Top 50 Pipe Tobaccos per Tobacco Reviews

Pipes on the ships of old were nothing new. Tobacco and rum made their appearance in short order with tobacco inherited from American Indians and rum from the Caribbean. Smoking aboard ship was allowed by limited to a safe area and at safe times, ergo the "smoking lamp". Where? Usually near the Galley, as it is here. A huge thanks to the amazing da'rum - a man of high ideals and many talents. This is just one of them.
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Top 50 Pipe Tobaccos per Tobacco Reviews

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Here they are:

Blend Reviews Avg Rating Blend Type

McClelland - Tudor Castle (Collector Series) 35 ★★★★ 3.9 Virginia Based
McClelland - Legends (Collector Series) 38 ★★★★ 3.8 English
Hearth & Home - Magnum OPUS (Marquee Series) 33 ★★★★ 3.8 English
Solani - 660: Silver Flake 80 ★★★★ 3.7 Virginia Based
Sobranie of London - The Balkan Sobranie 83 ★★★★ 3.7 Balkan
Orlik Tobacco Company A/S - Bull's Eye 34 ★★★★ 3.7 Virginia/Perique
McClelland - Wilderness (Collector Series) 44 ★★★★ 3.7 Balkan
McClelland - Drama Reserve (Grand Orientals) 48 ★★★★ 3.7 Oriental
McClelland - CPCC Samovar (Club Blends) 36 ★★★★ 3.7 Oriental
McClelland - Classic Samsun (Grand Orientals) 54 ★★★★ 3.7 Oriental
Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Revor Plug 40 ★★★★ 3.7 Virginia/Burley
G. L. Pease - Renaissance (Original Mixtures) 47 ★★★★ 3.7 English
Charles Fairmorn - Lancer's Slices 74 ★★★★ 3.7 Virginia/Latakia
Boswell Pipes & Tobacco - No Bite DeLite 42 ★★★★ 3.7
Tewksbury & Company - Hobbit's Weed 50 ★★★★ 3.6 Aromatic
Reiner - Blend 71: Long Golden Flake 109 ★★★★ 3.6 Virginia/Perique
Pipeworks & Wilke - Wilke No.191 51 ★★★★ 3.6 Aromatic
McCranie's - Red Ribbon, vintage 1983 43 ★★★★ 3.6 Straight Virginia
McClelland - Three Oaks Syrian (Collector Series) 74 ★★★★ 3.6 Balkan
Mac Baren - HH Old Dark Fired 105 ★★★★ 3.6 Virginia/Burley
Hearth & Home - Black House (Marquee Series) 50 ★★★★ 3.6 Balkan
Esoterica Tobacciana - Stonehaven 174 ★★★★ 3.6 Virginia/Burley
Dunhill - Flake 126 ★★★★ 3.6 Straight Virginia
Boswell Pipes & Tobacco - Raspberry Cream 46 ★★★★ 3.6
Boswell Pipes & Tobacco - Pennsylvania Dutch Treat 41 ★★★★ 3.6 Aromatic
Boswell Pipes & Tobacco - Northwoods 103 ★★★★ 3.6 English
B&B Tobacconists, llc - Beck's Ol' Limey Bastard 41 ★★★★ 3.6 Virginia/Latakia
Wessex - Brigade Campaign Dark Flake 37 ★★★★ 3.5 Straight Virginia
Solani - 656: Aged Burley Flake 156 ★★★★ 3.5 Burley Based
Seattle Pipe Club - Plum Pudding 88 ★★★★ 3.5 English
Seattle Pipe Club - Mississippi River 57 ★★★★ 3.5 Virginia Based
Samuel Gawith - Full Virginia Flake 468 ★★★★ 3.5 Straight Virginia
Pipeworks & Wilke - Wilke Rumcake 36 ★★★★ 3.5 Aromatic
pipesandcigars.com - Trout Stream (HPCS Adirondack) 69 ★★★★ 3.5 Aromatic
McClelland - Frog Morton's Cellar (Craftsbury Series) 121 ★★★★ 3.5 English
McClelland - Blue Mountain/Balkan Blue 69 ★★★★ 3.5 English
McClelland - Blackwoods Flake (Personal Reserve) 201 ★★★★ 3.5 Straight Virginia
McClelland - Beacon (Collector Series) 31 ★★★★ 3.5 Virginia/Perique
Just For Him - Shortcut To Mushrooms (Middle Earth Pipeweed) 89 ★★★★ 3.5
Hearth & Home - Larry's Blend (Signature Series) 96 ★★★★ 3.5 English
Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Kendal Kentucky 49 ★★★★ 3.5 Other
Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Brown Twist Sliced 30 ★★★★ 3.5 Straight Virginia
Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Bright CR Flake 51 ★★★★ 3.5 Straight Virginia
G. L. Pease - Raven's Wing (Original Mixtures) 37 ★★★★ 3.5 English
G. L. Pease - JackKnife Plug (New World Collection) 96 ★★★★ 3.5 Virginia/Burley
Esoterica Tobacciana - Penzance 397 ★★★★ 3.5 Oriental
Dunhill - Nightcap 464 ★★★★ 3.5 English
Dan Tobacco - Midnight Ride (American History Mixtures) 48 ★★★★ 3.5 English
Cornell & Diehl - Sunday Picnic (Simply Elegant Series) 73 ★★★★ 3.5 Virginia Based
Cornell & Diehl - Opening Night (Simply Elegant Series) 58 ★★★★ 3.5 Straight Virginia
Capstan - Original Navy Cut 55 ★★★★ 3.5 Straight Virginia
Ashton - Artisan's Blend 119 ★★★★ 3.5 English
4noggins - Britt's Balkan 39 ★★★★ 3.5 Balkan




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And if you'd like to extend that to approximately the Top 100...

