Watch City Rouxgaroux Video

[Sobrbiker]

…and I’m glad I snagged a little bit of 507-S, 515-RC-1, and TS-20 while it was on its way out (IYKYK).

 

[Servant King]

“All you have to do is really look, and there’s plenty of stuff out there”

Best advice I’ve heard over all the gloom and doom about the demise of this and that-ol’ Ernie is a pretty sage guy for a self acknowledged Ahole.
…..and I try to resemble that remark, on good days.

True, but if we all followed that advice, this forum would be mostly crickets and tumbleweeds. It's far more exciting to just be lazy, bitch and moan when things don't go our way, and then create voluminous piles of redundant threads where we all go off on absurd tangents, stretching Kevin's bandwidth to within inches of its life.

 

[lukasstrifeson]

Just had a thought: since that stoved Virginia got the axe, the days of #558 are probably numbered, too.

A lot of Watch City blends use Sutliff tobaccos, so they're all endangered

Ernie definitely alluded to the growing difficulties of sourcing the right quality of leaf but I'm glad to see his commitment to trying new things and will look forward to whatever he cooks up next!

 

[Steddy]

I could see C&D making a bulk stoved Virginia, something different and maybe softer than their Red Virginia Cavendish.

 

[ThermionicScott]

I could see C&D making a bulk stoved Virginia, something different and maybe softer than their Red Virginia Cavendish.

I really want them to. Maybe we should start a letter-writing campaign or something.

 

[sardonicus87]

I could see C&D making a bulk stoved Virginia, something different and maybe softer than their Red Virginia Cavendish.

They did, the 2022 fall version of House Reserve, which you could only get at B&M's.

The fall version is a mix of stoved and unstoved VAs that is pretty savory and bready, but "soft", especially compared to something like Sun Bear or Steamworks.

I don't know if they still make the House Reserve blends every year or if that was a one-off thing. If you know of a B&M that carries C&D, you could see if they have any, or if they could still get some. Not sure about current availability of that blend.