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KruegerFlap

Starting to Get Obsessed
Dec 3, 2021
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Ohio
Captain Black Original and Lane HGL. Neither is in my regular rotation but I do have at least a pound of each on hand to enjoy every once in awhile.
 

PLANofMAN

Starting to Get Obsessed
Jan 13, 2024
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Salem, Oregon
Mid-90's, bought a Grabow, and a pouch of Half and Half, a tin of MB Navy Flake I think, and a tin of Dunhills London Mixture. I still smoke Half and Half very occasionally, earlier this year I finished the last of my London Mixture tins, and I don't think I have any MacB in my cellar.

I miss London Mixture. Had I known...........
Have you tried G.L. Pease's Westminster? It's an homage to London Mixture.
 
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Peterson314

Part of the Furniture Now
Sep 13, 2019
532
4,353
Atlanta, GA
1-Q was my first tobacco. BCA was my second. I still have some 1-Q jarred in my cellar, but BCA is in my permanent rotation.
 

Snook

Can't Leave
Oct 2, 2019
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940
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Idaho
My memory is a little hazy, but it was probably either Sutliff Black Cordial or Peter Stokkebye Peaches & Cream. I bought them from a local B&M along with my first pipe (just some cheap basket pipe which I still have), long before I knew that B&Ms typically just package bulk blends under their own names. I still enjoy smoking both and have about a pound of each in my cellar.
 

Jesster109

Lurker
Dec 2, 2022
38
90
Illinois
Have you tried G.L. Pease's Westminster? It's an homage to London Mixture.
I have a tin in my cabinet, unopened, and untried to date. I bought it on recommendation of a friend. I have been waiting for it to come up in rotation to open, but with several comments here, it may become my Christmas smoke.
 
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Infantry23

Part of the Furniture Now
Nov 8, 2020
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Smithsburg, Maryland
My first blend was Captain Black blue pouch. I also had some tobacco from a shop in the Outer Banks. I still have CB blue in the rotation. I also still have some of the tobacco from the OBX.

Jamaican Rum from Smoker Friendly was also an early blend I liked.
 

Egg Shen

Lifer
Nov 26, 2021
1,176
3,946
Pennsylvania
Cpt Black which I will still smoke. But that was when I was 16. I think I had quit by 18. Then re-entering the hobby 5 years ago it was Sutliff Blend #5, an English that I still love. Not sure how I chanced upon it over other English blends, it’s not really celebrated here.
 

AndyNJ

Might Stick Around
Jun 20, 2023
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NJ USA
Exclusiv Wild Mango in 1982 made by Poschl in Munich...what a horrid concoction, good for a teenager at the time I guess. If they had cherry Cola, I'd had that too.

Then John Aylesbury 777, a pitch black Cavendish loaded up with Pineapple aroma, that was better. Then I tried Erinmore Flake, the old Murray's, that was a sticky goo but tasty. My real first tobacco that stuck was... wait for it..OGS
 
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augiebd

Lifer
Jul 6, 2019
1,330
2,618
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
I bought a bulk buttered rum blend at a mall B&M. I still have some on hand and smoke it for nostalgic reasons, so not quite part of the regular rotation. It was a quick transition from this aro to Captain Black regular and then English blends. English blends are still part of my rotation. CB not so much.