Hearth & Home Stogie

(3.29)
Here's a great transition for the cigar smoker who wants to smoke a pipe but would miss the flavor of a cigar, or for the pipe smoker who enjoys the occasional stogie. The blend uses a blend of burleys (including dark-fired), some Virginia and Oriental, a touch of unflavored black cavendish and perique and maduro cigar leaf for a mildly sweet, earthy flavor.

Details

Brand Hearth & Home
Series Signature Series
Blended By Russ Ouellette
Manufactured By Sutliff Tobacco Company
Blend Type Cigar Leaf Based
Contents Black Cavendish, Burley, Cigar Leaf, Oriental/Turkish, Perique, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Coarse Cut
Packaging 1.5 ounce tin, bulk
Country United States
Production No longer in production

Profile

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

Average Rating

3.29 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 17, 2010 Medium None Detected Medium Very Pleasant
I liked SteelCowboy's review and really can't add much to it. I think this would be "darned near perfect," without the Perique which detracted rather than added to the overall flavor (IMO, of course). I particularly enjoyed the natural sweetness of this blend. I was gifted the small amount I smoked and would make a purchase myself if this was made without the Perique. However, those who enjoy Perique regularly, may just find Stogie to be their Manna from Heaven.

* PLEASE NOTE: Russ Ouellette (blender of Stogie), recently sent me a sample of the blend WITHOUT the Perique added. First, thanks to Russ for the gesture and second, wow, I now really love this stuff! If you are not a big "perique freak," you might ask him to whip you up a batch of Stogie sans the perique. I'm sure he'd be glad to do so.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 28, 2014 Medium Extremely Mild Medium Tolerable
The very tasty maduro cigar leaf is the same used in H&H's Virginia Spice, and is ably complimented by the unflavored brown sugary black cavendish in regard to sweetness. The perique is more plum than pepper, and interacts nicely with the spice, dry wood and buttery sweet Oriental, which, while a minor player (as is the perique), provides a necessary bass flavor hit. The burleys are toasty and a little nutty in a support role. The Virginia is lightly citrus sweet and grassy, acting as a base for the other components to play off. The nic-hit is mild to medium. A well blended smoke with some complexity that burns at a moderate pace with a very consistent flavor. Won't bite, and has no harsh spots nor any cigarette or ashy notes. Leaves little moisture in the bowl, and requires an average number of relights. Has a pleasant after taste. It's a three star plus mixture, and is almost an all day smoke.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 26, 2014 Very Strong Extremely Mild Very Full Pleasant
Is 3 bowls of this too early for a review? I'll edit later, if that proves the case in my mind, but I'm just too excited about this to not start one right now.

A pipe will never give you the cigar experience, and if that's what you are looking for, slice off a cigar piece and put that in your bowl. (I once knew a psychologist who did this with butts at times). Other than that, I find this very reminiscent of a cigar. A strong one, to be precise.

Like Ted Nugent once said at a show, "If anyone is here to get mellow they can get the F*** out". Not that I'm a fan of his, but I'd say that's good advice for this tobacco.

It might be a little sweet at first- the key word is "might". I also think that it burns pretty quick, which is the one thing that's not like a cigar. My first bowl had me going "Oh no- this IS actually like a cigar- I dunno about this!" Then I suddenly realized that I must not be much of a cigar nut anymore because other than lasting too long, they're too strong-especially vitamin N-wise. And that's part of why I'm more of a pipe guy now....

Last evening after a good dinner of fish and potatoes I chose my Peterson's System Standard (a very lucky antique store cheapie find) for a good bowl, and I think I'll be relying singularly on this pipe for this blend in the future. The Virginia was mostly what I first noticed, and maybe the burley too. But the flavor just grew as I went. I'm not much of a sipper either, but by about halfway through, my pipe had grown significantly hotter, and the flavor had reached a crescendo I'd not experienced before in pipe smoking. At this point I was FORCED to take little sips; anything else would've been too much.

When it was all over, I was happy to find myself intact. There was a little dottle left maybe, but I was past caring. I spent the rest of the night reading with little use for smoking another bowl of anything. There was some ALMOST tongue bite, but I was past caring about that either.

This isn't totally my thing, but I confess that I do like it. Reviewers of Peterson's Irish flake have often referred to cigars, but Irish Flake isn't the full flavor tempest that Stogie is. For pipers who have enjoyed cigars, I say try this, it'll put a smile on your face. If you like classical, Try Holst's The Planets or Janacek's Glagolitic Mass as a companion to smoking Stogie.
Pipe Used: B Choquin, MM, Peterson Army
PurchasedFrom: Pipes & Cigars
Age When Smoked: bought just weeks ago
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 02, 2013 Medium None Detected Medium to Full Pleasant to Tolerable
I really appreciate what the blender is trying to do here. It's not like smoking a cigar in your pipe. It's more subtle and ambitious than that by far. What the blender has tried to do is interpret cigar smoking for the medium of a pipe. It's a stretch, I know, but it's like listening to a jazz ensemble play Bach. You could say it's Bach, and you'd be right. But you wouldn't have said half of what's going on. The rhythms and instruments have changes, emphasis on notes and phrases change, so that what results is a new piece of music from the marriage of two worlds.

