C&D bulk blends

[AndyCAYP]

You walk into your favorite pipe store - or a new to you pipe store, doesn't really matter, just play along please - and you absolutely throw the biggest fit in the history of the world because they don't carry your 3 favorite C&D bulk blends.

What are those blends?

Also, how quickly do the cops arrive to arrest you?

Thanks, all!

[MrMotoyoshi]

Virginia Gentleman
Epiphany
Three Friars

Old Joe Krantz gets an honorable mention.

The cops can't see past all the smoke.

[Haebar]

Morley's Best
Haunted Bookshop
Virginia Gentleman

Big 'n' Burley for a runner up.

[Aguineapig]

Very tough. My favorite company.

Probably;

Engine 99#
Haunted Bookshop
Star of the East

[Bruck]

Too many to pick from! But my list would have to include Pirate Kake and Haunted Bookshop.

[BryGuySC]

I don't have enough C&D experience to have a top three.
Bayou Morning Flake is good. It would be in my top three.
Don't know what the rest would be.

[JustTroItIn]

I have a fair amount of C&D but not a lot open. I would put Night Train on my list. If this includes GL Pease (blended at the C&D factory) I would include Jack Knife Plug and Odyssey on my list. The only others I have tried are Yale Mixture (not bad but not great) and Old Joe Krantz (I'm the odd man out on this one and not a fan).

[Aguineapig]

I have a fair amount of C&D but not a lot open. I would put Night Train on my list. If this includes GL Pease (blended at the C&D factory) I would include Jack Knife Plug and Odyssey on my list. The only others I have tried are Yale Mixture (not bad but not great) and Old Joe Krantz (I'm the odd man out on this one and not a fan).

Pease blends also dont come on bulk though, so it would have to be a different, (lack of) tin spurred outburst.

OJK, I am ashamed to say, is one Runowski Burley that I havent gotten around to trying. Every blend of his I have gotten at has been enjoyed. Pegasus is a real sleeper.

[Alligator Gar]

Very tough. My favorite company.

Probably;

Engine 99#
Haunted Bookshop
Star of the East

Okay, that's weird. Those are my top three. We should... probably do some DNA testing.

[AndyCAYP]

Awesome, thanks guys! I'm in the middle of dropping some of our 1,001 bulk Sutliff aros - finally! - and bringing in some Stokkebye and C&D. I know which blends I like but I'm not the one buying it - I gotta make sure I start by stocking some consensus besties.

I'm gonna grow our pipe business if it kills me!

[cpmcdill]

Old Joe Krantz
Billy Budd
Epiphany

[Aguineapig]

Okay, that's weird. Those are my top three. We should... probably do some DNA testing.

What do you happen to hate?

Anyway, great minds (tongues) think (taste) alike, or something...

[JustTroItIn]

Pease blends also dont come on bulk though, so it would have to be a different, (lack of) tin spurred outburst.

OJK, I am ashamed to say, is one Runowski Burley that I havent gotten around to trying. Every blend of his I have gotten at has been enjoyed. Pegasus is a real sleeper.

Somehow missed the bulk part. I'm not sure any of the stuff on my list is offered in bulk.

[Chad Vegas]

Definetly Haunted Bookshop, Pirate Kake & Night Train. Fortunately the cops would show up a few minutes after I left.

[Aguineapig]

Awesome, thanks guys! I'm in the middle of dropping some of our 1,001 bulk Sutliff aros - finally! - and bringing in some Stokkebye and C&D. I know which blends I like but I'm not the one buying it - I gotta make sure I start by stocking some consensus besties.

I'm gonna grow our pipe business if it kills me!

Just make sure you are prepared to deal with tobacco that isnt loaded with humectants. I read something, maybe true or maybe not, about McClelland years back caving under pressure from retailers to add humectants to their bulk blends to make life easier for the retailers. For whatever reason, there is some PG in both of the McC blends Ive tried (5100 and PM pipe), and I rue it.

Usually all it takes with the C&D when its dry is a little distilled water. Rehydrating tobacco should be something every pipe smoker knows how to do. I would never trade the integrity of a blend in for convenience (by adding PG).

