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spicy_boiii

Part of the Furniture Now
Aug 5, 2020
592
2,728
Bay Area, California
Ones I have the most of :

SG FVF/Kendal Plug/BBF/SJF/1792/Sam's Flake/Kendal Cream Flake/Cabbies

Eight State Burley
2020 Cringle Flake
Elizabethan Match
Warped: Red Hunt & King's Stride
Esoterica Va & VaPer blends
D&R Rimboche (all three)
C&D SunBear

I also have significant quantities (but not specific blends like above) of:

Most GLP
Most Macbaren
Watch City Limited release stuff

A large variety of K&K produced Virginia blends (Vauen, McConnell, Sillems, Astleys, F&T, Wessex, etc.)

I also have about 20 pounds of red VA (simply red, 515, mccranies ribbon) for significant aging and later blending. Probably with my home-grown Burley and Oriental project.

My cellar is deep but also wide.
 

wyfbane

Lifer
Apr 26, 2013
5,117
3,517
Tennessee
MacB Navy Flake (min. 5 years aging)
PS LBF
PS LNF
SPC Plum Pudding
SPC Potlatch
OGS
Dan Devil's Holiday
Tinderbox Waffle House
Crooner for winter months
Something to scratch the Lakeland itch.

LIke Krizzose said, these are on the list but can't be replenished:

McClelland Christmas Cheer
McC Royal Cajun Ebony
MacB Highlander
MacB Vintage Syrian
Dan Limerick
 

Grangerous

Lifer
Dec 8, 2020
3,251
13,104
East Coast USA
From one codger burley appreciator to another, how long does it take you to smoke a 14 oz. tub?

There were a couple summers before I got into cigars where I smoked almost only Carter Hall, and each of those summers, it took me the better part of the entire season to get through a tub. I still smoke burley regularly, but these days, I've been on the same tubs of Carter Hall, Chatham Manor, Angler's Dream, Chestnut, and Ready Rubbed for a few years now.
I smoke two tubs of Granger per year. I’m a once per day smoker.

But I love the stuff. I know it can vanish forever
and I want to cellar enough to allow me at least one bowl per day for the rest of my life.

I have enough to last 10 years now.

I buy it at $24.99 per can so for $199 an order of 8 tubs is quite reasonable.

No other tobacco comes close for me. I consider myself one of the lucky few, LawDog. ? ?
 
May 2, 2020
4,664
23,771
Louisiana
Black Frigate
John Marr
Seersucker
Balkan Supreme
Billy Budd
Bayou Night
Edward G Robinson’s Pipe Blend
Wilke #191
Gentleman Caller
SWR Aromatic
Habana Daydream
Old Joe Krantz
Haunted Bookshop
Spark Plug
Haddo’s Delight
Stonehenge
Rimboche SJ and AP
Picayune
Bosun Plug
Ennerdale
Coniston Cut Plug
both War Horses

I’m leaving some out, but those are ones I continue to repurchase and stock up on.
 
Stuff I am deep, in alphabetical order:

Amphora Burley Blend
Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake
Cornell & Diehl " " W/ Perique
Cornell & Diehl Crooner
Cornell & Diehl Eight State Burley
Cornell & Diehl Sun Bear/ Sun Bear Black Locust
Dan Tobacco Salty Dogs
Eso Dorchester
Eso Dunbar
Eso Margate
Eso Pembroke
Eso Penzance
Eso Stonehaven
G&H Dark Bird's Eye
G&H Dark Plug
G&H Kendal Kentucky
Mac Baren HH Burley Flake
Mac Baren HH Old Dark Fired
Mac Baren London Blend
McClelland Frog Morton
Newminster Light Burley
PS Luxury Navy Flake
PS Luxury Bullseye
Peterson University Flake
Sam Gawith Full Virginia Flake
Savinelli Jupiter
Solani 656 Aged Burley Flake
Sutliff Cringle Flake
Tabac Manil all varieties
Warped The Haunting
Watch City Deluxe Crumb Cut
Watch City Slices
Wessex Burley Slice

Uh, damn.

I REALLY need to start going to TAD meetings..... puffy
 

boston

Part of the Furniture Now
Jun 27, 2018
539
1,238
Boston
965
Nightcap
Haddo's delight
633
Marlin flake
Old Hollywood
1792
Ennerdale
Rhythm and blue's
Old ironsides
Veermaster
Night train
Samara
Abingdon
Frog original
Krumble Kake (smokers haven)
Dorisco
Chief Catoonah Bailey's
Stonehenge
Quiet nights
Xmas Cheer
Dark star
Oriental#6
Old ironsides

That's some of what I have stocked in the cellar and that come to mind as favs. They are all marvelous.

Sure I missed many too. Been in the hobby a while and don't imbibe much, so I collected a fair amount and don't have a solid inventory. Gonna be a heck of a yard sale someday....
 

