I have tried all kinds of 'locally' available blends and brands, never much found one I like or if I do it's for one of those 'Jars' that someone blended by hand - go back for more and it's gone, ask what was used to blend it, no one knows.I have a couple 30+ year old briars, and a century + old meerschaum. Can’t find decent, let alone good pipe tobacco in my area. I’ll smoke cheap (Backwoods) cigars at SASS gatherings. The heavy hitters always offer me good cigars, but since I can’t afford to reciprocate…
Going to grow my own this next year. Have Virginia, Connecticut and Cuban varietal seeds.
I find my tobacco online, just like a lot of BP stuff, have delivered to my door, save the time and gas searching for the postage and handling.