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Top 5 Blends To Cellar Deeply
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Most my celler is Va(/per) or Va/or(/per). Somewhat misleading because I've added some perique or orientals to some of my bulk. Apart from some unicorn and limited odds and ends my cellar is mostly finished ("Time to stop cultivating and start harvesting").
If I was to make a top 5, it would be my "Real Deep" section plus the hard choice of my favorite oriental blend. And some blending orientals/perique. Anyways...
--Real Deep-- (around 10+ pounds-ish)
Sutliff 515
Sutliff Match Elizabethan
D&R AP Rimboche
1792/FVF/BBF
Less Deep (More than 2 pounds-ish):
-Esoterica Dunbar/Dorchester
-KBV Patience of Doctor Silence
-KBV VEO
-KBV Plague Bringer 2020
-KBV Sakura
-D&R Picayune
-Sutliff 2020 Cringle Flake
-Sutliff Virginia Slices
-C&D Warped Red Hunt
-C&D Warped King's Stride
-C&D Orion's Arrow
-GLP Quiet Nights
-Low Country Virginia/Oriental
-F&T CVP
-Wessex Campaign Dark Flake
-JA Luxury/Classic Flake
-JA Sir John's Flake
-Sillem's Mayor 1814 Flake
-Sillem's Councilor 1695
-SG Sam's Flake
-Newminster 400
-PS LNF / LTF
-Mac Baren HH Pure Virginia
-St. Bruno Flake
-D&R BB Acadian Perique
One pound+ odds and ends:
-KBV Bas Matica
-Peter Heinrichs Dark Strong Flake
-All G.L. Pease VA & VA/Or
-Various McConnel (Oriental/Scottish flake and cake)
-Esoterica Tilbury/Margate/Pembroke/ASTB
-Balkan Sobranie
-Balkan Supreme
-Various GH ropes
-WCC Voriental
-WCC Rouxgaroux
-WCC 558
-Peterson's Perfect Plug
-F&T Blackjack, Vintage
-Dunhill Ye Olde Signe
-Vauen #14
-Astley's #44
-Rattray's (Marlin, Bagpiper's Dream, Red Rapparee)
-Dan Hamborger Veermaster
-Dan Mellow Mallard
-Drucquer (Blairgowrie and Levant)
-SG Firedance Flake
-C&D Pirate Kake (i've smoked one bowl I don't know why I have this lol)
If I was to make a top 5, it would be my "Real Deep" section plus the hard choice of my favorite oriental blend. And some blending orientals/perique. Anyways...
--Real Deep-- (around 10+ pounds-ish)
Sutliff 515
Sutliff Match Elizabethan
D&R AP Rimboche
1792/FVF/BBF
Less Deep (More than 2 pounds-ish):
-Esoterica Dunbar/Dorchester
-KBV Patience of Doctor Silence
-KBV VEO
-KBV Plague Bringer 2020
-KBV Sakura
-D&R Picayune
-Sutliff 2020 Cringle Flake
-Sutliff Virginia Slices
-C&D Warped Red Hunt
-C&D Warped King's Stride
-C&D Orion's Arrow
-GLP Quiet Nights
-Low Country Virginia/Oriental
-F&T CVP
-Wessex Campaign Dark Flake
-JA Luxury/Classic Flake
-JA Sir John's Flake
-Sillem's Mayor 1814 Flake
-Sillem's Councilor 1695
-SG Sam's Flake
-Newminster 400
-PS LNF / LTF
-Mac Baren HH Pure Virginia
-St. Bruno Flake
-D&R BB Acadian Perique
One pound+ odds and ends:
-KBV Bas Matica
-Peter Heinrichs Dark Strong Flake
-All G.L. Pease VA & VA/Or
-Various McConnel (Oriental/Scottish flake and cake)
-Esoterica Tilbury/Margate/Pembroke/ASTB
-Balkan Sobranie
-Balkan Supreme
-Various GH ropes
-WCC Voriental
-WCC Rouxgaroux
-WCC 558
-Peterson's Perfect Plug
-F&T Blackjack, Vintage
-Dunhill Ye Olde Signe
-Vauen #14
-Astley's #44
-Rattray's (Marlin, Bagpiper's Dream, Red Rapparee)
-Dan Hamborger Veermaster
-Dan Mellow Mallard
-Drucquer (Blairgowrie and Levant)
-SG Firedance Flake
-C&D Pirate Kake (i've smoked one bowl I don't know why I have this lol)
Samuel Gawith FVF
Orlik GS
Arango Balkan Supreme
Amphora Burley
Whatever your favorite Oriental blend from Peretti is
Orlik GS
Arango Balkan Supreme
Amphora Burley
Whatever your favorite Oriental blend from Peretti is
In no particular order:
OGS
PS LBF
PH/Orlik Dark Strong
Match Elizabethan
Wessex Burley Slice
OGS
PS LBF
PH/Orlik Dark Strong
Match Elizabethan
