Any suggetsions, guys? I mean strong in terms of both flavour and nicotine. Or even just one of those, but I would think they aren't mutually exclusive. But if I had to choose, I'd say flavour is obviously more important. I know about Dunhill Nightcap (picking some up tonight if the shoppe has it). And I've read that Rattray's Hal O' The Wynd packs a punch. Anything else you guys can throw my way? Cheers, and have a great weekend!
Strong tobacco?
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SG XXX, Irish Flake, Five Bros, all pack a punch. I like the Peterson Irish Flake best.
What kind of flavor are you looking for? Ramback Gold (a balkan blend) reminds me of the taste of camels, except maybe a little cleaner tasting.
1792 Flake is potent stuff.
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I should have elaborated. To honest, I'm not sure. What I am sure of is that aromatics do not have enough flavour for me, despite smelling heavenly in the tin and room. I tried Frog Morton and really liked it, so I guess I can at the very least tolerate Latakia and may well actually be a big fan of it, but I won't know for sure until I can explore more Latakia blends... but I think the Lat sits well with me. Also tried Solani Virgina Flake w/ Perique and wasn't wowed at first but it's growing on me, so same can be said of Perique as Latakia. I have tried Mr. B's/Brigham Virginia Flake and like it, so Virginias are fair game, as well. I'm a (hopefully soon to be ex-) cigarette smoker, so nicotine doesn't phase me and I already have a taste for "smokier" tobacco. I guess Balkans would be a good avenue to explore? I don't really understand what Balkan refers to, though. When you say Ramback reminds you of camels, do you mean the animal or cigarettes? Probably doesn't matter as I haven't smoked either.
Haiku44, the snus came in a couple days ago. Big thanks! Been so busy I haven't had a chance to try it out yet. This weekend I'll jump into it and also get some stuff together to send your way.
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1792
Irish Flake
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When you say Ramback reminds you of camels, do you mean the animal or cigarettes? Probably doesn't matter as I haven't smoked either.
Never tried a camel? Man, that was my day off cigarette. Pall Malls were for work days, and American Spirits Perique blend or Samsun RYO were for vacations.
Balkan blends have a high percentage of Oriental/turkish tobacco in them. Mixed with other stuff like virginias and/or burleys too.
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I'm off to my smoke shoppe now and it looks like I'll be grabbing some Irish Flake along with the Nightcap (I believe I've seen both there). Unfortunately I couldn't make the trip to the Rama smoke shoppe today as I went to Toronto last night to watch The Jays get their butts kicked by the Angels. Baseball games aren't chump change these days, unfortunately. I'm convinced $11 beers are yet another sign of the impending apocalypse.... somehow I still managed to partake gleefully!
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Tambolaka kicks dirt in the face of Irish Flake and those other "strong" tobaccos. Quite frankly it kicks dirt in my face as well, and then laughs.
I have yet to try the Tambolaka but the brown ropes are pretty stout.
My favorite stronger tobaccos are,
SG1782
G&H Dark Flake either variety
G&H dark birdseye
G&H bosun cut plug
C&D old Joe Krantz
C&D bow legged bear
Peterson's Irish flake
Less strong but great flavor and satisfying
S&G Navy Flake
G&H rum flake
Dunhill 965
SG1782
G&H Dark Flake either variety
G&H dark birdseye
G&H bosun cut plug
C&D old Joe Krantz
C&D bow legged bear
Peterson's Irish flake
Less strong but great flavor and satisfying
S&G Navy Flake
G&H rum flake
Dunhill 965
I wrote a pretty scathing review of that abomination on tobaccoreviews many years ago.
Since it was a gift from my secret Santa, all I will say is that, "it is aging". If you want strong though, knock yourself out, literally.
What was your username on there?
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No Nightcap to be had but I grabbed a tin of Irish Flake. One bowl so far in a corncob and I agree about its strength. It reminded me of what I think smoking five cigarettes at once would be like. It tasted exactly like a cigarette, so not inhaling it was pretty weird. It's not too strong for me but I'm not getting the interesting flavours I get from Frog Morton. So I guess I can refine my search to strong English/Latakia blends. But I'm certainly not going to write off Irish Flake so soon. Solani Viginia Flake w/ Perique is growing on me after three or four bowls and this may very well do the same. I picked up a Lorenzetti briar pipe the other day, so I need to give this Peterson a spin in that fine Italian smoker also, see if I experience the tobacco differently with briar. Thanks a bunch for all the suggestions so far.
Try some Boswell's Northwoods or Railroad Station 965 for even more Latakia.
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I was just about to order this pipe from Boswell's today but someone snatched it up before me. I was gonna choose Northwoods as my free oz. of tobacco with the pipe. I've heard great things about it. Crap! Me and my chronic procrastinating! At $140 I don't know why I thought it would hang around for more than 24 hr.
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I totally forgot about that train wreck of a tobacco.
In my mind... "Lets see how much toxic waste we can hide in a rope."
Strange, because I love the Black XX rope and almost everything else that SG makes.
I will second one that others have mentioned: the Samuel Gawith - 1792 Kendall Flake will make your head spin if you don't have a good nicotine tolerance. The flavor is also good & strong.
Cornell & Diehl - Pirate Kake is a step down in nicotine content, but has the boldest Latakia flavor I have encountered as of yet. If you like the regular Frog Morton there's a good chance you'll like this one too.
Cornell & Diehl - Pirate Kake is a step down in nicotine content, but has the boldest Latakia flavor I have encountered as of yet. If you like the regular Frog Morton there's a good chance you'll like this one too.
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