Troost - Slices 34 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Burley
Sutliff Tobacco Company - Molto Dolce (Sutliff Private Stock) 100 ★★★★ 3.4 Aromatic
Solani - 633: Virginia Flake with Perique 109 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Perique
Sillem's - Black 79 ★★★★ 3.4 Aromatic
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) - Escudo Navy De Luxe 326 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Perique
Samuel Gawith - St. James Flake (Kendal Mayor's Collection) 116 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Perique
Samuel Gawith - Squadron Leader 425 ★★★★ 3.4 English
Samuel Gawith - Skiff Mixture 148 ★★★★ 3.4 Oriental
Samuel Gawith - Kendal Plug 39 ★★★★ 3.4 Straight Virginia
Samuel Gawith - Best Brown Flake 233 ★★★★ 3.4 Straight Virginia
Robert McConnell - Scottish Cake 83 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia Based
Rattray - Old Gowrie 229 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Perique
Pipeworks & Wilke - Wilke Nut Brown Burley 36 ★★★★ 3.4 Burley Based
Mick McQuaid - Mick McQuaid Plug 45 ★★★★ 3.4 English
McClelland - No. 24 (Matured Virginias) 59 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia Based
McClelland - No. 2015 Virginia Perique Flake 145 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Perique
McClelland - Christmas Cheer 2007 38 ★★★★ 3.4 Straight Virginia
McClelland - Blending Perique 46 ★★★★ 3.4 Other
McClelland - Aurora (Collector Series) 31 ★★★★ 3.4 Straight Virginia
James Fox - Provost Mixture 35 ★★★★ 3.4 Cavendish Based
Hermit - Captain Earle's - Ten Russians 47 ★★★★ 3.4 English
Hearth & Home - Virginia Spice (Signature Series) 36 ★★★★ 3.4 Cigar Leaf Based
Hearth & Home - Sunjammer (Signature Series) 30 ★★★★ 3.4 Scottish
Hearth & Home - Anniversary Kake (Signature Series) 132 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Perique
Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Brown Flake U/S 43 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Burley
G. L. Pease - Westminster (Heirloom Collection) 219 ★★★★ 3.4 Balkan
G. L. Pease - Triple Play (New World Collection) 33 ★★★★ 3.4 American
G. L. Pease - Samarra (Original Mixtures) 80 ★★★★ 3.4 English
G. L. Pease - Quiet Nights (Old London Series) 45 ★★★★ 3.4 English
G. L. Pease - Odyssey (Original Mixtures) 188 ★★★★ 3.4 Balkan
G. L. Pease - Mephisto (Original Mixtures) 43 ★★★★ 3.4 English
G. L. Pease - Gaslight (Old London Series) 51 ★★★★ 3.4 English
G. L. Pease - Chelsea Morning (Old London Series) 98 ★★★★ 3.4 English
G. L. Pease - Bohemian Scandal (Heirloom Collection) 37 ★★★★ 3.4 English
G. L. Pease - Abingdon (Classic Collection) 106 ★★★★ 3.4 Balkan
Fribourg & Treyer - Cut Virginia Plug 56 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia Based
Dunhill - De Luxe Navy Rolls 111 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Perique
Cornell & Diehl - 417P: Night Train 64 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Burley
Cornell & Diehl - 103: Big n' Burley 35 ★★★★ 3.4 Burley Based
Boswell Pipes & Tobacco - Boswell's Best 52 ★★★★ 3.4 Aromatic
Boswell Pipes & Tobacco - Berry Cobbler 84 ★★★★ 3.4
Boswell Pipes & Tobacco - Bear Blend 37 ★★★★ 3.4
4noggins - Bald Headed Teacher 62 ★★★★ 3.4 Burley Based
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What jumps out for moi...
  • 1. McClelland makes more winners with about 16 blends.
    2. A close second is G. L. Pease with 13.
    3. Samuel Gawith at 10.
    4. Boswell with 7.
    5. Hearth & Home at 5.

Interesting. What I'd be curious about though, is what do you consider the absolute, must have, must try classics?

I'm thinking Dunhill's EMP or NC for example.
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Capn Jimbo wrote:What jumps out for moi...
  • 1. McClelland makes more winners with about 16 blends.
    2. A close second is G. L. Pease with 13.
    3. Samuel Gawith at 10.
    4. Boswell with 7.
    5. Hearth & Home at 5.

Interesting. What I'd be curious about though, is what do you consider the absolute, must have, must try classics?

I'm thinking Dunhill's EMP or NC for example.
Squadron Leader for a mild English
Ennerdale Flake for a lakealand
Full Virginia Flake for virgina
Rich Dark Flake for virginia burley mix (near enough the same as stonehaven but easier to get)

That's about it off the top of my head. Others might disagree but it's down to your own personal preference as it is with rum.
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BTW, my "advanced" search was based on a minimum of 30 reviews to eliminate the one review wonders.
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I think that list is really only valid for the U.S as it is predominantly visited by U.S pipesmokers. Almost all American tobacco is hard to come by or extraordinarily expensive for us in the EU due to taxes and duties. Likewise there are many EU tobaccos that would be uncommon in the U.S.
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Good point. Is there an EU source like TR?
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Not that I know of.
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