This is not a commonly found tobacco in England, but I had the pleasure of tobacco- swapping with someone from the US, and this CH amounted to really only my 2nd predominantly burley baccy, the first being Old Joe Krantz.

I find it nutty, a little bit mouldy smelling (which is not necessarily a bad thing), and overall nicely simple, if a touch boring.

Picking a recommendation for this is tricky. I'd really like to see along recommendation (which is intended for others), and a personal rating. So that's a three star for others, but for my personal tastes only a two. It is a good tobacco, just not quite my cup of tea.

Soli Deo gloria!

This does light easily, and burns VERY easily. It burned like a cigarette, tasted like a 50/50 mix with cigarette tobacco, and left a cigarette ashtray aftertaste in my mouth for several hours.

Good, honest pipe tobacco. Nothing more, nothing less.

I highly recommend this for beginners as it is probably the coolest, easiest smoke around. It quickly replaced Half and Half as my regular smoke and I've been smoking it steadily for a couple of years now. I like to try other tobaccos but this one is my mainstay.

Also worth mentioning that those around me appreciate the room note and compliment it.

I grew somewhat intoxicated Saturday night, and the Captain taught me a harsh lesson. Still feeling the burn!!! Smoked too fast, smoked too much...felt like I'd been French Kissing a cactus the next morning.

Long story short, I read reviews on Carter Hall all morning before deciding to go spend $3.60 on a packet. It's my first foray into the world of non-aromatic pipe tobacco. Why didn't I just go after it? Because I'm stupid, that's why!

I can't honestly say that my first impression was all that great, but for some strange reason, I can't fight the urge to keep loading and smoking, loading and smoking. I'm getting some interesting flavors (mostly "fried chicken and leprechaun armpit sweat", to quote my dealbreaker review...still cracking up over that!), but I'll attribute that to being wounded in the mouth over the weekend.

The pouch aroma is possibly a bit misleading. It smells of dried fruit and liquor, but absolutely has none of those qualities upon lighting. That's good, since I've grown weary of sweets lately! Very consistent flavor down to the last gasp of the bowl, nothing ashy or "cheap cigary" about it!

So far, it's going great as a complement to my coffee habit. I've also scored some Latakia, beat it to death, and mixed it up with some of the CH in a mason jar...expecting good things from this!!! I do like a little spice in life, maybe a bit of unpleasantness at times? Reminds a man that he's alive.

As far as the aromatic stuff? Pretty much done, except for Middleton Apple (I'm the only person in the world that likes this, apparently). Not at all moving toward snobbery. Trying to stay away from that altogether! Just discovering that there's more to life than vanilla and cherry smoke. Thank goodness for that.

EDITED..... I love this stuff more than life itself! My little "faux OTC" blend knocks my socks off! Highly, highly recommended!

This a great pipe tobacco and is a good fit for a tighter budget. I have tried many tins of tobacco, and this one will stay in the rotation. I will pick up more, unluckily I grabbed the last one in stock so I'll have to wait to cellar some.

I did throw the pouched tobacco in a mason jar though, like I do all of my tobacco. I gave it three stars here, but it's more like 4/5. Not perfect but a great addition to your 'baccy jars.

IF CARTER HALL BITES YOU, YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

Put simply, I finish the first quarter bowl and have to dump it. Carter Hall bites me more than any other tobacco. It may be a fine, even great tobacco, but not for me.

Russ Ouellette has a great article on Burley from January 2012. He explains why some of us have this problem. The majority of Aromatics bite me, too, and then there is the added heat from the toppings, but even then, not to the degree of Carter Hall.

Woe is me!

Five-star OTC. I like it better than PA.

Sure, I'm cellaring a few lovely tins, and I've got plenty of pouches of my favorite house blends from my favorite tobacconists. But I need an affordable all-day smoke to accompany my various activities and obligations. And Carter Hall is it.

The advantages are the same many reviewers have already attested to: nice dose of vitamin N, solid burley flavor, easy burning, and cool cool cool. My cob bowl gets blazing hot when I smoke this, but it has yet to bite me.

Carter Hall is perfect for when I want to smoke but don't have time to focus on maintaining the bowl, or the complex flavors. Driving in the car, grabbing a quick smoke with friends, or reading or doing research require a no-nonsense blend. Carter Hall is the best OTC blend that money can buy (and I pay 3.09 for it just the other side of the county line).

These drugstore blends aren't going to light the fire of pipe snobs, but they can be very satisfying for those who do not require complexity and concentration each time they smoke. I have a Master's degree, so I can get as pretentious as the next person, but sometimes I want a can of cheap beer, a good novel, and some Carter Hall in my corncob. That's my America.

It has all the qualities -- except one -- that pipe smokers covet: it is widely available (in the states), is dirt cheap, lights well and burns to the bottom of the bowl, burns cool, doesn't produce tongue bite, produces beautiful white smoke, burns to a beautiful white ash, and is easy to smoke. It just lacks one thing.

It isn't complex.

It's just Burley-tasting, baby. Simple burley and more burley. If you smoke for complex taste experiences, don't smoke CH. If you want a great, cheap, no-nonsense Burly tobacco -- and who doesn't some days? -- you gotta have some CH in the rotation.

And talk about corn cobs! What's more Americana than CH in a cob?

When I refurbish a pipe and give it to a friend to learn The Hobby, I always include some CH. It's a great tobacco to learn on. And it's a great tobacco imo to keep smoking even after one has an evolved taste. I'll always have a cob and a Dr. Grabow dedicated to this simple (but good tasting) stuff.

Very simplistic blend this is what tobacco is to pipes as popcorn is to the movie theaters.

Decent packing and smells...umm...well like pipe tobacco...i told you this was simple.

I can't really detect a casing in this blend its a very nutty Burley and nothing but a great all day no nonsense smoke.

Its burns just fine to a gray-white ash and seems to burn best with a tight pack.

If your picking this up expecting to find hints of fried chicken or lepcracaun armpit sweat then go buy something in a tin because its not in here.

But that was makes this blend so attractive its a simple straight forward Burley and this normalacy is what makes me want to keep three pouches of this on hand.