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Emjaysmash
08-03-2009, 04:11 PM
I was wondering if there are some good robust "cigar-like" pipe blends out there. I smoke more cigars than pipes, but pipe tobacco is cheaper per smoke than cigars are... I'm just tired of not enjoying a pipe becuase the pipe tobacco is too mild or has "no flavor" (or flavor too subtle for my palate).

So, do any of you pipe smokers have some suggestions for me? I almost exclusively smoke English blends, for the simple reason that I have not broadened my horizons to Va or Va/Pers that much.

Thanks!
MJ
loki
08-03-2009, 04:25 PM
robusto
habana or havana i can't remember the exact name daydream
key largo
purple cow

all have cigar leaf in them....i think I have tins of all of them I can send you samples of.
Emjaysmash
08-03-2009, 04:39 PM
robusto
habana or havana i can't remember the exact name daydream
key largo
purple cow

all have cigar leaf in them....i think I have tins of all of them I can send you samples of.

You just need an excuse to hit me back before my bomb has even landed! :fu
loki
08-03-2009, 04:42 PM
You just need an excuse to hit me back before my bomb has even landed! :fu

just trying to help ya
woops
08-03-2009, 04:48 PM
I was wondering if there are some good robust "cigar-like" pipe blends out there. I smoke more cigars than pipes, but pipe tobacco is cheaper per smoke than cigars are... I'm just tired of not enjoying a pipe becuase the pipe tobacco is too mild or has "no flavor" (or flavor too subtle for my palate).

So, do any of you pipe smokers have some suggestions for me? I almost exclusively smoke English blends, for the simple reason that I have not broadened my horizons to Va or Va/Pers that much.

Thanks!
MJ

Although I'm new to the pipe world. Here are some of my favorites so far that have great flavor:

Dan Tobacco/CAO - Hamborger Veermaster
Rattray's - Hal O' The Wynd
Samuel Gawith - Full Virginia Flake
Gawith & Hoggarth - Dark Flake Unscented, bulk. (It'll knock you on your butt .... but it has great flavor!)
Mac Baren - Dark Twist Roll Cake
Esoterica - Stonehaven

Dunhill's Early Morning Pipe is a spicy Oriental blend, if you can get your hands on some.
BigFrank
08-03-2009, 05:09 PM
you looking for full flavor baccys? or cigar like baccys? Gonna have to jump the VA bridge for some full flavor. Although I have had some balkan blends that have hit me rather hard on the flavor front.
G G
08-03-2009, 05:26 PM
Swisher makes some cigars out of captain black. I don't think they are sold in the united states but maybe I could get some since I have connections at Swisher.:tu
Emjaysmash
08-03-2009, 05:53 PM
just trying to help ya

I appreciate it, Kev. Wait until my bomb lands, then you can decide if you would like to send anything back.
Pat1075
08-03-2009, 06:12 PM
-McClelland Dominican Glory, Its a virginia cake with cigar leaf. I've only had the maduro. Good Stuff!
-Robert McConnells Pure Havana-Straight cigar tobacco let me know if you find it though I've been looking
BlackDog
08-03-2009, 06:31 PM
Here are several good ones. Billy Budd is a flavor bomb, but also a nicotene bomb. My friend Sailorman Jack created this blend several years ago, before his untimely passing. The Bankers is a lovely tobacco, well worth searching out. Dark Flake does not contain any cigar leaf, but has very cigar-like qualities. Greg Pease's Robusto is a very high quality tobacco, but not my favorite in this genre.

GL Pease - Robusto
Cornell & Deihl - Billy Budd
Cornell & Deihl - Habana Daydream
Cornell & Deihl - Purple Cow
McClelland - Dominican Glory
James Fox - The Bankers
Gawith & Hoggarth - Dark Flake
Peretti - Cuban Mixture

Hope this helps!
Nick
08-05-2009, 01:06 PM
Ropes and plugs can be very full as well

Like Black XX sweet rum twist, and kendall plug.
MarkinAZ
08-06-2009, 10:15 PM
-Robert McConnells Pure Havana-Straight cigar tobacco let me know if you find it though I've been looking-

Hey Patrick, check out the following linky:

http://www.cupojoes.com/cgi-bin/spgm?dpt=F&srch=DF&item=mcoph50 (http://www.cupojoes.com/cgi-bin/spgm?dpt=F&srch=DF&item=mcoph50)

http://www.iwanries.com/McConnell_Pure_Caribe_P7288C259.cfm (http://www.iwanries.com/McConnell_Pure_Caribe_P7288C259.cfm)


I believe that they have it listed under "McConnells Pure Caribe 50g Tin." If so, then other tobacconist may be carrying under the same name:)
MarkinAZ
08-06-2009, 10:22 PM
GL Pease - Robusto
Cornell & Deihl - Billy Budd
Cornell & Deihl - Habana Daydream
Cornell & Deihl - Purple Cow
McClelland - Dominican Glory
James Fox - The Bankers
Gawith & Hoggarth - Dark Flake
Peretti - Cuban Mixture

Hope this helps!

Warren, if you had to choose two out of this list, what would you go with?:tt:)
Slow Triathlete
08-07-2009, 07:38 AM
Another cheaper alternative which is really good is Virginia Spice from Hearth and Home. It is sold as bulk and has some cigar leaf in it along with Perique. Tasty!!

Linky:
http://pipesandcigars.com/virginiaspice.html
RevSmoke
08-07-2009, 08:02 AM
I have tried many of the cigar leaf blends - McClelland, C&D, GLP, and tried blending some up myself with various other constituent tobaccos.

I have come to a conclustion in my sampling. When I want cigar taste, I smoke a cigar - when I want pipe taste, I smoke my pipe. When I want a little of both, I have one first and then the other.

