Codger blends are hit or miss for me. I love some of them and don’t like the rest. Mostly due to higher PG content - they cause tongue bite. The match blends I have found to be superior.
Which Codger Blend to Stock up on in 2025?
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Stock up on "new codger" blends, like C&D Pegasus. I scoop my pipe right out of a pound bag.
I get worried about PA going away since they stopped selling tins and packets of it and just make jars now.
So I would answer with PA.
In the EU you may as well smoke the good stuff. There are no cheap blends unleses you are really counting your spare change.
It seems like in Slovenia and Croatia they should be able to get cheap Bosnian leaf somehow.
I too enjoy all the codger blends listed here. 
As was mentioned earlier there are (MATCH) blends. I know JimInks has said most or the match blends are in many case preferable to the earlier versions- (lack chemical taste).
AT the West Virginia Smoke Shop, Jock has a bunch of them- mostly from Sutliff so these will be gone forever soon. I read on this forum & others that the MacBaren Original Flake is very much like St. Bruno- so I stocked up on that as it was cheaper to do so.
The Carter Hall & Prince Albert MATCHES are there as well- check 'em out. Good luck
Match Blends click here <---------------
As was mentioned earlier there are (MATCH) blends. I know JimInks has said most or the match blends are in many case preferable to the earlier versions- (lack chemical taste).AT the West Virginia Smoke Shop, Jock has a bunch of them- mostly from Sutliff so these will be gone forever soon. I read on this forum & others that the MacBaren Original Flake is very much like St. Bruno- so I stocked up on that as it was cheaper to do so.
The Carter Hall & Prince Albert MATCHES are there as well- check 'em out. Good luck
Match Blends click here <---------------
Your note about MacB Original Flake had me down a rabbit hole, but I can’t seem to find a vendor with any in stock, not even WVSS (unless I’m just missing it?). Might you point me to a source to acquire a few pouches?I too enjoy all the codger blends listed here.
AT the West Virginia Smoke Shop, Jock has a bunch of them- mostly from Sutliff so these will be gone forever soon. I read on this forum & others that the MacBaren Original Flake is very much like St. Bruno- so I stocked up on that as it was cheaper to do so.
The Carter Hall & Prince Albert MATCHES are there as well- check 'em out. Good luck
Match Blends click here <---------------
Some people say they're the same (I used to say so myself) but they're actually not. If you like CB Dark you'll probably love Lane BCA. I find the Lane BCA is superior in burn, and flavor to CB Dark. It's also great as a mixer.
A bunch of C&D burley blends are available in 8oz cans, with the nicely-fitting plastic lids. Those strike me as plenty codger-friendly.
I’ve now looked at that page for several minutes (as I did yesterday) and still do not see Mac Baren Original Flake. Are you perhaps confusing Original Flake with another blend that is not named Original Flake?
Apologies, you are correct. I goofed.
I saw Original Choice by Mac Baren's AND it is NOT the same as Original Flake. THAT one was actually the legendary Walnut. It was renamed Original Flake because it it was thought "Walnut" was too "enticing" to young smokers... whatever. THAT is the one which draws comparisons to St. Bruno.
Again, I apologize to one & all for the inaccurate reading of name & subsequent "misinformation". sigh....
Notes: Formerly known as Odgen's Walnut, currently made by MacBaren. The name changed in October, 2016 to comply with EU laws.
Original Flake - Tobacco Reviews
Original Choice - Tobacco Review
I saw Original Choice by Mac Baren's AND it is NOT the same as Original Flake.
THAT one was actually the legendary Walnut. It was renamed Original Flake because it it was thought "Walnut" was too "enticing" to young smokers... whatever. THAT is the one which draws comparisons to St. Bruno.Again, I apologize to one & all for the inaccurate reading of name & subsequent "misinformation". sigh....
Notes: Formerly known as Odgen's Walnut, currently made by MacBaren. The name changed in October, 2016 to comply with EU laws.
Original Flake - Tobacco Reviews
Original Choice - Tobacco Review
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The last pouch of SWR I bought stinks of vinegar, intolerable!
Was that just your tin note and a couple puffs or was it most puffs from the pouch? A friend gave me a splendid from a 2021 batch whose first couple puffs had a vinegar note. But after that, the later puffs didn't have that smell, so overall my sample was good, minus the vinegar note.
I know that since they closed their GA factory, some reviewers complain about a vinegar smell from SWR.
