965

[happypipester]

Just thought I'd ask if anybody's tried McClelland's replacement for 965. I haven't heard much of anything about it and was wondering if it compares very well. Are there any others you would recommend as a replacement (hopefully it'll eventually come back, but who knows)?

 

[Doc Manhattan]

Haven't tried the McClelland ("9 to 5") but the Sherlock Holmes Pipe Club's "Great Hiatus" is wonderful, and it's supposed to be a (pre-outsource) 965 tribute. I never had the classic version of 965, but GH stands on its own as really quite good. (Somewhere in the Reviews area I blather on about it at length... :roll: )

 

[Centurian 803]

Haven't tried the McClelland ("9 to 5") but the Sherlock Holmes Pipe Club's "Great Hiatus" is wonderful, and it's supposed to be a (pre-outsource) 965 tribute. I never had the classic version of 965, but GH stands on its own as really quite good. (Somewhere in the Reviews area I blather on about it at length... :roll: )

Wonderful. I just bought a tin of GH. Now I'm looking forward to trying it even more.

 

[happypipester]

Thanks for the recommendation! I ordered a tin of it which shipped out today (along w some more Frog Morton to replenish my stocks, and some And So To Bed, which I also look forward to trying), so I should hopefully get it on Wednesday, which I have off work

I foresee a smoke-filled day in my mancave (it's m' basement,and not the most aesthetically pleasing, but it has great heating, and I can smoke in peace, so how can I complain?)...

I'll give my initial thoughts on it once I give it a try.

 

[happypipester]

Doc,

Unfortunately, my tin of GH didn't come till yesterday, but better late than never I have to say that this seems like a really great blend even from just one bowl of it. It seems, at the least, to share several characteristics with the 965 I've tried. Wonderful consistency and balance is what I liked so much about 965, and is also what I like abt this blend.

Your review did a wonderful job of expressing this baccy, so I won't go further into detail, and I agree w it 100%.

I think I will buy many more tins of this...