Uhle's - Blend 114 pipe tobacco reviews

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Reviewed By:	Date:	Strength:	Flavoring:	Taste:	Room Note:	Recommendation:
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DK	03/30/2011	Medium	None detected	Medium to Full	Pleasant
As noted, no burley in this one anymore. This is a nicely robust, full-flavored basic English latakia blend. Mostly dark in the pouch with streaks of lighter leaf, and a typical latakia aroma. Taste was juicy and meaty. Almost as much so as Bishop's Move, but it doesn't have quite the burst of flavor as its stablemate. That might make it preferable to many smokers. This is also not an all-day type of tobacco for me, but would make a great after dinner or festive smoke. While I found this one a very good smoke, the issue for me is that it doesn't do enough to distinguish itself from the myriad latakia blends out there. It's not as complex as Bishops Move, or as spicy-sweet or balanced as some other blends, nor did I find it as tasty as some others. I find this one difficult to review, mostly because it has little that stands out that I can "adjective-ize". That's not to say this is a mediocre smoke - not at all. It's quite good. It just has too much competition in my cellar. I do, however, recommend this one for smokers that enjoy a flavorful, even-tempered latakia blend. If you're considering a Uhle English sampler, this one should be on your list. But I'll stick with Bishop's Move, thanks.
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tommyboy1749	02/28/2011	Mild to Medium	None detected	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant
Uhle's brochures and website have changed the description of 114 from the old description in the above heading. The new description describes 114 as "Akin to a hearty & smoky charcoal-grilled burger, this main course smoke is particularly enjoyable at the end of a day or in brisk weather." The list of ingredients has also changed: "Ingredients: Latakia, Perique, Turkish and Virginia." While no longer an all-day blend for English smokers, nor a summer alternative to Uhle's 232 or Bishop's Move (since there is no longer any burley in the mixture), taken on its own terms the new 114 is still an excellent tobacco. The tobacco itself is mostly black and shades of darker brown, with some scattered golden highlights. In the new version, the latakia presence is much more forward (hence the recommendation to reserve it for "the end of the day" or "brisk weather"), but never dominates the blend. The taste is spicy and smoky due to the oriental component and the latakia, with just a hint of underlying, tart sweetness from what I think are stoved Virginias. The room aroma (at least as much as I can smell while smoking) is complex and unique. There's just a certain something to the tobacco's aroma that marks it as being a Uhle's blend (a distinguished quality shared by all the Uhle's tobaccos, each in its own individual manner). Another superior blend from the house of Uhle.
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JRobert	02/11/2011	Medium	Extremely Mild	Full	Tolerable
Fantastic blend with all ends of the english spectrum taken care of. A very nice latakia showing itself right away and well into the bowl melding into sweet nuttiness. Blended by hand, I enjoy being able to purchase this locally or order it from the comfort of my home. A must try!
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thedstnguishdgntlmn	10/02/2007	Medium to Strong	None detected	Very Full	Tolerable to Strong
A solid 3 star English! Almost as good as a tinned blend. Much better than any bulk English I have had. Very straightforward and simple taste. No sweetness at all here. This is for the GL Pease "Westminster" crowd. If you love Latakia and Turkish -go for it! An extremely clean tasting blend. I went to Mader's German restaurant after visiting the shop and could still clearly taste my food. Good stuff!
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Effluvinator	03/04/2005	Strong	None detected	Full	Tolerable to Strong
This is the strongest English mixture in the Uhle's line-up. I much prefer it over the Bishops Move as there is a better balance of latakia to Turkish. Whereas in the Bishops Move the Turkish predominates, here it is detectable, but more in the background and the latakia presence is never in doubt. The burley also adds a nice body and being a fancier of that leaf, I have no problems with its inclusion (or the cavendish for that matter) in what is basically an English mixture. I am aware that some find the cavendish in Dunhill 965 to be blasphemy, so I imagine the same will recoil in horror at the idea of burley and cavendish. Nevertheless, I suggest you close your eyes, pack your pipe, put flame to tobacco and just enjoy it. The cavendish in #114 is not like the cavendished VA in the 965, and I daresay you won't know it's there as it does not have such an aromatic quality. I consider #114 as being comparable to 965 in strength, the #114 being perhaps a bit lighter in taste. Because it is rather full-bodied it is a cold-weather tobacco for me, and is in my regular winter rotation along with the other Uhle's non-aromatic latakia mixtures. As with the others this is a dry tobacco and smokes beautifully. I can highly recommend #114 to anyone who enjoys a full-bodied English tobacco.
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