I bought a 50g pouch from my tobacconist for £11 and was met with a satisfying wad of light brown leaf.

Pouch note was hayish and sweet and there was a bit of moisture.

Packing was easy enough and as it is a VA I packed tighter. The taste was amazing. Sweet and summery and a buttery, creamy finish almost like sucking a butterscotch toffee. Half way down the bowl this changes to a sweet hay flavour but as has been mentioned, this is similar to Players navy cut but much smoother. It does burn quickly though although I tend to enjoy shorter smokes. It has a kick in the vitamin N dept but this is a smooth, cool and easy smoke best sipped and enjoyed with a cup of tea or a pale ale on a spring day in the sunshine. Only criticisms are the pouch as it is overflowing and leaking leaf (we need tins!)and a slightly underwhelming last furlong. That said, highly recommended and I would score a 90/100

The cut is a medium shag, not sure why they call it ready rubbed, as there is no sign that it was ever pressed. The colour is a nice chestnut brown, and the scent in the pouch is pleasant, hints of slightly fermented hay, very natural. Lights very easily and stays lit well, the flavour is very soft, pure simple virginia tobacco. I get hints of fresh hay, bready toasty flavours, and occasionally a surprising but unmistakeable hint of pale roast coffee.

Good tobacco for outdoors activities like gardening, it stays lit well and doesn't demand too much attention. You could smoke it all day, if you are an all-day pipesmoking kind of chap. Not too strong. The aroma is simple, rather like a good quality cigarette, but without the burning paper ruining the smell. Not too strong a scent, not all-pervasive as some "aromatics" can be, and much more natural.

The first pouch of this I bought had unfortunately gone mouldy, and smelt awful. I returned it to the address on the pouch, and was sent two fresh pouches and the stamps to cover my postage. Exemplary customer service from Imperial Tobacco.

The cut is more shag than ribbon and it has a high humidity level, so I prefered to air it a bit. It packs very well and easy to light. Because of its shag cut properties it has a tendency to burn fast. This disadvantage can be fixed by a tight packing and slow puffing cadence, which also helped me to enjoy this tobacco much better.

It has a subtle Virginia flavor. The taste is cigarette like. It has also a nice dosage of nicotine. If you look for very tasty and sweet straight Virginia smoke this one can dissapoint you.

One problem its burn like a cigarette toboacco...In 30min your bowl is empty...

I like this tobacco but not too much...

The ribbon cut is a little fine for my liking, and as stated, could be used for RYO, although I've never seen it used for that here in England. Packed light to the bottom and tighter to the top, I was able to get a nice burn all the way down to the bottom with no dottle. As stated, this is just a good honest straight forward viginia, with absolutely no pretences, and I love it.

I can happily smoke this during the day and save my flake (which I also love) for the evening. I sincerely hope this ages well, I have no reason to think otherwise, as I have a few pounds of the flake carefully gathering dust. As for the pouch Ready Rubbed, I'm a little unsure, unless of course it's jarred.

Other than this, I can add nothing to Christians fine review except of course my thanks, for prompting me to go back and try it one more time.

Just bought another 250g by the way.

it's ribbon cut bordering on shag, and is probably used by many for ryo (for which it serves very well). smells good, of winey fermented hay, plus in the background, a flavouring i can't figure out.

esay to load, easy to fire up, easy to keep lit, except that it burns a litlle wet towards the bottom. it does, of course, burn a tad fast if not packed rather firmly.

the taste is pure and simple well aged virginia, though the strength makes me suspect some burley. i don't notice the flavouring. there's no real development in the taste during the smoke, just - a nice uncomplicated smoke... the room note is reminiscent of a fine cigarette. a very honest tobacco which i'd smoke a lot more if it were available in flake form, and i like to have a small stash ready at any time.

the honesty and apparent purity of this blend makes me think that it will age very well, and i'll soon have to jar a pound of it. besides, you never know when the next old fashioned blend will be discontinued.