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Continental Blend

Brand: Kentucky Club
Blender: John Middleton
Tin Description: A European Cavendish. Soft, packs well. Burns well and has a light aromatic creamy coconut aroma and taste.
Country of Origin: US
Curing Group: Air Cured
Contents:
Cavendish
Flavoring:
Fruit / Citrus
Cut: Ribbon
Packaging: 2oz Pouch

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Average Ratings
Strength: Mild
Flavoring: Mild
Taste: Mild to Medium
Room Note: Pleasant
Recommendation: Somewhat Recommended


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oldredbeard 03/22/2013 Mild Mild Mild Pleasant recommended
I've been trying several OTC blends lately. Just received a tub of this today, packed a bowl and was immediately impressed. A very smooth, mild smoke with a nice room note. It smoked to the bottom of the bowl with no relights. Burned to a fine gray ash. Was dry all the way through. I didn't really notice any change through the bowl. Just a pleasant, relaxing, break with plumes of blue smoke. I certainly recommend this to anyone for a try, and am sure it will be in my rotation from now on.


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Puffingstuff 06/28/2010 Mild Very Mild Mild Pleasant recommended
A delightful colorful smoke of fine Burley and Virginia tobacco with a soft and very nice aroma. This is quite good!


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beaupipe 12/22/2009 Mild Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant recommended
This is an oddly overlooked tobacco, at least based on the number of reviews devoted to it. And most of them seem unfavorable. Frankly, I’ve never understood the reactions against Kentucky Club Continental Blend, especially given the (almost) complete rehabilitation of simple, inexpensive OTCs like Prince Albert, Sir Walter Raleigh and Carter Hall. I smoke all four of these on occasion and have come to think of them as more or less interchangeable blends. They’re all made from cheap Burley, they all pack and burn easily, they’re all uncomplicated at the top of the bowl and a little bitter at the bottom. The only difference is in the topnotes. To my mind, the Prince is a little chocolaty, the Carter a touch fruity, the Walter is mocha-ish, and the Continental is lightly choco-coconutty.

In the tin, KCCB appears to be primarily dark Burleys with a little bright and a very little black leaf leaf thrown in. The tin note is mild and a little chameleon-like. Sometimes I smell the advertised coconut, but on other occasions the coconut seems dominated by baked apple or milk chocolate aromas. Many years ago, I had an instructor in hotel school—an old Frenchman. We would taste wine together and when something appeared before our noses that seemed to lack the easily identifiable edges of classic red Bordeaux or white Burgundy, he would shrug his shoulders and say something like, “Eh? It tastes like wine.”

KCCB tastes like Burley. Lightly adorned Burley.

The only problem with this tobacco is that it can be a bit difficult to find, especially in a tobacco shop. A couple risk-taking online dealers stock it. I like it a lot and I think it’s well worth investigating.


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Pipestud 05/01/2008 Mild Mild Mild Very Pleasant recommended
I received a 10-year old tub of Kentucky Club Continental Blend at a recent local pipe club meeting. I popped the seal and it sure smelled like Carter Hall to me. It also had a refined, somewhat chocolate taste over the first quarter of the bowl, which I also find to be similar to Carter Hall. The smoke itself was much milder though. Additionally, CH never turns bitter near the end of the smoke but this one did at the halfway point.

I will finish the tub as it is easy to smoke and doesn't require much concentration. I don't know wether the aged leaf is why this tobacco did not bite as others here indicate it will. I did not detect any sort of coconut taste, but after returning to my smoking room following a 5-minute or so timeout, I sure smelled coconut in the lingering room note. If this were a little stronger, I might enjoy it more. For those of you who like a light, pleasant Burley, I think you'll find each first half bowl to be what you were looking for.


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Philo Beddoe 09/21/2006 Very Mild Very Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant somewhat recommended
I saw this a few weeks ago at a tobacco shop, while on a Sunday drive. Having tried several other Kentucky Club blends I thought I would give this blend a try.

It is a light cavendish, similiar to Flying Dutchman, but without the aftertaste. It lit well and smoked easy, with no noticable tongue bite. I was surprised to find a light, almost floral casing and a woodsy top note. Recommended for those who enjoy Kentucky Club and want a change of pace; and for those who want a good tobacco for a Sunday drive.


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drwatson53 04/29/2006 Very Mild Mild Mild to Medium Very Pleasant somewhat recommended
I am fond of the Middleton family of tobacco's. I smoked a lot of them when I was younger and 35 years later I am still smoking them..I like the honest character of Kentucky Club and thought a Northern European style cavendish blend that Kentucky Club Continental is, was an "must try" proposition.. Continental blend consists of light and sweet dark cavendish leaves. It is what it says is..Mild, packs well,stays lit and gives a nice subdued sweet coconut note. The room note is very nice. My only negatives are that it can dottle a bit in the bottom of the bowl,and does turn just a tad sour in the end. But all in all a very inexpensive and pleasant smoke..Will keep a can of this stuff around as a nice change of pace as I dotter from middle age into old age.. Kentucky Club fans...give it a try...For you Captain Black Royal smokers,a blend which I also like, this is a good change of pace if you want to kick down the sweetness level a couple of notches. Was smoked in an Oom Paul style Italian second pipe, which is one of my favorites..KCC performed pretty well


 
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