Cased Tobacco Pipe Blend Recipes

[deluxestogie]

ARS-GRIN list the following dark fire-cured varieties from Kentucky:

• Pi551325 (TC 474)
• Pi551330 (TC 483)
• Pi551329 (TC 482)
• Pi551326 (TC 475)
• Pi527338 (TC 574)

The other dark fire-cured varieties listed are from Tennessee and North Carolina. Virginia 409 is listed as sun-cured, but its pedigree is:
Little Sweet Orinoco/55-307E(dark-fired breeding line)//?*Little Sweet Orinoco

When just a geographic location (e.g. the name of a state) is the only information available, then you have no clear idea which specific variety it might be.

Bob

 

[Juxtaposer-]

S11E05 Simpson Tomacco

 

[Juxtaposer-]

Back on topic;
I have some WLT light fire cured (LFC) I have been using. I have made a blend in the theme of Irish Flake with equal parts of stoved red Virginia that was cased with licorice root and citric acid, toasted DAC cased with licorice root, and LFC cased with maple syrup. I think the LFC works well enough with the DAC that I am working on a blend that will include less Virginia in it.

 

[Juxtaposer-]

GH Scottish mixture uses 7.5% cavendished dark fired. Hmm…

 

[KroBar]

I've been loving the LFC. It mixes just right with the toasted DAC to give sweet and a little smokey , without too much spicy, like you might get from mixing with the Dark Fired (although i do like a pinch of Dark Fired).
Throw some VA in for that cooling sweetness. Awesome.
Oh Yeah, Also packs a wallop

 

[Hemlock]

Is the dark fired a VA or a Burley?

I used WLT Kentucky dark fired. It is a VA309 leaf. So it's a Virginia but as it's grown in Kentucky and as a Dark Fired variety, it is likely nothing like VA plants used for flue during.

 

[Hemlock]

I've been loving the LFC. It mixes just right with the toasted DAC to give sweet and a little smokey , without too much spicy, like you might get from mixing with the Dark Fired (although i do like a pinch of Dark Fired).
Throw some VA in for that cooling sweetness. Awesome.
Oh Yeah, Also packs a wallop

I've got some LFC on order to try it out. Sounds like a good leaf to have as an ingredient. The DFK is splendid. Need to keep experimenting with the right proportions.

 

[KroBar]

I'm loving the LFC. It's smokey and strong, without being too spicy.
I find you can use more of it, and bring up the nic on a VA heavier blend.
It partners SO nice with some toasted Dark Air Cure