Your Favorite Tobacco...Today

[spyder71]

Only been smoking a week...today my favorite is this Burley the Wife bought me cut with 1/3 of the cigarette tobacco I use. The long toothers may be aghast but I like it! My second fave is a local cherry blend that I hven't learned how to smoke without scorching myself too much. It taste great at first but gets hot real easy so for now Im using my blend cuz I didn't really like the Burley that well. Seemed to lack the punch in flavor I expected and Im used to cigarette flavor so for now Im quite enjoying it. Any tobacco suggestions for a long time cig smoker but first time pipe smoker? Btw, I have one cheap Italian Briar my wife bought(see intro forum) and a couple cobs and I love the cobs but the other pipe burns real hot to me.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

My suggestion on a blend for a cigarette smoker would be Peterson's University Flake. It's a Virginia/Burley flake that has a very light, hardly noticeable, plum casing and packs a lot of vitamin-n (nicotine). Plus I've never had it burn really hot at all. It stays lit very well and is less of a fight, especially outdoors, than the typical ribbon cut tobaccos. Flakes take a little work, because you have to either rub them out or do the fold and stuff method, but they've burned cooler for me and tend to stay lit better.

 

[pstlpkr]

Ok... I'll jump in.

While 1Q is and will continue to be "mi favorito", I have had a "jones" for Peterson Irish Oak with a pinch of Perique.

Mui delicioso ya'll! :D

 

[marmal4de]

Im used to cigarette flavor so for now Im quite enjoying it. Any tobacco suggestions for a long time cig smoker but first time pipe smoker?

Give 5 Brothers a try.

 

[riptide]

Lakeland Flake. this morning.

 

[tiltjlp]

You might enjoy Half & Half, which is half burley and half Virginia. When it first was marketed it was Lucky Strike Half & Half.

 

[cortezattic]

@Spyder71

Im used to cigarette flavor so for now Im quite enjoying it. Any tobacco suggestions for a long time cig smoker but first time pipe smoker?

Daughters and Ryan's S.J. Rimboché or J. F. Germain & Son's Royal Jersey Perique Mixture would fill the bill nicely; both with touches of pipe tobacco elegance. If you want a really hard nicotine kick, in the style of Five Brothers, then try D&R's Picayune. For a more mild transition blend I think there's none better than Prince Albert.
All of these should be available from Pipes And Cigars.com, so you can buy some of each and maybe save a little money on the shipping costs.

 

[kcghost]

I have really been enjoying McClelland's Blue Mountain.

 

[onemangang]

Mac Baren Club Blend. It is unusually cool and damp here in GA. Great pipe smoking weather!

 

[dawk]

Simple enough-1M!!!!!!!

 

[loborx]

In spite of many "superior" tobaccos in my larder, I am really enjoying Middleton's Cherry Blend in my freehand cob - so much so that I went out and picked up another box of it! This blend and this cob seem made for each other. It's a nice, well behaved cherry blend that doesn't even seem like a cherry blend when it's on fire. Love it!

 

[nabottle]

Gawith & Hoggarth - Sweet Maple Twist

 

[maduroman]

tie between prince albert and st james flake...

 

[maduroman]

and if you are gonna smoke 5 brothers ya best put on your big boy pants....

 

[jasongone]

i really need to try some of this five brothers.

 

[tslex]

My current favorite is FMOTT. It has gotten promoted to my tobacco pouch, so any time I'm smoking away from home, that's the choice.
(My son, who has a great nose, says the tin note (smeel of the tobacco unburned) is like charred barbecue ribs.)
On another front, I surrender: I looked at the forum glossary and it was no help. What is "1Q"?

 

[unclearthur]

Lane Limited 1Q probably the most popular tobacco in the country. http://pipesandcigars.com/ll1q.html

 

[pawpaw]

i havent found a favorite BLEND but i am really liking Burley heavy blends over Virginas

 

[smoker]

I'm just finishing the last of a Balkan mix i'm trying called Nottingham reserve it's the 1st Balkan i have smoked properly since i 1st started it's a mild mix and quite nice i have another to try out which i'm told is a little stronger.

 

[fullbent]

Stonehaven....Im leaning to nothing but this all day!