After reading this post I searched for Dengler's Black Maria to find and buy some to no avail. The website I guess no longer exists since there are new owners.... how can they be reached... are they still in business ? Thanks.
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Where in Galicia is this shop? Susan’s sister has a place in Ribeira there where we stay when we visit.
I believe it’s far from Ribeira, if the Ribeira you are talking about is the one near to Santiago de Compostela.
This shop in Galicia where I went is on the margin of Minho River. In the border with Portugal on an avenue called Avenida de Portugal, just before the bridge that leads to my country.
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Yes, they are still there. SELECTION | LIT Pipe and Cigar - https://www.litstc.com/selection
The name has changed but the recipes are still the same from what I understand.
Black Maria - pronounced Mariah - is like comfort food.
Still smoking my Peterson with Dengler Black Maria. @RPK asked about the shop. Larry, John Dengler's son-in-law, retired last year and sold the shop along with all the recipes and paraphernalia that made it a traditional American pipe shop. Their focus is cigars but they have all of John's recipes. I have the original recipe myself, but I am hesitant to give it out as it was a trade secret. I can say that it follows the traditional proportions of American style "English Blends". Black Maria, pronounced Mariah, is really a comfort food style blend. It is like the black coffee served up by a pleasant looking waitress at an old fashioned diner. I turn back to it when I tire of exploring the many varied blends of tobacco out there and need something that John Denver might write a song about. Almost Heaven! Ah...
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@RPK I plan on stopping by the shop this week to see how things have changed. John Dengler was and is a legend in the Midwest. When he died, his body was carried through down Main Street in a horse drawn Hearst accompanied by Drum and Fife marching band. He was the unofficial mayor of Saint Charles and a beloved citizen. A master blender, he could take whatever blend you wanted replicated and taste it and very quickly whip up a close approximation. His family shop dates back to 1917. I hope you enjoy the tobacco - while not quite the fancy blends we have today, it will take you back a century and provide you a smoke reminiscent of what your great grandfather might have smoked.
Btw, do they sell Amphoras in Portugal ?
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