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It is a traditional stout Irish plug.
It will be made by STG in Denmark (I think? I hope!) who also make the other popular Irish plug heritage brands like Warrior, Velvan, Mick McQuaid, and etc.
This thread by Klause,
sadly closed due to my dumbassery,
tells the tale and in many ways was the actual genesis for wild thoughts of a possible resurrection...
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/warhorse-bar
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It will be made by STG in Denmark (I think? I hope!) who also make the other popular Irish plug heritage brands like Warrior, Velvan, Mick McQuaid, and etc.
This thread by Klause,
sadly closed due to my dumbassery,
tells the tale and in many ways was the actual genesis for wild thoughts of a possible resurrection...
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/warhorse-bar
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mlc, thanks for that link, very good read. Woodsroads talking about the tobacco apocolypse is pretty scary. I am glad I stocked up like I did as some blends I love could be discontinued.
From what I can gather the new War Horse is going to contain latakia? I am not a fan of latakia, but will try it anyway just to see what it is like. I see Fribourg & Treyers Cut Virginia Plug being out of stock for months now and wonder if this is the beginning. That blend was never hard to get. If it did go out of stock for a couple of weeks, it was replenished with a large supply of tins.
From what I can gather the new War Horse is going to contain latakia? I am not a fan of latakia, but will try it anyway just to see what it is like. I see Fribourg & Treyers Cut Virginia Plug being out of stock for months now and wonder if this is the beginning. That blend was never hard to get. If it did go out of stock for a couple of weeks, it was replenished with a large supply of tins.
Harris,
If there's any Latakia in Warhorse, it's so minimal as to be unnoticeable. I've been smoking the ready cut and haven't tasted it.
If there's any Latakia in Warhorse, it's so minimal as to be unnoticeable. I've been smoking the ready cut and haven't tasted it.
Thanks Jesse, sounds good. It sounds like it is going to be a feeding frenzy when it hits the market. I will have to get in touch with my inside source and buy a 100 tins so I can re sell it for a huge gouging profit.
...and another thing,
speaking of tins and War Horse,
from the historical perspective, Gallaher never packed it in tins, it was a workingman's smoke, sold either unwrapped over the counter or in a paper packet -- the resurrection attempt packed in tins looks jarringly unWarHorse-like.
For nearly one hundred years Gallaher sold it mostly in a paper packet,
a tinned variant did not exist.
In the long run it'd be cheaper as far as material costs go, to pack it in the historically correct manner, but I do understand that the process to enable the humble packaging would probably cost too much and be a major financial investment...
...but the term "ready-cut" as applied to this new blend is misleading,
is it not?
The new version is a loose mixture.
In order to be "ready cut" there must exist a solid form to predate the "cutting",
yes?
In my eyes, the new War Horse Loose Mixture is a modern Americanized reimagining and pretty far removed from its ancestral forebear,
a loose interpretation which nowhere or in no way approximates the authentic article as was made by Gallaher for all those years.
So,
what's the point?
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speaking of tins and War Horse,
from the historical perspective, Gallaher never packed it in tins, it was a workingman's smoke, sold either unwrapped over the counter or in a paper packet -- the resurrection attempt packed in tins looks jarringly unWarHorse-like.
For nearly one hundred years Gallaher sold it mostly in a paper packet,
a tinned variant did not exist.
In the long run it'd be cheaper as far as material costs go, to pack it in the historically correct manner, but I do understand that the process to enable the humble packaging would probably cost too much and be a major financial investment...
...but the term "ready-cut" as applied to this new blend is misleading,
is it not?
The new version is a loose mixture.
In order to be "ready cut" there must exist a solid form to predate the "cutting",
yes?
In my eyes, the new War Horse Loose Mixture is a modern Americanized reimagining and pretty far removed from its ancestral forebear,
a loose interpretation which nowhere or in no way approximates the authentic article as was made by Gallaher for all those years.
So,
what's the point?
:?:
I declare, for mlc's sanity, that from now on we denounce Warhorse bar as having anything to do with the original Warhorse bar, and that it just coincidentally happens to have the name of some long forgotten bar of tobacco of antiquity.
Do I get an amen?
Do I get an amen?
What's the point? My feeling exactly! Love the ready cut and eagerly awaiting the plug. It's all in the taste. In this case, presentation matters not to me. Quite frankly, I hope the ready cut tastes just like the plug. Less muss and less fuss. I suspect the plug will be "stronger" for want of a better descriptor. That's a plus. Might have to keep both around the house as go to blends.
It's like if I posted this quote:
nobody would correct me?
Because history doesn't matter,
right?
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...and attributed it to Winston Churchill,
nobody would correct me?
Because history doesn't matter,
right?
:?:
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Denounce War Horse Loose Mixture (currently being sold as "ready-cut"),
And I will give you an amen!
And surely we can all accept this view and think about it to determine to what degree we think it is accurate.
I just want more UK plugs floating around the USA... starting with Velvan, of course.
Hey wait! I want to be the dumbass. :evil:
Ok, mlc,mwe're going to have to arm wrestle for it...
Ok, mlc,mwe're going to have to arm wrestle for it...
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