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Low Country - Edisto 2oz
High quality
This is the best Virginia I've tried. It's a classic red Virginia flag, to my taste. Now this is a good one.
Five Brothers - Five Brothers 1.25oz
Burley is quite enjoyable
To be tried if you haven't. It's a simple blend, but a solid smoke. Solid burley taste in a fast burning shag, and with nicotine to spare.
Ashton - Winding Road 50g
Pleasant room note
Tin aroma was nice. Love the flavor. It's very smooth and pleasant.
G. L. Pease - Ashbury 2oz
A very distinctive taste and smell
Ashbury is close to perfect. Ashbury is a mixture an all-day.
G. L. Pease - Metropolis 2oz
Moisture is perfect
This starts outs little on the sweet side, then goes right to smooth. The VA's play the lead with notes of hay, toast and almost baked goods. Pleasant.
Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation - Morning Blend
Right for morning coffee
Moisture is perfect for immediate smoking. This mixture is mellow and mild with a subtle hint of vanilla. The topping notes blend in with the taste of the Virginia, which is the dominating tobacco here.
BriarWorks - Unsweet Tea 2oz
Flavor is actually good
It is a very interesting virginia based blend. Yes, the flavor in my mouth from this can reminded me of unsweetened tea. I like it.
St. Bruno - Flake 1.75oz
It's great stuff
The tin note is pleasant, if unusual. This flake is unic. The taste is very pleasant, with just a touch of fruitiness, and the smoke is thick, creamy, and a bit on the incense-side.
Peter Stokkebye - PS17 English Luxury
One of my favorite bulk English blends
I have always loved this blend. Smoothness, Sweetness. This blend has just the right amount of it to make it a great English blend.
Ashton - Smooth Sailing 50g
Dark chocolate is the main top flavoring
Tobacco with a nice room note. It is a very smooth smoke. It's a very balanced and mild tobacco and makes for a good all day smoke.
Cornell & Diehl - Firebird Flake 2oz
It’s an excellent blend
Enjoyable taste. It’s so unique. A real pleasure from start to finish.
Warped - Sarto 2oz
I love it
This blend is really nice and smooth. It's so delicious. Very enjoyable blend.
Ashton - Guilty Pleasure 50g
Very complex mixture
The quality is visable, it packs well, no bite. Smells great out of the tin. Just go easy with it.
Capstan - Flake Blue 1.75oz
Sweet sensation!
The tin aroma is one of prunes and figs with a moderately sweet note. And its awesome. The very best pipe tobacco ever produced.
Captain Earle's - Nightwatch 2oz
Enjoy and dream
Smells fantastic and smokes nearly perfect. Sweet and mild! This stuff is great.
Captain Earle's - Honor Blend 2oz
Flavor is OK
It tastes somewhat bread-like with touches of woodiness and pungency. The initial taste is very pleasant. Burn good with no bite.
Larsen - 1864 Perfect Mixture 100g
This is a classic
Burns cool, tastes great, smells amazing, and isn’t wet. The actual tobacco in it seems of fairly high quality. Perfect and consistent taste and smoke quality.
Kopp - Limited Edition: Flame 1919 (2024) 100g
Smells like a fine classic burley blend
It's an enjoyable lightly aromatic blend. The mixed cuts of tobacco is interesting and the tin note is quite savory.
Cornell & Diehl - Byzantium 2oz
Blend is pure and mellow
Strong, deep, earhty, smoky, full body and extremely satisfying. The absence of virginias, I think, is an appealing factor with this blend, which makes it fairly unique in comparison to most English style blends. It burns well not to hot and doesn't bite.
Samuel Gawith - Commonwealth Mixture 50g
Great smoke for any time of day
It's as good an English as there is. Has become a favorite. Full strength as described in the tin.
Samuel Gawith - Squadron Leader 50g
Great, mild and flavorful smoke!
This is a great go-to, light to medium English blend. My first impression was how cool and light the smoke was. It has the best orientals i've tried so far, which are the starring tobaccos on this blend.
Peterson - My Mixture 965 50g
This is delicious!!!
My favorite to date, this robust, earthy blend of Cavendish, Oriental, and Latakia is surprisingly smokable.
Peterson - Nightcap 50g
Its mellow but still packs a punch
The virginias stand out a bit more than in most English blends, the earthiness of the virginia blends with the smoky latakia and sour orientales in a way where it has a slightly nutty aroma and taste. Exceptionally smooth.