As far as blends to carry, there are so many great C&D blends. Pegasus might be one you could have luck selling. Check it out, fantastic room note (and without a bunch of artificial crap), and not as over poweringly strong as some of the other Burleys. I could see it doing well with more casual folks looking for a more natural smoke.

Some of the best loved blends listed here, great as they are, might not be a big hit with the more casual crowd, including many listed here amongst our more serious group of smokers. You will get some of those types Im sure, but I assume more folks who will be inclined towards Autumn Evening, as compared to Pirate Kake, or Morleys best.

[Carl Zeigler]

Black dog (no longer offered), plantation evening and pirate kake


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[Emperor Zurg]

Not a big fan of C&D. Seems there's burley in just about everything they offer. I don't usually care for burley in a blend unless it's an aromatic. ... and I don't like most aromatics...

Now the GL Pease blends, those I like. Not sure what if any are available in bulk but they are usually very good IMO.

[Aguineapig]

Not a big fan of C&D. Seems there's burley in just about everything they offer. I don't usually care for burley in a blend unless it's an aromatic. ... and I don't like most aromatics...

Now the GL Pease blends, those I like. Not sure what if any are available in bulk but they are usually very good IMO.

Doesnt bother me since I love Burley and they have some of the best leaf (to my taste anyway). But a few off the top of my head that dont have any are Star of the East, Red Odessa, Byzantium, Autumn Evening, Kajun Kake, and maybe Crooked Lane (has unsweetened black cav, probably Burley but a different animal).

They have soooo many blends, even if most have a dash of Burley, Im sure there are still dozens that you might find good.

[AndyCAYP]

Thanks for the responses everyone, I do appreciate it.

As of today I discontinued some bulk Altadis aros and replaced them with PS Luxury Flake, Navy Flake, Bullseye Flake, Turkish, and Aromatic Dutch Slices, as well as Lane's LL-7. I have a few other projects at the top of my list and then I'll dump some more of the Altadis goop for C&D bulk and a GLP tin restock. I've already been in touch with them so all's good.

One of these days this shop'll climb out of the pipe doldrums and into... Uh... something less gloomy, dull, and inactive.

[Emperor Zurg]

Thanks for the responses everyone, I do appreciate it.

As of today I discontinued some bulk Altadis aros and replaced them with PS Luxury Flake, Navy Flake, Bullseye Flake, Turkish, and Aromatic Dutch Slices, as well as Lane's LL-7. I have a few other projects at the top of my list and then I'll dump some more of the Altadis goop for C&D bulk and a GLP tin restock. I've already been in touch with them so all's good.

One of these days this shop'll climb out of the pipe doldrums and into... Uh... something less gloomy, dull, and inactive.

I'd have to guess you're on the right track... although what do I know, I'm no tobacconist :p :p
I do know that it's rare to walk into a B&M and find bulk flake tobacco... let alone good flake.
FYI, Newminster 400 Navy flake is very good IMO and also available in bulk... cheap! It's a bit like SG FVF.

Even tho I gravitate away from burley blends, I like the Aromatic Dutch Sliced. 41 Cube cut is good too.

[AndyCAYP]

Now the GL Pease blends, those I like. Not sure what if any are available in bulk but they are usually very good IMO.

They aren't, or else I'd already have a bunch jarred up at home.


I'd have to guess you're on the right track... although what do I know, I'm no tobacconist :p :p
I do know that it's rare to walk into a B&M and find bulk flake tobacco... let alone good flake.
FYI, Newminster 400 Navy flake is very good IMO and also available in bulk... cheap! It's a bit like SG FVF.

Even tho I gravitate away from burley blends, I like the Aromatic Dutch Sliced. 41 Cube cut is good too.

Good call on the Newminster. I have 400 and 403 (the coins) on my list. Actually, I think I'll call tomorrow to order them!

The Aro Dutch Slices are, to me at least, the closest blend available to the old Troost (moreso than the new Troost). Speaking of which:

Hey everyone! If you're a fan of Sail, Troost, or Skandinavak, stock up now. They're being discontinued. I am not sure if Paladin and Velvet are also on the chopping block.