Pure Tobacco Pipe Blends You Can Make

[deluxestogie]

This blend offers both a full aroma and a full taste. Nicotine is medium-to-full. The Latakia is heavy, but not super-high. I believe this would drag you down into the pit, if you use this much Dark Air-Cured that has not been transformed first into Cavendish. I suspect that the Cavendish process lowers the pH of its smoke a bit, presenting less of a nicotine hit. While the rich Latakia always adds a tingle to your tongue, the overall balance of the blend also contributes a tang. (Pay no attention to any bat wings that may appear. It's all angels.)

Circle Limit IV

• Latakia 50%
• Dark Air-Cured Cavendish 18.75%
• Flue-cured Lemon Virginia 18.75% 12.5% CORRECTION
• Stacked Basma 18.75%

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

After consulting with the raspy voices in my head, I decided that this label was way too much fun to settle for the tiny, 72dpi version.

Bob

ANOTHER ERROR: Virginia Lemon should read "12.5%".

 

[Charly]

That's a nice label !
Thank you for making it bigger, at this size now I can see that you put two "m" in "lemon"

 

[Ruffseas]

That is very cool. Subconsciously unsettling. Thinkin I mmight have to give mmakin dark air cavendish a try, just so I can whip up that blend.

 

[deluxestogie]

you put two "m" in "lemon"

Oops! It proves there is darkness even within the light.

I do have 300 dpi versions of every label that I post. Here is a 16+MB pdf of all the new blend labels since 04 MAY 2019. It includes a few that have yet to be posted.

Pipe Blend Labels since 04 May 2019

Bob

 

[GreenDragon]

Love the frogs!

 

[deluxestogie]

About those frogs. I created those three blends exclusively for WLT, back during the summer. They were included as a motivational reward in the Pipe Tobacco section in the WLT Wiki. (But alas, the Wiki has suffered a prolonged and inexplicable distocia, and may--or may not--result in a live birth during December or January. I'm just a spectator at this point.) The frog recipes, though not their printable labels, also appear in Grow Your Own Cigars, which is complete, and will absolutely go live on 1 JAN 2019.

So...we'll just call the frogs,

"New! Leaked images of deluxestogie's rumored Frog Blend series. Read more."

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

I have updated (actually messed up) the large image for Circle Limit IV to reflect the proper spelling of "Lemon". These things often don't "re-do" very gracefully.

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

This 7 component blend presents a mild and measured pouch aroma. It is, in essence, a Virginia / Perique blend with a mere hint of Latakia, and a relatively gentle portion of a rich and slightly floral Oriental. The burn is excellent, and the nicotine is moderate. Despite 25% Perique, it does have a slight, Virginia tongue bite, so it should be smoked slowly. Although the slight bite will go away if you swap in one more part of Perique for one part of Double-Bright, doing that causes the overall blend to lose its mild character.

Countryside: an English Blend

• Flue-cured Virginia Lemon 6.25% (1 parts per 16)
• Flue-cured Virginia Bright 6.25% (1 parts per 16)
• Flue-cured Virginia Double-Bright 18.75% (3 parts per 16)
• Flue-cured Virginia Red Cavendish 18.75% (3 parts per 16)
• Basma 18.75% (3 parts per 16)
• Latakia 6.25% (1 parts per 16)
• Perique 25.00% (4 parts per 16)

300 dpi 3-1/2" Countryside label as pdf

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

Bags and More Bags

This is a snapshot of the mess of blends and components I'm fiddling with at this point in time. Every proposed blend has to be made up into a small batch, then tested (and sometimes reformulated). And of course, each needs to be thoughtfully savored and evaluated. While this view is in my kitchen, all the resulting bags of blend end up piled beside my computer desk in my study, where I actually smoke them--over days to weeks. Alongside them, at my right elbow, are at the moment 9 tins and jars of larger batches of blends that I enjoy on a regular basis. It's a mess, but a fun kind of mess. It's my winter sport.

I currently have about a half-dozen new blends that will trickle into this thread, once I'm happy with both the blend and label graphics. Most of our pipe smoking members have little interest in most of my blends. But some love Latakia, some hate it, some are in between. The same goes for Perique. And I would guess that most members don't have every blend ingredient ready at hand. My hope is that, overall, every pipe smoker on the forum will find at least one or two of my new blends that they enjoy every few months or so. For me, it's just fun to do, fun to discover new relationships between pipe tobacco components, and fun to give them all a try.

