for me it's Ennerdale. There is something so special about that flavor.
Your Own "Best" Tobacco
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Just ONE blend for 10 years !
Man oh man !
The blooming lot of youse are masochists
I’m with @sablebrush52 - I’d quit
Man oh man !
The blooming lot of youse are masochists
I’m with @sablebrush52 - I’d quit
I'm going to take a different approach to this question and choose a blend that isn't my favorite tobacco, in fact it's not even in my Top 10 favorites. If I was going to be stranded on a desert island with just one blend to smoke for a decade I think I'd get sick of anything with added flavorings pretty quickly, so aromatics and Lakelands are definitely out as are blends with strongly flavored condimental tobaccos like Perique, Dark Fired Kentucky, or Latakia.
That leaves me with having to select a basic Burley or Virginia mix, and I suppose a little unsweetened Black Cavendish for body would be okay too. With that in mind, I'm going to go with Cornell & Diehl Briar Fox. It's a plain and rather unexciting Virginia/Burley blend (and though it's never mentioned on the label I suspect there's a little unsweetened Black Cavendish in there as well) but it is a pleasantly simple tobacco flavored tobacco with a good middle of the road medium strength nicotine content and an all day smoking friendly smoothness. Though it may be quite basic, I don't think there's anything in here my tastebuds would tire of if it was all I had to smoke for a decade and every time I light it up I always think, "Ahhh, this is what good old plain tobacco tastes like." It should age quite well and keep it's flavor for a decade too.
So there you go, Briar Fox is my pick. Not my favorite smoke, but I doubt I'd get bored of it either.
That leaves me with having to select a basic Burley or Virginia mix, and I suppose a little unsweetened Black Cavendish for body would be okay too. With that in mind, I'm going to go with Cornell & Diehl Briar Fox. It's a plain and rather unexciting Virginia/Burley blend (and though it's never mentioned on the label I suspect there's a little unsweetened Black Cavendish in there as well) but it is a pleasantly simple tobacco flavored tobacco with a good middle of the road medium strength nicotine content and an all day smoking friendly smoothness. Though it may be quite basic, I don't think there's anything in here my tastebuds would tire of if it was all I had to smoke for a decade and every time I light it up I always think, "Ahhh, this is what good old plain tobacco tastes like." It should age quite well and keep it's flavor for a decade too.
So there you go, Briar Fox is my pick. Not my favorite smoke, but I doubt I'd get bored of it either.
For me in my world, one of the best things about pipe tobacco is the wonderful variety. Even the differences between, say for example, fresh compared to a year old compared to 4 year old Sutliff Victorian is noticeable. I like the variety way too much to enjoy one single blend for a single day, let alone 10 years.
Stonehenge Flake. It hits all the right notes for me. Lakeland Essence Virginias and Burley. A joyous combo. Therefore there are a handful of G&H blends that fit the similiar bill.
I'll cast my vote for Solani 633
The blends I seem to reach for most often are Virginias/VaPers with a topping just light enough to keep them out of the aromatic category.
Dan Tobacco Salty Dogs and GLP Windjammer are two other examples.
The blends I seem to reach for most often are Virginias/VaPers with a topping just light enough to keep them out of the aromatic category.
Dan Tobacco Salty Dogs and GLP Windjammer are two other examples.
As the world implodes, ten years on a deserted island sounds quite appealing & with a ten year supply of St. Bruno, totally doable!
Where do I sign up??
Where do I sign up??
I'd have to say G.L. Pease's Six Pence.
HU Dockworker. So far it's the most different from anything I've tried. Honorable mentions: DTM Blue Note, Capstan Blue, and Davidoff Flake Medallions.
Now I'm going to have try a bowl of Briar Fox... I think I have a jar that I stoved for 4 hours at 190 deg....
I keep reading this thread and coming back to it. Hard call for me it seems. It would have to be something not too extreme or palate overloading. Maybe PS LNF in the Va/Per camp. Or a light English like Peterson EMP or Standard Mixture. I suppose I will have to keep thinking about it. Twenty years ago I would have said GLP Renaissance as it was my everyday go to but I don't have a 10 year supply left.
Hmm, I think my answer would change every few months. If I had to go now it would likely be Match Victorian or CS Cowboy Coffee. Ask me six months from now and it could be Northwoods or Maltese Falcon.
