Your "Go-To" Blends

[bambam]

I enjoy trying new blends, but I have a few that I always keep around, Park-lane Fireside (love the stuff), P.S. Cube Cut, P.S. Proper English and English Luxury and C&D Autumn Evening. ::

 

[terrygoldman123]

I have been smoking a pipe for many years and subscribe to a philosophy that one should be open to enjoying one's pipes in rotation.

Go to tobacco is always Lane 1Q

But I always try and expand my Go To habit and try other blends, sort of like putting cheap 87 octane gas in a Shelby Cobra auto.

Even a cheap pipe desires 93 high octane now and then.

 

[cigrmaster]

I have 25 blends cellared and will still check out new ones if they fit the flavor profile I enjoy. I love variety and usually have 20-25 blends open at any given time.

 

[doctorthoss]

My favorite aspect of our hobby is the great profusion of blends available, so naturally I'm one of those guys who keeps scores of different blends in his cellar and has a dozen or more open at any one time. But there are nonetheless a handful of "desert island" blends that have stood the test of time and that I go back to frequently. Those are:

1) Old Joe Krantz

2) Carter Hall

3) Odyssey

4) Filmore

5) 50-50 mix of Ennerdale and Bosun Cut Plug

6) Northwoods (although this often used as the base for my own personal Balkan blend, which I tweak regularly)

7) Classic Burley Kake

8) Countryside (I used to smoke Gatlinburley every single day, but then the recipe changed and I discovered this concoction from Boswell's is identical to the original GB)
That's a lot of "go to" blends, I suppose, but those are the ones I'm dipping into 90 percent of the time.

 

[brdavidson]

I'm new to pipe smoking and I'm constantly trying new things. However there are 3 blends that are currently my go to blends. Carter Hall, Rattray's Bagpipers Dream and Escudo. Every order know make I will add something I've never tried.

 

[PlanxtyPipes]

Penzance, Squadron Leader and Frog Morton on the Bayou are what I would consider my "go-to" blends. Penzance can be a little tricky to source but I've had good luck keeping my eyes and ears open and buying as much as I can when I can find it. I also try to keep some Escudo on hand for when I'm in a Va/Per mood.

 

[andrew]

Definitely EMP

 

[krgulick]

When I was in the US, I smoked Shortcut to Mushrooms almost exclusively. But now that I am in Malaysia and am very close to a B&M I am trying different blends almost every other week. I do miss the STM, but I find I am leaning towards the Frog Morton series more and more now.

 

[durham270]

I'm always trying new blends too. My favorites at the moment and a few I've been smoking for over a year now will be,
English Blend - 3 Oaks Syrian, Frog Morton On the Town
Vaper - AJ's Vaper, Dunhill Flake
Aromatic - McClellands Mellow Mack, Stokkebye Golden Dansk

 

[kwilliams40]

Boswell's Northwoods

GLP Haddo's Delight

4noggins Bald Headed Teacher

Pipeworks & Wilke #524 and #400

Boswell's PA Dutch Treat

 

[iamn8]

Im new also, but I keep going through Escudo like nobodies business. In a month I've gone through 6 tins of the stuff. I'm almost out now and I intend to try others considered similar'ish.

 

[delro]

I feel like I'm constantly buying small tins of more and more tobacco-. I love having new things on hand for when I'm in the mood, or I'm just not feelin my go to blend. Having a large variety and choices of what I want that day is half the fun of pipe smoking for me. My go to is SPC MR or Escudo/Orlik GS. I have countless other blends from burleys to Vapers to English all depends on my mood. Good Luck !

 

[pipebaum81]

I too buy 1 or 2 ounces at a time for branching out purposes. I do have "go-to"s though. Frog Morton on the Bayou, Scotty's Butternut Burley, Seattle Pipe Club Mississippi River and Dunhill Nightcap come to mind.

 

[darthcider]

Only being just over a year into pipe smoking, I have been trying new tobaccos every time I run out, but have gone on to buy extra tins of Presbyterian and ODF, which I especially liked.

 

[easterntraveler]

My go to blend is Edgeworth Ready Rub (Match). Until recently I never had a "go to blend", for me it is everything you want in an everyday smoke. It burns well, smells great, tastes great, buy in bulk and inexpensive. I have 40 oz arriving on Saturday or Monday.

 

[wyfbane]

MacBaren Navy Flake (Salad)

SPC Plum Pudding (Meat)

Dan Devil's Holiday (Dessert)

 

[delro]

SPC Mississippi River - or Plum Pudding

 

[shanelktown]

Boswells northwoods I just can't get enough of this blend right now.

 

[twoonefive]

Peacehaven, Briar Fox, PS Cube Cut.

 

[foggymountain]

I have a large and varied stock of tobaccos ageing. But "go to" are two: Bombay Court and Dunhill Standard. Both have Virginia, Lat and Turkish and both are subtle. The Dunhill is stronger.