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Post by briarbuck on Sept 3, 2018 13:41:32 GMT -5
Is it only me, or does anyone else have multiple cans (> 5) in the cellar that they never have even tried? Bought sight unseen after reading some reviews? I have a couple people I listen to that seem to closely reflect my pallet, so I listen to them. 90% of what I like is Virginia based stuff.
I have a couple:
F&T Cut VA Plug
Pease Union Square
C&D Opening Nights
These seem to be no brainers that I invested in sight unseen. Going to keep fingers crossed that it ages as well.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Sept 3, 2018 13:51:06 GMT -5
I've got several Orlik tins that I've never tried, just sitting there getting some age.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2018 13:56:38 GMT -5
I would say I have a few from C&D tinned that need a few more years of aging. Plus a number of red Virginia blends I can not enjoy with at least 5 + years of aging, otherwise bites my tongue severely for some odd reason?!?!?! Same with some McC blends.
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I definitely prefer Burley forward blends due to the fact that a young Virginia blend tends to bite....its most likely a Ph issue.
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Post by morallynomadic on Sept 3, 2018 14:01:39 GMT -5
I don't cellar too much but that's due to lack of funds mostly.
For instance, my boss gave me a $100 bonus for labor day weekend and I'm currently trying to figure out how much of it I can spend on tobacco vs. extra groceries or something for the house in general before I'm overcome with guilt.
I also don't buy many tins. Almost everything I buy is available in bulk.
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Post by LSUTigersFan on Sept 3, 2018 14:02:47 GMT -5
I have about ten tins untested, including a few McClelland blends. I'm saving them for retirement.
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 3, 2018 14:03:30 GMT -5
I have at least 20. Squadron Leader, Early Morning Pipe, Bengal Slices etc.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2018 14:06:25 GMT -5
I don't cellar too much but that's due to lack of funds mostly. For instance, my boss gave me a $100 bonus for labor day weekend and I'm currently trying to figure out how much of it I can spend on tobacco vs. extra groceries or something for the house in general before I'm overcome with guilt. I also don't buy many tins. Almost everything I buy is available in bulk. C&D and Sutliff have a number of outstanding bulk blends available. Comoy’s and Newminster as well, you won’t be disappointed. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2018 14:21:33 GMT -5
10 tins of MCClelland 40th Anniversary. I hope it meets the hype.
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Post by Darin on Sept 3, 2018 14:22:54 GMT -5
You're not alone.  I'd say at least a dozen or so for me. A couple of the McC's Oriental mixtures, Rattray blends, CPCC blends, various Astleys, etc. |
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Post by Darin on Sept 3, 2018 14:24:39 GMT -5
10 tins of MCClelland 40th Anniversary. I hope it meets the hype. If you liked the Xmas Cheers, I think you'll like 40th. I like it better with a pinch of Perique. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2018 14:32:23 GMT -5
10 tins of MCClelland 40th Anniversary. I hope it meets the hype. Mark, I smoked the 40th Anniversary blend with about 2 months of aging....it was really GOOD👌👍👍 I immediately purchased a number of tins for aging, I see this blend becoming extraordinary with about 5 years of aging. I don’t use the word “ extraordinary “ often when describing a tobacco blend. Either I’ll be smoking it or Steve Fallon will be selling it....what more can I say! |
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Post by Dramatwist on Sept 3, 2018 14:53:54 GMT -5
...too many...
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Post by morallynomadic on Sept 3, 2018 14:56:23 GMT -5
I don't cellar too much but that's due to lack of funds mostly. For instance, my boss gave me a $100 bonus for labor day weekend and I'm currently trying to figure out how much of it I can spend on tobacco vs. extra groceries or something for the house in general before I'm overcome with guilt. I also don't buy many tins. Almost everything I buy is available in bulk. C&D and Sutliff have a number of outstanding bulk blends available. Comoy’s and Newminster as well, you won’t be disappointed. Some of my favorite blends are from Sutliff and C&D. Sutliff 507 is my favorite Virginia and their Edgeworth match is sublime to me. C&D Belmont Station and also Dreams of Kadath are brilliant blends for me. I actually just spent about an hour prepping a tin of Kadath and jarring it earlier today. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2018 14:58:26 GMT -5
10 tins of MCClelland 40th Anniversary. I hope it meets the hype. Mark, I smoked the 40th Anniversary blend with about 2 months of aging....it was really GOOD👌👍👍 I should probably crack a tin but will probably wait for the holidays. That's when I normally crack a well aged tin of Christmas Cheer. Both history now so they're interchangeable. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2018 15:50:47 GMT -5
Not exactly, but I'm odd in that almost everything in my cellar is something I've never tried. I have a a few open tins, a bunch of jars, samples in baggies... and they are almost all different from the 100-something tins I have. What can I say, I'm multi-curious when it comes to tobacco.
