Top 3 Favorite Aromatics

[sittingbear]

Only two rules:

1. No bashing aros or those who smoke them. You're a snob, we get it.

2. Only your top three! This is a concession due to the fact that I know if I ask for your number one favorite, some of you would present a list of eighteen. This allows you a *little* wiggle room. Your welcome!

I'm asking because I want to expand my horizons beyond the 60+ lbs of VA's, Burleys, and English blends I have cellared. I figure some of you with lots of experience can turn me on to some stellar blends.

Aaaaaand go!

 

[olkofri]

1. Sillem's Schwarz.
2. & 3. Still contended: bunch of blends are still beating the crap out of each other for these places, ever since I ran out of Vauen's Auenland Midnight Mixture.

 

[WirelessSmoke]

I'm just under a year in experience, so I haven't really explored the aromatic category all that much, but here's what I like so far.

1. Watch City Cigar 4-Q

2. Captain Black Original

3. Watch City Cigar Old Black Magic
(I'm not sure if it's categorized as an aromatic, but it's what Ernie grabbed for me when I was looking for an aromatic experience).

Honorable mention: Watch City Cigar Eureka, because it's the blend that got me started on my pipe smoking journey, and yes I still enjoy it!

 

[sardonicus87]

Sutliff - Maple Shadows
Dan Tobacco - Devil's Holiday

Sorry, that's all I've got. I'm not a snob, I have a bunch of aros, I just haven't tried them yet.

I also like G&H Ennerdale, but that's contentious.

Ennerdale and Devil's Holiday will ghost a pipe though, however, apparently (as I discovered today), the ghosts will cancel each other out, smoking Devil's Holiday in an Ennerdale pipe will immediately neutralize that pipe (if you haven't smoked Ennerdale in like 9 months at least). Take that with a grain of salt though, could be an anomaly.

 

[bullet08]

Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic
Capt. Black Royal
Blood Red Moon

 

[telescopes]

Lane BCA with a bit of Sutliff Nougat, 4:1 ratio - aka Telescopes


Blood Red Moon


Sutliff Frosty Mint with C&D Mocha and Sutliff Chocolate Supreme. 1:5:2 aka EZ1

As you can see, I mix and blend various ones to make them more to my taste.

Sutliff Frosty Mint is a wonderful blender when use in small small doses.

Haters are gonna hate, but low brow always wins the day among those who know.

 

[telescopes]

Just sent a jar of EZ1 to a friend on another forum. Rave reviews from all who tried it. @BarrelProof is the creator of that one.

 

[AcesAndEights]

Barclay Rex- Alkazar
Boswell’s- piper’s pleasure
Mac Baren- Vanilla Flake

 

[Chasing Embers]

D&R London Dock
Captain Black Grape
Sutliff Mocha Strips

 

[Servant King]

(Sticking with in production blends, so as to not torment the OP)

Bronze: Mac Baren Original Choice
Silver: Ashton Winding Road
Gold: Sutliff 1M

 

[wilblee]

Today it’s…

Watch City Old Black Magic
Country Squire Dark Holler
Samuel Gawith Perfection

 

[bassbug]

1. Mac Baren Vanilla Creme
2. SWRA
3. Molto Dolce

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

Sutliff Molto Dolce
Skaninavik Mixture
Amphora Full Aroma
...
note: there's many more

 

[JoburgB2]

1. Lane 1-Q
2. Mac Baren Mixture
3. Amphora Special Reserve No. 2
(I’d have McCranie’s McArris as #1 but it is sadly no longer available it seems since McClelland ceased operations.)

 

[JoburgB2]

. . .beyond the 60+ lbs of VA's, Burleys, and English blends I have cellared. . .

What?! Sixty pounds? That’s like 27K grams. Or equivalent of 544 tins (at 50g/tin). Like, £6,000 or more in inventory value? You might have a problem. Have you sought professional help? Is this common amongst the rest of you?

 

[fireground_piper]

What?! Sixty pounds? That’s like 27K grams. Or equivalent of 544 tins (at 50g/tin). Like, £6,000 or more in inventory value? You might have a problem. Have you sought professional help? Is this common amongst the rest of you?

I see you are new here…

 

[karam]

Easy:

• Samuel Gawith 1972 flake
• Gawith Hoggarth Bosun Cut Plug
• Gawith Hoggarth Dark Flake Scented

 

[BCF]

Boswell's Route 22
Boswell's Blend 35
SWRA

 

[Kobold]

1.Boswells spice and nice
2. Devils Holiday
3. Lane 1 q

 

[Elric]

It changes constantly but, at the moment (in no particular order):
Maple Shadows
Edward G. Robinson Blend
Sun Bear