What Are Your Favorite Blends Still Available?

[redrooster1977]

I've used the search option and found several threads similar, but they're years old. So I think it's time for a update. What are your favorite blends that are still available? It's subjective of course but usually there is a bit of consensus. So if I can be indulged, let's list our 1 or 2 favorites (still available)in each category and see where things land.

1-Virginia
2-Virginia Perique
3-Aromatic
4-English

 

[redrooster1977]

I'll start:

Virginia- Capstan Bue
Vaper- Hearth & Home Anniversary Kake and Escudo Navy
Aromatic- Sutliff Vanilla Custard and Molto Dolce
English- Northwoods

 

[workman]

Va: FVF and Capstan Blue
Va/per: Cabbies Mixture and Hal o' The Wynd
Aromatic: Royal Yacht and 1792 Flake
No englishes for me anymore, but when I still liked them: Nightcap and Red Rapparee

 

[Country Bladesmith]

VA: lately it’s been Sutliff 515 RC1

VaPer: tough one. Probably Carolina Red Flake with Perique. I am also quite partial to D&R Rimboché S. J.

Aromatic: St. Bruno Ready Rubbed, if you count that as an aromatic. Toss-up between Edward G. Robinson and Planta MMXII Ripe Marula if not.

English: Balkan Supreme, unless I want something more Oriental-forward, then it’d probably be GLP Spark Plug.

 

[luigi]

1 - FVF
2 - Solani 633
3 - MacBaren Classic (Vanilla Loose Cut)
4 - MacBaren HH Latakia Flake

 

[warren]

Three Star Blue (aromatic) and Balkan Supreme (English) are the only blends where I panic if I run short. I keep three or four others blends around for diversion.

 

[sablebrush52]

Virginia - FVF, Yorktown, Cut Virginia Plug, Luxury Flake, Best Brown Flake, Campaign Dark Flake, and so may others.

VaPer - Haddo's Delight, Sixpence, Telegraph Hill, Anni Kake, Vipratti, Curly Block, SJF, Doblone d'Oro and so many others

Aromatic - Dunbar, Dorchester, Cardiff - Yeah I know they're not considered aromatics, but with the level of topping they sure as hell are

English - The English blends I really like are all extinct., though I do have a couple, like Margate, that I haven't yet tried. For now, when I smoke an English blend, it's an extinct English blend.

 

[peregrinus]

Virginia - SG FVF

Virginia Perique - SG SJF / HU
Director’s Cut (I know it’s got a bit of burley and Kentucky, but it smokes like a Vapor to me).

Aromatic - I have never publicly admitted this, but I enjoy an infrequent bowl of HU Jerry Saronno.
It is a cherry/amaretto topped Virginia ribbon/broken flake. See @jiminks review at
HU Jerry Saronno

English - I no longer enjoy smoking any true English blends.

 

[lochinvar]

Virginia-Capstan
VaPer- Escudo
Aromatic- Grousemoor.....like once every five years
English- Highland Targe

 

[64alex]

My favorite blends are the ones I am not mentioning here as I don't want them to disappear because of the hoarders

 

[autumnfog]

Virginia - Capstan blue and FVF.
Aromatic - Autumn Evening
English - Old Dublin

 

[mingc]

I'm skipping the unicorns and unobtaniums because, why bother?

Va - Newminister No. 400 Superior Navy Flake
VaPer - Luxury Navy Flake
Aro - Peretti No Name
English - Sutliff Match Balkan Sobranie Original Mixture or Sutliff Match Balkan Sobranie 759

I'd be happy with a store of these on the proverbial desert island.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

I'm skipping the unicorns and unobtaniums because, why bother?

Va - Newminister No. 400 Superior Navy Flake
VaPer - Luxury Navy Flake
Aro - Peretti No Name
English - Sutliff Match Balkan Sobranie Original Mixture or Sutliff Match Balkan Sobranie 759

I'd be happy with a store of these on the proverbial desert island.

That’s a solid line-up. ?

 

[mingc]

Aromatic: Royal Yacht and 1792 Flake

That's some stout stuff there. ??

 

[mso489]

What, no burley? Bah, humbug.

Va -- LNF
VaPer -- Fire Storm
Aro -- SWR Aro
Eng -- C&D Stratfordshire

Some of my favorites are not still sold, but I still have them. Most blends I have are not favorites per se, but I enjoy them all the same.

 

[PipesRock]

Virginia - Capstan Blue, FVF, PS LNF, but I have have others on the way so who knows next month.

VaPer - sweet - Peterson De Luxe Navy Rolls. "traditional" - HU Louisiana Broken. Honorable mention is aged PS LBF.

Aromatic - Edwards Tampa FL - Peaches n Cream, but to be fair it's the experience most likely. I don't do Aro's.

English - Balkan Supreme, Quiet Nights, and Maltese Falcon. Honorable mention Peterson Nightcap. Again, who knows next month.

 

[Jwebb90]

Va: FVF
VaPer: Escudo, Telegraph Hill
Aro: King Cake
English: n/a

 

[redrooster1977]

So far SG Full Virginia Flake has been mentioned the most for straight Virginia.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

All my favorite blends are still available. Otherwise, they wouldn't be my favorites.

 

[DedHed Piper]

Virginias: FVF, Capstan Blue, Best Brown
Va/Per: Lyxury Navy Flake, Solani 633
Almost Va/Per: Old Gowrie, Hal o the Wynd, Director's Cut
Aromatic: None
Va/Bur: Makhuwa
English/Balkans: Fayuum Kake, Squadron Leader, Tuarekh, English Breakfast, Skiff Mixture, Nightcap, Maltese Falcon, White Knight, Black Mallory, Quiet Nights, Westminster, Balkan Supreme, MM 965, Gaslight, Zulu, Chelsea Morning and more