Top 5 Blends To Cellar Deeply

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Ashton Artisan's Blend
Peterson Elizabethan Mixture
Peterson Royal Yacht
Presbyterian
Whole bunch of GLP blends

 

[trouttimes]

Pembroke
965
Irish Flake
Presbyterian
Artisan's Blend

 

[Infantry23]

Captain Black Grape
Captain Black Cherry
Captain Black White
Captain Black Royal
Paladin Black Cherry

Dang it! Beat me to it ? I was gonna say CB Gold but since I'm an FNG I wasn't sure the humor would shine through!

 

[mingc]

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)

Dude, even your top 5 is 6!

 

[username]

Old joe krantz
Derby club aromatic
Prince Andrew
Orlic golden sliced
Ennerdale
That’s my top 5 but I’m out of ennerdale
Plan to pick up a pound when it comes back in stock. Only had a couple tins to try it and I love it.

 

[mingc]

Putting aside what I already have enough of -- knock on wood -- the top five blends I need to stock up on after the Xmas rush is over or when they're back in stock:

Ennerdale
Peretti No Name
Newminster No. 400 Superior Navy Flake
PS LNF
Sutliff CA-100

 

[lochinvar]

Stokebye Navy & Bullseye
Escudo
Stonehaven (or Rich Dark, or Ramsgate, or Hastings)
Sobranie Match
Sutliff Virginia Slices

 

[virginialover]

Solani Virginia Flake Blend 633
Peterson Standard Mixture
G.L. Pease Abingdon
Tabac Manil: Reserve du Patron
Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Im basically trying to build a stockpile thay consist of my favorite one of each of these categories.

Cav
OTC
Va/Per
English
Aro

 

[mingc]

Im basically trying to build a stockpile thay consist of my favorite one of each of these categories.

Cav
OTC
Va/Per
English
Aro

Well, that's helpful. <purses lips>

 

[Ahi Ka]

Well, that's helpful. <purses lips>

What he is failing to elaborate on is that his stockpile is literally a mix of all of those components. The whole D&R scare was just a guise to turn everyone’s attention away from the recent sales on ‘best of the rest’ and ‘gran croupier’

 

[mso489]

Given five different blends, and maybe a supply of three different condiment tobaccos, mixing them in varying proportions, you can probably conjure up at least one hundred smokeable blends, if it came to that. This is for people who panic at the thought of no variety.

 

[sablebrush52]

One more to cellar:

Watch City - Rhythm and Blues
Just opened the bag and am delighted with this one! Deep flavors with a nice mix of funky, sour, and gentle sweet.

 

[gamzultovah]

> 5 lbs

FVF + SJF
Dunbar
Solani Silver
PS Navy flake
Ratray's HOTW + Marlin +OG
Capstan Blue

+1 with the addition of Newminster Superior Navy Flake, WCC Old Dominion & KBV Verge Engine Overdrive. (Guess that exceeds 5, but you get the idea)

 

[gamzultovah]

One more to cellar:

Watch City - Rhythm and Blues
Just opened the bag and am delighted with this one! Deep flavors with a nice mix of funky, sour, and gentle sweet.

+1 on this too.

 

[kg.legat0]

Hmm...this is fun and hard to narrow down, I really like too many blends. If I had to do this today:

Newminster 400
PS LNF
Sutfliff 515 RC-1
Mac Baren Mixture Scottish
C&D Yorktown

I would have OGS on the list but I am salty that 100g tins are out in a few places ??

 

[kola]

Over my 45 years of pipe smoking my likeness for certain bends has changed quite a bit. Therefore, I think it's best to stock up on a variety of blends ( a VA, a VaPer, VaBur, Lat blends, etc)

And remember: what you love today, you may hate tomorrow.

 

[wolflarsen]

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.

Whoa ... hold on.
Sorry to branch off topic here but this is huge news to me.
What evidence is this statement based on and what brands are you talking about?
Doesn't K&K make Astley's, Rattray, McConnell, Reiner, Solani, Fribourg & Treyer, Sillems, and Savinelli?
Are you completely writing off all the blends from all these brands?
What others am I missing?
Are you telling me that Doblone d'Oro has gone to shit?

 

[Ahi Ka]

Whoa ... hold on.
Sorry to branch off topic here but this is huge news to me.
What evidence is this statement based on and what brands are you talking about?
Doesn't K&K make Astley's, Rattray, McConnell, Reiner, Solani, Fribourg & Treyer, Sillems, and Savinelli?
Are you completely writing off all the blends from all these brands?
What others am I missing?
Are you telling me that Doblone d'Oro has gone to shit?

I remember sable saying something a while back about components on HU tobacco changing, specifically more DFK instead of perique.

 

[Spinkle]

Oh, so you're the guy who made a run on Oriental Silk? Seems to be sold out at TP & SP

It’s been sold out on smokingpipes both tinned and bulk for at least a month. Been craving it lately and not been able to get my hands on it.