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Pipe Tobacco

Page history last edited by Tony Barr 13 years, 4 months ago

Just a list of pipe tobaccos I have used in recent years, along with a rating of between 1 and 5 stars.

I generally favour Virginia flakes, with or without 'extras' and I also enjoy various twists, plugs and English mixtures.

Manufacturer Brand Type Style Strength Flavouring Rating
A & C Peterson MT150 Mark Twain Burley-Cavendish-Virginia Broken Flake Mild-Medium Medium ***
Ashton (K&K) Artisan's Blend Va-Or-Lat-Per Ribbon Cut Medium-Strong Very Mild
***
Ashton (K&K) Consummate Gentleman Va-Bur-Lat Ribbon Cut Mild-Medium Very Mild *****
B & H (Gallaher/JTI) Mellow Virginia Virginia-Burley Ready Rubbed Mild Mild *
Dunhill (STG) Early Morning Pipe Va-Or-Lat Ribbon Cut Mild-Medium Very Mild *****
Dunhill (STG) (Light) Flake Virginia Flake Mild-Medium None *****
Dunhill (STG) London Mixture Va-Lat-Tur Ribbon Cut Medium Very Mild ****
Dunhill (STG) My Mixture 965 Cav-Lat-Or Ribbon Cut Medium-Strong Very Mild *****
Dunhill (STG) Standard Mixture Va-Lat-Or Ribbon Cut Medium None ****
G. L. Pease Union Square Virginia Broken Flake Medium None ****
G. L. Pease Jack Knife Plug Va-Kentucky Plug Medium-Strong None *****
Gallaher (JTI) Condor Blended Virginia-Burley Broken Flake Mild-Medium Mild **
Gallaher (JTI) Condor Original Long Cut Virginia-Burley Flake Strong Strong *
Gawith Hoggarth Balkan Mixture Virginia-Latakia-Oriental Ribbon Cut Medium Very Mild ***
Gawith Hoggarth Best Brown #2 Virginia-Burley Flake Medium Mild ****
Gawith Hoggarth Black Bogie Virginia Rope Very Strong None  *****
Gawith Hoggarth Black Irish Twist Virginia Rope Strong None *****
Gawith Hoggarth

Bob's Chocolate Flake

(aka Golden Flake)

Virginia-Burley-Latakia Flake Medium Mild-Medium ***
Gawith Hoggarth Bright CR Flake Virginia Flake Mild-Medium None ****
Gawith Hoggarth Broken Flake No 7 Virginia-Burley Broken Flake Medium Mild ****
Gawith Hoggarth Brown Bogie Virginia Rope Very Strong None  ****
Gawith Hoggarth

Brown Bogie Rum

(aka Sweet Rum Twist)

Virginia Rope Very Strong Mild ****
Gawith Hoggarth Brown Flake Virginia-Burley Flake Medium None ****
Gawith Hoggarth Brown Irish Twist Virginia Rope Very Strong None ****
Gawith Hoggarth Coniston Cut Plug Unscented Virginia-Burley Cut Plug Strong Mild-Medium ****
Gawith Hoggarth Curly Cut Deluxe Sliced Virginia Cut Rope Medium None ***
Gawith Hoggarth Curly Cut Sliced Virginia Cut Rope Medium-Strong None ***
Gawith Hoggarth Dark Birds Eye  Virginia Shag Strong Very Mild ***
Gawith Hoggarth Dark Flake Unscented Virginia-Burley Broken Flake Very Strong None **
Gawith Hoggarth Dark Kentucky  Virginia-Burley Shag Strong Very Mild ****
Gawith Hoggarth Dark Plug Unscented Virginia-Burley Plug Very Strong None **
Gawith Hoggarth Ennerdale Flake Virginia-Burley Flake Medium Medium-Strong ***
Gawith Hoggarth Four Squires Flake Virginia-Burley Flake Medium

