What is the Worst Pipe Tobacco You have ever Smoked?

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condorlover1

Lifer
Dec 22, 2013
7,993
26,607
New York
Condor Mild. It was like smoking Condor that you had left in your pants pocket and then put through a hot wash cycle. I have had more flavorful farts then Condor Mild/Condor Blue. Another uniquely unpleasant one that thankfully is no long available was 'British No:1' or something in that vain which made a very brief appearance in the early 1980s. It was supposedly made from U.K domestically grown tobacco. I purchased a tin whilst visiting The House of Pipes. It was so unpleasant you might as well have filled your pipe with dried leaves from the forest floor, although the tin was very pretty if my memory serves me correctly.
 

hawky454

Lifer
Feb 11, 2016
5,338
10,220
Austin, TX
@karam reminded me that I really disliked Mississippi Mud and that also brought back memories of really disliking Da Vinci, also by C&D (I kind of enjoyed the Dan Tobacco Da Vinci blend topped with wine). I do love a lot of C&D blends but these 2 were pretty bad, tossed both. It's probably been about 10 years since I had them and I always preach about never swearing off a blend but I'll never return to those two again.
 

karam

Lifer
Feb 2, 2019
2,341
9,012
Basel, Switzerland
I gave the Mississippi Mud to a friend who said it’s among the best things he’s smoked. Funnily enough, a few years later I could barely make it through half a bowl of SG Celtic Talisman, gave that to the same friend who loved it. To this day these are the two only blends i have given one star to.

No moral to the story, just a pleasant realisation of friendship through time :)
 

lonepiper

Starting to Get Obsessed
Aug 27, 2017
264
3,598
45
Central Virginia
On Sunday nights, I tend to just play on my phone and research random things. Today I was researching the famous Toscanello Cigarillos and found myself watching a cigar review. In this particular episode, a popular set of dudes reviewed a 40 cigar bundle that was on sale for $30. At the end they all agreed they were all pretty terrible. They wanted to know what the worst cigar you ever smoked.

I am tweaking their question and want to know from you guys, what is the worst pipe blend you have ever smoked?

I will go first: C&D Yorktown! Now to be fair, I am a huge fan of Pirate Kake (sic), Star of the East and their Christmas blends. However, Yorktown takes the trophy as the worst pipe tobacco I have ever smoked.

Your turn...
Paladin takes the gold. Chatham Manor the silver. Stonehenge Flake the bronze.
 
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Carol

Lifer
Dec 15, 2021
1,316
24,523
NW NM, USA
This thread is really an interesting example of differences in people's tastes in tobacco. I love Mississippi Mud and Haunted Bookshop. I'm still trying different tobaccos, but so far I can't tolerate Capt Black Original ?, Half and Half, and Carter Hall. Just got a tin of Grousemoor, which burned the heck out of my mouth, first two puffs! I jarred it, and will try again another day.
 

JOHN72

Lifer
Sep 12, 2020
5,136
51,569
51
Spain - Europe
This thread is really an interesting example of differences in people's tastes in tobacco. I love Mississippi Mud and Haunted Bookshop. I'm still trying different tobaccos, but so far I can't tolerate Capt Black Original ?, Half and Half, and Carter Hall. Just got a tin of Grousemoor, which burned the heck out of my mouth, first two puffs! I jarred it, and will try again another day.
I love Mississippi Mud. I'm smoking it fresh, I don't know how it will be when it's 5 years old or more. At the moment my mind is still accepting latakia's rockets.
 

Ocam

Starting to Get Obsessed
Sep 4, 2020
145
315
Spain
Probably Kentucky Bird, or Clan. The Borkum Riffs are pretty bad as well.

Also, Peterson Nightcap and Early Morning are supposed to be good, but I couldn't finish the tins.

That only happened to me with these few blends. Oh, and Rattray Bagpiper Dream. The topping just made me sick.
 

JohnClyde

Starting to Get Obsessed
Oct 8, 2020
104
197
UK
Jack Knife Plug.

No matter how I smoked it, it always tasted like ash with a free complimentary headache.
 

Franco Pipenbeans

Part of the Furniture Now
Jan 7, 2021
648
1,693
Yorkshire, England
Condor Mild. It was like smoking Condor that you had left in your pants pocket and then put through a hot wash cycle. I have had more flavorful farts then Condor Mild/Condor Blue. Another uniquely unpleasant one that thankfully is no long available was 'British No:1' or something in that vain which made a very brief appearance in the early 1980s. It was supposedly made from U.K domestically grown tobacco. I purchased a tin whilst visiting The House of Pipes. It was so unpleasant you might as well have filled your pipe with dried leaves from the forest floor, although the tin was very pretty if my memory serves me correctly.
Condor Mild/Blended = pointless, in my estimation.
 

Chris81

Starting to Get Obsessed
Oct 11, 2021
153
966
42
Malaga, Spain
Skandinavik regular was one of my first tobaccos because it was readily available in tobacco shops in Italy and I remember how terrible it was, not a nice way to begin...
Amsterdamer is also very common in tobacco shops and is pretty terrible.

Borkum Riff Ruby and Brooksfield No 1 (in Europe) are 2 cheap tobaccos that I didn't find so terrible as most of people seem to.
 
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