Lane Limited Four Monks

(3.75)
English blend.

Details

Brand Lane Limited
Blended By Lane Limited
Manufactured By  
Blend Type English
Contents Latakia, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Ribbon
Packaging 50g tin
Country United States
Production No longer in production

Profile

Strength
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.75 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 28, 2017 Mild to Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant
Long-time pipe and tobacco collector Rich Esserman (quite a famous fellow), put me onto this blend a few years ago. He wanted me to find a tin for him and I purchased a couple at a pipe show. This is a long-time out of production tobacco and hard to find, but well worth the hunt. Delicious and smoky sweet Latakia combined with a very quality Virginia. Deep bottom to this blend and I would not at all be opposed to smoking more than just the one tin I had if only I could find it!
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 19, 2011 Mild None Detected Mild to Medium Tolerable
Kilmarnock Piper introduced me too this amazing blend. I have smoked only a handfull of blends, as I am new too this hobby. I love latakia, and I was told that this circa 1960's tobacco will give me a feel of what a very well aged latakia blend can do after time. It could have been the time, it could have been the place or the people I was around at the time, but I enjoyed those four small bowls more then any other tobacco I have smoked. It was mellow. Very relaxing. I did have a heck of a time keeping it lit. Most all tobaccos it takes me two matches to send a bowl to white ash, but per bowl, I used about six matches. It could have been my packing method? I also am a sipper, so the tobacco might have needed some extra motivation to stay lit. All and all, and amazing blend.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 01, 2011 Mild to Medium None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
First off let me give a special thanks to Kilmarnock Piper whom was quite generous in giving me a sample of this fine blend. The sample provided was very well aged and arrived at the perfect moisture content for me - dry. This is a blend that I payed attention to particularly while smoking. The latakia in this blend is smooth and creamy - probably due to the age. The virginias are nice and lend a nice support to the latakia. The flavor is medium in intensity and stays pretty consistant through out the bowl. I did not find alot of complexity through out the bowls smoked, however the flavor and burning qualitys are very nice. If this were readily available it would make for a very nice all day kind of smoke. The smell that wafts from the bowl is very pleasing to me. This is just a good, no nonsense kind of blend that if I could get a hold of would cellar up on. Highly recommended if you can find it for those that enjoy a light to medium english style blend.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 12, 2009 Mild None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant
Not made anymore, a sealed Ebay tin from the 70s. Maybe the 60s: no barcode. If anyone has tried it fresh and can recall enough to review it, please do. I prefer Virginias to Englishes, but do not avoid English blends. My favorite Englishes are ones like these that are very, very well aged. They develop a mellowness that I like, and I think I like Latakia better when it's old and musty. I wonder what happened when the four monks got together with the three nuns? (I think they actually had that joke back then!) Well, I will enjoy this and a couple other blends somewhat like it for some time, since they are not everyday smokes for me, and I can't see them changing too much more than they already have.
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