Drucquer & Sons - King's Fool 100g
Tin note of a sour metalic and sweet smoky
Taste is medium and mostly consistent, with notes of dry fermented sour, mildly smoky, wood, peaty earthy vegetation, floral, lemon zest, mildly spicy, bitter toasted bread, mildly acidic vinegary, tart grassy, a tangy citrus and plum background note, and a moderately peppery retro. It's a cool and dry smoke with the perfect moisture straight out of the tin.
Sutliff - Pipe Force Episode III 1.75oz
The real star to me
I find this to be a sophisticated blend.
Toscano - Allegro 2oz
Aromatic intensity
Toscano Maestro Allegro pipe tobaccos showcase the finest fire-cured leaf from Kentucky and Tennessee.
Cornell & Diehl - Sun Bear Black Locust 2oz
That good!
Only a few flakes need further rubbing, the majority can be loaded straight in. The bright Virginias provide some tart and tangy citrus, bread, sour lemon, vegetative grass, sugar, mild floralness, spice, and acidity as the lead components. The aged Basma and Turkish Izmir offer plenty of earth, wood, floralness, some dry sourness, vegetation, herbs, spice, light tangy sweetness, and a touch of smoke as competitive supporting players.
Cornell & Diehl - Da Vinci 2oz
Most delicious blend
The Cyprian Latakia is the major component, offering a very smoky, woody, earthy, incense-like, mustiness with a little more sweetness than one often finds in Latakia. Just like the genius of Leonardo da Vinci himself, this tobacco concoction is extreme, controversial, unique and brilliantly excellent.
Three Nuns - Three Nuns 1.75oz
The strength and taste levels were medium.
Burns clean, moderately cool, and a tad slow. In the case of Three Nuns I think I can honestly say I finally understand what people mean when they talk about the natural sweetness of Virginia.
Peterson - De Luxe Navy Rolls 50g
Can be nearly an all day smoke
The tin note is reminiscent of raisins and prunes, though certainly not sweet. The smoke has a taste I find indescribable. This tobacco will please both lovers of English as well as those who prefer natural (unflavoured) aromatics.
Sutliff - Pipe Force Episode II 1.75oz
Leaves little dampness in the bowl
Deeply rich and nuanced, it burns cool, clean and a tad slow with a very tangy, stewed fruity sweet, herbal, smoky, moderately floral, spicy, zesty, savory flavor that extends to the pleasantly lingering after taste.
Missouri Meerschaum - Luminaire 2oz
Well balanced
This broken flake blend is mildly moist, and I saw no need to dry them. A fabulous blend. Room note is tolerable, and aftertaste is great.
Gawith Hoggarth & Co. - Bob's Chocolate Flake 50g
Not quite an all day smoke
The chocolate flavor has a deep richness, but is mild enough that it won't steamroll over you. Be sure to give it a solid time to dry as it arrives quite moist.
Cornell & Diehl - Steamworks 2oz
The strength and taste are fulsome
No chance of bite or harshness. This Flake is very smooth but at the same time very hearty , tangy , spicy and crackling with flavor. Steamworks smoked as advertised, cool and slow.
Kramer's - Blend for Cary Grant 50g
Requires few relights
The Virginias are the most obvious component and are grassy, tart and tangy citrus sweet with a touch of earth and wood. It's an English blend with some mild aromatic qualities to it. Cary Grant burns very well, but it can bite.
Captain Earle's - Diamond Head 2oz
Recommended
A multi shaded kake which crumbles with ease. Its smoky and creamy.Full of earthy taste and pleasant.
Mac Baren - Burley: London Blend 3.5oz
They mildly toned down the burleys
Overall a superior smoke for burley lovers. MacB Burley London Blend is a wonderful smoke.
Cobblestone - Chess Bishop 1.75oz
Burns cool, clean and slow
The strength and taste levels are a couple of steps short of medium.
G. L. Pease - Abingdon 2oz
Abingdon, for such a full-flavored
FINALLY I've found the right Pease blend for me, in Abingdon. Warrants a category higher than "highly recommended" Perhaps "enthusiastically" or "fanitically". Burns very slow, cool, clean, smooth and a little creamy with a mostly consistent flavor (gets less sweet near the finish), and won’t bite or get harsh.
BriarWorks - Country Lawyer 2oz
This stuff is GREAT
There is a constant sweet and smoky flavor that comes through, all the way to the bottom of the bowl. The spicy, woody, earthy, floral, dry and sour Izmir is often the lead component, but it gets strong competition from the earthy, woody, herbal, leathery, musty, smoky, lightly sweet cigar leaf. A fairly stout and tasty blend.
