First order of premium tobacco. Need suggestions!

[IrishCamel81]

There is no doubt in my mind that some of you out there have the info on the blends that I need to find. How about spreading the wealth of knowledge you have? I will be placing an order this week for some blends of tobacco, up until now I have only tried the house blends from my local shop. Who believes they have found the holy grail of tobacco. I expect to buy three different blends and would appreciate the suggestions. There are no wrong answers!

[Big D KC]

Couple suggestions, you could cruise through some of the threads here in the Pipe tobacco reviews forums and see if anything sounds good.

Or you could go to TobaccoReviews.com: Index, sort by rating and read through some reviews on the 4 star tobacco's.

Either way there is a TON of info you could mine yourself and find exactly what your looking for..

[Mad Hatter]

Samuel Gawith Kendal Cream Flake, Peter Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake and McConnell's Red Virginia

[IrishCamel81]

Originally Posted by Big D KC

Couple suggestions, you could cruise through some of the threads here in the Pipe tobacco reviews forums and see if anything sounds good.

Or you could go to TobaccoReviews.com: Index, sort by rating and read through some reviews on the 4 star tobacco's.

Either way there is a TON of info you could mine yourself and find exactly what your looking for..

Definitley scoured tobaccoreview before posting. I couldnt believe how many good reviews I would see, and then right below a review blasting the same tobacco. I love getting personnal reffereals so I thought I would open a thread. And this way I could go straight to the person with a question on drying or packing or anything else.

[Requiem]

What kind of blends do you enjoy the most? Latakia, Virginia...?

[IrishCamel81]

Originally Posted by Requiem

What kind of blends do you enjoy the most? Latakia, Virginia...?

Geez, I'm still so new. Right now I am smoking Tobacco Barns 'Old Tavern' (English) and enjoy it very much.

[maboman]

1. Haddo's delight (GL Pease Pretty much a va/per but not quite...very tasty IMO)

2.Penzance (Esoterica english)

3. Blackwoods Flake (Mcclelland straight Va)

Enjoy!

Maboman

[ghe]

This page is very interesting and offers lots of great ideas on which pipe tobaccos to explore: The Pipe Tobacco Aging, Storage and Cellaring FAQ: Touchstones

[Requiem]

Try Rattray's Black Mallory. It's top quality tobacco, with an excelent balance between latakia and orientals. The tins usually come completely full to the top, with a nice moisture and it burns fine and cool. It´s one of my favourites right now. For my taste it is better than Squadron Leader and Red Raparee. It is not a heavy latakia blend, but the orientals don´t dominate either. Perfect balance IMO.

[dmkerr]

Originally Posted by IrishCamel81

There is no doubt in my mind that some of you out there have the info on the blends that I need to find. How about spreading the wealth of knowledge you have? I will be placing an order this week for some blends of tobacco, up until now I have only tried the house blends from my local shop. Who believes they have found the holy grail of tobacco. I expect to buy three different blends and would appreciate the suggestions. There are no wrong answers!

My suggestions for English blends are Rattray's Red Rapparee (see? Already you've got dissension among the ranks! the poster above me prefers Black Mallory , McClellands Frogmorton On The Town and Squadron Leader.

At some point if not already you'll be able to post to a forum dealing with trades. When you do, look me up or PM me. I'm happy to trade or otherwise share samples of different tobaccos.

[andrew]

My first non bulk smoke was Stonehaven, I loved that and And So to Bed right out the gate. Great tobaccos both.

[morefifemusicanyone]

For English, I would order:

1. Esoterica Penzance
2. GL Pease Westminster
3. Samuel Gawith Squadron Leader


If it was me ordering three baccys, I would order:

1. A.C. Peterson Escudo (VaPer)
2. Hearth and Home Anniversary Kake (VaPer)
3. Esoterica Penzance

Good luck!

-Tyler

[CaptainJeebes]

i only have one but i hope you try it. its not aromatic but its pretty good...davidoffs night cap

[IrishCamel81]

Thanks again for the suggestions, I have placed the order and it stands at;
Peter Stokkeby Luxury Twist Flake 4oz
G.L. Pease Haddo's Delight 8oz
McClellands Blackwood Flake 50g
I tried to take a suggestion from each person but can only smoke so much! I will start working in these blends on my Meershaum and report back with the results. Thanks again.

[RJpuffs]

Originally Posted by IrishCamel81

Thanks again for the suggestions, I have placed the order and it stands at;
Peter Stokkeby Luxury Twist Flake 4oz
G.L. Pease Haddo's Delight 8oz
McClellands Blackwood Flake 50g
I tried to take a suggestion from each person but can only smoke so much! I will start working in these blends on my Meershaum and report back with the results. Thanks again.

Welcome to the slope (famous last words highlighted above)

You may want to pick up the others as well, leave the tins sealed and alone in a dark drawer for a few months. Baccy loves alone-time, it will improve with the age. Besides, it will probably cost twice as much this time next year - so order now!