What Underrated Blends in Production do You Now Cellar?

[mikeysmokes]

Title edited for caps and brevity. -jpm. Original:

Underrated Tobaccos; What Blends Occupies Most Of Your Cellar And Is Still In Production?

Was doing some YouTube surfing and came across both topics, although minimum videos to view. So, in your opinion, what are often overlooked blends that are simply tasty or blends that match or are better than blends that are now out of production?

And because I thought it was interesting on its own, what is your most cellared blend that is still in production?

Happy Saturday!

 

[SmokeRings79]

Most of my cellar is Old Joe Krantz with Escudo as a close second.

 

[sablebrush52]

That's going to be a very subjective topic. Off hand I would say that the Sutliff matches offer some excellent choices, and one that I like very much, that is never mentioned, is Troost match.

 

[cigrmaster]

For readily available blends, here are some that I stock.
Capstan Blue Flake
Mac Baren Old Dark Fired
Dunhill Flake (now called Peterson Flake)
Dunhill Deluxe Navy Rolls (now called Peterson Navy Rolls)
Peterson Irish Flake and University Flake
Escudo

The most tins I have for one blend is Wessex Brigade Campaign Dark Flake. It is still being made but is a bitch to find and most retailers have limits.

 

[reloader]

I think one overlooked blend is Three Friars. I've only seen a few people post that they are smoking it. Most of my cellar is Haunted Bookshop and the Old Joe Krantz variants. Haven't been at this long enough to see any of the blends I like go out of production.

 

[ofafeather]

I probably have the most of Escudo, mostly 08 but haven’t smoked any in many years. Underrated blends: Bijou and Edward G Robinson come to mind.

 

[hawky454]

St. Bruno Ready Rubbed/Condor Plug (tie for 1st place. )
Erinmore Flake/3P’s (tie for 2nd place)
Dunbar/Tillbury (3rd place)

 

[Donb1972]

Visions of Celephais. Hardly mentioned by anyone, still in production, and the only tobacco I stock up on.

 

[ofafeather]

Visions of Celephais. Hardly mentioned by anyone, still in production, and the only tobacco I stock up on.

Haven’t tied Visions but love Dreams.

 

[Donb1972]

Haven’t tied Visions but love Dreams.

I also enjoy Dreams. Visions is much more polarizing, I suppose. It's pretty grape intensive, so if you like grape, it's definitely worth a try.

 

[ofafeather]

I also enjoy Dreams. Visions is much more polarizing, I suppose. It's pretty grape intensive, so if you like grape, it's definitely worth a try.

I think that’s the one that Embers says “out-grapes Captan Black grape”. I like the grape in Dreams. It’s almost a brandy note.

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

I'm pretty deep on all the Former's tobaccos and never really see them mentioned. C&D Exclusive and Pegasus are fantastic bulk blends I have a few pounds of. The Sutliff match series is a great line - I love the Match Victorian. Im really deep on Royal Yacht as well, I enjoy it any time of day.
So many more but these come to mind at the moment.

 

[kcghost]

I have Mad Fiddler in my cellar as much as anything and yet most people don't care for it.

 

[mikeysmokes]

I'm pretty deep on all the Former's tobaccos and never really see them mentioned. C&D Exclusive and Pegasus are fantastic bulk blends I have a few pounds of. The Sutliff match series is a great line - I love the Match Victorian. Im really deep on Royal Yacht as well, I enjoy it any time of day.
So many more but these come to mind at the moment.

Interesting you mention that, the video I watched that made me think this would be a good topic, the person mentioned Former's which I never heard of, as well as Pelican and a blend called Hiking but can't quite remember who was producing it and none of which I've heard of previously.

 

[spicy_boiii]

I'll admit alot of what I've liked and cellared deeply can be tough(er) to get, or no longer made, but the following aren't and I like them just as much:

-Low Country Waccamaw
-Warped: The Red Hunt
-Warped: Kings Stride
-Sutliff Match Elizabethan
-The D&R Rimboché Blends
-Assorted K&K VA flakes (astleys, F&T, Wessex, Solani, etc)
-GLP Temple Bar/Regents Flake, Stonehenge
-Balkan Supreme

Highly recommend all the above, most of them readily, or commonly, available.

Other available ones, that I thought were good but didn't end up as deep:

-C&D's Burley Flake Series
-GLP Cairo, Quiet Nights, Chelsea Morning, Westminster (I'm not much for Latakia for a while now)
-Sutliff Match Flying Dutchman
-Sutliff TS24
-WCC - Various
-Carter Hall
-Peterson 3P's

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I mostly smoke Virginia Flake. My highest volume cellared blends still in production are FVF, BBF, Vauen No 14, F&T CVP and Vintage, HH Pure Virginia, Union Square, Newminster 400 and OGS. Among other blends, it would be SJF, Directors Cut and Bijou.

 

[username]

Most of my most stock is pretty popular ie capstan blue.

I was going to say Samuel Gawith hansom flake is a big one but when I went to double check on P&C it appears to be discontinued.

 

[twofocused]

Interesting you mention that, the video I watched that made me think this would be a good topic, the person mentioned Former's which I never heard of, as well as Pelican and a blend called Hiking but can't quite remember who was producing it and none of which I've heard of previously.

The Hiking is excellent. Very similar to Wessex Burley Slices.

 

[mso489]

I don't know about underrated. Lately I've been enjoying GLP's Barbary Coast for its interesting cube-cut burley base, Perique, and brandy flavoring. I've also gotten some good smokes out of D&R Two-Timer, twice toasted burleys, both as-is, and mixed with other blends or condiments. I'm enjoying a new round of C&D Tuggle Hall, a burley based English blend, PC's Match Elizabethan, C&D's Mountain Camp and their Big'n'Burley, among others. I'm going to open GLP's Jack Knife soon, I think.

 

[brian64]

A few readily available blends that are cellar-worthy to me are:

C&D OJK (original) and Bijou
GLP Cumberland and Jack Knife (plug or ready rubbed)
Peterson University Flake and Irish Flake