balkan sobranie flavor?

[rumballs]

gosh, oatmeal????
i'd rather just skip breakfast all together!

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by mmblz

gosh, oatmeal????
i'd rather just skip breakfast all together!

As you wish, J. It's your thread; no more oatmeal here. We resume cigar vs. Balkan Sobranie with incidental consideration of thick sliced bacon, Serie A and Limitada. Hope your week is better 'n porridge!

Why didn't you put this hotbed of insightful discussion on the pipe forum?

[rumballs]

i do believe this was pre-pipe-forum...
mods can feel free to move it if they want.

[volfan]

Julian, sorry about bringing up oatmeal on your thread. I thought we were throwing out random facts and I got carried away. It will not happen again.


scottie

[ResIpsa]

Thread Jack on

Originally Posted by Rock Star

i'll prolly never see BS ever again..and want to savor it..

, how does BS taste Freddy?

Originally Posted by Mister MaDuroo

I thought we were talking about oatmeal and cigars. What was the question?

If you like these you should try Ethiopian Harrar, one of my favorites

Originally Posted by volfan

Julian, sorry about bringing up oatmeal on your thread. I thought we were throwing out random facts and I got carried away. It will not happen again.
scottie

never apologize for being Funny Scottie,

Thread Jack off

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by mmblz

i do believe this was pre-pipe-forum...
mods can feel free to move it if they want.

You are right, Sir! This really is an old thread. Hijack or not, I'm lovin' that new life is breathed into it. The irony before Christmas, like O. Henry's "Gift of the Magi", is unbelievable; this thread began BEFORE there was a pipe forum and AFTER the oatmeal forum was discontinued.

Actually, since I got new pain drugs - and they ARE good - and began physical therapy I feel more like my old cheerful self which means, unfortunately, I am again ready to intrude in any thread with unmitigated nonsense.

I think Mmblz keeps an open mind on threadjacks around the holidays; Scottie knows an opportunity when he sees one and is always one for a kind word; Puffy69 has a bagga BS that he's keeping close to the vest; ResIpsa - well, Vic'll slide in on anything about coffee (which is often drunk with oatmeal); and what has become of DrNeves and his Series A take on the situation?

So, Roc'tar - can you equate BS with any particular cigar? I have to admit that pipe tobacco in general (and BS in particular) has really snatch-a-roo'd my attention from stogies for the moment. So much there - so inexpensive - so...... deep and cheap.

[JohnnyFlake]

Originally Posted by sgoselin

I used to smoke Balkan Sobranie in the late 60's early 70's. A great pipe tobacco. In my opinion there is not any cigar that even remotely approaches a similar taste. They are just entirely different. It would be like saying that you liked Tangeray Gin and could I recommend a boubon that is similar.

I have smoked a pipe & cigars (mostly cigars the last five years) for a very long time, 25+ years. Believe me, there are no cigars that even come close to tasting like pipe tobacco and vice-versa! Two compleely different animals, so to speak. Yes, there are a number of tobacco blends, now days, that have various cigar leaf mixed into them, and in some cases, they do taste like a cigar at times. However, there are no cigars made, that I am aware of, that have pipe tobacco as part of the filler, binder and certainly, not used as a wrapper. BTW, Balkan Sobraine is one of the worlds finest Balkan/English Blends. It was a sorry day, for pipe smokers, when it was discontiuned in 1996.

Johnny

[Puffy69]

Originally Posted by ResIpsa

Thread Jack on

, how does BS taste Freddy?

Man..you really need to watch your abbreviations around here. but i knew that someone was gonna do that..I just wanted to see what asshat would step up and show their face. i meant BS=balkin sabranie btw...some good shit..(pun intended)

[moogjuke]

Sorry-- I'm picking this thread up from the past.

I HAVE found some pipe tobaccos that remind me strongly of cigars- brown twists and ropes from England. The Brown #4 from Gawith, Hoggarth (I think, I always get them confused) tastes a great deal like cigars made with african tobacco...and the strength is intoxicating like a great strong cigar. This tobacco is supposed to be unflavored, though I always taste the merest, faintest hints of Lakeland scents and flavors in the far, far background. Just a ghost.

I have always thought it would be nice to have a cigar made from brown twist tobacco...