What are some "crap" pipe tobaccos to avoid?

[Branzig]

That's pretty damn fascinating I gotta say. Guess I won't worry about spending a couple hundred bucks on unsmokable crap

Why don't you sign up for the newbie pipe tobacco trade?

The hardest part about starting out in the pipe world is figuring out what you like. The sampler trade will give you a baseline of English, Balkan, Virginia, Aromatic, Burley and whatever other blends there are out there.

Once you get a few blends under your belt that you like you can experiment by buying up blends like it and spending 100s of dollars.

Also remember to give blends multiple goes in different pipes. 1 blend may be bland in one pipe but sing in another.

Have fun!