Low Country - Black 2oz
Won't bite or get harsh
The red Va. is a tad more obvious than the other Virginias, and offers tangy, dark fruit and a little earth. If this blend were a woman I'd marry her. Black is sweet, musty, and strong.
Sutliff - Pipe Force Episode I 1.75oz
Deeply rich and nuanced
No chance of bite or harshness, and the rough edges are light. The room note is tolerable.
Seattle Pipe Club - Plum Pudding 2oz
It won't bite or get harsh
The Cyprian Latakia is smoky, woodsy, earthy, musty sweet, and is a team player with the Orientals and Virginia even though it is the lead component. After drying Plum Pudding, I break up the kake into smaller chunks being careful to not turn it to dust. An outstanding blend!
Sutliff - Blend No. 5 1.5oz
Has a very pleasant
Can be an all day smoke for the veteran, and repeatable for the less experienced.
Sutliff - Cringle Flake 2023 1.5oz
The rough edges are very minor
Some dry time may create an easier burn rate, but there’s a risk of altering the delicate balance of fruit flavors if you do much of it. Strength is about middle ground and it smokes cool overall unless pushed but doesn’t bite at all and it’s smooth. The tins is cool looking, definitely festive Christmas design.
Capstan - Ready Rubbed Blue 1.75oz
Leaves very little moisture in the bowl
Slight citrus, fig, and a little grass/hay and a more earthy, woody, breadiness with a nice mild to medium tangy dark fruit Virginia flavor. I like this a lot.
Captain Earle's - Mystic Blend 2oz
Highly recommended
Deep and rich Latakia combined with sweet Red Virginia that is readily tasted. I get a more than medium amount of nicotine, and the room-note's only pleasant to tolerable.
Mac Baren - Royal Twist 3.5oz
Burns clean
It provides a lot of tart and tangy citrus, grass, bread, sugar, vegetation, light floralness, spice, and a touches of honey and acidity. Excellent. Love at first light!
Charatan - First Bowl 50g
Very agreeable, very satisfying
The tin's aroma is one of a mild English, I feel no inclination of a forthcoming Lat Bomb. It's a mix of bright to dark leaf, and the aroma is woody, incense like and subtly smokey, with that dreadful icing sugar sweet aroma which every Charatan English Mixture seems to have. Highly recommended
Low Country - Waccamaw 2oz
The nic-hit is almost medium
No chance of bite, harshness, or dullness. When I popped the tin of this blend I was greeted by a wonderful smell. Sweet, sour, spicy, with lesser notes of fruit.
G. L. Pease - Quiet Nights 2oz
Burns cool, clean and even
None of the components drown each other out, providing a well composed all day smoke if you wish it to be. My new favorite Pease blend.
Ashton - Gold Rush 50g
Nicotine content is low
Light, grassy and - yes - lemony leaves which burn smoothly and easily. The tobacco it contains is all Virginia and it is mildly flavored with Lemon and honey.
Cornell & Diehl - Strathspey 2oz
The true Scotch quality
There is more than a wee dram of scotch added, but unlike most other liquored blends I've tried, C & D has the mastery to marry fine whiskey with an excellent tobacco product. A unique sweetness to go along with the Latakia. Definetly not a blend for all.
Sutliff - Pipe Force Episode VI 1.75oz
It burns slow
In basic terms it’s a crumble cake based on Virginia leaf tobacco, but not just one type nor is it just Virginia! The end result is a very enjoyable complex flavor that is balanced and easy going as it will not bite or burn hot but it is no lightweight in that’s strength and nicotine levels are both on the solid side.
Sutliff - Crumble Kake Red Virginia 1.5oz
Strength is mild
The various aged, fermented red Virginias provide tangy dark fruit, quite a lot of earth, some bread and wood, a fair amount of tart lemon and tangy citrus, a little sugary stewed dark fruit, mild grass, a couple pinches of spice, and extremely light floral and sour notes. It’s soft, very sweet, fragrant, and easy to prepare and smoke. This is a remarkable smoke.
Missouri Meerschaum - Drawdown 2oz
The strength is in the center of medium to full
No chance of bite or harshness. Deeply rich with some piquant zest, it burns cool and clean at a moderate pace with a very spicy, rather sweet, floral, mildly sour, campfire flavor that extends to long lingering, pleasant after taste.
Warped - Until the End 2oz
No Latakia in this blend
Until the End surprised me a little, as I was expecting something stronger and bolder. The Burley is very nutty and chocolatey, the cigar leaf adds earthiness, while black Cavendish adds some toastiness and sweetness. Icy-cold, thick and totally free from bite; to my palate.
