myself REALLY enjoy it and I began to ask myself, what other lesser known blends are out there for me to try and will I have enough time to get to them all?

 

[mick]

I agree, completely! There is a lot of group think on the Internet and a lot of great blends get mentioned once or twice in a thread, while others get so many mentions. Like, recently we had two back to back Balkan threads and they were Black House love fests. I haven't tried Black House and it is probably good, but its mention often drowns out the mention of other great blends.
Two "sleeper hits" I have found are Robert McConnell Oriental and Samuel Gawith Grousemoor. I admit it, I'm a Grousemoor whore. :lol:
Anyway, I fully agree, so many great tobaccos, so little time!

 

[lordofthepiperings]

That's why this is a very dangerous hobby. I'm glad I've found my regulars. Now I'm in the mode of adding to my pipe collection and picking up a new tin or two once a month.

 

[scurvydog]

I agree... I'm having to use restraint to have another TAD moment because I have about 10 tins of flakes that I have not even sampled in my stash. And another half dozen English unopened. I just tried Northwoods and it now competes with FM!

 

[sjpipesmoker]

I have a list for my next TAD, but I would like to smoke some of my 40+ jars of bulk tobacco and 20+ tins, but there are so many blends out there that I would like to try it's hard to resist!

 

[puffy]

I've smoked far more blends over the years than I can remember.Yet new blends are appearing on the market so often that I continue to get farther behind.There's just not enough time to try them all.

 

[ghost]

I keep ordering, but I'm not opening a lot of tins lately. I'm trying to make my way through the stuff I have in jars before hitting the tins. Of course, I could just buy more jars but then I won't get to know a new blend very well if I have one bowl a month due to constantly changing blends.
However, I do have some Black House on the way.

 

[fshu2]

there is time to smoke everything and if not we make time.

 

[mick]

I keep ordering, but I'm not opening a lot of tins lately. I'm trying to make my way through the stuff I have in jars before hitting the tins. Of course, I could just buy more jars but then I won't get to know a new blend very well if I have one bowl a month due to constantly changing blends.

Me too. What I usually end up doing is opening stuff that I know won't change in a bad way, smoke a few bowls of it, and either put it away or put it into my rotation. Currently I have about 6 tobaccos in regular rotation (that get smoked about once or twice per week). It can be extra hard on those of us who are only bowl-a-day smokers. I've recently upped that to twice per day when I can. :lol: And so it begins...

 

[crazypipe]

I don't think i myself will get to them all because so many new ones come out all the time and there are many who will never come to the USA . so enjoy as many as yoou can while you can still puff. ::

 

[judcole]

This post was prompted by my recent cracking of a tine of Rattray's Black Mallory. I know it gets decent reviews, but doesn't get a ton of mentions on a lot of threads. As I smoked it I found myself REALLY enjoy it

I don't see much mention of Rattray's stuff here at all, with an exception or two. Very few of us sing the praises of McCranie's blends, either - I'm one of them who is a firm believer.

 

[cigrmaster]

If you are into flakes I can give you a bunch of names that are not very main stream. For example:
Wessex Brigade Campaign Dark Flake, Brown Virginia Flake and Golden Virginia Flake

John Aylesbury Luxury Flake

Fribourg & Treyer Vintage

Astley's no 44 Dark Flake
All of these are in my regular rotation and a big part of my cellar. If you would like more let me know. As far as Rattray's, I have tried almost all of them and used to smoke them years ago, but have found other stuff I like better. I found that they use too much red virginia's in a lot of their blends and they tend to bite me.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

Another one I haven't heard many speak of that I'm interested in giving a try is Dan Tobacco's Mellow Mallard blend.

 

[sparroa]

cigrmaster I think you have sold people on Wessex BCDF because it is sold out at 4noggins.
Would you mind describing the similarities/differences between the BCDF and Astley's No. 44?

 

[tjameson]

Wessex BCDF is sold out on P&C too as is mellow mallard.

 

[lordnoble]

Another one that doesn't get nearly the amount of coverage is W.O. Larsen. I've yet to try one of theirs that isn't wonderful...
-Jason