STG closes Mac Baren and Sutliff

[telescopes]

I have just a few more Sutliff and Lane purchases to make to ensure my 12 year supply is guaranteed in my cellar. I can easily double the life expectancy of those tobacco blends by rotating other non associated blends into my smoking cycle. That said, if the products for my own time tested blends are no longer available, I may experiment with whole leaf- something I had been putting off because although I am curious, I am rather lazy about developing another learning curve to master another aspect of pipe smoking.

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[HeavyLeadBelly]

I have just a few more Sutliff and Lane purchases to make to ensure my 12 year supply is guaranteed in my cellar. I can easily double the life expectancy of those tobacco blends by rotating other non associated blends into my smoking cycle. That said, if the products for my own time tested blends are no longer available, I may experiment with whole leaf- something I had been putting off because although I am curious, I am rather lazy about developing another learning curve to master another aspect of pipe smoking.

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I always enjoy reading about people’s experimentation with whole leaf. I’m not interested in exploring that but I’ll be excited to see what you come up with if you ever dip your toes into that realm of pipe tobacco.

 

[telescopes]

I always enjoy reading about people’s experimentation with whole leaf. I’m not interested in exploring that but I’ll be excited to see what you come up with if you ever dip your toes into that realm of pipe tobacco.

Thx. I suppose I’ve always known that is where I am headed. I‘ve started pressing some of my own blends - something I highly recommend. Once the kids are totally out of the house I’ll even start brewing my own beer again.

 

[jpberg]

That’s the job of an Oxonian valet I found on Facebook Marketplace. He’s not very intelligent of course, and I have to cane him for the frequent mistakes he makes. Honestly I think that’s why he took the job. When my arm gets tired my wife takes over. When we’re both tired we pull in any random person off the street. Yesterday it was an Amazon delivery guy. Before that it was James Woods.

Truly a shame that we’ve gotten away from it.
Telegraphs, rotary phones and the broadsheet WSJ are the other markers of a lost era.

 

[jpberg]

Gfu

Gosh, I need a youngster to tell me what that means.

 

[SoupCan]

As a newer pipe smoker I haven’t tried any Mac Barren blends, though a number were high on my list of priorities for future orders. Now I’m sure I probably shouldn’t bother before seeing how this all shakes out. From experience with other products and services I can definitely say market consolidation seems to very rarely be good for the consumer.

 

[PipeIT]

Gosh, I need a youngster to tell me what that means.

GFU - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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[Servant King]

Gosh, I need a youngster to tell me what that means.

Define "youngster," because I'm 39 and don't have a damn clue myself...

Edit: Ah, thank you @PipeIT for apparently being younger than me...

 

[RMGadelha]

Is Irish Flake the closest I can get to ODF? I'm not very resistant to nicotine, which might be my issue there.

 

[jguss]

GFU - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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You’re joking. In my semiliterate crowd it’s an injunction to depart and do something physically improbable to urself.

 

[PipeIT]

You’re joking. In my semiliterate crowd it’s an injunction to depart and do something physically improbable to urself.

Ahhh yes besides the friendly; good for you…

Ahhh, I forgot about the; go fly a kite version! LOL

 

[Infantry23]

I've always thought gfu / gfy was go f$%^ yourself.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Quite easy. Short version ;-) Storage - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B7PjeJk6Zb4P67cmjqjdNnfr-gto7TYhLqxD0IyxTHQ/edit?pli=1&gid=0#gid=0
Just doing it every purchase and opening of the next tin.

Too complicated for something like smoking. I just open my closet and eyeball what I've got from time to time.

I don’t even know how you guys with the STONKING big cellars keep track.

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[Chasing Embers]

Define "youngster," because I'm 39 and don't have a damn clue myself...

I'm 50 and had to look it up. For fuck's sake if someone attempts to throw insults at least be adult enough to spell it out instead of abbreviating it like a school kid.

 

[mingc]

Gfu

OK.

 

[lithicus]

Yet you are, is my point :/

Personal experience: I’ve lost access to favourites four times already, the last one ongoing. If pipe smoking is a great pleasure for you, one that you don’t want to give up or compromise on then stock up

I think you missed the context of me saying, "I was not in danger yet." The context behind that statement was that because my cellar is only one year deep at most, I'm not in danger of my tobacco "going bad" because it is 30 years old

 

[OverMountain]

No 3+4: STG hasn't announced this. Just to clarify. This has been announced by the Danish press, as they interviewed Mac Baren staff. STG hasn't communicated anything yet. There's more information coming, eg a lot more happening, but this depends on if and how STG will communicate. Sorry, I don't want to be cryptic.

@eyjaygaming , What’s the best advice you can give us? (Protecting your privacy)

 

[Pipke]

@eyjaygaming , What’s the best advice you can give us? (Protecting your privacy)

Hey now! He might be in sales. Buy more Mac Baren!

 

[GreatWhiteNorthPiper]

Sorry to hear about this. Just my luck that tobacco, whch is already ridiculously expensive here in Canada and hard to get, is going to get even harder to find. Someone doesn't want us smoking this stuff folks...

 

[Terry Lennox]

Mac Baren did such a good job with Capstan. Their version began in 2013. Before then it was at STG's Assens factory. The STG version was good too, a bit stronger actually. Interesting that it will now be returning to STG. Of course many years ago it was a UK made blend.