Mac Baren - HH Pure Virginia 3.5oz
It doesn’t have much complexity
Like other flakes in the HH series, it breaks apart very easily, and is moist, but not overly so. This is a very fine Virginia and as deeply rich and earthy as the best Virginia blends on the market today. I love EVERYTHING about this blend!
Seattle Pipe Club - Virginia Jazz 2oz
A little smoother than expected
The ten year old matured red Virginias provide a lot of tangy fermented dark fruit, earth, wood, bread, some floralness, vegetative grass, mild tart and and tangy citrus, sugar, light vinegar, spice, peat and a touch of herbs. The tin doesn't contain only a single piece of kake, rather there's 7-8 slices in there, and a little that's already crumbled in transit. The scent that greets you is a tad tart and spicy and the scent of baked dark bread. This is a very Virginia rich blend with the Virginian making up the majority of the flavor.
Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation - 2012 Anniversary Blend 1.75oz
A nice accompaniment for today's afternoon walk
There's a very delicate touch of pear to the aroma but nothing too suggestive. It burns nicely, from start to finish, giving a smoke which only bites when put under strain. Just great stuff. The Virginias offer plenty of tart and tangy citrus, grass/hay, sour lemon, bread, sugar, vegetation, floralness, light dark fruit, earth, wood, a couple pinches of spice, and a touch of acidity.
Low Country - Atalaya 2oz
The very spicy
The strength and taste levels are in the center of medium to full. This gourmet blend is aptly named after a modern castle in South Carolina, as this blend is fit for a king. A broken flake that's easily manageable.
Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation - 1931 Flake 1.76oz
An all day smoke
The Virginias offer a little grass, some tart and tangy citrus and a small acidic note. The burleys are naturally sweet with a little wood, earth and some nuttiness, and stands out over the Virginias. The black cavendish is a very minor player, adding a small mild sugariness. I love this blend! The counterpart to this one is Mac Baren's Navy Flake. And 1931 is much better.
Sutliff - Eastfarthing 1.5oz
An easy going all day smoke
I could taste the aged Latakia in the smoke, solidifying it as an English blend to my palate. Eastfarthing smells exactly as a pipe tobacco should—rich, deep, and earthy. The name Eastfarthing comes from a location in the Lord of the Rings books, and I think it’s an appropriate title. Eastfarthing is a complex blend, and Sutliff should be commended for their work.
Mac Baren - Navy Flake 3.5oz
One of the easiest flake blends
MacBaren said only a tiny amount of rum is present, but I think it’s a little more intense than that. This is a classic, the more I smoke it, the more I like it. Good tasting, easy smoking. The overriding factor of the blend is that is has more Burley than Virginia in the taste.
Cornell & Diehl - Repose 2oz
I think I'll buy more of this
A blend of Burley/Va, and for me, just the right amount of Turkish, what results in a bite free, smooth and very satisfying smoke.
Cornell & Diehl - Carolina Red Flake with Perique 2oz
There’s no chance bite or harshness
Burns cool and clean at a slightly slow pace with a very consistent, smoother than expected, deep fruity, sugary, mildly sour, light sparkly flavor that extends to the lightly lingering, pleasant after taste. I like it. Moisture is perfect. I enjoy the blend.
BriarWorks - Pete's Beard's Blend 2oz
Very cool packaging
There is no bite, no surprises, just a basic English blend with a medium amount of Latakia that adds enough smoky flavor. The more I smoke this one the more I like it. It's one of those English blends that has just the right "weight" to it for my preferences.
Sutliff - Pipe Force Episode V 1.75oz
Tobacco unique
Unlike Episode IV which was Oriental forward, this blend has the hot-pressed and then rubbed out and stoved Rustica in more of a balance. The result is a very rich deep tasting smoke with a very complex and well filled out flavor. Over all I highly recommend Episode V.
Cobblestone - Outdoors Fishing 1.75oz
This is different
Burns cool at a moderate pace with consistent flavor to the end. Leaves a little moisture in the bowl.
G. L. Pease - Maltese Falcon 2oz
Not an all day smoke
No harsh spots, no bite, and just a slight bit of moisture at the finish. Couldn't pick up on the "mysterious spice" I do love this blend.
Charatan - Flake 50g
The room note is pleasant
A mix of bright and darker Virginias, with a subtle tin aroma reminiscent of sweet hay and raisins with some light baking spice. Certainly not a blend to be rushed and it will give of its best if you save it for leisurely relaxed smoking. The citrus note is formidable.
Ashton - Rainy Day 50g
It is mild and does not bite
When tin first opened very strong berry flavors. It packs well, lights well, and burns politely. As for strength, most aromatics I've smoked seem to contain no nicotine at all, but Rainy Day is different on that count too.
