Best Blend

PipeProfessor

What is the best blend you have ever smoked?...Could you smoke it all day or is it a special occasion smoke?

drac2485

The best blend I have ever smoked is one that got me hooked on pipe smoking, C&D Hard Cider Cavendish.  Unfortunately, they no longer produce it. It was the first blend I could sit and smoke all day with no bite, just sweet enough to keep me interested with just a tang to keep me awake.  Now, I save what I have left for special occasions.

ghostsofpompeii

That's really a hard one to answer because it seems every month or two I find a blend that I like better than the ones before it. At various times it may have been Sutliff Vanilla Custard, Molto Dolce, or East India Trading Company "Officer's Club", Russ' Monthly Blend "Warm Up", as well as my blend Mrs. Hudson's 221B Bakery Blend which contains the Sutliff blends Vanilla Custard, Chocolate Mousse, Crème Brulee, and Irish Cream. I'd still consider them my best blends - but who knows what I'll find tomorrow.  

motie2

Barbados Plantation and Mrs. Hudson's 

Corey562

Gorgorath mature Virginia 

Bonanzadriver

If money & availability were no issue it would have to be Esoterica Penzance, Margate and Stonehaven.  I love each of these blends.

Back in the real world though it would be Dunhill MM 965 & BB1938.

If it were Aro's, it would be Sutliff Peach Cobbler

Corey562

I am gonna have to find a new blend they quit making gorgorath in 92 and I only have 2 3oz tins left. 

Woodsman

Codger: Carter Hall. 
English:  Mclelland 2010.
Virginia:  Newminster Superior Rounds.

All subject to change except CH.

judandhispipe

Shoot, I dunno. For lat blends, I am fond of Dunhill MM1938 and Peterson Old Dublin. For something closer to what I would consider a Balkan, Hearth and Home White Knight gets the nod,although Balkan Sasieni is pretty good, too.
Codger burleys - Lane Ready Rubbed, hands down.
Virginias - Capstan Original (I prefer the ready rubbed), McCranie's Red Ribbon, Sam Gawith Best Brown Flake.
Aromatics - I don't smoke a lot of these, but am quite fond of W.O. Larsen Signature.
There is no "all-day smoke" for me - I can't smoke anything that much. I need variety.

pipeman83

For me it’s PS LTF& LBF, codger it’s CH and LL RR, Distinguished Gentleman and for special occasions it’s Thanksgiving Day.

Londy3

This is scary but, I don't have one. I only have like two or three bowls on the weekend. I don't really touch my pipes during the week. I have ones I like a lot but there are more I have not tried than I have tried.

jfreedy

Frog Morton's Cellar. Still find it delicious and complex after so many smokes.

KA9FFJ

@Londy3 I'm with you. It is scary, but I don't have a favorite blend yet either. I will say I do have one blend I seem to always smoke more than others... Black Toasted Cavendish...

Woodsman

@jfreedy Frog Morton Cellar is the only one of the FM's that wasn't available before 2007

Corey562

I do have a favorite blend but as I am running out and they no longer make it I am in the market for a new one.

PappyJoe

I'm in the same boat as @Corey562. I have a favorite blend but it's always been hard to find and last summer the blender changed the name from Exotic Orange to Exotic Passion and they are not shipping it to the U.S..

Hawkeyeted

English: Penzance 
Crossover: Frog Morton line
Aro: Just about anything with a vanilla, preferably cased and not topped. (Sweet Vanilla Honeydew - AFTER it dries out - is a first choice as it's straight Virginia based)