Wessex Burley Slice
Preferred Ferv, er, Five, no order:
CD Black Frigate
CD Green River Vanilla
Chimney Smoke (house blend from a joint in Gatlinburg)
3 Nuns (any)
CD Brigadier
CD Black Frigate
CD Green River Vanilla
Chimney Smoke (house blend from a joint in Gatlinburg)
3 Nuns (any)
CD Brigadier
I would not say that these are/are not my top or favorites but, the 5 largest (currently) by volume are:
Match Dunhill 965
Match Edgeworth RR
MB VA #1
SG Skiff Mixture
SG BBF
*Correction: I actually have more Sutliff 507C VA Slices than any other blend (I forgot those 5lb bags
)
** I, also, did not include any Esotericas because it may be impolite...
Match Dunhill 965
Match Edgeworth RR
MB VA #1
SG Skiff Mixture
SG BBF
*Correction: I actually have more Sutliff 507C VA Slices than any other blend (I forgot those 5lb bags
)** I, also, did not include any Esotericas because it may be impolite...
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I try not to be too fussy. There is not much that I don't like when it comes to non-aros. I take what I can get. I like it all
According to my spreadsheet I'm most heavily stocked with -
Old Dark Fired RR
Dark Birds Eye
Dablone d'Oro
Frog Morton Cellar
Plumb Pudding SR
Old Dark Fired RR
Dark Birds Eye
Dablone d'Oro
Frog Morton Cellar
Plumb Pudding SR
I cellar (not for aging, so much as for keeping my stock up):
Billy Budd
Bow Legged Bear
Black Frigate
Bayou Night
Briar Fox
Old Joe Krantz
...all commonly available C&D blends, so it's just for convenience rather than worries about availability, and none strike me as something to actually want to "age"
Billy Budd
Bow Legged Bear
Black Frigate
Bayou Night
Briar Fox
Old Joe Krantz
...all commonly available C&D blends, so it's just for convenience rather than worries about availability, and none strike me as something to actually want to "age"
Nightcap
Cabbie's Mixture
Hal O' the Wynd
Redburn
Old Dark Fired
Cabbie's Mixture
Hal O' the Wynd
Redburn
Old Dark Fired
The following is based on the scenario of me placing an order right now to build a cellar containing only five blends.
1. Sutliff Match Victorian
2. Newminster Superior Navy Flake
3. C&D York Town
4. C&D Orient Silk
5. P.S. Luxury Bullseye Flake
All are available in bulk, and are generally readily available. I would be more than happy to cellar deep with just these five.
1. Sutliff Match Victorian
2. Newminster Superior Navy Flake
3. C&D York Town
4. C&D Orient Silk
5. P.S. Luxury Bullseye Flake
All are available in bulk, and are generally readily available. I would be more than happy to cellar deep with just these five.
I don't have my spread sheet handy, but I think my current weight leaders are:
Marlin Flake
Hal o' the Wynd
H&H Anniversary Kake
PS Cube Cut (being super cheap and a very satisfying smoke)
Mac Baren Club Blend
Pretty close to the top 5:
Wessex Brigade Campaign Dark Flake
OGS
Mac Baren HH Burley Flake
Mac Baren Vanilla Cream Flake
PS Luxury Navy Flake
Marlin Flake
Hal o' the Wynd
H&H Anniversary Kake
PS Cube Cut (being super cheap and a very satisfying smoke)
Mac Baren Club Blend
Pretty close to the top 5:
Wessex Brigade Campaign Dark Flake
OGS
Mac Baren HH Burley Flake
Mac Baren Vanilla Cream Flake
PS Luxury Navy Flake
Currently available, since some of what I cellared is no longer in production. In no particular order:
1. Esoterica - Dunbar
2. Savinelli - Doblone d'Oro
3. Gawith - St James Flake
4. PS - LBF
5. Gawith - FVF
I'm pretty much done buying anything that K&K makes, since they've been swapping out components for cheaper stuff and it shows. The stuff they were making up till recently was excellent, so look for tins from 2018 and before.
