GLP Horizons is probably the most sugary English blend I have tried in recent days. The red Virginias play a big role in the background. Not overly done however. Very good and enjoyable.
Sweetest English Blend?
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So you say there's a race of men in the trees? Love the avatar. Great album.
Orlik Golden Sliced is one of my go-to's. It has a pleasant, grassy sweetness to it that can easily be enjoyed all day long. Peterson Flake is also Virginia dominant and right up there with GS.
HU have a blend called "Port Latakia" which was previously known as "Sweet Latakia". I've not tried it myself but I've heard good things. Has anyone tried it? I keep hesitating on buying as I'm worried it's going to be an aromatic along the lines of Sillems Black.
Ha! I just threw a tin of Sillem's into a pipe order to get free shipping -- think of the money I saved!!
I don't want to hijack the thread, but I am curious about aromatic English or crossover blends, as well as the sweet ones.
I can see why it's such a well regarded blend. For me, it still has the same drawbacks as all aromatics: namely a "hollow" kind of a flavour. It's hard to describe but I feel like aromatics are all hot air with some sweet flavour around the edges. To be fair, Sillems Black is the first aromatic I can actually finish a bowl of and I've even smoked multiple bowls of it. I'll be interested in your thoughts. Do you enjoy aromatics?Ha! I just threw a tin of Sillem's into a pipe order to get free shipping -- think of the money I saved!!
I just recently smoked G.L. Pease Horizons for the first time a couple of days ago. With the flakes folded and stuffed, there was a nice sweetness to it. With the flakes rubbed out, I detected much less sweetness, however. But that was only the first and second smokes in two very different pipes. Three flakes, folded and stuffed in a Nording Signature Freehand, and two flakes rubbed out in a Savinelli 320.
I'm still new enough to pipes that I wouldn't claim any sort of informed opinion, but I think I'm with you on this, and you described aros well -- there's some depth lacking that the topping is trying to paper over in the few that I've tried. I'm pretty sure I'm not a big Cavendish fan, although that, like everything else, may change over time! But that's why I'm investigating borderline blends, I'm hoping for a solid blend where you can taste the leaf, and the topping is just the extra sauce.
Turbo, have you ever had their "Angry Cornishman?" It is also very good. A bit more Latakia.
As to the OP's question, a good, sweet Balkan is C & D Palmetto Balkan, if you haven't already tried it.
Boswell’s Military Force is what you are looking for. Trust me. Good stuff.
Another vote for Stokkebye English Luxury. Their Proper English is sweet also, a bit less so, and more from the Orientals
A mate called over recently with a couple of new-to-me blends.
Both should scratch your itch for a "sweetish" English blend - Brebbia Latakia Flake and Rattray's Red Lion (Oriental blend + black cavendish = Scottish Blend ??)
My favourite is Sillem's Black which, in my books, is an aromatic-English crossover
Both should scratch your itch for a "sweetish" English blend - Brebbia Latakia Flake and Rattray's Red Lion (Oriental blend + black cavendish = Scottish Blend ??)
My favourite is Sillem's Black which, in my books, is an aromatic-English crossover