I must thank Don, at wholeleaftobacco.com, for making so many different, yummy blend components available to me.

Bob

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Bob of Bag End

 

[Charly]

Most of our pipe smoking members have little interest in most of my blends... My hope is that, overall, every pipe smoker on the forum will find at least one or two of my new blends that they enjoy every few months or so. For me, it's just fun to do, fun to discover new relationships between pipe tobacco components, and fun to give them all a try.

I really appreciate your blend recipes, even if I did not try a lot of them (I often don't have all the required tobacco).
Please continue to have fun creating your blend and sharing them with us

 

[LivinInPiperHell]

Just another fine example how Big Tobacco fiddle with ther products to make more profit and selling us a bad product instead of make there products better with higher quality , when it comes to my preferences i think like this , "i get what i paid for"
thats why i buy WLT products and i have not find any better anywhere

An old post I know but I must add that the Daughter & Ryan blends that I've tried have been dry with no added anything that I'm aware.
The blender [Mark Ryan] says he's selling tobacco, nothing else. What a great attitude.
The D&R Windsail Virginia is excellent for blending & really good value [Around $24 a pound]

 

[GreenDragon]

Their Two Timer, a pure burley blend, is also excellent.

 

[deluxestogie]

D&R Windsail Virginia

Two Timer

...and how do you make these?

Bob

 

[GreenDragon]

I should have elaborated; Two Timer is a convenient Burley to obtain for blending as WLT no longer carries Burley. Also good on its own.

 

[LivinInPiperHell]

...and how do you make these?

Bob

I've no idea sorry. [Novice grower here]

The Daughter & Ryans Windsail is a straight Virginia; "... composed of 100% flue-cured Gold Leaf tobacco. No chemical flavourings or casings added."

Would that mean that it's just one variety of G-LV used in the blend or could it be several?

 

[deluxestogie]

As you can see from the simplicity of these two blends, they follow a similar theme. Use a small proportion of Dark Air-Cured to balance the pH of its single other--but major--component. They end up in different places. American Cream delivers more horsepower. The flue-cured Lemon of American Cream is loud, and makes its presence known, while the Basma--I used WLT Stacked Basma--of Assyrian Dream remains meek and subdued, like an ancient shard of text. (Is it a monthly bill from Sumer Electric Co-op, or maybe a used ticket stub from Nineveh Cinema?). For both blends, the Dark Air-Cured eliminates tongue bite, and alters the overall aroma, increasing its complexity. Curiously, these ratios don't work as well with Perique replacing the Dark Air-Cured.

If I were to suggest a time-of-day rating for these two blends, I would say that Assyrian Dream is a first pipe of the day, and American Cream more of a mid-day smoke. Assyrian is wonderful in the morning, but by late afternoon, after meals and other tobacco have left their marks on my taste buds, Assyrian tastes like nobody is home.

American Cream

• Flue-cured Virginia Lemon 81.25% (13 parts per 16)
• Dark Air-Cured 18.75% (3 parts per 16)

Assyrian Dream

• Basma 87.5% (14 parts per 16)
• Dark Air-Cured 12.5% (2 parts per 16)

Download 3½" labels for Assyrian Dream and American Cream as a pdf.

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

My 2019 Christmas Blend is free of cinnamon, allspice and other Far Eastern herbs and spices. It's just tobacco. This smooth blend provides a medium-to-full nicotine level, with no single component standing out. It also lacks both Perique and Latakia, the room notes of which have been accused of interfering with the boreal forest scents of traditional holiday decorations.

Christmas Blend 2019

• Virginia Red 62.50%
• Maryland Cavendish 12.50%
• Basma 18.75%
• Dark Air 6.25%

Download the Christmas 2019 Blend Label for a 3-1/2" 300dpi pdf.

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

In the WLT Wiki, within the section on Pipe Blending, you will find Black Frog, Calico Frog and Top Frog. The present blend, Yellow Frog, is the final Frog Blend (for now). It is Basma rich, pH balanced with Perique, and offers a modest dose of Latakia. A gentle sort of frog. If you enjoy a smooth, mild, lightly floral pipe tobacco with a nicotine in the range of mild-but-definitely-there, this a blend to put on your list.

Yellow Frog

• Basma 68.5% (11 parts per 16)
• Latakia 15.75% (2½ parts per 16)
• Perique 15.75% (2½ parts per 16)

Download all four Frog Blends' 3½" labels, 300dpi, as a single page pdf.

(Yellow Frog, Calico Frog, Black Frog, Top Frog)

Bob