Bivymack

Lurker
Sep 25, 2021
42
89
Tennessee
In the short very time I’ve been at it I’ve made an effort to stock up on:

MB HH Burley Flake
MB HH ODF
GLP Haddo’s Delight
GLP Union Square
C&D Oak Alley
C&D Three Friars
C&D Pegasus
C&D OJK
Capstan Blue
Doblone d’Oro
Brunello Flake

I hear Rattray’s isn’t what it used to be, I’ve not had pre-2016 but have enjoyed the blends regardless.. having found 500g available at Mars Cigars and Pipes just today I pulled the trigger on Marlin Flake and Old Gowrie.
 

AroEnglish

Lifer
Jan 7, 2020
3,490
11,065
Midwest
Wow, I assumed people had deep cellars but what I’m reading here is amazing! Anyone have any pics they want to share?

Also, anyone have thoughts on cellaring bulk tobacco like PS English Oriental Supreme and Sutliff Aromatic English? Is it worth it or will this stuff pretty much always be around?
 
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Scottishgaucho

Part of the Furniture Now
Jan 22, 2020
660
6,990
Buenos Aires Province.
Imported brands have become silly expensive here and my favourite Condor isn't available anyway. So I set out to try the domestically produced brands. They used to be awful but in recent years they've upped their game in order to compete. I have to say they've improved immensely especially the Virginia/Burley blends. So as they cost a fraction of the price I tend to stick to them. Far easier to buy as well which is a big plus.
Unfortunately none come in flake form which for me is a pity. Small growers do make a very decent Criollo rope though which I always have stored.

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madhatt

Might Stick Around
May 25, 2021
53
504
Imported brands have become silly expensive here and my favourite Condor isn't available anyway. So I set out to try the domestically produced brands. They used to be awful but in recent years they've upped their game in order to compete. I have to say they've improved immensely especially the Virginia/Burley blends. So as they cost a fraction of the price I tend to stick to them. Far easier to buy as well which is a big plus.
Unfortunately none come in flake form which for me is a pity. Small growers do make a very decent Criollo rope though which I always have stored.

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Those look fantastic! I have recently tried some German Schmalzlers (i.e. Bernard Schmalzlerfranzl & Poschl Perlesreuter) that I believe are made from similar rope tobaccos from Brazil. cossackjack posted a photo that left me drooling, from The Tabacaria Arapiraca. I didn't realize they made similar products in Argentina, as well.
 

Scottishgaucho

Part of the Furniture Now
Jan 22, 2020
660
6,990
Buenos Aires Province.
Those look fantastic! I have recently tried some German Schmalzlers (i.e. Bernard Schmalzlerfranzl & Poschl Perlesreuter) that I believe are made from similar rope tobaccos from Brazil. cossackjack posted a photo that left me drooling, from The Tabacaria Arapiraca. I didn't realize they made similar products in Argentina, as well.
Yes the one available here is produced up close to the border with Brasil.
I was once given a sample of Brasilian rope to try. However of all the good ones they must have I got one I din't like. They seem to use the rope for making roll your own cigarettes rather than to smoke in a pipe.
 

Elric

Lifer
Sep 19, 2019
2,185
9,826
Liplapper Lane (Michigan)
tobaccocellar.com
My cellar is too wide and insufficiently deep but I am working on stocking the following:

Presbyterian Mixture
Solani Aged Burley Flake / Wessex Burley Slice
Reiner Long Golden Flake / Solani Silver Flake
Newminster Superior Navy Flake
Edward G. Robinson Blend
A variety of aros for when the mood hits.
 
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heathandleaf

Might Stick Around
Aug 29, 2020
66
651
Tennessee
C&D
-Carolina Red Flake
-Eight State
-Sun Bear (original release)
Esoterica
-Margate
-Pembroke
-Penzance
-Stonehaven
F&T
-Cut Va Plug
-Special Brown Flake
Gawith Hoggarth
-Best Brown #2
-Bob's Chocolate Flake
-Rich Dark Honeydew
GLP
-Barbary Coast
-Maltese Falcon
-Sixpence
-Stonehenge
-Union Square
-Windjammer
MacBaren
-HH Vintage Syrian
Sam Gawith
-Full Va Flake
-Hansom Flake
STC of PA
-Bengal Slices
Warped
-Kings Stride
-The Red Hunt
-Sarto
-Until the End

That's a mighty long list. I might have a problem?
 

Inspired Idler

Starting to Get Obsessed
Dec 4, 2019
163
299
Denver, CO
Looking through everyone's replies I feel like I could sub in a majority of the choices and still be content. Despite all of the regulations and loss of brands squeezing down on us, I think we're pretty darn lucky to have such a variety of blends to choose from.