pipe tobacco that smells like your grandads

emmet the rover

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

Kidchameleon

Yeatsmanns plug?

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

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.

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