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Post by monbla256 on Sept 3, 2018 16:01:42 GMT -5
Years ago, before I retired, I had more disposable income and that happened often. Nowdays, I have less disposable income so what I buy, I smoke! I do have a small cellar, so what ever is not for that, I smoke !  |
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Post by Legend Lover on Sept 3, 2018 16:33:34 GMT -5
I buy a different tobacco every month, but I open it each month. So I have a few tins accumulated (maybe about 15) but all of them have been opened. I can't not open a tin. I have to sample the tobacco inside.
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Post by isett2860 on Sept 3, 2018 18:48:37 GMT -5
Dang I never should’ve looked.
I figure I smoke around 10 bowls a week.
So if I opened a tin that I’ve never had and finished it before trying the next one.
I’m goog for about 2 years.
I blame all of you! LOL
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Sept 3, 2018 19:38:23 GMT -5
I try everything the day I have it in my hands. I am, however, guilty of buying several tins at a time of a new blend. I don't like running out of stuff, and tobacco is cheap. If I'm gonna buy one, I'mma probably buy five. There are a few things I probably won't smoke to the end of my stock, unless I live to be 100:
- Stonehenge flake -- It's OK, but I have like, eight tins. And I have smoked less than one tin this year.
- James Gawith Summer Flake -- again, criminally OK. It's not bad. At all. It's quite satisfactory. But I have a bunch of other straight VAs that are as good or better.
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Post by trailboss on Sept 3, 2018 19:55:14 GMT -5
All my tins were lost in a boating accident.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Sept 3, 2018 19:56:50 GMT -5
All my tins were lost in a boating accident. For real? |
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Post by trailboss on Sept 3, 2018 20:12:39 GMT -5
No... That is a common phrase gun owners say on open forums... just a tactical decision on my part when the tobacco grabbers come.  |
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Post by trailboss on Sept 3, 2018 20:14:55 GMT -5
I do have some tins of 5 or more cellared away that I haven’t smoked but most of what I have cellared is a known blend.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2018 0:06:45 GMT -5
I have a number of tins that I haven't tried yet.
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briarbuck
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Post by briarbuck on Sept 4, 2018 9:01:11 GMT -5
I read a bunch of reviews and lists. The amount of knowledge around here is deep.
Have noticed of the years that several "old timers" lists, their top 5 is basically my top 5. So...i am ASSuming that I will like what they like as well. Hence the reason I go deep on some blends sight unseen.
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Post by Legend Lover on Sept 4, 2018 9:11:08 GMT -5
I read a bunch of reviews and lists. The amount of knowledge around here is deep. Have noticed of the years that several "old timers" lists, their top 5 is basically my top 5. So...i am ASSuming that I will like what they like as well. Hence the reason I go deep on some blends sight unseen. Brave man. i wouldn't trust these guys as far as I could throw them. Just kidding...I love you all.  |
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Post by just ol ed on Sept 4, 2018 9:31:43 GMT -5
At present, unopened 8oz cans of Abingdon, Exotique & 10Russians, all '06. Opened & rotating '06 daVinci & Blackpoint. At my tottering age...that's plenty for now
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
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Post by just ol ed on Sept 4, 2018 9:33:35 GMT -5
At present, unopened 8oz cans of Abingdon, Exotique & 10Russians, all '06. Opened & rotating '06 daVinci & Blackpoint. At my tottering age...that's plenty for now
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
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Post by isett2860 on Sept 4, 2018 10:57:35 GMT -5
I read a bunch of reviews and lists. The amount of knowledge around here is deep. Have noticed of the years that several "old timers" lists, their top 5 is basically my top 5. So...i am ASSuming that I will like what they like as well. Hence the reason I go deep on some blends sight unseen. That pretty much sums up what I have done. Oh crud, lets be honest, I still do! |
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Post by briarbuck on Sept 4, 2018 13:59:35 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure that Jimlinks, Pipestud and Sables are not going to get any Christmas cards from my wife. I blame all 3 of them on a regular basis.  |
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