What Underrated Blends in Production do You Now Cellar?

[HawkeyeLinus]

Various Wilke blends are the most common, but quite a bit of variety as I continue the quest.

 

[mikeysmokes]

And, there are people who truly and absolutely loathe pie. You asked for Terra Incognita and have largely been quoted the Top 40 greatest hits. Be bold and go where few have gone before. Resist the hive mind if you dare!

? to that end I've seriously debated just randomly selecting tobaccos. The choices indeed are many and attempting to find a new path or an overgrown one, recently forgotten would be desirable! Loathe pie? I've heard only rumors!

 

[anotherbob]

mixture 79. Sail Yellow.

 

[anotherbob]

And, there are people who truly and absolutely loathe pie. You asked for Terra Incognita and have largely been quoted the Top 40 greatest hits. Be bold and go where few have gone before. Resist the hive mind if you dare!

I so do loath pie

 

[Chasing Embers]

I so do loath pie

Strawberry rhubarb is the only one I'll eat. Now cake is an entirely different story.

 

[daytonsean]

I have a lot of Peterson Old Dublin in stock. And Newminster 400 takes up a lot of room too. The Old Dublin doesn’t see much hype from what I can tell. I used to keep a lot of Blue Mountain before McC went out. And Mac’s Vintage Syrian before that dried up.

 

[condorlover1]

Samuel Gawith Twist (Brown or Black) Bosun Plug, RB Plug, Best Brown Plug, Broken #7 Flake, Condor Plug, Full Virginia Plug, Ennerdale Flake, Grousemoor Plug, Coniston Cut Plug, XX Black Plug and one tin of Erinmore that is nearly empty!

 

[mingc]

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?

There are hundreds of them and the list is entirely subjective. PS LNF, MB The Cube, E. Hoffman Spilman Mixture, Sutliff CA-100, various SGs and GHs, the list goes one.

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

My most hoarded blend in terms of weight is Margate.

 

[Streeper541]

The top three spots in my cellar belong to
C&D Haunted Bookshop, Peterson University Flake & Peterson Irish Flake. I have more of those three on hand than just about anything else.

 

[tmcg81]

I have quite a bit of Star of the East Flake and Westminster, but they seem fairly popular. Maybe the two I have that I don't see a ton of people smoking here are Windjammer and Watch City Stubb's Pipe.

 

[Merton]

Wessex Brigade Fragrant Virginia. Hard to find and Wessex does screw around with their labeling, but it is a really great blend.

 

[rmpeeps]

C&D Oriental Silk.
Several pounds from 24yrs to 2yrs. Great stuff!!
It’s so obscure spellcheck suggestions will not even suggest ‘oriental’.

 

[RonB]

I personally like OJK White Label, which does not seem to get a lot of love. It has some similarities to Pegasus IMHO although many would probably disagree.

I have 35 pounds of tobacco in my cellar which is not a lot in comparison to many on this forum. It is well diversified with a lot of English blends which I don't smoke as much of as I used to. My top blends in my inventory are:

Dunhill Westminster 28 ounces (2008)
Cumberland 26 ounces (2005 to 2021)
Lane Edgeworth Ready Rubbed 22 ounces (2008).
Dunhill EMP 22 ounces (2008)

 

[cosmicfolklore]

What I have the most of is not still in production... lots of McClellands. But, for just the most "in production" stuff, C&D Habana Daydream has recently started filling the coffers.

 

[dPero]

McConell Heritage tobaccos, most Flake, Black Flake and Highgate

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

C&D Billy Budd Blonde is the #1 volume in my cellar
#2 OJK Blue

 

[sablebrush52]

The biggest holdings by weight would be Stonehaven and Dunbar at 8 lbs each. The Stonehaven was a bit of a surprise. I was going through the bins and boxes and a bag here and there just kept turning up. It's hardly my favorite blend which is probably why it just built up over years as I forgot I had any around. I've given away and/or shared pounds of it.

I don't really need any more of anything, but I'm running low on Troost match and I'll put in for some more when I order more pipe cleaners.

Another really superb blend that doesn't get much play here is Georg Huber Virginia Golden Flake. It' s a rich, well balanced Virginia flake with a bit of a honeydew melon topping, very much in the grand tradition of classic Virginia blends. The underlying Virginias, empire leaf, deliver bolder flavors than much of our current domestic products.

All you have to do is be in Munich Germany to pick some up at the shop. It's not sold anywhere else. The next best thing is having a friend or contact to do that for you.

 

[anotherbob]

Strawberry rhubarb is the only one I'll eat. Now cake is an entirely different story.

Solid exception. Glad to finally have someone else agree about pie. Cake, cookies, and certain other treats are certain another story and that story is that I'll eat as much of them as are available and that's why I try not to buy them. Though just a side note when I was a child I thought "wait adults can buy and eat cake when ever they want? And they don't eat cake everyday???

 

[DanWil84]

Im not cellaring much yet as I'm exploring, but I have 2 blends I have both 2 pounds off, Presbyterian and MB Navy Flake. The first doesnt get a lot of talk (from a few a lot right @LotusEater, but not in general), maybe because it isn't a English as polarizing or "unicorn desert island blend" blahblah like Penzance. The second a lot of people don't like the topping, which I find very well matching with the tobacco and to me its still a tobacco forward blend without it being a aromatic. A bonus is the pound of MB Golden Blend/Extra I have, to me a underrated BurVa. I might even not touch the pounds I have off this in 2 years. Risk is I like it more fresh than "aged" or "well rested", but in that case I have a lot off tins to tobacco bomb someone.

 

[pipingfool]

I don't know about "underrated" but I do have several that I cellar pretty deep.

Tins
GLP Stonehenge
GLP Fillmore
GLP Quiet Nights
G&H Best Brown Flake #2

Bulk
G&H Best Brown Flake #2
G&H Dark Bird's Eye
SG Full Virginia Flake
SG St James Flake
PS Luxury Navy Flake
Newminster #400 Navy Flake

These don't include Small Batch/Limited Releases or out-of-production blends such as McClelland.