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RE: Pipe Tobacco Review - Peter Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake - including FREE Tobacco Wallpaper!
That looks like a tasty tobacco. I've still yet to try any of the Stokkebye tobaccos but I've had Bullseye Flake on my list for a while now, and I'd like to try some of the Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation tobaccos too.
I don't think I'm sold on straight Virginias yet. I currently have a tin of Mac Baren's HH Pure Virginia flake that was quite nice when I tried it first, but I have it set aside for the summer months, I think it will go down really well some evening after a nice, hot day.
Actually, I just remembered one of my favorite tobaccos, Sam Gawith's Black XX, is a straight Virginia, but that's a different beast altogether.
Have you smoked anything from McClelland? There stuff is very distinct and they're reknowned for their straight Virginias but their virginia based blends are awesome too.
Sadly they haven't been able to source one of their major components so they're discontinuing a bunch of classics (so if you see a tin of Red Virginia snap it up and hoard it) but I'm optimistic that what they introduce to replace them will be just as good.
No, I've yet to try any McClelland blends, the only American blends I've gotten my hands on so far have been Bayou Morning by C&D and Briarworks' Country Lawyer, which is also made by C&D. I think the next time I'm ordering tobacco from the states I'll have to get a McClelland blend or two, I just don't know where to start with them, haha. I think I might get one of the Frog Morton blends because they always seem to get a lot of praise, also the art on the tins really appeals to me, haha.
And, yeah, I heard about that. It seems that while there might be a surge of popularity in pipe smoking over the last few years, the tobacco industry is not looking to be in great shape. Between constantly increasing regulations and the sourcing of certain tobaccos becoming more and more difficult, and with stories that some of the biggest players in the game are planning to stop producing tobacco altogether, the next few years should be interesting to watch unfold. Hopefully things will get better, but I'm not very optimistic.
I sometimes feel like we'll have to all grow our own tobaccos and make our own blends in the future. That wouldn't be a terrible thing either.
Yeah, Dunhill is discontinuing their pipe tobacco. Dunhill! That's like Mercedes saying, "sorry, we're just not going to make cars any more." Oh well.
The original Frog Morton is way too bland for me. They've "Cavendished" all the flavor out of that lovely Latakia. But Frog Morton on the Town and ...on the Bayou are both good - the latter if you want something stronger with Perique.
Yeah, the Dunhill thing is crazy, and I'm still not entirely sure what the deal with it is. Almost everything I've read about it is dealing with the American market, I can't seem to find any concrete information about their plans for Europe. I assume it's the same story but I just find it odd that there's virtually nobody talking about this in Europe.
And thanks for the recommendations. I do enjoy a good amount of Latakia so I'll probably avoid the original Frog Morton. I was kind of interested in trying out Frog Morton's Cellar, but I really do think it's just because they're doing something different with their packaging by including that little piece of wood from a whiskey barrel, haha. It's kind of silly but sometimes these little (marketing?) tricks work. I probably wouldn't have bothered buying a Briarworks blend if it wasn't for the fact that they are sold in jars, for example.
I've not heard of Briarworks - I'm a sucker for a nice jar so I'll check them out. I haven't tried FM Cellar either so you'll have to fill me in when you try it.
I didn't realize there was a chance Dunhill might still be selling in the UK. That seems weird.
I assume Dunhill won't be still selling in the UK/Europe because it would be strange otherwise, but like I said, I haven't seen much info about it or people complaining about it.
I've only had Country Lawyer from Briarworks, it's a nice, tasty, good quality tobacco, but it just wasn't what I was hoping for from a blend with cigar leaf in it. They have one or two other blends I'd like to try at some point. I look forward to reading your review if you end up buying a jar.