Mild-Medium

***
Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake Virginia-Perique Flake Medium Very Mild ****
Gawith Hoggarth Revor Plug Virginia Plug Strong Very Mild *****
Gawith Hoggarth Rich Dark Honeydew Burley Ready Rubbed Medium Mild ***
Gawith Hoggarth Scotch Cake Virginia Flake Mild Very Mild ***
Gawith Hoggarth Scotch Flake Virginia Flake Mild-Medium Very Mild ****
Imperial Tobacco Amphora Full Aromatic (Red) Cavendish Ribbon Cut Mild-Medium Mild-Medium **
J F Germain Brown Flake Virginia Flake Medium Very Mild ****
J F Germain Dark Flake Va-Lat-Or-Tur Flake Medium-Strong Mild *****
J F Germain King Charles Mixture Va-Or-Lat Ribbon Cut Mild-Medium None *****
J F Germain Medium Flake Virginia Flake Mild-Medium Very Mild ***
J F Germain Royal Jersey Périque  Virginia-Perique Ribbon Cut Mild-Medium Very Mild ***
J F Germain Special Latakia Flake Va-Lat-Or-Tur Flake Medium None ****
John Patton Cool Hand Fluke Va-Per Coarse Cut Medium Very Mild *****
John Patton Quadruple Virginia Va Coarse Cut Mild-Medium Very Mild ****
MacBaren Dark Twist Roll Cake  Virginia-Cavendish Curly Cut Mild-Medium Mild ***
MacBaren Navy Flake Burley-Virginia Flake Mild-Medium Mild ***
MacBaren Virginia Flake Virginia Flake Mild-Medium Mild-Medium **
McClelland 2000 Fragrant Matured Cake Virginia Broken Flake Mild-Medium Mild ***
McClelland 2010 Classic Virginia Virginia Broken Flake Mild-Medium None ****
McClelland 5100 Red Cake Virginia Ready Rubbed Mild-Medium Very Mild ****
McClelland 5120 Fragrant Va Ribbon Virginia Ribbon Cut Mild-Medium Very Mild ****
Murray's (STG) Bulwark Flake Virginia Flake Medium-Strong Mild ***

Murray's (STG)

Chairman's Flake

(aka Mellow Flake)

Virginia Flake Mild-Medium Very Mild ****
Murray's (STG) Erinmore Balkan Mixture Virginia-Latakia-Oriental Ribbon Cut Medium Very Mild *****

Murray's (STG)

Erinmore Flake Burley-Virginia Flake Medium-Strong Medium ****

Murray's (STG)

Erinmore Mixture Virginia-Cavendish Ready Rubbed Mild-Medium Medium ***
Murray's (STG) Mick McQuaid Plug Virginia Plug Medium-Strong Mild-Medium *****
Murray's (STG) Mick McQuaid Square Cut  Virginia Flake Medium-Strong Mild ****
Murray's (STG) Punchbowle Va-Lat Coarse Cut Medium-Strong Very Mild ****
Murray's (STG) Warrior Plug Virginia-Burley Plug Medium-Strong Very Mild ****
My Smoking Shop Gentlemans Choice Virginia-Burley
Ready Rubbed Medium Mild  **
My Smoking Shop Old Fashioned Virginia-Burley
Ready Rubbed Medium  Medium  ****
My Smoking Shop Viking Virginia  Virginia Broken Flake Medium  Very Mild  *****
Ogden's (ITG) St Bruno Flake Virginia Flake Medium-Strong Mild ***
Ogden's (ITG) Walnut Flake Virginia-Burley Flake Medium-Strong Mild **
Orlik (STG) Bull's Eye Va-Cavendish-Perique Curly Cut Medium Very Mild ****
Orlik (STG) Dark Kentucky Flakes Va-Bur Flake Medium Very Mild ****
Orlik (STG) Golden Sliced Virginia-Burley Flake Mild-Medium Very Mild ****
Peterson's Irish Flake