Cornell & Diehl - Sun Bear Tupelo 2oz
Burns cool, clean and slow
The most prominent topping is the very sweet Tupelo honey, which has some creamy butter and a few floral notes. The lightly fruity, earthy tequila is a condiment at best. Perfect for a summer morning smoke.
Mac Baren - HH Rustica Flake 3.5oz
The exceptionally floral
The taste is just beyond the full threshold. It has a dominant strength level. The nicotine is a shade less so. Very unique indeed!
Sutliff - Crumble Kake Virginia Perique 1.5oz
The perfectly intermingled
They also have a few notes of sourness, grass, lemon and spice. No bite, friendly smoke. Love it!
Sutliff - Pipe Force Episode IV 1.75oz
Well balanced
Well balanced, it burns slow, cool and clean with a very consistent, complex, rich and creamy smooth sweet and savory taste to the finish.
Orlik - Golden Sliced 100g
OGS is special
Burns a little slow, depending upon how you break up the flake, with a very clean and cool consistent citrus and grass flavor all the way to the finish. A true Masterpiece of Flake tobacco. I do not taste burley.
Warped - Saint Espresso 2oz
Well balanced
Complex and deeply rich, it burns cool, clean and slow. Nicotine below medium. A really brilliant tobacco that although it’s very good isn’t something I want to repeat more than once a day.
Mac Baren - Stockton 100g
A very satisfying
If you like the taste of tobacco without any of the aromatic toppings typical in Danish/German offerings, Stockton should fill the bill. Won’t bite or get harsh, but it does sport a few small rough edges, and a light tongue tingle if puffed fast. An absolute pleasure to smoke.
Captain Earle's - Stimulus Package 2oz
Masterpiece
If you are a fan of full flavored Latakia blends, this should be on the short list. It just doesn't get any better than this. This is a real gem. Tastes great all the way down and I especially enjoy the last third the subtle complexity gets deeper.
Sutliff - States of Virginia 1.5oz
Sweet
It has a mild smell. Needing very few re-lights, going at a medium pace, and giving a cool smoke. Definitely a smoke you'll want to repeat.
Mac Baren - HH Bold Kentucky 3.5oz
The strongest tobacco in the HH line
The strength is very potent, and the taste is full. Great natural tobacco flavor with a hint of sweetness.
Mac Baren - HH Old Dark Fired 3.5oz
The harmonious complexity of the flavor
The taste is very consistent from start to finish. Tin note is deep, dark chocolate over fermented raisins and exotic spices, over the rich, fermented dark-fired leaf, and if you keep sniffing you may detect the sharp-ish cigar notes. This is one excellent tobacco. Simply excellent!
Low Country - Cooper 2oz
Cooper, simply stated, is outstanding
This is one of the best put together new tobacco blends that I've tried. Burns slow, cool and clean with no bite, no harsh or dull spots and very little moisture at the finish. This blend is at the top of my list.
G. L. Pease - Spark Plug 2oz
Very rich smell
The taste is incredible. And it is strong. It's wonderful stuff.
Kramer's - Father Dempsey 50g
The smoky, woody, earthy, lightly musty sweet
Though it's medium in strength, and a little fuller in taste, it's well balanced enough to smoke several times a day without tiring out your taste buds. This is the king of English blends for me.
Peterson - 3 P's Peterson's Perfect Plug 50g
The taste is very powerful
The Virginias have a fair amount of tangy dark fruit, earth, wood, bread, sugar, some grass, tart and tangy citrus, vegetation, mild floralness, a couple of cigar notes, and a pinch of spice. They are bolstered by the bold nutty, earthy, woody, sweet burleys. Has a pleasant, lightly lingering after taste.
Cobblestone - Brick English Plug 1.75oz
This is a great mixture
Interesting combination of orientals, burley, and Virginia.
Cornell & Diehl - Engine #99 2oz
There’s no chance of bite
The smokey, woody, earthy, musty sweet Cyprian Latakia has a strong presence, though this is no lat-bomb as the other components always have their say. This is a near perfectly balanced English/Balkan blend. Highly recommended.
A&C Petersen - Escudo Navy Deluxe 50g
This is a masterpiece tobacco
The tin aroma is sweet and tangy. The strength and taste levels are medium. This is, quite simply, the best VaPer out there.
Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation - Small Batch Resolution 2oz
New favorite
The blend not only smells great but it also taste pretty darn good too. Keeps getting better as you smoke down the bowl. No bite and excellent taste.