Cigar smoke is earthy, smooth, low-toned. This tobacco uses Cavendish and orientals to add sweetness and mid-range, and then a touch of perique to finish the spectrum and balance (but not cancel) the bottom notes of the cigar leaf. If I weren't over sensitive to perique I'd say it's a perfect "cigar blend" for the pipe. But I am oversensitive to perique and that blunts the experience for me.
Pipe Used: MM General
PurchasedFrom: pipesandcigars.com
Age When Smoked: 2-5 days
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 03, 2012 Strong Mild Full Strong
Judging by the ingredients, I should have liked this blend. Unfortunately, it is completely ruined by the type or quality of the fire cured burley in it. It is the same one I taste in LJ Heart Burley, only there is more of it. It tastes like the nasty flavor one gets at the bottom of the bowl when breaking in a brand new briar. Aging does not mitigate this. The name is also very misleading. With a name like "Stogie", one would expect a strong cigar leaf presence, but there is merely a hint of it. If you like cigar blends, go with C&D Billy Bud or Perreti Cuban Mix.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 29, 2010 Medium Extremely Mild Medium Tolerable
This is one very good tobacco. Stogie arrives very dry. It appears to be almost too dry. Russ Ouellette had explained to me that it was his intent to have the tobacco dry as he felt it would offer a higher quality smoke. I am now a believer! There is a lot going on here with this blend. The large number of tobacco's in Stogie makes this no surprise. it packs well and I find that I like it best in a good sized, wide bowl. Stogie really develops as its smoked with a wonderful sweetness that really kicks in about mid bowl. The maduro leaf and the unflavored black cavendish play off of each other very nicely. Stogie doesn't have the dominate cigar taste that can be found in a Billy Bud. I find that is plays less of a role here. However, I prefer this to Billy Bud. I find it a bit sweeter than Pease's Key Largo, but less sweet than Comptons Cuban Mixture. Stogie also offers a very affordable price point as it is currently only sold in bulk. Highly Recommended!
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 31, 2014 Mild None Detected Mild to Medium Tolerable
It fits a mood, it has an aroma of a cigar, the thick, creamy smoke of a cigar, and a very faint cigar flavor. When I first bought this tin I smoked 3-4 bowls of it in as many days.

It is not a cigar replacement, it is a cigar *influenced* pipe tobacco. I enjoy it well enough for a change of pace, as a rich flavored, low bite, smoke with a slight tendency to burn a little hot.

It does smell very much like a cigar, which keeps me on my porch when I could be smoking a more aromatic blend indoors.
Pipe Used: Cob, Meerschaum, Edwards Benton
PurchasedFrom: Pipesandcigars.com
Age When Smoked: Unknown (purchased 2/2014)
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 27, 2014 Medium to Strong None Detected Full Strong
I always had mixed thoughts about this blend. It was the only Hearth & Homes I finished the entire tin.

Hearth & Homes always seems to have this weird taste to it. Not sure what it is, but it's something i'm not fond of.

This blend did have hope because it was full bodied, and had a good flavor. It wasn't trying to be something else.

I give this two stars, but add an extra, because I would like to see others try this, and give thoughts.

I would also like to say C & D makes great cigar blends, if your on a search.
Pipe Used: Nording Freehand, Nording Billiard
PurchasedFrom: Pipes & Cigars
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 02, 2012 Medium None Detected Medium Unnoticeable
This tobacco taste like described in the description, mildly sweet earthy/ [smooth]tobacco flavor, with a touch of pepper on the finish. Its a bit creamy, and the draw flavor stays around for a few seconds in full force after the exhale, which i found very nice, then slowly tapers to a finish of the same flavors but more subdued with the added touch of pepper. Medium bodied overall, and very nice burn.

I didnt get much cigar flavor, but the overall presentation of the flavor reminds me of a cigar a little bit.

Overall this is a nice tobacco. Im not too versed in pipe tobacco yet, but this is a satisfying smoke(thats coming from a full bodied cigar smoke :D). Reccomended.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 11, 2011 Medium None Detected Medium Tolerable
One of the major attractions of this blend to me was the omission of Latakia. Used to love the stuff but don't really care for it now except when it is used sparingly. I wasn't really expecting a blend that tasted like a cigar and for the most part my expectations were right. Stogie might give you a smoking experience similar to smoking a cigar but does not really taste like one.That being said what you do have here is a really enjoyable smoke. I generally don't like burley much but even though it might be the largest percentage in this blend it just plays nicely with the other tobaccos.There is enough Virginia here to make me happy and the addition of the Orientals is just brilliant. Unlike Pipestud I like the inclusion of the Perique here particularly since I really seem to enjoy Perique and Orientals together. All in all this is a great blend. It has good strength ,complexity and NO Latakia.That makes it another big time winner from Russ Ouilette for me.
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