I am not sure if this is the place to post this particular discussion - it really is a fusion of two topics.
There is a lot of talk about tin tobaccos and various blends you can get on the internet.
However, maybe like you, I am a bit old fashioned and prefer to walk into a pipe store and get my tobacco from one of their house blends. Not exclusively, but primarily.
My go-to place is John Dengler Tobacconist in St. Charles, MO. Although I live in California, I've spent most of my life in Missouri near that store. Especially important to me is that they make my own favorite blend, one I developed in coordination with the legendary John Dengler, back in the early 80s. Old fashioned doesn't begin to describe them. A tobacco shop since 1917, they send out their tobacco on a handshake and an invoice payable by a check in the US Mail upon receipt of the tobacco. They simply aren't set up to take credit cards over the phone or online. Old fashioned.
When I am in San Diego, I go to Old Town and get a blend of Senate at Racine and Laramie. An aromatic, I just love to smoke it.
I live in Palm Springs, and it is at Palm Desert Tobaccos that I will pick up an ounce or two of their English Blend.
Speaking of Old Fashioned, Liberty in San Diego hits all those marks. Men setting in the patio, smoking away, jars available to" take a load for free", and the musty smell of just tradition. What isn't there to like? I certainly do enjoy their Black Cherry tobacco. Black like night, it reminds me of an evening in Jamaica.
What are your favorite house blends and where can one find them?
There is a lot of talk about tin tobaccos and various blends you can get on the internet.
However, maybe like you, I am a bit old fashioned and prefer to walk into a pipe store and get my tobacco from one of their house blends. Not exclusively, but primarily.
My go-to place is John Dengler Tobacconist in St. Charles, MO. Although I live in California, I've spent most of my life in Missouri near that store. Especially important to me is that they make my own favorite blend, one I developed in coordination with the legendary John Dengler, back in the early 80s. Old fashioned doesn't begin to describe them. A tobacco shop since 1917, they send out their tobacco on a handshake and an invoice payable by a check in the US Mail upon receipt of the tobacco. They simply aren't set up to take credit cards over the phone or online. Old fashioned.
When I am in San Diego, I go to Old Town and get a blend of Senate at Racine and Laramie. An aromatic, I just love to smoke it.
I live in Palm Springs, and it is at Palm Desert Tobaccos that I will pick up an ounce or two of their English Blend.
Speaking of Old Fashioned, Liberty in San Diego hits all those marks. Men setting in the patio, smoking away, jars available to" take a load for free", and the musty smell of just tradition. What isn't there to like? I certainly do enjoy their Black Cherry tobacco. Black like night, it reminds me of an evening in Jamaica.
What are your favorite house blends and where can one find them?