Burley-Virginia

Flake Very Strong Mild ***
Peterson's Old Dublin Va-Lat-Oriental-Cav Ribbon Cut Medium Very Mild ****
Peterson's Irish Oak Bur-Cav-Va-Per Ribbon Cut Medium-Strong Very Mild ****
Peterson's Peterson's Perfect Plug Burley-Virginia Plug Medium-Strong Very Mild *****
Peterson's Sherlock Homes Virginia-Burley-Oriental Ribbon Cut Mild Mild-Medium ***
Peterson's University Flake Burley-Virginia Flake Strong Mild-Medium **
Peter Stokkebye Irish Slices Virginia-Burley Flake Medium-Strong Mild **
Player's Medium Navy Cut Virginia Flake Medium Mild-Medium ****
Rattray's (K&K)
3 Noggins Cav-Va-Lat-Or Ribbon Cut Medium Very Mild ****
Rattray's (K&K)
7 Reserve Cav-Va-Lat-Or Ribbon Cut Mild-Medium Very Mild ***
Rattray's (K&K)
Black Mallory Cav-Va-Lat-Or Ribbon Cut Medium Very Mild ****
Rattray's (K&K)
Black Virginia Virginia Ribbon Cut Medium Very Mild **
Rattray's (K&K)
Brown Clunee Virginia Ready Rubbed Mild-Medium Very Mild ****
Rattray's (K&K)
Hal o' the Wynd Va-Kentucky-Perique Long Cut Medium-Strong None *****
Rattray's (K&K)
Marlin Flake Va-Cavendish-Perique Flake Medium-Strong Very Mild *****
Rattray's (K&K)
Old Gowrie Virginia Long Cut Medium None *****
Rattray's (K&K)
Red Rapparee Cav-Va-Lat-Or Ribbon Cut Medium Very Mild ****
Robert Lewis Tree Mixture Virginia-Latakia Ribbon Cut Medium None *****
Robert McConnell Oriental Va-Or Broken Flake Mild-Medium Very Mild ****
Robert McConnell Scottish Blend Va-Lat-Per-Tur-Cav Broken Flake Mild-Medium Very Mild ***
Robert McConnell Scottish Cake  Va-Kentucky-Perique Broken Flake Medium Very Mild ****
Robert McConnell Scottish Flake Virginia Flake Mild-Medium None *****
Samuel Gawith 1792 Flake Virginia Flake Strong Medium **
Samuel Gawith Balkan Flake Viginia-Latakia Flake Medium Very Mild ***
Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake Virginia Flake Medium None ****
Samuel Gawith Black XX Virginia Rope Strong None *****
Samuel Gawith Bracken Flake Virginia Flake Strong Mild-Medium ***
Samuel Gawith Brown No 4 Twist Virginia Rope Very Strong None ****
Samuel Gawith Chocolate Flake  Burley-Virginia Flake Medium Mild ***
Samuel Gawith Cannon Plug Virginia Plug Medium  Medium  ****
Samuel Gawith Cob Plug Virginia Plug Strong  Medium  ***
Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake Virginia Flake Medium-Strong None *****
Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Plug Virginia  Plug  Medium-Strong  None  ***** 
Samuel Gawith Golden Glow (Medium Va Flake) Virginia Broken Flake Mild-Medium Mild-Medium ***
Samuel Gawith Kendal Cream Flake Burley-Virginia-Latakia Flake Medium Mild **
Samuel Gawith Kendal Plug Virginia Plug Medium None *****
Samuel Gawith Navy Flake Virginia-Latakia Flake Medium Mild *****
Samuel Gawith Sam's Flake Virginia-Oriental Flake Mild-Medium Very Mild ***
Samuel Gawith Skiff Mixture Virginia-Latakia-Turkish Ribbon Cut Mild-Medium Very Mild ****
Samuel Gawith Squadron Leader Virginia-Latakia-Turkish Ribbon Cut Medium Very Mild *****
Samuel Gawith St James Flake Virginia-Perique Flake Medium Very Mild *****
Tranter's (STG) Bosun Navy Cut Flake Virginia-Burley Flake Medium Very Mild ****
Tranter's (STG) Full Virginia Virginia Flake Medium None ****
Tranter's (STG) Mainsail Flake Virginia-Burley Flake Medium-Strong Mild **
Tranter's (STG) RVR Flake Virginia Flake Mild-Medium None ****
William P Solomon
(Planta)
Presbyterian Mixture  Virginia-Latakia-Oriental
Coarse Cut Medium Very Mild *****
W.Ø. Larsen (Orlik/STG) Selected Blend No. 30, Dark Virginia Virginia Coarse Cut Medium Very Mild ***

 

ITG = Imperial Tobacco Group

JTI = Japan Tobacco International

K&K = Kohlhase & Kopp (who make Robert McConnell tobaccos now)

STG = Scandinavian Tobacco Group

Tranter's tobaccos are only available online from Cigar Connoisseur, the mail order division of Frederick Tranter. They were apparently originally made by Murray's and now probably by Orlik/STG.

 

Bur = Burley

Cav = Cavendish

Lat = Latakia

Or = Oriental
Per = Perique

Tur = Turkish

Va = Virginia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tobacco plants in my back garden

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