I will say this is one of the few tobaccos that seems to improve as it starts to dry out from opening and closing the tin.

I like the strong N kick it has. I find I go much longer between smokes. This is important in winter! Can not say much about Room Note because of having to smoke outside, but I get good reviews from people passing by.

PA is a good Old American classic pipe tobacco. I found at my local store they sell a 5oz bag I get this for $11.25 a bag. I have an old (now made of plastic) tin of PA and just add it in there. I mainly smoke PA in my trusty corncob pipes.

I purchased my PA in a 1.5 oz. "luxury pouch." This seemed to be a very fresh pouch. The tobacco was not moist, but not dry either--just right. The aroma I got was cocoa. The ribbon cut tobacco packed beautifully. I smoked it in my beloved Peterson Shannon 05 which was ideal. It lit well, burned beautifully right down to the bottom, and never required a relight. I made it a point not to puff hard, and, in fact, I didn't need to. This stuff makes plenty of smoke. The taste was consistent and one dimensional--just a nice smooth mostly burley, nutty smoke with a hint of sweetness. It was a pleasing smoking experience: cool and dry without any foul juice traveling up the stem. No tongue bite. No soapy or chemical taste at all.

I didn't experience the 'cigarettishness' that some reviewers have mentioned. I HATE cigarettes--I've always hated them--so I was worried about that. However, I didn't get that in aroma or flavor. I did smoke this outside on the patio; but there was no breeze and the clouds of smoke hung low in the air, so I think I have a good idea of the room note. To me it was just pipe tobacco plain and simple. Like I said, my pouch was very fresh. There's some N in there-- enough to cause a little buzz, but certainly not enough to knock you down (except maybe on an empty stomach). I really like this old codger blend and I'll always keep some on hand. Definitely recommended!

It's primarily a burley blend, with a Virginia base, although I think the Virginias are less than 15%. There is a slight casing reminding me of anise or faint vanilla / chocolate.It's a crimp ribbon cut and packs by gravitation quite readily. Don't tamp too hard however as its a bit moist out of the tin and needs a light packing. It's easy to light and the whole bowl will burn on a single initial post-charring light. The blend smokes very smoothly and very cool. No tongue bite here, even if you pull forcefully. Smokes down to a pearly white ash, with nary a dottle remaining.

I use PA in my pipe tobacco rotations, and it is never far from reach. It's also an ideal blend to use for home blending. Try adding 15% Latakia to PA for a real nice smoke. I haven't tried adding Perique, but I know some pipe smokers that swear by it: a Burley / Perique blend. Also, what I really like about PA, is that it serves as an excellent palate cleanser. I am a Latakia hound and will consume Lat blends up to 50% (like Star of the East) with relish, bowl after bowl. However, it can produce a sensory overload, and a good way to clean the slate so to speak is to down a few bowls of PA. Then upon returning to the Lat blends, they taste a new and the palate is refreshed. A pipe smokers mouthwash if you will.

So, give the old PA a go, and as you smoke think of the countless number of grandfathers who lived off of the stuff. It'll bring a smile to your face, as the wisdom of the ages awashes your senses. I rate it four out of four stars!

Smoke in Health & Happiness,

Kashmir

During my little adventure I bought a plastic 8 oz "tin" of Prince Albert. I remembered the Prince Albert in a can joke from when I was a child so my reason for purchasing it was that it was the only tobacco they had that I had ever heard of.

I rate the tobacco 4 Stars because it took me exactly 2 bowls to decide there was no reason to ever smoke a cigarette again. I remember sitting on my front porch in the dark, drawing on my pipe, and enjoying the act of smoking. I also realized I could experience this deep enjoyment without inhaling. Very positive experience that changed my life.

After developing different tastes, smoking many different tobaccos, and spending ungodly amounts of money on pipes and pipe smoking I still love Prince Albert with a bitter India Pale Ale. Oddly enough I especially like it in a corn cob pipe!

I find it is a great morning smoke, or a great yard smoke. Nothing like tending to my vegetable garden with Prince Albert.

Like CH, the Prince has been around since at least 100 years. Maybe there is a reason to it. Maybe it's just because it is delicious, without any other pretense than giving the pipe smoker what he wants: a pleasurable smoking mixture!

However, the Prince is different than CH in that its aroma is rather on a tiny, sweet floral note that is interesting when smoked, and in the fact that the roomnote will become rather on a kind of cigarettish note by the last third or so.

This being said, it is not offensive like cigarettes.

A classic and uncomparable tobacco that must be tried... Highly recommended.

It was easy, smooth, and normal. So easy as to remind myself of cigarettes, but if you switch gears and think pipe it is just awesome easy-to-load, light and enjoy pipe tobacco.

No nonsense and everyday easy on the mouth.

I like to load it one handed and light once.

Thought I'd try some of the local 'brews' that are not available in the UK. There are no decent tobacconists at all in the Orlando area so I opted for two OTC blends I've heard loads about on this site.

The first was 'Red - Cap'.......Well that was shite. Smelled nice, but was just fast burning rough cut cigarette baccy made for pipes.

I then tried a pouch of the legendary 'Prince Albert'. And I must say, I was really impressed with this blend. It's a very mild, biteless, with a hint of a somewhat nutty/coffee flavour.

I currently have two pouches that come in what I assume is a standard foil pouch and a little red box which is wrapped in cellophane.

I have been smoking this daily whilst in Florida (obtained from a nearby Walmart). Its been good, no hassle, low maintainence company whilst I fish for 2lb size big mouth bass on the lake next to our holiday villa. My only criticism is that it does tend to burn a little quickly, but it is only $5 for 1.5 oz's and is an OTC blend.

Shame its unavailable in the UK as it'd go down really well, and is far superior to crap like 'Clan' 'Condor' 'Mellow Virgnia' and the new version of 'Gold Block'

I have stocked up with some other higher end blends whilst out here via internet ordering to our holiday villa. Namely some GLP's 'Jack knife Plug', 'Ten Russians' some 'Blue Note' and some Peterson's Perfect Plug which whilst available in the UK, is only $8 dollars out here, compared to £10 in the UK ($15). All of is to be duly smuggled back to the UK with some of this Prince Albert stuff.

Packs, lights and burns great.

So mild and quite tasty. Cool burley, mildly sweetened. Nuts, cocoa, coffee. Simple, warm burley blend. I was surprised at the natural flavor of this tobacco, it has a little of that American burley blend soapiness, but not as much chemical taste as most of the drugstore blends. The room aroma is a little cigarette-like, and in a close space turns ashy and stale pretty quickly. Great for the porch and rocker - Damn! This stuff is turning me into my grandpa.

Not at all disagreeable, but not exactly exciting either. Plenty of nicotine. A pleasant, easy smoke. Great Price!

However, good or bad, life’s too short for drugstore tobacco. Support your local (or online) tobacconist, and do yourself a favor.

A blend of lighter burleys, mild in character, which are gently sweetened and scented.

PA is innocuous, serviceable, and ubiquitous. There is certainly nothing wrong with it, though it does lack any particularity which would make it memorable. It would probably be slow to deeply ghost a briar. This went well in a chamber of any gauge.