Tough Assignment: Name Your Top 5
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Hmm, this is tough, because as the seasons change, so do the tobacco jars. A summer affair with Virginia is fleeting, soon giving way to a fall romance with Burley... but, oh, how I adore my winters with a certain English leaf!
As of right now, I've been spending most of my time snuggling up with:
Haunted Bookshop (and two-timing it a bit with Old J. Krantz)
Cornell & Diehl: Billy Budd
Mac Baren: HH Old Dark Fired
McClelland: Frog Morton on the Bayou
McClelland: Frog Morton Cellar
It's so difficult to be faithful! Don't even get me started on my small pipe harem.
As of right now, I've been spending most of my time snuggling up with:
Haunted Bookshop (and two-timing it a bit with Old J. Krantz)
Cornell & Diehl: Billy Budd
Mac Baren: HH Old Dark Fired
McClelland: Frog Morton on the Bayou
McClelland: Frog Morton Cellar
It's so difficult to be faithful! Don't even get me started on my small pipe harem.
No order intended
3 Oaks Syrian
PS Luxury Bulls Eye Flake
MM 965
Elizabethan Mixture
Sextant
Really hard to limit to 5.....honorable mentions Lane 1-Q, Magnum opus, Westminster, Quiet Nights.
3 Oaks Syrian
PS Luxury Bulls Eye Flake
MM 965
Elizabethan Mixture
Sextant
Really hard to limit to 5.....honorable mentions Lane 1-Q, Magnum opus, Westminster, Quiet Nights.
Dunhill Flake
SG Full Virginia Flake
MacBaren HH Acadian Perique
McClelland Christmas Cheer (any vintage)
GL Pease (which everone I have open at the moment)
SG Full Virginia Flake
MacBaren HH Acadian Perique
McClelland Christmas Cheer (any vintage)
GL Pease (which everone I have open at the moment)
I have two trusted favorites, the rest vary with the mood. IRC "3Star Blue" and one I can't get for a while, the new "Bengal Slices."
In no particular order, subject to change:
McClelland Tudor Castle
McClelland Matured Virginia No. 24
McClelland Classic Samsun
GLP Triple Play
SG St. James Flake
Honorable Mention: Solani 633
McClelland Tudor Castle
McClelland Matured Virginia No. 24
McClelland Classic Samsun
GLP Triple Play
SG St. James Flake
Honorable Mention: Solani 633
Newminister 403 is surprisingly competitive with some of the more expensive flakes. Hope it finds a new fan.
For my top five...
1. C&D - Old Joe Krantz. Just lock me in a room with a bucket of this and a good briar.
2. Dunhill - Royal Yacht. The best all-day work smoke ever.
3. Peterson - Irish Flake and Perfect Plug. Very similar, very flavorful, extremely relaxing.
4. Peterson - Irish Oak. Expect the unexpected, with piquant balance.
5. GH&Co Ltd - Brown Twist Sliced. Despite some Lakeland (vomit) a solid smoke with depth.
...right now. Dunhill - Nightcap should be on there too.
For my top five...
1. C&D - Old Joe Krantz. Just lock me in a room with a bucket of this and a good briar.
2. Dunhill - Royal Yacht. The best all-day work smoke ever.
3. Peterson - Irish Flake and Perfect Plug. Very similar, very flavorful, extremely relaxing.
4. Peterson - Irish Oak. Expect the unexpected, with piquant balance.
5. GH&Co Ltd - Brown Twist Sliced. Despite some Lakeland (vomit) a solid smoke with depth.
...right now. Dunhill - Nightcap should be on there too.
This year:
House of Calabash "For Meerschaums Only"
House of Calabash "Grandfather's Own"
L.J. Peretti's "Tashkent"
GLP "Maltese Falcon"
GLP "Meridian"
House of Calabash "For Meerschaums Only"
House of Calabash "Grandfather's Own"
L.J. Peretti's "Tashkent"
GLP "Maltese Falcon"
GLP "Meridian"
My tastes have changed somewhat over the past few years, but my five go to smokes are:
(in no particular order) Escudo, Deep Hollow, Fusilier's Ration, Black Cavendish and Mississippi River.
Honorable mention for Stonehaven, but I rarely smoke it; I just sit in my cellar stroking the jar and mumbling something about my precious... :roll:
(in no particular order) Escudo, Deep Hollow, Fusilier's Ration, Black Cavendish and Mississippi River.
Honorable mention for Stonehaven, but I rarely smoke it; I just sit in my cellar stroking the jar and mumbling something about my precious... :roll:
Current listing (it does change over time):
C&D Engine 99
C&D Old Joe Krantz
Dunhill Aperitif
C&D Bayou Morning
McClelland Yenidje Highlander
(about 30 blends tie for spots 6 to 35)
C&D Engine 99
C&D Old Joe Krantz
Dunhill Aperitif
C&D Bayou Morning
McClelland Yenidje Highlander
(about 30 blends tie for spots 6 to 35)
Sixpence
Capstan Blue
FVF
On the Bayou
Frogmorton Cellar
I'm not broadly experienced enough to really participate in a thread like this, though. I doubt if I've tried even two dozen blends yet. And the truth is I smoke SWRA at least as much as any of those others.
Capstan Blue
FVF
On the Bayou
Frogmorton Cellar
I'm not broadly experienced enough to really participate in a thread like this, though. I doubt if I've tried even two dozen blends yet. And the truth is I smoke SWRA at least as much as any of those others.
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