I started. Coming around to their Ketchup blends . #24 was the non ketchup that " got me " .... but then the Tawny Flake , which was a ketchup just not brutal, just blew my mind . I have a little jarred , about half and oz , and 4 sealed tins ..... It needs to last till I'm near dead and I hope that is as good long while yet. The old testament mentions something of God limiting our years to 120 ..... I'd like to do 120 , I would . But 4 tins to last 67.5 years ..... its gonna be tuff , manArkansas Paul wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:17 amThis is my main bitch, moan etc.Ruffinogold wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:30 pm McClelland and their Ketchup blends I wasn't into . Their non ketchup Virginia's were great .
I never met a McClelland Virginia I didn't like.
I have 16 tins in the cellar, 6 of which are 100g tins. Not nearly enough.
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I'll also bitch about Kingfisher no longer being available. I've had 15-20 year old escudo, 15 year old hamburger beermaster, 8 year old Stonehaven, 8 year old tilbury and Dunbar, Edgeworth slices from the 60's and more that I'm sure I'm forgetting. The only one that's been neck and neck with kingfisher is the Edgeworth (because God loves burley smokers more) My friend very generously shared a bowl of it with me, and it was just one of "those smokes" that you hear about. Angels singing, skies opening up, the whole nine yards. I hate to use a term like amazing but it's the only thing I can think of to properly describe the smoke. How in the world do tobaccos like that just stop being made?
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You and Ruff were the ones who brought it to my attention but I missed out on the last couple of releases of it
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Edgeworth Slices was THE blend . Currently , the closest thing is Wessex Burley Slice... It's damn fine and similarMr Beardsley wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:04 pm I'll also bitch about Kingfisher no longer being available. I've had 15-20 year old escudo, 15 year old hamburger beermaster, 8 year old Stonehaven, 8 year old tilbury and Dunbar, Edgeworth slices from the 60's and more that I'm sure I'm forgetting. The only one that's been neck and neck with kingfisher is the Edgeworth (because God loves burley smokers more) My friend very generously shared a bowl of it with me, and it was just one of "those smokes" that you hear about. Angels singing, skies opening up, the whole nine yards. I hate to use a term like amazing but it's the only thing I can think of to properly describe the smoke. How in the world do tobaccos like that just stop being made?
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Fine already, damn! I'm going to find some of these slices!Ruffinogold wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:41 pmEdgeworth Slices was THE blend . Currently , the closest thing is Wessex Burley Slice... It's damn fine and similarMr Beardsley wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:04 pm I'll also bitch about Kingfisher no longer being available. I've had 15-20 year old escudo, 15 year old hamburger beermaster, 8 year old Stonehaven, 8 year old tilbury and Dunbar, Edgeworth slices from the 60's and more that I'm sure I'm forgetting. The only one that's been neck and neck with kingfisher is the Edgeworth (because God loves burley smokers more) My friend very generously shared a bowl of it with me, and it was just one of "those smokes" that you hear about. Angels singing, skies opening up, the whole nine yards. I hate to use a term like amazing but it's the only thing I can think of to properly describe the smoke. How in the world do tobaccos like that just stop being made?
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Oh I know. I have some older wbs that's even closer to EdgeworthRuffinogold wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:41 pmEdgeworth Slices was THE blend . Currently , the closest thing is Wessex Burley Slice... It's damn fine and similarMr Beardsley wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:04 pm I'll also bitch about Kingfisher no longer being available. I've had 15-20 year old escudo, 15 year old hamburger beermaster, 8 year old Stonehaven, 8 year old tilbury and Dunbar, Edgeworth slices from the 60's and more that I'm sure I'm forgetting. The only one that's been neck and neck with kingfisher is the Edgeworth (because God loves burley smokers more) My friend very generously shared a bowl of it with me, and it was just one of "those smokes" that you hear about. Angels singing, skies opening up, the whole nine yards. I hate to use a term like amazing but it's the only thing I can think of to properly describe the smoke. How in the world do tobaccos like that just stop being made?
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I actually have a sealed tin of Tawny Flake from '06.Ruffinogold wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:48 am but then the Tawny Flake , which was a ketchup just not brutal, just blew my mind .
I've never tried it.
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I’ll join in. My fuss is the availability unavailability of good Virginias. If you love and crave Sam Gawith virginias or anything else by him- good luck. Aylesbury, F&T, Wessex just to name a few.
I know there are still others available, but trying to satisfy a taste or experience with something different hardly ever works. If you do find something that calms the beast- it all of a sudden plays hard to get.
I did recently receive a gift of fvf from a friend and I feel forever indebted to him for that.
Signing up on email alerts does me no good. I can only check a couple of times a day and when I do get the notice, the goods are long gone.
I know there are still others available, but trying to satisfy a taste or experience with something different hardly ever works. If you do find something that calms the beast- it all of a sudden plays hard to get.
I did recently receive a gift of fvf from a friend and I feel forever indebted to him for that.
Signing up on email alerts does me no good. I can only check a couple of times a day and when I do get the notice, the goods are long gone.