Pipe Tobacco Reviews

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• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 = love it!
• 🟊🟊🟊 = good, would potentially order again
• 🟊🟊 = it's alright, but not something I would order again
• 🟊 = no thanks

Blenders

Bob Runowski

For Cornell & Diehl

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Haunted Bookshop Cake: bran muffins and sawdust
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Old Joe Krantz: damn tasty stuff! savory wood and smoky-sweet paprika, and the balance is just right
• 🟊🟊🟊 Pegasus: eminently smokeable burley with just a touch of sweet and salt; nice if a bit bland everyday smoke

Carl McAllister

For Sutliff

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 #507-C Virginia Slices: superb virginia, more straightforward than sophisticated (= PS400 Luxury Navy Flake)
• 🟊🟊🟊 Count Pulaski: nice daily English with quite a bit going on, some sweet anise flavor
• 🟊 #515 RC1 Matured Red Virginia: awful, burns very hot, bites

Craig Tarler

For Atlas and then Cornell & Diehl

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Opening Night: rich, luxurious virginia; floral and lemony; strength without bite
• 🟊🟊 Shandygaff: a curious and pleasant all day burley, salty/tangy overtones

Erik Stokkebye

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 4th Generation - Evening Flake: mild, very tasty; sweet wood
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 4th Generation - 2012 Anniversary Blend: when smoked carefully, sweet and strong with a mild stewed pear flavor
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 4th Generation - 1931: sweet, rich, thick biscotti flavor; divine tin aroma; a dessert blend
• 🟊🟊🟊 4th Generation - 1897 (pouch): mild and pleasant; walnut and vanilla

Greg L. Pease

For Cornell & Diehl

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Jackknife: a delicious, tangy virgina-burley; "brown" flavor from dark-fired Kentucky; so much more than its humble ingredients would suggest
• 🟊🟊🟊 Triple Play: unfortunately smells a bit like puke
• 🟊🟊🟊 Windjammer: fruity and smoky and sweet, like delicious raisins
• 🟊🟊🟊 Westminster: fragrant and fancy, quote Greg: "The very essence of the traditional English mixture; rich, elegant, refined, and exquisitely balanced"
• 🟊🟊 Union Square: apricot; OK, but kinda bland
• 🟊🟊🟊 Haddo's Delight:

Hans Wiedemann

For HU

• Night Owl

Jeremy Reeves

For Cornell & Diehl

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 The Beast: deep, dark, rich and somehow still delicate

Joe Lankford

For Seattle Pipe Club (Pipes and Cigars)

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Galloping Gertie: remarkably balanced, tangy and salty, very unique
• 🟊🟊🟊 Plum Pudding: delicious, rich, thick flavored crumble with some sweetness and even saltiness (umami?!)

Mike McNiel

For McClelland

Per Georg Jensen

For Mac Baren and then Sutliff

About Pipe Force

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 HH Pure Virginia: pure indeed, woody, fruity, savory and just lovely
• 🟊🟊🟊 HH Rustica: very very robust, and yet as smooth as navy flake; best mixed with others
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Pipe Force Episode IV: lovely, flavorful, woody, sweet, smokey
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Pipe Force Episode V: so full of flavor, all the stoving and rustica gives it a campfire feel, perfect evening bowl
• ? Pipe Force Episode VI: VaPer

Peter Stokkebye

3rd generation Stokkebye

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Balkan Sasieni: pleasant, creamy, mild latakia with just a hint of oriental spice
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 PS400 - Luxury Navy Flake: very mild; slightly sweet, slightly peppery

Russ Ouellette

For Pipes and Cigars

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Fire Storm: sweet and spicy VaPerKy, cinnamon-like warmth
• 🟊🟊🟊 John Cotton's Double Pressed Latakia: wonderful crumble, gentle but tasty
• 🟊🟊 Hearth & Home Marquee - Black House: strong Balkan with a touch of mellowing cavendish, slight soapy notes (not unpleasant) (Balkan Sobranie 759 match, in bulk from Sutliff)
• 🟊🟊 Hearth & Home Marquee - El Niño: a pleasant perique sourness, almost lemongrass flavor; virginia-forward; coherent despite the diverse ingredients
• 🟊🟊🟊 War Horse - Green: fennel, basil, mothballs, cheroot, and sarsaparilla on a potent crumble cake

Brands

Amar Blends

Now a Cornell & Diehl brand

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 London Squire: sweet, easygoing, lip-smacking latakia experience

Capstan

Previously a Mac Baren brand, now under STG

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Original (Blue): delicate and fragrant, touch of sweet (Tolkien's favorite!)
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Gold: so very, very soft; plum notes

Cascadia

An STG brand

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Campsite: lovely virginia plug; hay and herbs

Cornell & Diehl

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Three Friars: hearty pumpernickel with raisins and black pepper; delicious; burns very well so smoke slow
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Byzantium: bold and fancy and confident balkan, and yet not in any way overpowering; delicious
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Yorktown: sweet and tangy red, earthy bright virginia; burns like a codger, so smoke slow
• 🟊🟊🟊 Gentleman Caller: ginger snaps and tarragon, spicy and herbal
• 🟊🟊 Crooner: mild burley with a pop of mystery
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Engine 99: an easygoing top with a sturdy creosote undercarriage