:2

What is nice, is that a 50 (or 50+) RG cigar will fit nicely into a couple of my pipes, so when it gets down to the nub, and can put a bit of pipe tobacco in the bottom of the bowl (or not) and then put the nub into the bowl, cherry end up and smoke it. Means I get to finish a cigar completely.
BlackDog
08-07-2009, 08:40 AM
Warren, if you had to choose two out of this list, what would you go with?:tt:)

My preferences are for the Fox's Bankers and one of the C&D Blends. I think I'd go with Purple Cow to start, and then move up to Billy Budd.
Pat1075
08-07-2009, 08:50 PM
Thank you Mark!
MarkinAZ
08-07-2009, 08:51 PM
Thank you Mark!

Anytime and have a great weekend:tu
Emjaysmash
08-12-2009, 12:10 PM
Big Frank was kind enough to send some samplers for me:
Cornell & Deihl - Billy Budd
Cornell & Deihl - Habana Daydream
McClelland - Dominican Glory
Strike Force...? (I dont have these in front of me)

I have had the Dominican Glory Maduro and the Habana Day Dream. I am REALLY liking the Dominican Glory!
Benwoo
08-12-2009, 01:09 PM
Nice MJ and very nice of the BigF!
I'll have to pick some of these up to sample too here soon :D

Chris
BigFrank
08-12-2009, 01:43 PM
Big Frank was kind enough to send some samplers for me:
Cornell & Deihl - Billy Budd
Cornell & Deihl - Habana Daydream
McClelland - Dominican Glory
Strike Force...? (I dont have these in front of me)

I have had the Dominican Glory Maduro and the Habana Day Dream. I am REALLY liking the Dominican Glory!
Hearth & Home Strike Force

A healthy amount of premium Latakia is combined with buttery Turkish, Sweet Virginias, tangy Perique and a touch of Nicaraguan cigar leaf for "kick".
Emjaysmash
08-12-2009, 01:48 PM
Hearth & Home Strike Force

A healthy amount of premium Latakia is combined with buttery Turkish, Sweet Virginias, tangy Perique and a touch of Nicaraguan cigar leaf for "kick".

Thanks Frank!

Someone hit up his RG for me!!
wrench turner 85
08-12-2009, 05:10 PM
its an oldie but goody from C&D with lots of flavor is black frigate. but all of my exp. with cigar/pipe blends is that it like tofu. filling but not satisfying.
Benwoo
08-14-2009, 02:03 PM
Found a tin of Domincan Glory Maduro in my stash. Now I can tear into that one :D
Emjaysmash
08-15-2009, 08:15 PM
Found a tin of Domincan Glory Maduro in my stash. Now I can tear into that one :D

Its got a funky smell, but it smokes very nicely!!
petewho
08-24-2009, 03:33 PM
A week or so ago I went with a friend to a shop that had blending tobaccos out and you could make your own blend. He did a blend that was right around 80/20 mix of VA/Per (maybe closer to 75/25) and it was the most cigar-like pipe experience I've ever had. It was quite spicy and strong, but rendered my tastebuds useless for the remainder of the day - I attempted a cigar afterwards and didn't get much flavor out of it at all.
Curly Cut
08-26-2009, 11:39 AM
75/25 vaper!!?? holy crap!!! most blends only have less than 5% Perique!!
no wonder you couldn't taste anything later on. that would be insane (i have to try it sometime).

of the american blenders that have "cigar leaf" added, i haven't found them to taste very much like a "cigar" at all.
woops and BlackDog have already mentioned what i would say tastes most like a cigar. that type of cigar would be like a young and spicy cuban where the twang is slightly muted, like smoking a really fresh Boli CJ or RASCC... the kind that gets your lips tingling.
that blend would be G&H Dark Flake (unscented). yes, it can also knock you on your ash. to me, closest pipe tobacco i've had that actually made me think, "hey, this tastes almost like a young cigar" when i wasn't looking for it to happen.
RevSmoke
08-26-2009, 01:03 PM
75/25 vaper!!?? holy crap!!! most blends only have less than 5% Perique!!
no wonder you couldn't taste anything later on. that would be insane (i have to try it sometime).

I have some 1994 whole leaf Perique that I like to cut up and smoke straight. As for being as strong as some claim, that is completely in error - it isn't that bad. I also like to mix my own with it.
Curly Cut
08-26-2009, 01:15 PM
i'm gonna have to dip my fingers into some blending perique and give it a twirl on my own.
i've heard that something strong in the Perique dept, like Fillmore, is only 5% perique.
Mister Moo
08-26-2009, 02:33 PM
...all of my exp. with cigar/pipe blends is that it like tofu. filling but not satisfying.I once asked my nearest pipe expert, "So, what pipe tobacco is there that tastes like a cigar?" He gave me the look but suggested Virginia Spice. I probably asked about this in the middle of an old kick-butt El Rico Habano Club pepper-bomb. Love the pepper bombs and wanted pepperbomb pipe tobak so I'd stay in touch with cigars. But the tofu thing is how it panned out. One good snork of Escudo killed any interest in finding pipe tobak that said "cigar." Pipe tobak stands on its own for me. When I want a pipe that tastes like a cigar, I smoke a cigar.

Nevertheless, the H&H Virginia Spice that SlowTriathlete mentioned above, is nice pipe smoke with a cigar edge. :ss
petewho
08-26-2009, 03:11 PM
75/25 vaper!!?? holy crap!!! most blends only have less than 5% Perique!!
no wonder you couldn't taste anything later on. that would be insane (i have to try it sometime).

I checked in with him - it's 80/20, but still pretty crazy. I'm not saying it was BAD, just very spicy and strong, like a cigar. He claims to have picked out a bit of the perique from the bag lowering the concentration. I'm going to have to give it a go again just for kicks.