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pipe tobacco that smells like your grandads

  • 17-09-2011 6:47pm
    #1
    emmet the rover
    Registered Users Posts: 246 ✭✭


    i am enjoying my expermentation with aromatics but am wondering what brand smells like my grandparents house ? i wish i knew what brand it was just to give it a go


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  • #2
    Kidchameleon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Kidchameleon


    Yeatsmanns plug?


  • #3
    ifconfig
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭ifconfig


    Most likely Condor as it is probably the biggest selling pipe tobacco in ROI (possibly UK also).

    Yachtsman plug is one of the older plug tobaccos alright.

    I used to smoke a pipe but gave up quite a few years ago but gave up when the pub/hotel smoking ban came along.

    Condor has one disadvantage .. it "haunts" a briar pipe ,
    i.e it leaves its flavour lingering and if you put a different tobacco in the pipe you will have taint from previous Condor smokes.
    Also it has quite a high nicotine hit !


    Condor in ROI is most commonly sold as ready rubbed (green pouch) or plug (small green wrapper).

    I had occasion to get a flaked version of Condor in Belfast once (brown pouch) and it had a less harsh flavour than green pouch Condor.

    Other popular "old man" traditional tobaccos in Ireland include Mick McQuaid (blue pouch).
    Mellow Virginia is another widely sold pipe tobacco which has a sweet aroma but some pipe veterans believe it to be a bit inferior to the more traditional long standing baccys like Condor/Yachtsman/St Bruno/Mick McQuaid !

    --ifc


  • #4
    YogiBoy
    Registered Users Posts: 114 ✭✭YogiBoy


    Hi guys. my father has suddenly decided that he wants to go back on the pipe after 30 years of absence... a last fling it seems. I've not a clue where to buy any apart from College Green / Grafton Street and I dont go in there. Can anyone recommend somewhere to buy pipe tobacco n Dublin 6, 12 or 14 ... and might there be anywhere open on a Sunday ? Thanks.


  • #5
    Craciun
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Craciun


    A nice tobacco is amphora mellow blend, I'm trying to find it in Dublin.
    emmet the rover wrote: »
    i am enjoying my expermentation with aromatics but am wondering what brand smells like my grandparents house ? i wish i knew what brand it was just to give it a go


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