Hermit Tobacco Works

Now a Cornell & Diehl brand

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Captain Earle's - Stimulus Package: a rich crumble latakia, lots of everything but not overpowering

Country Squire

• 🟊🟊🟊 Faulkner Flake: surprisingly mellow and pleasant virginia (tobaccoreviews site seems wrong)
• 🟊🟊🟊 Shepherd's Pie: their best blend, has quite a bit of cavendish
• 🟊🟊🟊 Pilgrim's Muse (Bag End): decent rustic, reminds me of Frog Morton
• 🟊🟊 Ruins of Windsor: similar to Shepherd's Pie but vanilla
• 🟊🟊 George's Dragon (Green Dragon): tangy, sweet, and salty virginia shag
• 🟊🟊 Cowboy Coffee: caramel butterscotch toffee, or Werther's Original, and leather
• 🟊 Cornishman: awful and oppressive creosote

Cult

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Blood Red Moon: surprisingly delicious, real cherry flavor with a hint of chocolate; smells incredible; no bite at all

Dan Tobacco

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Treasures of Ireland: Limerick: strong, bready, sweet virginia with a splash of fruity perique in a beautiful flakey cake
• ? Midnight Ride: bursting with spicy flavors

Gawith Hoggarth and Co.

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Black Irish X: mouth-watering rich jerky flavor, soft and creamy and earthy; strong stuff
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Ennerdale Flake: fragrant and sweet; almond and Lakeland

Gladora Tobacco

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Pesse Canoe: sweet, smokey raisins

Hearth & Home

Pipes & Cigars house brand

• 🟊🟊🟊 Slow Aged - Knotty Pine: lovely fragrance; sweet and tangy virginias and perfume orientals; not a lot of latakia; crumbles and smokes very easily

Lane Limited

• 🟊🟊🟊 BCA: (a.k.a. Captain Black - Dark) very sweet! pancakes with maple syrup and a hint of fruit, but almost no tobacco flavor
• 🟊🟊 LL-7: mild and easygoing vanilla and chocolate
• 🟊🟊 1-Q: (a.k.a. Captain Black - Royal) marshmallows
• 🟊🟊 Hazelnut: smells wonderful, but the flavor loses the hazelnut thread
• 🟊🟊 RLP-6: (a.k.a. Captain Black - Original) mild and confusing flavor; a bit like Carter Hall

L. J. Peretti

Mac Baren

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Navy Flake: rich and lovely, dark raisin flavor, possibly a bit too strong
• 🟊🟊🟊 St. Bruno Flake: very floral and very sweet, but still a bit of Jackknife-like spice and lots of punch
• 🟊🟊🟊 Mixture: Scottish Blend: great newbie blend; mild in every way; honey-nut flavoring
• 🟊🟊 The Solent Mixture: soft English, more virginia than latakia (gentle sting), a bit too much burley (filler)

Newminster

• 🟊🟊🟊 #400 Superior Navy Flake: tea with a spot of milk and some honey, bread
• 🟊🟊🟊 #403 Superior Round Slices: vegetal; a little sweet, a little spicy; wonderful coin presentation

Peterson

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 University Flake: berries and cream; burley gives it some body and a bit of a punch; lovely dessert
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Connoisseur's Choice: delicious, luxurious, but hard to pin down; maybe fruity?

Samuel Gawith

Owned by Gawith Hoggarth and Co.

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Full Virginia Flake: superb virginia, many flavors and not too strong; all day forever
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Best Brown Flake: thick, sweet smoke with stewed apples; mouthwatering; mellow
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 1792 Flake: soft, mellow, flavorful; mouthwatering tonquin; a bit of an aftertaste; nice dessert
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Kendal Cream Deluxe Flake (KC Flake): sweet persimmon; perfectly nice and not weak
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Grousemoor: grandma's perfume sprayed over golden, tasty leaf; you've never smoked anything quite like this

Savinelli

• 🟊🟊🟊 Cavendish: nice, light, fragrant

Sutliff

• 🟊🟊 Matured Red Virginia 515 RC-1: burns very hot; tangy and vinegary

Special Blends

• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 F&K - Lancer's Slices: all-day no-nonsense quality English, smoky and sweet (originally by Charles Fairmorn?)
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Orlik - Golden Sliced: sweet and sour, grassy and energetic, touch of tangerine
• 🟊🟊🟊🟊 Escudo - Navy De Luxe:
• 🟊🟊 Erinmore - Mixture: pineapple and coriander? burns a bit hot

Codger Blends

• 🟊🟊🟊 Carter Hall: burley, some mild cocoa/bourbon flavoring, long burning, pleasant all day smoker
• 🟊🟊 Missouri Meerschaum - American Patriot: very meh aromatic, not an English at all
• 🟊🟊 John Bull - True English: solid light latakia, possibly a little bit harsh
• 🟊🟊 John Bull - Royal English: same, but a bit of cavendish for softer flavor
• 🟊 Brigadier Black - Sherman's March: nice cocoa-maple aroma but mostly tastes like a regular over-the-counter; bites
• 🟊 Half and Half: cardamom flavor, irritates my palate