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by NJRadioGuy
Sun Oct 14, 2018 1:28 pm
Forum: Pipe Tobacco
Topic: Close match to Balkan Blue?
Replies: 12
Views: 3934

Re: Close match to Balkan Blue?

Thanks for the tips! I've got some of each on order and will try them out soon. From reading various and sundry reviews, Balkan Supreme is remarkably high rated for a bulk tobacco. I had bought some bulk Black House in 2014 and put it in a mason jar at the time, plus one single tin that didn't reall...
by NJRadioGuy
Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:49 am
Forum: Pipe Tobacco
Topic: Close match to Balkan Blue?
Replies: 12
Views: 3934

Re: Close match to Balkan Blue?

The other match blend was Black House, but while enjoyable, it's absolutely lacking the magic "cool" taste that BB had. I wish I could define it better. I thought it was the latakia but no other lat blend has a comparable taste. Black House is tasty, and when I mixed it 50-50 with BB it be...
by NJRadioGuy
Mon Oct 08, 2018 9:34 am
Forum: Pipe Tobacco
Topic: Close match to Balkan Blue?
Replies: 12
Views: 3934

Close match to Balkan Blue?

Blue Mountain was my first non-aro, suggested to me by a pipe specialist at my long-gone favourite B&M shop, and was always my go-to. Although I managed to find about 10 tins of Balkan Blue after the sky fell last year, I'm wondering if there's anything close to it for when my supply is finally ...