What Old McClellands do You Have in Your Cellar

I think it is all in the eyes of the beholder. At least that is what I tell myself everytime I check ebay for McClelland blends! 

Nothing cellared but have a little 5100, 13 and 14 Christmas cheer, and a small amount of Blackwoods Flake.

If I started smoking earlier than I did, I would have many pounds of 5100. By far my #1 tobacco.

It's ok though, I have PLENTY of others that I enjoy.

I have supplemented my 5100 usage with Sutliff's 515RC, which is not an exact match to 5100 but it has the 5100ish tang to it that scratches the itch. 

I greatly suspect five years plus age will change the Sutliff 515RC for the better.   

You didn't make a cake, you made a plug. I JUST had it out about 20 mins ago. I'll need a cleaver for it. It smells fantastic. It's also kind oily, so I imagine it's gonna be fantastic.

Another funny thing about it is that hardly anyone seemed to care about them....until it was too late. I guess that's why there are so many 2007 tins out there. It took a long time for them to sell out.

I didn't much get into the McClelland thing, though I did like the Red Virginias that they produced. Maybe 30 or so tins of McCranie's 1996, 2000, 2008 Red Ribbon and Red Flake; 20 or so tins of Christmas Cheer from various years; a crapload of 40th. 20 or so tins of the Virginia numbers, 10 tins of Red & Black, 10 tins of Tawney Flake, 4 or 5 tins of Jubilee, a few tins of Dark Star, a few tins of each of various Frogs from 2013, Blackwoods Flake, Virginia Woods; a couple of lbs each, more or less, of 2015, 5100, 2100, and ECR; 10 tins of Balkan Blue, several tins each of Beacon, Beacon Extra, and Tudor Castle; the odd tin of Deep Hollow, and other McClelland Aros, Yenidge Supreme, and probably a few other odds and ends.
Most of this accumulated over the last 6 years, with the intention of smoking some of it and just not getting around to it and buying more without knowing I had some in the bins. I knew about the closure well before it was announced and could have stockpiled a lot, but only limited to the Numbers, the 40th, and a few others to try out.

Yeah... McCrainies certainly is a McClelland product also, I think I got 10 tins each of the ribbon and flake on their last run.

I feel sorry for them, collateral damage when Mike closed up shop... If I was still cellar building, I would buy from them.

Never had that one... bet it was really good.

I forgot Butera. Pelican used to be one of my favorites. I have a few tins left. I'll miss this one when they're gone.

That one and Kingfisher were made by Germain's, the others were McC.  Pelican actually does turn up once in a while in very limited quantities (like, fewer than Penzance or Stonehaven, it seems), so it's not quite discontinued. 

Didn't McClelland blend for Butera and Nording?

Thanks for clarifying that, Chico.  That's what I thought, but it's listed as McClelland on Tobaccoreviews.com.  It makes sense, because it's similar to Penzance, which is also made by Germain.

All of the above, except TQ and 605. I also have several tins from the defunct Peddler's Village which have McC stamps. They were screening stuff from Mike and Mary for house tins. The serials are from early 90s and before.

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