Whats your top 5 blends ?

[omar]

What is your top 5 blends ??

Your list must include a virginia , an english and an aromatic blend .

The most common 5 blends are the ones im going to get .

Please help me to kill my hesitation .
Thanks

omar

 

[drennan]

Dunhill Deluxe Navy Rolls,

Orlik Golden Sliced,

Seattle Pipe Club Mississippi River,

Dunhill Nightcap,

and Germains Rich Dark Flake - it's the closet I get to an aromatic.

 

[derfargin]

I can tell you what your list will end up being. This question has been asked over and over again, with the exception of the requirements your specific blends types.
So here's my prediction:
Sam Gawith's - Full Virginia Flake (Straight VA)
Frog Morton's - Cellar (Aromatic intro to English)
Peter Stokkobye's - Luxury Navy Flake (Virginia,Perique of VaPer)
Lane's - 1Q (Aromatic)
MacBaren's - Old Dark Fired.
The following list is my recommendation to you as a beginner.
McClelland's - Bulk 5100 "Red Cake" (Straight VA)
Peter Stokkobye's - Luxury Navy Flake (Virginia,Perique of VaPer)
Rattray's - Bagpiper's Dream (Aromatic) One I've found that actually tastes good.
C&D's - Epiphany (This one being an "American" English)
GL Pease's - Gaslight (English) My favorite blend.

 

[bungee]

1. Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake

2. Samuel gawith Skiff Mixture

3. Peterson Connosseur's Choice

4. Samuel Gawith St. James Flake

5. Rattray's Marlin Flake

 

[omar]

I know its a repeated question , but tobacco isn't available in my country .

So when i have a chance to put my hands on some , i have to be sure with what im buying .

Your suggestions is a great help for me saving money and getting the good stuff .

So, thank you

 

[aldecaker]

If you are somewhere you can order Peter Stokkebye bulks, it may simplify things for you a bit. In my opinion, they make an at least adequate version of each genre of pipe tobacco.

 

[hakchuma]

Black frigate

Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky

Gaslight

Mississippi River

Classic Burly Kake
I could probably feel content smoking nothing but the tobacco listed for the rest of my life.

 

[freakiefrog]

Escudo

Orlik Golden Sliced

PS Luxury Twist

Christmas Cheer

FM on the Bayou

 

[jackswilling]

Tudor Castle

Cooper

Old Gowrie

Beacon

Burley Kake (Only aero I can tolerate)

 

[drennan]

I know its a repeated question , but tobacco isn't available in my country .

So when i have a chance to put my hands on some , i have to be sure with what im buying .

Your suggestions is a great help for me saving money and getting the good stuff .

So, thank you

Where are you from Omar? Looks pretty nice in your pic.
What do you like/dislike at the moment?

 

[seagullplayer]

#1 Carter Hall
#2-#5 anything else

 

[omar]

I am from Egypt , its a great place but not for pipe smokers :D

I haven't try a lot of blends .

I tried Erinmore flake

Davidoff royalty

Dunhill night cap

royal yacht

And im really into english blends .

 

[cynicismandsugar]

And im really into english blends .

In my opinion, McClelland's Frog Morton series is a fine transition into English blends.

 

[fitzy]

In addition to the Frog Morton Series (Specifically Cellar) You should think about trying some of McClelland's Grand Oriental lines. Yenidje Highlander is one of my favorites. Also I don't know if you can get Heart & Home blends there but they make some great stuff like Blackhouse, White Knight, Fuseliers Ration and Magnum Opus.

 

[crusher47]

Straight Virginia --> Dunhill Flake

Virginia w/Perique --> Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture

Aromatic --> Nording Labrador

English --> Drew Estate Meat Pie

English/Balkan --> H&H Blackhouse

 

[lordofthepiperings]

1.Escudo

2. Stokkebye's Luxury Bullseye Flake

3.Lane's 1Q

4.Orlik's Golden Slices

5. Stokkebye's Luxury Navy Flake
Honorable mention would be John Cotton's Number 1. That was the first English blend I actually enjoyed. I highly recommend ordering a tin when it's available at P&C.

 

[foggymountain]

Bombay Court, Stokkebye's English Oriental and their Turkish 84, Old Dark fired. After that there are many liked blends.

 

[lochinvar]

Virginia- Gawith Full Virginia Flake

Aro- Rattray Bagpiper's Dream

English- Rattray Black Mallory

VaPer- Escudo

Oriental- McConnell Oriental
If what you can get is limited, I would say anything Dunhill (since you have had access to at leat some of their blends) is going to be good quality. My favorites in the line are Durbar, Aperitif, London and Navy Rolls.

 

[judcole]

I'm going to do a variant, since you live across the pond. I'm not going to list blends that are by American blenders. Telling you that I love Arrowhead from Paul's Pipe Shop in Flint, Mi., is not going to benefit you.
So - with that in mind - in no particular order.

1. Dunhill Standard - this is a classic English blend that doesn't get much respect on this forum. I'll take it over EMP, London, 965, or Nightcap any day.[/*]
   
2. Peterson Old Dublin - my long time fave latakia blend[/*]
   
3. Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake - A wonderful Virginia flake[/*]
   
4. Dunhill Flake - Another great Virginia flake of a different character than BBF[/*]
   
5. MacBaren HH Latakia Flake - A newer offering; MacB's first venture with Cyprian latakia. Very good.[/*]
   
6. MacBaren Mixture (Scottish Blend) - A classic that forces you to watch your smoking technique for greatest enjoyment.[/*]
   

 

[supdog]

Omar,if could you tell us where you will purchasing your tobacco from we could make recommendations based on the available inventory. I really can't give you a list because I mostly smoke Englishes and Balkans. If you can get any McClelland blends I would recommend British Woods or 5125 Coyote Classic, these are two of my faves.