One last blend to cellar:
6. C&D Yorktown
1. Esoterica - Dunbar
2. Savinelli - Doblone d'Oro
3. Gawith - St James Flake
4. PS - LBF
5. Gawith - FVF
I'm pretty much done buying anything that K&K makes, since they've been swapping out components for cheaper stuff and it shows. The stuff they were making up till recently was excellent, so look for tins from 2018 and before.
One last blend to cellar:
6. C&D Yorktown
Oh, so you're the guy who made a run on Oriental Silk? Seems to be sold out at TP & SPThe following is based on the scenario of me placing an order right now to build a cellar containing only five blends.
1. Sutliff Match Victorian
2. Newminster Superior Navy Flake
3. C&D York Town
4. C&D Orient Silk
5. P.S. Luxury Bullseye Flake
All are available in bulk, and are generally readily available. I would be more than happy to cellar deep with just these five.
Wow, SG FVF sure does make quite a few of your lists.
What the heck am I missing?
Another thing to consider adding to your deep cellar lists might be any favorite "local" tobacco shop blends. Mine is The Country Squire. I have a nagging feeling that the legislation we are all dreading will eventually force these folks out of business forever.
What the heck am I missing?
Another thing to consider adding to your deep cellar lists might be any favorite "local" tobacco shop blends. Mine is The Country Squire. I have a nagging feeling that the legislation we are all dreading will eventually force these folks out of business forever.
I like tasting different blends - so my cellar is more wide than deep.
1. A couple of blends were cellared deep by accident - When I started smoking I bought a lot of Lane 1-Q, and since I smoke it 7-8 times a year, it will last long - Very long
2. When I purchased some aged tobacco from EBay, again I went very deep with GL Pease Chelsea Morning. This is a very interesting tobacco- I like the first half of the bowl a LOT, but not like the second half. So this would also last long.
Now the blends I cellared deeply consciously
1. Daughters & Ryan- Rimboche SJ and Rimboche AP. Low prices, high quality and the risk of formula getting changed made me cellar deep
2. Rattray’s Hal O’ The Wynd - I took a conscious decision to cellar deep, and general unavailability in US made me pull the trigger when I saw some in stock
3. Smokers Haven Our Best Blend and Esoterica Margate- These two are very similar and my favorites in the Balkan genre. This sort of grew organically with small purchases
There are a lot of other tobacco I may cellar deep in the future.
Just FYI - Since I smoke a wide variety, I consider anything I have more than 20 oz is cellared deep enough for a lifetime worth of smoke. There are a LOT of tobacco which is just under that 20 oz mark.
1. A couple of blends were cellared deep by accident - When I started smoking I bought a lot of Lane 1-Q, and since I smoke it 7-8 times a year, it will last long - Very long
2. When I purchased some aged tobacco from EBay, again I went very deep with GL Pease Chelsea Morning. This is a very interesting tobacco- I like the first half of the bowl a LOT, but not like the second half. So this would also last long.
Now the blends I cellared deeply consciously
1. Daughters & Ryan- Rimboche SJ and Rimboche AP. Low prices, high quality and the risk of formula getting changed made me cellar deep
2. Rattray’s Hal O’ The Wynd - I took a conscious decision to cellar deep, and general unavailability in US made me pull the trigger when I saw some in stock
3. Smokers Haven Our Best Blend and Esoterica Margate- These two are very similar and my favorites in the Balkan genre. This sort of grew organically with small purchases
There are a lot of other tobacco I may cellar deep in the future.
Just FYI - Since I smoke a wide variety, I consider anything I have more than 20 oz is cellared deep enough for a lifetime worth of smoke. There are a LOT of tobacco which is just under that 20 oz mark.
Captain Black Grape
Captain Black Cherry
Captain Black White
Captain Black Royal
Paladin Black Cherry
Captain Black Cherry
Captain Black White
Captain Black Royal
Paladin Black Cherry
I wish it was me. I’ve been patiently waiting for it to come back in stock.
Lol was it tough narrowing it down to your favorite 99% of your cellar? A couple of real gems in there for sure!
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