What Are Your Favorite C&D Blends & Why

[hawk60ce]

I have yet to try anything from C&D and am anxiously awaiting for Autumn Evening to either A) be in stock at P&C or B) finding it at Iwan Ries (according to there website it is available for online order.) So I want to know what the favorites are out there. Thanks guys!

 

[koshersmoke]

founding fathers and nutty Irishman are very good as well

 

[hawk60ce]

strictly C&D blends. that way it narrows it down.

 

[mluyckx]

Hawk: pm me your address. I've got Autmn Evening bulk in an open jar. Smoking it now as a matter of fact. I'll bag some. But patience is advised. I may not get it out until mid next week.
Besides that, Sunday Picnic, Burley Flake #3! RedCarpet and Opening Night are my favorites.

 

[gnatjulio]

Mississippi Mud!!!

 

[doctorthoss]

If we're sticking just to C&D blends (not GL Pease, Two Friends, etc.) then my favorites are:

Old Joe Krantz -- possibly the best "all day" smoke on the market. Perfect balance, strength, and smoothness. I smoke more of this and Carter Hall than any other tobaccos.

Autumn Evening -- awesome aromatic.

Pennington Gap -- a semi-aromatic loaded with perique that's nearly as good as Autumn Evening,

Exhausted Rooster -- a delicious Va-Bur-Per flake with some kind of sweet topping that really brings out the natural flavors. A classic.

Epiphany -- A re-creation of Revelation. This stuff is smooth, tasty, and a great all-day smoke.

Briar Fox -- One of the very few straight VAs that I cellar. This is unusually savory as opposed to sweet.

Opening Night -- A more traditional VA. Sweet reds and brights pressed together into something special. This is as good as Full Virginia Flake, IMO.

 

[macattack]

I liked every blend I have tried from them. Sunday Picnic, Exhausted Rooster, Opening Night, Pennington Gap, Afterhours Flake.

 

[hawk60ce]

Thanks Doc!!

 

[yohanan]

My favorites for now would be,

Haunted Bookshop

Old Joe Krantz

Good Morning Pipe

Crooner

Gentleman Caller

Epiphany

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[daytonsean]

Autumn Evening is great.

 

[papipeguy]

USS Mason

Epiphany

Mississippi Mud

Gentleman Caller

Montford Point Marine

Cordial

Americana

Pirate Kake

Herman's Own

Elegant Emu

Junkyard Dawg

Bow Legged Bear

Crooked Lane

da Vinci
Just to name a few.

 

[juvat270]

My top 5 in no particular order...
Black Frigate

Bow-Legged Bear

Mississippi Mud

Tuskegee Airman

Afterhours

 

[tjameson]

Being a burley fan I really need to try some C&D blends as I have heard they have probably the best burley's out there.

 

[macattack]

Oh yeah. I forgot to mention why. I like that their tobacco leaf is higher quality and they don't use any glycol so the blends are a bit drier making them smokeable, for me anyway, right out of the tin.

 

[ckquatt]

I really love Blockade Runner. I think it's the whole cutting the plug thing. Haunted Bookshop, I didn't really care for. It smelled to much like cigarettes to me, bit really hard, and was just all around awful. Kajun Kake is tasty IMHO. Those are the only ones I've had at the moment.

 

[johnny]

I've only tried three so far as I can remember and they are really good
Old Joe Krantz

Mississippi Mud

Billy Budd
Actually, I tried Junkyard Dawg and though it tasted good, something about it didn't agree with me. Forgot about that one

 

[colcolt]

Autumn Evening hands down favorite. I still want to try their Exhausted Rooster. It may be more appropriate for my age.

 

[reichenbach]

Burley Flake #3 is very good (reasons: delicious and nic is more like a powerful jab than a full on punch). And I am fully in love with Three Friars. Someone on TobaccoReviews called it a glorified OTC but, damn it, I just find it so satisfying. It leaves me feeling warm like contentment. I also read that it is related to Old Joe Krantz so I am looking forward to giving that one a shot down the line too.
Good luck and have fun exploring the C&D universe of tobaccos!

 

[jbbaldwin]

+1 Da Vinci

 

[thesmokindragon]

Billy Budd

Star of the East Flake

Crooked Lane

Autumn evening

Cooper (smokingpipes blend)

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