Hi Northern Neil: When I referred to most tinned tobaccos being now made in Germany or Denmark, I should have made it clear that I was referencing tobaccos that had previously been made in Great Britain, such as Dunhill, McConnels, W.D. and H.O Wills Cut Golden Bar, Ogdens St. Bruno, Bells Three Nuns. Most of those labels, alas, are gone now, Balkan Sobranie Smoking Mixture, Sobranie 759, Sobranie Virginian #10(an amazingly great latakia mixture with a healthy dose of Havana cigar leaf added),Sullivans OX, Sullivans Original Mixture, Fribourg and Treyer. Murrays Erinmore in mixture, flake and cube cut(like smoking Pineapple flavored grape nuts), Condor, St. Bruno, Cut Golden Bar, Mick Mcquaid cut plug,Bulwark cut plug, Gallahers Rich Dark Honeydew, etc. etc. I wish you guys could try some of these old blends, If you run across any of them on ebay sealed up, jump on a chance to try them, the tobaccos in those days were thrice aged before they got to the smoker. That is why it is a good idea to cellar stuff these day. Anyway Neil, you are absolutely spot on with pointing out the great American blenders, McClelland blazed that trail and many great ones have followed.
