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Heirloom Collection: Westminster
| Brand: |
G. L. Pease |
| Blender: |
Gregory Pease |
| Tin Description: |
Westminster: The very essence of the traditional English mixture; rich, elegant, refined, and exquisitely balanced. New World red Virginias are enhanced with a gentle caress of bright leaf, then lavishly seasoned with rich oriental tobaccos and generous measures of noble Cyprus mountain Latakia. Westminster is a satisfying blend, presenting layers of flavor to delight the senses and develop in the bowl. A perfect everyday English mixture. Full-bodied. |
| Country of Origin: |
US |
| Curing Group: |
Flue Cured |
| Contents: |
Virginia
Latakia
Oriental
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| Cut: |
Coarse Cut |
| Packaging: |
2oz Tin, 8oz Tin, 16oz Tin |
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Westminster was introduced in January, 2007. |
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Average Ratings
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| Strength: |
Medium
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| Flavoring: |
Extremely Mild
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| Taste: |
Medium
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Tolerable
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| Recommendation: |
Recommended
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ThePuffingLibrarian
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11/30/2012 |
Medium
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Extremely Mild
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Medium
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Strong
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| The aroma is a mixture of leather, horse sweat and extinguished fire camp. Sounds like Latakia? Well, too much Latakia in this case. It creates a strange taste of ashes mixed with soap. This being said, this tobacco as a certain balance and it burns well.
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JimInks
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09/15/2012 |
Mild to Medium
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Mild to Medium
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Very Mild
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Pleasant to Tolerable
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| I have an occasional liking for shag tobacco. This one is dry in the pack, but burns evenly and a little faster than I'd prefer, but it does not smoke hot. I found it a little milder than I like for an English blend with very little complexity, but I enjoyed smoking it. There's not much perique, but you will notice it. It could use just a touch more latakia. If you like a very mild English for an all day smoke, this might do it for you. There are better tobaccos, but if I had a pouch handy, I'd smoke it. It just wouldn't be my first choice.
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Pipestud
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09/07/2010 |
Medium
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None detected
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Medium
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Very Pleasant
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| I was gifted Westminster along with several other blends that are well received over the pond. This one has an almost cigarette tobacco shag cut and all of the components combine to make for a dandy and inexpensive smoke. The tobacco is somewhat dry and burns quickly, but the Latakia and Oriental components do have time to sparkle.
A fun smoke well worth one's time (and certainly worth the value it presents to the pocket book).
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p4p4
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05/22/2009 |
Medium
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Mild
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Medium to Full
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Strong
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| Low price, low quality. For me: unsmokable
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Felix
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01/06/2007 |
Medium
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None detected
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Medium
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Tolerable
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| Obviously not the new GL Pease Westminster (Jan '07). I'll submit the form to get the Pease version listed under the GL Pease section.
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sasha
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04/19/2006 |
Medium
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None detected
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Medium
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Pleasant
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| I bought a pouch in Switzerland a year ago. This is a good bargain, a nice tobacco at a very low price. The shag cut make it easy to pack and smoke, but pay attention not to rush it. It's a good medium English, though not exceptional, suitable for an all day smoke. Probably there's some burley into it, I detected a nutty tone, while I couldn't detect any Perique altough it's mentioned in the content. On the pouch the manufacturer name is as follows: Pipe Tobacco made in Switzerland by F.J.Burrus S.A., but also Westminster Tobacco Co.Ltd. London. Probably it's manufactured in Switzerland on licence.
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Pipepundit
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04/11/2006 |
Medium
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None detected
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Medium
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Tolerable
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| I have only found this in Switzerland, in 40 gramme pouches and 100 gramme tins. It is a bit of a bargain as a pouch could be had for just above 4 Swiss Francs.
It is a cool smoking Balkan but with a slightly odd flavour. I would be tempted to say that there is perhaps a touch of burley in it, but cannot be sure. The shag cut makes it burn hotter than comparable mixtures and one has to be careful with the packing. Good enough if nothing else of the kind is available, but there are too many better blends available for this to be a permanent part of the rotation.
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PeterD
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04/10/2006 |
Strong
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None detected
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Medium to Full
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Tolerable to Strong
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| This mixture is a rather full Englis/Balkan blend. Lots of smokey flavor and is strong. I smoked quite a bit of this while in Switzerland and France in the mid 90's and came across two 100 gr. tins of this the other day in my tobacco storage area.
A very fine cut ribbon... almost shag cut which you don't see often with this type mixture. Easy to pack, light, and stays lighted without problems. Aroma and taste are smokey and strong, yet very fragrant and with little or no bite. I would say that this is more in the Balkan range and perhaps for the experienced smoker who will appreciate the strength.
Predominantely a Virginia Plug smoker, I like this mixture as I rotate in and out of various Balkan blends from the straight Virginias. Sipping on a good quality single malt scotch and enjoying this mixture is wonderful!!!
While I haven't been able to locate this mixture anymore it is a worthy smoke. Most of the current tin I have smoked has been with a 1958 dunhill, straight stem,shell billiard, group 5 type.
Regards, Peter
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